Give PPP a Chance! – Francis Tamakloe – Anlo Constituency – Video

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When you vote for PPP, PPP will win so GIVE PPP A CHANCE. Francis Tamakloe, PPP Parliamentary Candidate for the Anlo Constituency in the Volta Region, addresses the nation on some issues he hopes to help solve in his constituency. THERE ARE FOUR REASONS WHY YOU NEED TO GIVE PPP A CHANCE TO GIVE NEW LIFE TO MOTHER GHANA: WE WILL CREATE JOBS, JOBS, JOBS -- Because we know have demonstrated how to do this. WE WILL FOCUS PRIMARILY ON PUBLIC HEALTH CARE -- Because #39;prevention is better than cure. #39; WE WILL PROVIDE QUALITY COMPULSORY EDUCATION -- Because a nation makes progress only if ALL of its citizens have equal access to quality facilities for education training. WE WILL PROVIDE COMPETENT INCORRUPTIBLE LEADERSHIP -- Because that is what Ghana needs to take it out of the current doldrums. Our focus on anti-corruption will save over an estimated 3BN Cedis of our country #39;s money which ends up yearly in private pockets. WHEN YOU VOTE FOR PPP, PPP WILL WIN, SO YOU MUST GIVE PPP A CHANCE!From:Papa Kwesi NduomViews:0 0ratingsTime:00:57More inNews Politics

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People’s Community Clinic – Video

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About Us Mission Statement PEOPLE #39;S COMMUNITY CLINIC is a not for profit community based health care provider, committed to providing our diverse community with access to high quality, affordable primary health care. Our organization RESPECTS all individuals with courtesy and dignity. We treat our patients with empathy and understanding. We strive to exceed expectations to everything we do. We believe in cooperation and collaborative actions with other organizations to achieve our mission. About People #39;s Community Clinic People #39;s Community Clinic is a fully certified Community Health Center by California Department of Public Health. Our team of providers is made up of physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners physician #39;s assistants. Scope of Service Family Practice Internal Medicine Pediatric Healthcare Women #39;s Health Services Family Planning Immunizations ( Children and Adult) Physicals (CHDP, Well Baby, DMV, General Health, Sport) STD Screening and Treatment Manage Care Coverage People #39;s Community Clinic provide services to everybody regardless of their ability to pay for healthcare. We accept: No insurance Medi-Cal Medicare PPO/HMO Or other third party payer County funded programs And other state funded programsFrom:NaraTVshowViews:3 0ratingsTime:13:22More inNonprofits Activism

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Randolf Jamias on Myanmar International 11-14-12 Local News2 – Video

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A press conference on the devastation, rehabilitation works and health care services was held intended for the areas in Mandalay region hit by the 6.8-magnitude quake. Union Minister U Myint Hlaing inspected road construction site linking Doe Nwe and Kyaye Sar Oo villages and completion of primary school in Doe Nwe village in Dekkhina Thiri, NayPyiTaw on the 13th November.From:Randolf JamiasViews:0 0ratingsTime:05:34More inNews Politics

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Poverty in India , Causes and possible Solutions. Discussion—- Samidha Rath – Video

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The Self sufficiency we achieved in Food is not a small feat.We can also be proud of some of our achievements in the frontier of Science and Technology .However there is something contrary to the feel good Picture.We must look beyond what we want to see, to see what is reality is. The reality is disturbing .It is a matter of considerable shame that in our capital Delhi Itteracy is as hagh as 40 % .The situation in the field of Primary health care should also give us sleepless night. every three minaute a child dies in india.In visulaizing , therefore the future of Indiathe one truth we must understand i sthat it is no longer possible for a part of India to Progress and become globalised while another part of India , which is numerically greater continues to be deprived.The Problem , of cource is that we are a functionaing Democracy and the population of India is a serious matter. The answer to the the Population Control lies in Education. In order to avoid the Poverty the control over Population and the significant improvements in literacy are far most required , #39; Thanks Samidha Rath Class - 4. Goel Ganga International School , Pune.From:Panchanan RathViews:0 0ratingsTime:02:07More inEducation

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2012 Newfoundland and Labrador Family Physicians of the Year – Edgar Mayo, MD, CCFP, FCFP – Video

