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New Penn Medicine Blood Center to Unify Patient Care, Research, and Public Education Efforts for Blood Disorders
Newswise PHILADELPHIA Penn Medicine will establish the Philadelphia regions first dedicated center for the treatment and research of blood diseases by combining the expertise of physicians who specialize in the care of blood disorder patients of all ages along with basic science and clinical researchers who are working to advance treatments for these illnesses. The Penn-CHOP Blood Center for Patient Care and Discovery will bring together a multi-disciplinary team of experts to provide cutting edge patient care and research for diseases including sickle cell disease, thalassemia, bone marrow failure, and bleeding and clotting disorders.
The effort will include Perelman School of Medicine hematology faculty from both Penn Medicine and the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, who will work closely with pathology, laboratory, and transfusion medicine physicians and scientists, pharmacologists, investigators in Penns Abramson Cancer Center, the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics and the Penn Cardiovascular Institute, among others.
Blood disorders afflict millions of people in the United States. Many of these illnesses, such as hemophilia, are rare, leaving scarce resources for research to improve care for patients who have them. Others, such as blood clots in legs or in the lungs, kill up to one hundred thousand people in the United States each year. But, they frequently strike with little warning, and the public is often unaware of common risk factors and signs to watch for. The Penn-CHOP Blood Center for Patient Care and Discovery will foster research collaborations to spur the next generation of treatments for these patients, and provide more avenues to recruit and train new experts in the field.
Care for blood disorders spans many different areas of medicine, but patients with these illness are often not able to access or coordinate the range of specialists needed to best manage their care, said Charles Abrams, MD, professor and associate chief of Hematology-Oncology, who will serve as director of the new Blood Center. Penn Medicines expertise in both clinical care and research for hematologic conditions provides us with a solid foundation to enhance options for patients. We hope to serve as a center for research and discovery and as an incubator for the most promising new approaches to preventing, diagnosing and treating these illnesses.
Smoothing the transition between pediatric and adult care will also be a top priority for the new center.
A number of chronic hematologic disorders first become apparent at birth or during childhood and have traditionally been managed by pediatric hematologists, said Adam Cuker, MD, MS, an assistant professor of Hematology-Oncology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, who will assume the role of associate director of clinical research in the Blood Center. As care for these conditions has improved, patients are living well into adulthood. A major priority for the center is to foster cooperation between pediatric and adult hematologists at CHOP and Penn and to provide a seamless transition of care for our patients.
Patients seeking an appointment with the Blood Center can obtain more information at http://www.pennmedicine.org/blood-disorders-center.
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Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $4.3 billion enterprise.
The Perelman School of Medicine is currently ranked #2 in U.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools. The School is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $479.3 million awarded in the 2011 fiscal year.
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North Dakota Legislature: UND administrators advocate for new $124 million medical school
BISMARCK University of North Dakota leaders were hoping Tuesday to convince legislators that the most expensive option for expanding its medical school would be the best value for the state.
The UND representatives spoke to the Senate Appropriations Committee to provide details about Senate Bill 2003, the University Systems proposed budget, and highlight the need for a $124 million new medical facility rather than a $68 million expansion favored by Gov. Jack Dalrymple.
North Dakota is facing a major health care delivery challenge, where the health care needs of the people are exceeding the ability of the health care system to meet those needs, UND President Robert Kelley said. And the problem is only going to get worse ... we at UND are trying to do everything we can to help meet this challenge.
An assessment that looked at the needs of the medical school provided three options, the first and second options would renovate the existing space and add some additional space at $38 million and $68 million, respectively.
Dave Molmen, CEO of Altru Health System in Grand Forks and chairman of the schools Advisory Council, said a new building would have a significant impact on the medical school and state, he said.
The third option, supported unanimously by the 2012 interim Health Service Committee, would provide a brand new medical school at a total $124 million.
The new facility would allow for more students to attend UNDs medical school, consolidate programs to provide more more opportunities in other medical areas and provide $1 million in economic impact for the state annually from each additional physician employed in North Dakota, said Joshua Wynne, dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
He added that a new building, paid for by the state, would make the university more viable for federal grants.
The other two options require more maintenance since they would use older existing buildings, he said.
Committee Chairman Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, said a subcommittee will be formed to look at the University Systems budget.
