This asteroid mission brings together the best of NASA’s science, technology and human exploration efforts to achieve the President’s goals faster and at a lower cost to taxpayers than continuing with business as usual. (NASA/Advanced Concepts Laboratory) NASA’s new plan to lasso an asteroid and bring it into orbit around the moon sounds like it came straight out of science fiction, but it actually emerged from an idea by an Italian student and a Caltech study by the Keck Institute, which looks into outside-the-box concepts. The proposed $78 million asteroid initiative is included in NASA’s 2014 budget plan, unveiled by President Barack Obama on Wednesday, and would meet the president’s previous goal to send humans to an asteroid by 2025. Continue reading
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Medicare experiments with 'bundled' payments
ST. LOUIS – To improve the quality of health care and cut medical costs, the federal government is focusing increasingly on a simple, though powerful tool: changing hospitals’ financial incentives. Continue reading
Romney favors health care competition, gives few details
As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney oversaw the most ambitious revamping of a health care system by any state in the country. And as a presidential candidate, he contends that’s how health care reform should be handled: state by state Continue reading
Value over volume: Health care changes on horizon
Photo Craig Samitt Javon R. Bea JANESVILLE One of Rock Countys two largest health care providers already has been selected to participate in a national program designed to provide Medicare recipients with better care at a lower cost. The otherMercy Health Systemplans to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to become an accountable care organization in the Medicare Shared Savings Program Continue reading
BGI, GE Healthcare team up on pioneering stem cell science projects
Public release date: 12-Jun-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Jia Liu liujia@genomics.cn BGI Shenzhen Chalfont St. Continue reading
The Center for Connected Medicine Welcomes GE Healthcare as Founding Partner
PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The Center for Connected Medicine, a global thought leader defining the transformation of health care, today announced that GE Healthcare has joined the organization as a founding partner. Continue reading
Nurse practitioners tackling more 'doctor' tasks
Many of your health care needs may soon be handled by a “doctor” who has actually been trained as a nurse. Continue reading
With federal money, Oregon kicks health care reform into high gear
Gov. John Kitzhaber has convinced the Obama administration that he can deliver better health care at a lower cost by investing in preventive care that reduces avoidable hospitalizations. Continue reading