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A dedicated, compassionate family physician, Dr Edgar Mayo has practised rural family medicine on the Burin Peninsula in Newfoundland for 36 years. Dr Mayo earned his medical degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) in 1975. He completed his internship at Dalhousie University and a traineeship in anesthesia at MUN. Dr Mayo received Certification in Family Medicine in 1987 and became a Fellow of the College of Family Physicians of Canada in 2004. Initially employed by the Newfoundland Government, Dr Mayo worked at the Burin Cottage Hospital. In 1977, he opened a comprehensive family medicine practice. In addition to his practice, Dr Mayo serves as an ER physician at the Burin Peninsula Health Care Centre and travels by boat to provide health care to three remote communities on Newfoundland #39;s south coast. He is also a preceptor to family medicine residents and nurse practitioners at MUN. Dr Mayo served on a joint municipal committee that successfully brought the health care centre and 11 full-time specialists to the Peninsula. He also worked with the Burin Peninsula Health Care Foundation to support related fundraising events. In 2010, Dr Mayo #39;s commitment to family medicine was recognized when the Town of Burin dedicated a MUN medical scholarship in his name. He also received the Dr. Yong Kee Jeon Award from the Faculty of Medicine at MUN. Dr Mayo is married to Beth and has two daughters, Penny and Erin. He is also the proud grandfather of two boys and one ...From:CFPCMediaViews:1 0ratingsTime:02:20More inNonprofits Activism

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http://www.facebook.com http://www.youtube.com Latest News Platform Please Subscribe LatestNewsPlatform Occupy Los Angeles activists are joining with labor unions to protest corporate control in America. They #39;re targeting the financial district of downtown Los Angeles, where major banks like Bank of America and Wells Fargo have headquarters. Over the past 3 years, Wells Fargo has reported profits of more than 50 billion dollars but has received state and federal tax breaks totaling 18 billion dollars. Protesters say when a wealthy corporation like Wells Fargo fails to pay a fair share of taxes, it leaves local communities unable to afford vital public services like health care, police officers and firefighters. Protesters say the banks also hurt communities by supporting wars that cost billions of dollars and thousands of lives. They say banks fund wars to benefit the rich sector of society that profits from defense contracts and regional economic control. Follow our Facebook on: http://www.facebook.com Follow our Twitter on: twitter.com Follow our Tumblr on: presstvchannel.tumblr.comFrom:LatestNewsPlatformViews:0 0ratingsTime:02:17More inNews Politics

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Care Alliance is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Cleveland, OH providing health care and supportive services specifically to individuals experiencing homelessness or living in or around public housing. Our mission is to provide high-quality, comprehensive medical and dental care, patient advocacy and related services to people who need them most, regardless of their ability to pay.From:CareAllianceViews:2 0ratingsTime:04:25More inNonprofits Activism

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Equity and the Affordable Care Act: Why Health Care Insurance Alone Doesn't Remedy Disparities

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PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Access to health care coverage does not ensure equality of health care, and equitable care doesn't mean treating every patient the same, according to Equity in the Context of Health Reform, a comprehensive, accessible collection of online tools just released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) as the Reform in Action resource package at http://rwjf.org/en/research-publications/find-rwjf-research/2012/10/reform-in-action--equity-in-the-context-of-health-reform.html.

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Provisions in the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) address the goal of reducing disparities in health care among minority populations. Starting in January 2014, all people living at or below 133 percent of the poverty level will be eligible for Medicaid. Increasing access to health coverage will have a significant effect, as more than half of the 46 million people who are currently uninsured are members of minority populations.

Evidence, however, strongly suggests that access to insurance coverage alone does not remedy those disparities. Two RWJF programsAligning Forces for Quality and Finding Answersoffer lessons and resources to help reduce that inequity.

The resources will be of interest to anyone reporting on or working in the field of health equity.

The online bundle of resources includes:

Expert commentary on research about Improving Equity in US Health Care is available from Marshall Chin, the Richard Parrillo Family Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago, and director of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change (www.solvingdisparities.org).

More information on the current state of disparities in U.S. health care, as well as what can be done to eliminate them, can be found at http://rwjf.org/en/research-publications/find-rwjf-research/2012/10/reform-in-action--equity-in-the-context-of-health-reform.html.

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Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) is the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's signature effort to lift the overall quality of health care in 16 targeted communities, as well as reduce racial and ethnic disparities and provide tested local models that help propel national reform. Aligning Forces communities have made great strides in publicly reporting disparities in care, standardizing the collection of race, ethnicity and language data in local hospitals and in boosting the capacity of language services in those hospitals.