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Grand Theft Auto 4 Episodes From Liberty City Trailer – Video
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[TRAINING] Horse Agility jumps at liberty – Video
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Liberty University To Produce Christian Films
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Updated: Wednesday, January 16 2013 3:11 PM EST2013-01-16 20:11:51 GMT
Updated: Wednesday, January 16 2013 1:21 PM EST2013-01-16 18:21:53 GMT
Updated: Wednesday, January 16 2013 12:52 PM EST2013-01-16 17:52:55 GMT
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - Liberty University has entered into a partnership with a Christian studio to produce and distribute faith-based films.
Last year Liberty debuted a two-year film school. Now the Cinematic Arts Center program is joining Dallas-based EchoLight Studios in a five-year agreement for five full-length feature films.
In announcing the agreement Tuesday, Liberty says EchoLight will oversee the films' financing, production and worldwide distribution.
Cinematic Arts Center executive director Stephan Schultze says the agreement will bring the film school to "an amazing new level."
The university predicts the film school's enrollment will reach 200 by 2015.
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Liberty Global Raises Telenet Stake
Liberty Global Inc. (LBTYA), a leading cable MSO of Europe and Latin America, recently increased its stake in its Belgian subsidiary, Telenet to 58.4% from its existing 50.2% stake. Last September, Liberty Global decided to acquire the remaining 50% stake of Telenet for approximately $2.6 billion. In December 2013, the company launched a cash offer for Telenet's shares and securities through its subsidiary Binan Investments B.V.
Recently, Liberty Global declared that 9,497,637 ordinary shares and 3,000 warrants of Telenet were tendered under its cash offer. As a result, Liberty Global will get more voting rights in Telenet. Management stated that it is closely monitoring the organization, governance and reporting structure of Telenet and may opt for more integrated option.
Telenet is an integrated telecom company offering television, broadband and mobile phone services in the Dutch-speaking north Belgium. In the third quarter of 2012, Telenet generated $461 million of revenue for Liberty Global and it had 2.134 million subscribers. At present, Liberty Global is concentrating solely on Europe and some parts of Latin America. From early 2010, Liberty Global is gradually concentrating on strengthening its foothold in Europe through a series of mergers and acquisitions.
In the coming years, we believe Liberty Globals revenue will continue to benefit from a triple play of video, broadband, and telephone, as it signs up more bundled customers in Europe and Latin America. Deployment of high-speed DOCSIS 3.0 network has facilitated the company to be at par with Virgin Media Inc. (VMED) and BT Group plc. (BT).
We maintain our long-term Neutral recommendation on Liberty Global. Currently, it enjoys a short-term Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
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It #39;s Libertarian caller time! This is a particularly amazing libertarian call as we discuss the FDA and live saving drugs and whether Ford warned people about their exploding cars... This clip from the Majority Report, live MF at 12 noon EST and via daily podcast at Majority.FM
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November election results mean change of status for Libertarian Party
The party can appoint a candidate directly to the ballot for the 95th state House special election.
Betsy Summers wasn't successful in her bid to become the state's auditor general.
But Summers, of Luzerne County, and some other Libertarians did do well enough to change the status of the statewide party through the 2014 elections, according to Department of State spokesman Ron Ruman.
Summers was one of the Libertarian candidates who exceeded a 2 percent threshold in the November 2012 election, which means that Libertarians in Pennsylvania are now considered part of a statewide minor political party, instead of a political body.
The state Green Party is still considered a political body, Ruman said.
The change influences the requirements Libertarians have in the 95th state House special election, which will be necessary because former state Rep. Eugene DePasquale has become the state auditor general.
"They would have the opportunity to get a candidate on the ballot without having to go through the more extensive signature process," Ruman said.
Libertarians can appoint a candidate directly to the ballot for the special election, similar to the process for Republicans and Democrats.
"There's one little thing that we're allowed to do the same as the other guys," Summers said. "That truly is exciting."
Since the state Green Party is still considered a political body, its candidate would need to gather signatures equal to 2 percent of the largest vote-getter in the last election for that office, which would equal at least 337 signatures in the 95th District.
