- The Senate is in recess until Oct. 15, 2007.
- The House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Disability
Assistance and Memorial Affairs held a field hearing in Windsor, N.Y., on Oct. 9,
2007, to examine the personal costs of the VA claims backlog.
- The House Veterans Affairs Committee held a hearing
on Oct. 10, 2007, to examine the findings of the Veterans Disability Benefits Commission.
Commission Chairman James Terry Scott, Lt. Gen. USA (Ret.), testified before the
committee about the Commission’s recommendations.
- Representative Jo Ann Davis, Republican of Virginia,
died on Saturday after a two-year battle with breast cancer, her office said. She
was 57.
Ms. Davis represented southeastern Virginia
in the House. Ms. Davis, who was first elected to Congress in 2000, was a member
of the House Armed Services Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Her first piece of legislation, passed by the House in 2001,
increased the life insurance benefit paid to survivors of military members killed
on duty.
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Military Health Care News
- TRICARE Management Activity announced that the Departments
of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) have agreed to exchange Chief Information
Officers (CIOs). This exchange is an effort to increase joint understanding and
communication between the two agencies.
In what Dr. S. Ward Casscells, assistant secretary of defense
for health affairs, called the “Chuck swap,” Charles “Chuck” Hume went to the VA
and Charles “Chuck” Campbell returned to the MHS to, “Walk a mile in the other man’s
shoes.”
Coming full circle, Campbell has returned to DoD to serve
as CIO for the Military Health System (MHS), serving as principal advisor to Dr.
Casscells and other DoD medical leaders on all matters related to information technology
(IT) and protection, enterprise architecture, IT capital investment and strategic
planning.
Hume recently left his post as deputy CIO for the MHS to
go to the VA as deputy CIO for health for the Veterans Health Administration. Hume
was the deputy CIO for the MHS since July 2006. His new position at the VA
is the one Campbell held most recently before returning to the MHS. In his last
assignment before retiring from the Air Force as a colonel in May of 2006, Campbell
was acting MHS CIO and then deputy MHS CIO. http://www.tricare.mil/pressroom/news.aspx?fid=324
- The Military Health System was one of the 2007 GCN Award
winners for its Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based
Epidemics, which provides early warning of potential disease outbreaks,
or attacks, worldwide
ESSENCE is a Web-based application integrated into the Defense
Department’s Military Health System (MHS) that records instances of viruses and
other diseases and tracks those reports in search of trends. Public health is a
matter of national security. Regardless of whether it’s a relatively commonplace
occurrence such as viral gastroenteritis, or potentially life-threatening, such
as influenza or SARS, any disease outbreak in the military can put entire units
out of action if not quickly detected and checked. And the threat of a biological
attack, both at home and abroad, has become much more tangible since the letter-borne
anthrax attacks of 2001.
The ESSENCE system links medical data with geographic information
systems, allowing DoD public health investigators to track the spread of symptoms,
drilling down to a specific military unit or ZIP code. Analysis of the data can
help medical personnel move quickly and early to treat affected individuals before
an illness becomes an epidemic — and before it becomes potentially life-threatening.
ESSENCE is the product of the merger of two projects — one in DoD and the other
at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory in coordination with the
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and Maryland Emergency Management
Agency.
Based on its success in a trial tracking cases in the National
Capitol Region, in 2001, DoD expanded it beyond the NCR and brought in data from
the entire military health system. ESSENCE has become an essential tool in
helping DoD deal with not just the threat of major infectious diseases but also
other public health issues in the military population that affect units’ readiness.
In the case of influenza-like illness, the early-detection
capabilities of ESSENCE are important in helping medical facilities move quickly
to prevent a larger outbreak.
Initially, the application wasn’t designed with security in mind — the data were
anonymized, and only aggregated data were available to users. To comply with
the regulations set forth by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act governing security and privacy of medical records, DoD had to extend the program.
In addition, there were many enhancements to the software
made to include e-mail, text message or pager alerts when a situation that may require
investigation is detected, asking them to log in for an investigation. Part of the
advantage of complete integration with the MHS architecture was the ability to drill
down to the specific medical records involved in a possible outbreak.
The speed with which new information is processed has also
been increased. New data from around the world is submitted around the clock, and
the system now does full detection cycles on the data it receives six times a day,
so users worldwide are constantly getting the latest data.
For the complete list of the 2007 GCN Award winners, click
here
- To address the behavioral health care needs of the thousands
of Minnesota National Guard members throughout the state, Blue Cross and Blue Shield
of Minnesota (Blue Cross), along with TriWest Healthcare Alliance and the Minneapolis
VA Medical Center (VAMC), is hosting the first-ever Combat Stress Conference.
The Minnesota National Guard consists of more than 13,000
members who live in nearly every corner of the state. Since 2001, more than 80 percent
of the members have been mobilized for active duty, serving in 33 different countries.
In addition, nearly 2,600 Minnesota National Guard members completed their deployments
to Iraq and returned home in August.