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United Health Foundation Awards $1 Million to Support Jefferson Reaves, Sr. Health Center in Miami

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United Health Foundation today announced $1 million in renewed funding to help the Jefferson Reaves, Sr. Health Center improve health care quality and access in Miamis Overtown neighborhood.

The gift renewal which marks a total of $8,975,000 committed since 2004 is provided through the University of Miami Miller School of Medicines Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and is aimed at addressing some of the areas most serious health issues, including diabetes and related risk factors like obesity, inadequate physical activity and unhealthy dietary behaviors.

The community served by the Jefferson Reaves, Sr. Health Center is disproportionately affected by type 2 diabetes and at high risk for complications associated with the disease, including heart disease, stroke, blindness, loss of limbs and death. The funding helps the center to expand its primary care capacity and provide patients with a comprehensive, team-based approach to chronic disease management.

Were helping patients in this high-risk community receive the comprehensive medical care, knowledge and mental health services they need to improve diabetes outcomes and potentially improve quality of life for themselves and their families, said John G. Ryan, Dr.P.H., director of the United Health Foundation-funded program at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Thanks to support from United Health Foundation, we can continue to do what is clearly making a difference for patients: improving outcomes, preventing hospitalizations and helping patients to be engaged in self-managing their disease.

Services supported by the funding include: diabetes clinical management; medical nutrition therapy; physical activity; diabetes education; mental health support; depression management; social services and more. These services are delivered in a patient-centered manner that is based on Family Medicine and public health models, and the goal is to build and sustain strong relationships between care providers and patients, and to help patients learn how to self-manage their health.

I applaud United Health Foundation and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine for their collaborative efforts to help Jefferson Reaves, Sr. Health Center improve health care for thousands of people in Miamis Overtown neighborhood, said Florida Representative Cynthia A. Stafford (D-Miami). Having access to high-quality, affordable care regardless of income and age makes a critical difference in peoples health and has far-reaching benefits for the livelihood our communities.

United Health Foundation has provided the funding to the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine since 2004 to support the universitys efforts at the Jefferson Reaves clinic as part of the Foundations Community Health Centers of Excellence initiative. The Jefferson Reaves, Sr. Health Center is an outpatient, primary care practice managed by Jackson Health Systems that serves more than 6,000 people each year. Over the last decade, the clinic has had a strong impact in the community.

The gift comes at a critical time for community clinics: the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) estimates that the more than 20 million people served by community health centers each year could nearly double by 2015 as a result of the Affordable Care Act.

As millions more enter the health system starting in 2014, community health centers will become an increasingly vital resource nationwide, said Kate Rubin, president of United Health Foundation. We are working to help community clinics deliver high-quality care to the people who need it most and in ways that work. Our goal is to help solve the nations most serious health challenges, one community at a time.

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Rick Scott relaxes health stance

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TALLAHASSEE Florida Gov. Rick Scott, one of the most vocal critics of the federal health care overhaul, is dropping his staunch opposition to the law.

Scott said in an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press that he now wants to negotiate with the federal government. He said its time for Republicans to offer solutions to help families after they lost their bid to defeat President Barack Obama.

The election is over and President Obama won, Scott said. Im responsible for the families of Florida If I can get to yes, I want to get to yes.

Scott had previously stated that he would not go along with any parts of the health care overhaul that the state controls.

But his newfound willingness to have a conversation about putting it in place in Florida comes at a critical time.

States have until Friday to notify federal authorities whether they plan to set up health insurance exchanges, a marketplace where individuals and small businesses can shop for the most affordable coverage and where many will get help from the government to pay their premiums.

Florida so far has taken no steps to set up its own exchange.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced an extension last week. She still wants to hear if states will be setting up health insurance markets under the law. But governors can now take another month, until mid-December, to submit detailed blueprints.

Most states have been on the fence awaiting the election outcome. They now have three options: running their own exchanges, operating an exchange in partnership with the federal health officials, or letting the feds handle everything.

Scott said he still has concerns about the exchanges, including the cost of running one and whether it would increase the cost of health care for families. But he said hes sure federal officials want to find ways to provide affordable health care to people.

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Liberal group outlines $385B in Medicare cuts

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WASHINGTON (AP) Hoping to head off wider health care cuts in upcoming budget talks, a think tank close to the White House is unveiling a plan for how to save $385 billion, mostly from Medicare.