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Hart Of Dixie 2×11 "Islands In The Stream" Promo – Video
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China to survey islands amid tension with Japan
BEIJING: Beijing is to carry out a geographical survey of islands in the East China Sea, state media said yesterday, the latest salvo in an increasingly tense dispute with Tokyo over the uninhabited territory. The announcement came as Japanese fighter jets were scrambled in response to a Chinese state-owned Y-12 plane flying close to but not inside the islands' airspace, according to Tokyo's Defense Ministry. Separately, official Chinese media reported that Beijing's armed forces have been instructed this year to train for battle, while a Tokyo official said US and Japanese fighter jets carried out joint air exercises. This week's tensions come after Japan's hawkish Shinzo Abe won a landslide election victory following campaign promises to re-invigorate Tokyo's security alliance with Washington and take a more robust line against Beijing. The dispute over the islands, known as Diaoyu in Beijing and Senkaku by Tokyo, which controls them, has simmered on and off for years but intensified in 2012 when Japan nationalised those it did not already own, triggering anger and demonstrations in China. The protests were allowed to take place by the Communist authorities in Beijing, who use nationalism to bolster their claims to legitimacy, particularly regarding Japan, which occupied parts of China in the 20th century. China has repeatedly sent maritime surveillance ships to the area and carried out naval exercises, and both Tokyo and Beijing have scrambled fighter jets to the area in recent weeks in a further escalation. Commentators say Beijing wants to prove that Japan does not have effective control over the chain to draw Tokyo into concessions. The cartographic survey was part of a program to map China's "territorial islands and reefs" and safeguard its "maritime rights and interests," the official Xinhua news agency said, without saying when it would take place. It did not make clear whether it would involve activities on land or be purely sea-based, but quoted Zhang Huifeng, of China's National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, acknowledging there could be "difficulties." "There are some difficulties in landing on some islands to survey, and in surveying and mapping the surrounding sea area of the islands, because some countries infringed and occupied these islands of China," he said. Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, Northeast Asia director at the International Crisis Group, said in an e-mail: "Beijing's goal is to establish as much presence if not more than Japan in the area to demonstrate its sovereignty. "A geological survey is another step in this direction. China has made it clear that there is no going back to the status quo in which Japan largely administered the disputed islands on its own." In September Beijing announced the "base points and baselines of the territorial waters of the Diaoyu Islands", filing details with the United Nations as part of the diplomatic sparring over the issue. China's State Oceanic Administration also released geographic information including "location maps, three-dimension effect graphs and sketch maps for the Diaoyu Islands," Xinhua added. While there have been no actual clashes between the two countries' forces in the area, Chinese state media said Beijing's military had been instructed to raise their fighting ability in 2013 and "should focus closely on the objective of being able to fight and win a battle." Off Japan, six US FA-18 fighters and around 90 American personnel, with four Japanese F-4 jets and an unspecified number of people, carried out joint training exercises in the Pacific, an official said. The five-day drill followed the nation's first military exercise designed to recapture "a remote island invaded by an enemy force" on Sunday. In October Japan and the US dropped plans for a joint drill to simulate the retaking of a remote island, reportedly because Tokyo did not wish to provoke Beijing further.
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China to survey disputed Diaoyu Islands
Published: Jan. 16, 2013 at 6:09 AM
BEIJING, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- China said it will survey the disputed Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea to "safeguard China's marine rights," a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
The survey of the islands -- known as the Senkaku Islands by Japan which administers them -- will be part of a larger project of island and reef mapping started in 2009, spokesman Hong Lei told reporters, a state-run Xinhua news agency report said.
"Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islets have been the inherent territory of China since ancient times," said Hong.
The National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation has completed mapping of islands within 60 miles of China's coastline and will start on territories further afield which include the Diaoyu, also claimed by Taiwan.
China has maintained the Diaoyu, which lie around 100 miles north of Japan's Ishigaki Island and 116 miles northeast of Taiwan, are its territory since international treaties in the late 1800s.
At the end of World War II in 1945 the islands were under U.S. jurisdiction as part of the captured Japanese island of Okinawa. Japan has administered them since 1972 when Okinawa was returned to Japan.
Tensions flared between Beijing and Tokyo in September after the Japanese government bought three of the islands from a private Japanese owner, triggering public protests in Chinese cities.
Since then China has stepped up naval incursions and patrols around the islands for which Japan has lodged formal diplomatic complaints.