Nearly 350 community-based physicians, nurses, psychiatrists
and other health care professionals that care for the troops have been invited to
attend the conference on Oct. 17, 2007, at the Earle Brown Heritage Center from
7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is intended to help providers identify deployment-related
symptoms such as combat stress, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) and traumatic brain injury, as well as providing treatment methods.
In addition, the Minnesota Army National Guard has reached
an agreement with TriWest Health Care Alliance to put mental health services at
22 Minnesota National Guard armories around the state. This agreement will allow
the 2,600 members of the Minnesota National Guard who returned from extended deployment
to Iraq to have greater access to mental health services.
Mental health professionals will do onsite consultations
and make referrals to any Guard member. Minnesota Army National Guard Chaplain John
Morris says the goal is to encourage married and single soldiers to get help.
The program will also consult with military commanders on
mental health issues. Mental health professionals will also participate in monthly
unit training.
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Veterans Health Care News
- A unique health care facility combining the resources
of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) will
be named in honor of a local native, Navy veteran and astronaut James A. Lovell.
The new James A. Lovell VA-DoD Federal Health Care Facility,
scheduled to open in 2010, will care for nearly 100,000 veterans, sailors, retirees
and family members. The new facility will result from the merger of the North
Chicago VA Medical Center and the Great Lakes Naval Hospital.
This joint $130 million initiative marks the first totally
integrated federal health care facility in the country.
Jim Lovell, a Chicago native, naval aviation veteran of
the Korean War and former astronaut, was command pilot of Apollo 8, the first Apollo
mission to enter lunar orbit. He also commanded Apollo 13, which suffered
an explosion in route to the moon and was brought back safely to earth by the efforts
of its crew and mission control. Lovell is a recipient of the Congressional
Space Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1392
- Lilly Endowment Inc awarded a $9.9 million grant to
the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center to support a new clinic for injured service
members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and other projects. This grant
will also allow the VA to build a "comfort home" serving families of hospitalized
service members while their loved ones undergo rehabilitation.
The grant will provide $5.8 million for a 24,000-square-foot
Seamless Transition Integrated Care Clinic where returning troops will receive comprehensive
multidisciplinary health care. Another $3.5 million will be used to build
a 28-suite comfort home that will provide accommodations for veterans’ families
during extended periods of care.
In addition, the endowment is funding retreats at which
veterans and their spouses or loved ones can reunite and learn to work through readjustment
issues typically associated with returning from deployment.
Another $500,000 is designated for rehabilitation events,
including the National Veterans Golden Age Games, which the Roudebush VA Medical
Center will host in the summer of 2008. This senior adaptive rehabilitation
program is designed to improve the quality of life for older veterans, including
those with a wide range of abilities and disabilities.
The Lilly Endowment was established in 1937 by members of
the Lilly family as a vehicle to pursue their personal philanthropic interests.
It is separate from the Eli Lilly and Co. pharmaceutical firm and is independently
managed. http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1393
- On Oct. 10, 2007, Humana Inc. announced that Humana
Veterans Healthcare Services (HVHS) was awarded the Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) Project Hero demonstration contract to support healthcare delivery to veterans
in Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) 8,16, 20 and 23. Under the terms
of the award, HVHS will have the opportunity to serve veterans in Arkansas, Florida,
Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
Oregon, South Dakota, Washington; and portions of Alabama, California, Georgia,
Kansas, Illinois, Missouri, Montana, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
HVHS will work with local VA officials to deliver timely
access to high quality, cost-effective care, for the veteran population in the affected
areas. The contract is comprised of one base period and four one-year option periods.
HVHS will offer an extensive array of resources and services.
Among the clinical offerings will be behavioral health, diagnostic, dialysis, medical
and surgical services. Availability of these services is designed to improve the
ability of VA’s patient-focused health care system for the Department’s enrolled
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Health Care News
- The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded
contracts totaling
$22.5 million to nine health information exchanges (HIEs) to begin trial implementations
of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN). HIEs are networks that
securely connect electronic health records for providers and patients.
These contracts will connect the HIEs to form the “network
of networks,” the NHIN. The NHIN trial implementations will leverage recent accomplishments
of HHS, its contractors and partners, including: the Healthcare Information Technology
Standards Panel (HITSP), the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information
Technology (CCHIT), the Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC)
and the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS).
Awardees include the following organizations, representing
broad-based state and regional health information exchanges:
- CareSpark -- Tricities region of Eastern Tennessee and
Southwestern Virginia
- Delaware Health Information Network – Delaware
- Indiana University -- Indianapolis Metroplex
- Long Beach Network for Health -- Long Beach and Los
Angeles, California
- Lovelace Clinic Foundation -- New Mexico
- MedVirginia -- Central Virginia
- New York eHealth Collaborative -- New York
- North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications
Alliance, Inc. -- North Carolina
- West Virginia Health Information Network -- West Virginia
These contractors will participate in the NHIN Cooperative
-- a collaborative to test and demonstrate the exchange of private and secure health
information among providers, patients and other health care stakeholders.
HHS’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected
to announce contract awards in December, 2007, that will complement these efforts
to further develop the NHIN. This joint work will ensure that health information
exchanges using the NHIN infrastructure can support the community-based activities
of public health agencies.
