UW graduate nursing students protest tuition rise Students enrolled in the University of Washington’s doctoral program for family nurse practitioners are protesting administrative changes that will boost their tuition 43 percent, Nick Perry reports in today’s Seattle Times. The changes also mean some students who work at UW programs will lose tuition subsidies they have [...]
After initially opposing store walk-in clinics, hospitals are now jumping into the business, writes Milt Freudenheim in today’s New York Times. Many primary-care doctors still denigrate the retail clinics as cheap, unworthy competitors. But hospitals see the clinics as a way to reach more patients and expand their business. To learn more: Read Milt Freudenheim’s [...]
Healthcare reform expected to boost company wellness programs New York Times reporter Robert Pear writes today that Congress is planning ”to give employers sweeping new authority to reward employees for healthy behavior, including better diet, more exercise, weight loss and smoking cessation.” Currently “a web of federal rules limits what employers and insurers can do now,” Pear writes. Supporters [...]
Did the U.S. overreact to the H1N1 swine flu? Health experts interviewed by Washington Post reporter Rob Stein say they are generally pleased with the response of state and federal health agencies to early reports out of Mexico of a new flu virus that was killing an alarming number of young, healthy adults. “If what [...]
Giving primary-care doctors time to give care P-I reporter Vanessa Ho writes about efforts by Group Health Cooperative and Swedish Medical Center to give family doctors more time to see patients. Patients get 30 to 60 minutes a visit, instead of the standard 15, and better care. Doctors get to practice better medicine and have [...]
The Seattle Red Cross has some tips to help you and your family keep safe over the upcoming Holidays
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Experts divided over recommendation to screen children for cholesterol
Some clinicians say universal screening is an important tool to help identify children who are genetically predisposed to high cholesterol and to pinpoint others who could benefit from treatment. Others express concerns that screening may do more harm than good.
People in state high-risk insurance plans often feel left behind
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
Peeking in on your doctor’s notes
Although federal law guarantees patients the right to examine and get copies of their medical records, providers haven’t always made it easy to do so. But the movement to give patients direct access to their health information has picked up steam, and policymakers have encouraged it as a way to empower patients to help manage their health and their medical care.
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