Hong also said that China and Japan continue to discuss at various diplomatic levels and through informal channels possible settlements to settle the dispute.
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From Fitbit to Fitocracy: The Rise of Health Care Gamification
These days, anyone with a smartphone can download a variety of games designed to make them healthier, whether that means helping them stick to an exercise routine, lose weight or manage a chronic illness. The games, invented by health insurers and a host of technology startups, are marketed directly to consumers, who use them to track their progress and record key health metrics such as blood sugar and pounds shed. Players of these games can win rewards, perhaps even cash, if they hit their health goals.
Experts have dubbed this trend "the gamification of health care."It means "applying elements and design concepts from games to other contexts that are not themselves games," says Kevin Werbach, Wharton professor of legal studies and business ethics. "Using motivational techniques from games is part of it, as is creating engaging experiences for people." Werbach is co-author of For the Win: How Game Thinking Can Revolutionize Your Business, which argues that companies should think like game designers when they are devising new ways to motivate employees and customers.
In health care, however, gamification presents a distinctive set of challenges. Health care providers that want to offer games to their customers must do so without violating federal patient privacy regulations -- a requirement that can make it difficult to target games to the patients who will benefit most from them. Even companies that are not subject to those regulations are finding themselves under pressure to protect players' most personal data.
Then there is the problem of the games themselves: How can companies make them engaging enough to keep customers interested? "It's sometimes hard to build a game that's sufficiently serious and on topic, but also fun," Werbach says.
Health insurance providers were among the first to dip their toes into gamification. Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group, for example, launched OptumizeMe, an app that allows people to participate in fitness-related contests with their friends, and the company is pilot testing Join For Me, a program that encourages adolescents who are obese and at risk of developing diabetes to play videogames that require dancing or other physical activites. Healthways has a Boston subsidiary called MeYou Health, which has developed a rewards program for people who complete one health-related task per day.
Several technology startups have burst onto the scene as well, many of them focused on fitness. Boston-based GymPact uses GPS to track its users to the gym. Members who meet their workout goals win cash, much of it from GymPact members who pay penalties for failing to exercise as promised. Fitbit, based in San Francisco, markets wireless tracking devices that sync to smartphones and computers so that users can track their fitness activities. Then there is New York's Fitocracy, which is more of a Facebook-likesocial network, where people can track their workouts, challenge friends to exercise contests and earn recognition for meeting goals.
Werbach notes that there has also been a plethora of smaller companies inventing games for people with challenging health issues, such as SuperBetter Labs, a San Francisco company that is beta testing an online social game designed to help people coping with illnesses, injuries or depression. The company collaborated with scientists and doctors to develop the game.
Encouraging Patient Activation
Bonnie Henry is CEO of GameMetrix Solutions, which draws inspiration from classic games like Jeopardy and Solitaire to invent fun platforms for managing chronic illnesses, particularly diabetes. "We're primarily based on a belief system that games and game mechanics are really going to be the motivating factor for chronic conditions that people struggle with on a daily basis," Henry says. "In the health care arena, there's a lot of discussion around patient activation, meaning getting people going [with games] and looking at the change in their engagement levels." GameMetrix provides platforms for companies, such as insurers, to create games for their customers tailored to specific health parameters.
GameMetrix's developers knew that pulling patients into the games would be a challenge, Henry says, which is why they decided to model their products on known properties. "One of the challenges companies face is they're trying to build new kinds of games and game mechanics. We focus on classic games where customers already know the game mechanics. They are games that have already been proven and tested."
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Gambling on health care exchange could pay off for residents
I dont remember voting on whether to turn down a health care exchange.
Nor can I recall anyone canvassing neighborhoods, polling passersby or otherwise soliciting input about whether Indiana residents want to buy into the federal health care exchange.
Indiana taxpayers will still foot part of the bill for the national health care exchange that will provide individuals and small businesses a place to shop online for relatively more affordable health coverage. However, Gov. Mike Pence has said he does not want to institute a health care exchange in Indiana.
Pence said in a letter to Former Gov. Mitch Daniels that the health care reform as a whole erodes the freedom of every American, opening the door for the federal government to legislate, regulate and mandate nearly every aspect of our daily lives under the guise of its taxing power.