Medicaid and the new health care law are largely spared from cuts in the blueprint being released Wednesday by the liberal-leaning Center for American Progress. Instead, it targets Medicare service providers, from the pharmaceutical industry to hospitals and nursing homes. And higher-income Medicare recipients would face increased monthly premiums for outpatient and prescription coverage.

After taxes, health care costs are probably the thorniest issue facing policymakers looking for a way to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, an economically toxic combination of tax increases and spending cuts looming Jan. 1 if compromise fails.

Rising health care costs are the most stubborn element of the nation's long-term budget woes. At the same time, a recent report for the government estimated that the U.S. health care system squanders $750 billion a year, about 30 cents of every medical dollar.

The center's proposal is notable because it comes from an organization that serves as a kind of idea factory for President Barack Obama's administration, akin to the conservative Heritage Foundation during Ronald Reagan's presidency. The plan calls on Obama to draw the line against broader cuts and premium increases in budget talks with Republicans.

"This isn't a floor. This is a ceiling," said Neera Tanden, president of the center and formerly a senior White House official who worked on Obama's health overhaul. "The idea was to provide ideas in the debate that would not punish the middle class and low-income seniors."

Congressional Republicans call the approach wishful thinking. They argue that all health care programs, including Medicaid for the poor and Obama's law covering the uninsured, must be on the table. They say any plan that walls off big portions of government health care spending is simply not credible.

Tanden suggests Republicans recheck the election results. Voters, she said, knew that Republican Mitt Romney wanted to repeal the health care law, privatize Medicare and give Medicaid over to the states and they chose Obama. "This election was not a coin toss," she said. "We did not come out equal."

The center's plan rejects raising the Medicare eligibility age to 67, a concession that Obama quietly offered up in failed budget negotiations last year. Instead it focuses on squeezing Medicare service providers, a strategy the plan's authors say will make the entire health care system more efficient without risking quality.

Drugmakers would take the biggest hit, accounting for $160 billion, or about 40 percent of the proposed 10-year savings. Nearly all of that would come from requiring pharmaceutical companies to pay rebates on drugs provided to low-income Medicare beneficiaries.

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Castlight Health Appoints CFO to Support Strong Company Growth

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Castlight Health, the leading provider of health care transparency solutions for employers and payers, today announced that John C. Doyle has joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO). Doyle brings a wealth of experience to the position, formerly holding key finance and operations roles at a number of leading biotech companies. He will oversee Castlights corporate finance, accounting and administration functions.

Doyle joins Castlight during a time of explosive growth. The company signed a broad range of new customers in the last quarter in the higher education, hospitality and technology sectors. New customers include Indiana University, Carlson and USA Mobility. Today, Castlight enables hundreds of thousands of individuals to reduce their medical costs while improving the quality of care.

Castlight continues to grow at an incredible pace as companies look to curb rising health care spending, while ensuring their employees have better outcomes at lower cost, said Dr. Giovanni Colella, CEO and co-founder, Castlight Health. Johns vast experience in a broad range of areas, from corporate finance to business development, makes him an outstanding addition to the Castlight management team.

Doyle brings more than 20 years of experience in corporate finance, business operations, investor relations, and strategic planning to his new role at Castlight. He previously held the position of chief operating officer at biotech company Achaogen, and prior to that, was vice president of finance and corporate planning at Genentech. Prior to Genentech, he was chief financial officer and senior vice president of corporate development at Renovis, Inc., a publicly-held biotech company.

John received an M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.S. in Business Administration from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He is also a member of the 2012 Class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Castlights mission to transform health care through information really resonates with me, added Doyle. Castlight has assembled a world-class team that is partnering with innovative employers and payers to give individuals the information they need to make good choices as health care consumers. I am excited to join this effort.

About Castlight Health

Castlight Health enables employers, their employees, and health plans to take control of health care costs and improve care. Named #1 on The Wall Street Journals list of The Top 50 Venture-Backed Companies for 2011 and one of Dow Jones 50 Most Investment-Worthy Technology Start-Ups, Castlight Health helps the countrys self-insured employers and health plans empower consumers to shop for health care. Castlight Health is headquartered in San Francisco and backed by prominent investors including Allen & Company, Cleveland Clinic, Maverick Capital, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Oak Investment Partners, Redmile Group, T. Rowe Price, U.S. Venture Partners, Venrock, Wellcome Trust and two unnamed mutual funds. For more information, please visit our web site at http://www.castlighthealth.com or call (415) 829-1400.

