The Department of Health and Human Services today released a model certification program containing a set of quality standards states can use for inspecting and certifying laboratories used in fertility clinics that provide assisted reproductive technology (ART) such as invitro fertilization.
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) supports the recommendations released today by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The IOM makes sweeping recommendations that call for "legitimate oversight" by the Department of Health and Humans Services (HHS) in order "to manage the system of organ procurement and transplantation in the public interest."
Statement by Donna E. Shalala, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding findings of the Institute of Medicine on Organ Transplantation
The American Public Health Association (APHA) today expressed disappointment about the patients' rights legislation passed Thursday by the U.S. Senate, but remains optimistic that the House of Representatives will do better as it begins debate this week.
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) believes administration's global AIDS initiative is enormously important because of the additional resources that will be mustered in this fight and because of the message it sends.
Vice President Al Gore today joined Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy Sandra Thurman, Members of Congress, and leaders of the African-American, religious, children's and AIDS communities to announce that the Administration will seek the largest-ever United States budget increase in the global battle against AIDS -- a new investment of $100 million.
House Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt strongly supports the Clinton Administration's proposal to commit an additional $100 million of funding to fight the AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa and other areas of the globe where this disease has become a major public health crisis.
The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) finds it unconscionable that a lack of funds is causing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system to deny lifesaving treatment for hepatitis C, a disease reaching epidemic levels among our nation's veterans.
The American Academy of Family Physicians recommended today that the rotavirus vaccine not be administered until additional information can be obtained and analyzed.
American Federation of Teachers President Sandra Feldman says Senate has missed a real opportunity to improve the quality healthcare for Americans with their votes on the Patient's Bill of Rights.
The Clinton Administration recognizes that human stem cell technology's potential medical benefits are compelling and worthy of pursuit, so long as the research is conducted according to the highest ethical standards.
Calling for real reform of "a monetized HMO establishment intent on undermining the health of patients and the professionalism of physicians and nurses," Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader outlines the bare-bones elements of a worthwhile reform plan.
The American Osteopathic Association's (AOA) House of Delegates voted that physician unionization was not a viable solution to the problems that physicians face today.
Vice President Gore pleased about today's encouraging news on a promising new treatment to reduce the transmission of HIV/AIDS from mothers to children.
Will Congress protect American's right to medical privacy? That is what people all across the country want to know. The American public is fast awakening to the fact that Congress has only until August 21 to pass a law to protect medical privacy, but many people haven't realized yet that Congress is scheduled to break for more than a monthlong recess on August 7.
As the Senate prepares to approve a controversial measure aimed at reforming health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and other managed care plans, Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, says the bill is a phony cure for what ails millions of people in HMOs.
Patients and doctors would win new rights to timely health care under a proposal announced today by Sen. John Ashcroft (R-Mo.).
The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) thanks the United States Senate for taking a small step in the direction of managed care reform. After five years of debate and no action, the Senate listened to the demands of the American public and passed legislation aimed at forcing managed care companies to stop making medical decisions based on profits.
The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) applauds the recent decision by a Cole County (Mo.) Circuit Judge that physician assistants must practice in the same building as their supervising physician.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) expressed disappointment and frustration today that the U.S. Senate identified the profits of big business as a higher priority than the health care needs of children by passing an ineffective managed care bill.
The U.S. Senate moved the health care debate forward by passing the Patients' Bill of Rights. Now it is up to the House of Representatives to ensure that final legislation fully protects all Americans.
The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) called on the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court's ruling and uphold the authority of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate tobacco.
Vice President of APA calls on Congress to pass effective patient confidentiality legislation to protect America's most vulnerable population.
In anticipation of next week's Senate debate about patient protection legislation, the American Academy of Family Physicians today sent to all members of the Senate a list of provisions that must be included to assure protection for all patients.
The U.S. Congress has only until Aug. 21, 1999 to pass a medical privacy law, or regulations governing your medical privacy will be established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services by Feb. 21, 2000. These deadlines, established by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), are fast upon us.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized a new health claim today that will allow food companies such as General Mills to promote the heart-disease-fighting and cancer-fighting health benefits of whole grains.
PhRMA Says while there is no clinical evidence that the use of thimerosal has caused adverse health consequences, there has been some discussion of its inclusion as a preservative in vaccines. Consequently, there is general consensus that it would be preferable to eliminate thimerosal from vaccines whenever possible.
The American Heart Association lauds the jury verdict in Florida as an important step in holding the tobacco industry accountable for the harm caused by tobacco products. The civil jury decision was the result of a landmark class action suit filed on behalf of half a million sick Florida smokers and survivors of tobacco victims.
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons is calling for an immediate moratorium on mandatory hepatitis B vaccines for schoolchildren pending further research about dangerous side effects, and accused school districts which require the shots of practicing medicine without a license.
Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher says physicians and parents should be reassured that continuing to vaccinate infants, within the flexibility of today's schedule, is the best way to protect infants from devastating childhood diseases.
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids says jury decision in Miami represents the most serious court loss ever suffered by the tobacco industry.
The Florida jury has clearly seen through Big Tobacco's smokescreen. The jurors have confirmed the industry's culpability in the suffering and deaths of Floridians lured into the use of a dangerous, addictive product.
"We're disappointed that HMOs are making decisions that will force some Medicare beneficiaries to change their health coverage and at the same time scaring them about their Medicare benefits."
AIDS Policy Center for Children, Youth & Families responded with concern today to a new policy statement adopted by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on HIV testing of pregnant women.
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service and the FDA announced three important new measures to prevent illnesses caused by contaminated eggs.
"Doctors already act collectively and can do so morally. But the goal of collective action must be completely consistent with their commitment to the patient."
Daniel Wolfson, president and CEO of Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP), issues statement regarding President Clinton's Prescription Drug Proposal for Medicare Beneficiaries.
The Concord Coalition welcomed President Clinton's Medicare reform proposal but questioned the lack of means testing and the use of projected budget surpluses as a way to finance future obligations.
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) Executive Director Jane M. Orient, M.D., responds to President Clinton's Medicare proposal.
Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University researchers discussed the importance of international comparisons of health system performance at a session of the Association for Health Services Research's annual meeting in Chicago.
Findings from the Commonwealth Fund 1998 Survey of Women's Health reveal that women in managed care plans generally have the same or better access to care than women in traditional fee-for-service plans.
Findings from the Commonwealth Fund 1998 Survey of Women's Health reveal that women in managed care plans generally have the same or better access to care than women in traditional fee-for-service plans.
The American Lung Association announced that it is filing two petitions with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit requesting that the court conduct a rehearing of the smog and soot health standards cases.
House Democratic Leader Richard A. Gephardt issued a statement today on President Clinton's Medicare plan, applauding the President's proposal to modernize and extend the life of Medicare into the next century.
The Alzheimer's Association Issued a Statement on President Clinton's Medicare Proposal, commending the President for putting on the table a meaningful proposal for universal prescription drug coverage.
The very bill designed to assure medical health record privacy will destroy patient confidentiality if the Senate passes it without modification, according to an expert on privacy rights representing the American Psychoanalytic Association.
Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman said today that USDA is encouraging state agencies that administer child nutrition programs to work with local school districts to offer alternative types of milk, such as lactose-free milk, for children who are lactose intolerant.
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) today announced new patient protections in standards to protect the health and welfare of hospitalized patients.
The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) steadfastly supports the Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 1999 (H.R. 1304).
The Physicians Insurers Association of America (PIAA) strongly urges Congress to pass medical malpractice reforms like those in HR 2242, the "Medical Malpractice Rx Act."
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