That must be easier to say when your own family can afford coverage than it would be if you had a severely ill family member and no insurance.
Lawmakers have a duty to represent their residents, so on issues as pervasive and potentially life-changing as expanding the national health care system, elected officials should make sure their actions reflect their publics desires. The state should give residents more opportunity for input, and residents should step up to offer their thoughts on the health care exchange.
Though, for a majority of college students, the most relevant part of the Affordable Care Act allowing young adults to remain on their parents health care plan until age 26 already has taken effect, the majority of state lawmakers hesitate to support further action.
Indiana officials have told the federal government they want more information, specifically information on long-term costs, about the plan. Though its good that our state is exercising caution, time is running out and this decision will prevent the Affordable Care Act from benefiting several hundred thousand Indiana residents.
Regardless, Pence said in the same letter, there is no evidence that this investment (into a health care exchange) will improve the lives of Hoosiers.
Pence cites the existing Healthy Indiana Plan, a state-sponsored, income-based program funded by cigarette taxes that charges enrollees a nominal fee for full health benefits, as a reason to reject the exchange. However, the Healthy Indiana Plan accepts few childless adults and has a waiting list that spans several years. According to a report by Indianapolis-based WRTV, within the last few years, that waiting list has included tens of thousands of names at a time.
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Some in health care refusing flu vaccine – Wed, 16 Jan 2013 PST
January 16, 2013 in Health
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Kootenai Health recruiter Brittany Stockstill decided to wear a mask instead of getting a flu shot while working in the business services department at Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur dAlene. Six percent of hospital staff chose a mask over thevaccination. (Full-size photo)
Hospitals, clinics and nursing homes increasingly are requiring their employees to get a flu shot, but some health care workers are refusing, putting their jobs on theline.
A Newman Lake woman said she felt she had no choice but to resign from Kootenai Behavioral Health because she would not comply with a new policy directing employees to get vaccinated for influenza or wear a mask at work during fluseason.
Sarah Peterson, a mental health specialist, resigned Dec. 7 after more than 17 years at Kootenai Behavioral Health, which is part of KootenaiHealth.
They have every right to make it mandatory, and I have every right to stay or quit, said Peterson, adding she didnt want to befired.
Two other workers at Kootenai Health have resigned for the same reason rather than face discipline that could lead to their dismissal, spokeswoman Kim Andersonsaid.
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Study analyzes health care safety net in Monterey County
With major implementation of the Affordable Care Act about a year away, local health officials are publicly unveiling a study aimed at analyzing the county's health care safety net, including its current capabilities and its capacity for expanding to meet the demands of national health care reform.
The study, dubbed the "Phase I Report: Preliminary Profile of Health Care Needs & Safety Net Providers that serve Residents of Monterey County," will be presented at five public meetings set for the next week and a half at various locations throughout the county. The meetings, which begin Monday with a two-hour session at 6 p.m. at the Castroville Library, will also offer attendees an opportunity to ask questions and offer comments.
Subsequent sessions will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Seaside's Oldemeyer Center on Tuesday, the county Health Department in Salinas on Wednesday, the Big Sur Grange Hall on Jan. 21, and St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in King City on Jan. 24.
The first phase of the study, which was completed in June by Cal State University faculty researchers under contract with the county health department, is a collaboration between county health officials, the university's Institute for Community Collaborative Studies, and the county's safety net providers, including local hospitals, clinics, physicians and other health care organizations.
The health care safety net is described as organizations that offer care to uninsured, underinsured and
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors is scheduled to hear a report on how the county is planning to implement the Affordable Care Act by the beginning of next year.
The supervisors are also set to receive updates from county health officials on a pair of proposed health care programs Via Care and Access Point aimed at offering temporary health coverage or improved access to care for hundreds of poor and uninsured county residents as a precursor to national reform.
Last fall, county health officials backed off plans to implement the Via Care pilot program that would have provided temporary health coverage to up to 1,500 poor and uninsured residents.
The officials argued that putting the long-planned program into place even on a short-term basis would have endangered local health care funding from state and federal sources. Instead, they proposed expanded access to care without insurance under an alternative program they called Access Point.
According to an executive summary of the safety net analysis, the first phase of the study focused on providing an initial profile of the region's population, including demographics and socioeconomic variables, and current safety net providers, including location and available services.
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