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Health care is heading into Ponzi-scheme territory

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Canadians are aging, and their health-care system how it runs and how it is financed is not prepared.

Last year, the first of the baby boomers turned 65. For at least the next two decades, their departure from the work force and their greater health-care needs will strain the system as nothing has before.

Today, 14 per cent of the population is over 65 years of age. That 14 per cent consumes about 44 per cent of all health-care spending. In a decade, seniors will amount to 20 per cent of the population, and they will cost the health-care system more.

People under 55 on average consume about $3,000 of health care from the public purse each year. For those 65 to 69 years of age, the sum jumps to $6,223, according to a recent report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information. For those 70 to 74, spending rises to an average of $8,721; for those 75 to 79, spending averages $12,050; and for those over 80, the average is $20,113.

True, some seniors will be fitter than previous generations of seniors. But fit or otherwise, the largest sums for health care come in the last six months of life, and we all die sometime.

Aging, per se, is a manageable cost somewhat more than 1 per cent per year. Thats why some experts dismiss it as a serious problem. Stale analysis. Old stuff, they sniff.

And theyre right, if only the costs of aging are calculated. But whats neglected is the flip side of an aging population a smaller share of people working to earn money that governments will tax to get the revenue for the higher costs. This is what is called by economists the implicit liability of future costs.

Herb Emery, a health-care economist at the University of Calgary (and two colleagues, David Still and Tom Cottrell) has crunched numbers around the costs of health care for a population with sharply higher numbers of seniors and fewer people working to support them. They call whats coming a Ponzi scheme, because of the sizable intergenerational inequities.

Since its inception, public health care has been funded on a pay-as-you-go model. Governments have raised taxes and/or borrowed money to buy a certain amount of health care. It worked, in a creaky sort of way, while the age profile of the population had more people working for a smaller number of retirees than now. The pay-as-you-go model begins to fall apart once the population profile ages.

The bottom line is that when people leave the work force, they will have paid the bulk of their lifetimes taxes, which governments will have already spent. When they start getting older, they will earn less, but cost governments more. Since governments have already spent their tax money, they will have to find new money from those who have not yet retired.

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Alabama in health care quandary

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Gov. Robert Bentley and state lawmakers delayed two major decisions on health insurance this year, and now find themselves in hurry-up mode on one.

Bentley has until Friday to submit a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services on what Alabama intends to do in relation to the exchange, a marketplace for those without insurance to price plans and apply for subsidies to help pay for insurance. The exchanges are mandated under the Affordable Care Act.

The governors office acknowledged Friday that Bentley is speaking with other state governors about how to move, but said little else.

Our position remains that we will let the federal government know our intentions by the Nov. 16 deadline set by the Department of Health and Human Services, said Jeremy King, a spokesman for Bentley.

The governor also has not made a decision on whether to opt into an expansion of Medicaid that will be fully paid by the federal government through 2017, and about 90 percent covered by Washington after 2020. Some lawmakers have expressed concerns that the state will not be able to afford even a slight increase in Medicaid spending, with the General Fund budget still facing tight straits.

King said the governors office had serious concerns about the long-term costs, but did not rule it out.

Over time, the increased costs to states could be dramatic, he said. We are carefully evaluating the issues and will make fully-informed decisions based on what is best for Alabama.

Others argue that the improvements to public health and long-term savings from expanding insurance in the state are too valuable to pass up.

At the maximum, a few years out, the state will bear only 10 percent of cost, said Jim Carnes, a spokesman for Alabama Arise, which works on poverty issues in the state. Its just a dime on a dollar ... but you have to look at costs that will be offsetting.

Whatever paths the state chooses, the decisions will have ramifications for years.

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Cerner to Standardize Health Care for NBA Players With Easy-to-Use and Automated System "HealtheAthlete"

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. and NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cerner Corporation (CERN) is working with the National Basketball Association (NBA) to improve health care for NBA players by providing an easy-to-use, automated health care management system.

HealtheAthlete(TM), a secure electronic platform, will enhance the standard of medical record keeping for all NBA athletes. For the first time, all 30 NBA teams will be connected in an integrated platform to manage the health of their athletes on and off the court.

"The NBA's determination to provide quality care for its players is demonstrated by its commitment to utilize a unified health platform to address the health concerns affecting these athletes," said Jason Wander, director of HealtheAthlete. "Together, Cerner and the NBA are compiling a complete picture of the health of NBA athletes to create a seamless experience for providers, which will enhance the overall long-term medical care of NBA players."

The new platform will allow trainers and doctors to integrate care-related information, such as medications, notes, labs, specialist visits, X-rays, and MRIs, directly into the athlete's medical record and associated athlete personal health record. Other benefits include:

"Cerner's HealtheAthlete is an innovative approach to high-performance health care," said NBA Physician, Jace Provo, MD. "Providing more standard health care with an automated and unified management system will benefit all of our players and teams."

The HealtheAthlete platform combines health care management, personal health records, and advanced reporting capabilities built specifically to manage the health of elite athletes. The platform digitizes current sports medicine processes for professional and amateur sports organizations.

About Cerner

Cerner is contributing to the systemic change of health and care delivery. For more than 30 years Cerner has been executing its vision to make health care safer and more efficient. We started with the foundation of digitizing paper processes and now offer the most comprehensive array of information software, professional services, medical device integration, remote hosting and employer health and wellness services. Cerner systems are used by everyone from individual consumers, to single-doctor practices, hospitals, employers and entire countries. Taking what we've learned over more than three decades, Cerner is building on the knowledge that is in the system to support evidence-based clinical decisions, prevent medical errors and empower patients in their care.

Cerner(R) solutions are licensed by approximately 9,300 facilities around the world, including more than 2,650 hospitals; 3,750 physician practices; 40,000 physicians; 500 ambulatory facilities, such as laboratories, ambulatory centers, cardiac facilities, radiology clinics and surgery centers; 800 home health facilities; 40 employer sites and 1,600 retail pharmacies.

Certain trademarks, service marks and logos (collectively, the "Marks") set forth herein are owned by Cerner Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in the United States and certain other countries throughout the world. All other non-Cerner Marks are the property of their respective owners. (CERN). For more information about Cerner, please visit http://www.cerner.com, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

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ll4.me Lipid Biotechnology Discussing a variety of lipid-active enzymes from animal, plant, fungal, and microbial sources, Lipid Biotechnology covers modern techniques in genetic engineering. This text presents the latest advances in supercritical fluid technology, biocatalysis, bioprocess engineering, and crop breeding. Lipid Biotechnology offers a thorough review of the most recent principles and approaches used in the development and design of lipids for cosmetic, industrial and pharmaceutical, and food products. The authors provide in-depth analyses of the structure, metabolic and enzymatic functions and mechanisms, defensive and catalytic properties, industrial uses, and other applications of oxilipins, lipases, and other fatty acids. Related discussions include reaction conditions, reactor design, immobilization technology, and large-scale manufacturing. Publisher: Marcel Dekker Illustration: N Language: ENG Title: Lipid Biotechnology Pages: 00000 (Encrypted PDF) On Sale: 2002-01-22 SKU-13/ISBN: 9780824744182 Category: Technology Engineering : General Discussing a variety of lipid-active enzymes from animal, plant, fungal, and microbial sources, Lipid Biotechnology covers modern techniques in genetic engineering. This text presents the latest advan technology, engineering, generalFrom:aidataylor326Views:0 0ratingsTime:00:10More inPeople Blogs

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ll4.me Advances In Applied Microbiology From the Reviews of Previous Volumes"No laboratory scientist, field worker or technical administrator can afford to pass it up.2- ASM NEWS"The topics are well supported by an extensive bibliography and provide a rich source of current information."- BIOPHARMKey Features* Genetic engineering* Genetic manipulation* Bioprocessing and fermentation* Using microbes for producing Publisher: Academic Press Illustration: N Language: ENG Title: Advances in Applied Microbiology Pages: 00290 (Encrypted PDF) On Sale: 1995-10-10 SKU-13/ISBN: 9780120026418 Category: Science : Life Sciences - Microbiology Category: Science : Life Sciences - Molecular Biology Category: Technology Engineering : Food Science From the Reviews of Previous Volumes"No laboratory scientist, field worker or technical administrator can afford to pass it up.2- ASM NEWS"The topics are well supported by an extensive bib science, life sciences, microbiology, molecular biologyFrom:davidaguilar565Views:0 0ratingsTime:00:10More inPeople Blogs

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