Interim NHIN results will be shared through three public
forums and other public demonstrations of real-time information exchange at the
end of the first contract year (September 2008).
Once created, the NHIN health information exchanges’ specifications
and related testing materials will be placed in the public domain to facilitate
widespread participation in the developing the NHIN. http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2007pres/10/pr20071005a.html
- The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded
contracts totaling $55.3 million to four companies for the advanced development
of anthrax antitoxins, therapeutics and antibiotics for use against plague and tularemia.
The new Biological Advanced Research and Development Authority
(BARDA) and NIH’s National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
provided funding for the new contracts. Through an agreement with BARDA, NIAID will
manage the contracts.
The companies receiving contracts are
- Nanotherapeutics Inc. of Alachua, Fla. -- $20 million
for a plague and tularemia antibiotic development;
- Emergent BioSolutions Inc. of Rockville, Md. -- $9.5
million for anthrax immune globulin development;
- PharmAthene Inc. of Annapolis, Md. -- $13.9 million
for anthrax antitoxin development; and
- Elusys Therapeutics Inc. of Pine Brook, N.J. -- $11.9
million for anthrax antitoxin development.
The Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act of 2007 directed
HHS to establish the BARDA office and authorized the funding of advanced development
of medical countermeasures. BARDA coordinates interagency efforts to define and
prioritize requirements for public health medical emergency countermeasures, related
research, and product development and procurement. BARDA also has responsibility
for setting deployment and use strategies for medical countermeasures held in the
Strategic National Stockpile. http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2007pres/10/pr20071005c.html
- On Oct. 4, 2007, Rear Adm. Kenneth P. Moritsugu, USPHS,
acting surgeon general of United States and head of the Public Health Service Commissioned
Corps, relinquished command to Rear Adm. Steven K. Galson. The ceremony also served
as Rear Adm. Moritsugu’s retirement ceremony after an illustrious thirty-seven
year career.
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
and the Ad Council and the National Football League (NFL) will join to launch a
new series of national public service advertisements (PSAs) designed to combat childhood
obesity by encouraging physical activity among children. The new ads, which feature
NFL players Reggie Bush (New Orleans Saints), Antonio Gates (San Diego Chargers)
and Jason Witten (Dallas Cowboys), urge families to “get up and play an hour a day.”
The PSAs will be unveiled this morning during the NFL’s United Way Hometown Huddle
Event in New Orleans, part of the NFL’s national day of service. The ads will
also air during NFL games throughout the football season.
The “Be a Player” multimedia ad campaign is an extension
of HHS’ Obesity Prevention campaign that launched in 2004 and the Ad Council’s Coalition
for Healthy Children initiative. The campaign message is also an important
part of the NFL’s “Play 60” youth health and fitness initiative, a multi-year campaign
which launches today to encourage youth to achieve 60 minutes of activity a day.
The PSAs are available in both English and Spanish and were created pro bono
by the NFL and Curious Pictures.
The PSAs are being distributed to media outlets nationwide
this week. Per the Ad Council’s model, all of the new ads will air and run in advertising
time and space donated by the media.
The new PSAs aim to reach children ages 6-13 to communicate
the message that physical activity is fun and easy, and that you don’t need to be
an athlete or join organized sports to stay healthy. In addition to the NFL players,
the ads introduce new animated NFL characters, Mike “Good Manners” McMannis (a referee
who flags kids for “lazy penalties”) and Wanda (a superhero-like cheerleader), who
join the players in urging children to “get up and play an hour a day.” The characters
will be featured in upcoming NFL youth fitness initiatives throughout the season.
The new PSAs encourage youth to visit www.NFLRUSH.com and
www.smallstep.gov for fun and interactive experiences to get healthy and be
active. Both sites include information to keep kids fit, including NFL player blogs,
games, wallpapers, and activities.
In addition to the new NFL spots, Ad Council continues to
promote the “Be a Player” physical activity message, along with communications focused
on portion control and energy balance, through its Coalition for Healthy Children.
The coalition harnesses the combined strengths of major marketers, media, non-profit
and government partners to combat childhood obesity through the dissemination of
consistent, research-based messages to parents and children. This unique collaboration
utilizes a national research study to evaluate progress and determine the effects
of Coalition members’ initiatives. http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2007pres/10/pr20071009a.html
AHRQ's EPCs conduct research syntheses and analyses of the
scientific literature on clinical and other health care delivery issues and produce
reports and technology assessments on the evidence. The resulting reports are used
by Federal and State agencies, private-sector professional societies, health delivery
systems, providers, payers, and others committed to evidence-based health care.
Since the program was created in 1997, the EPCs have produced and published nearly
200 evidence reports on a variety of health care topics.
The EPCs will develop reports of the scientific
literature in the following focus areas:
- U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, where they will
conduct systematic reviews of the evidence on specific topics in clinical prevention
and provide technical support that will serve as the scientific basis for Task Force
recommendations.
- AHRQ's Technology Assessment Program, where they will
assess the clinical utility of medical interventions to assist the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services make informed decisions regarding its Medicare program.
- The Generalist Program, for which they will continue
producing numerous reports each year with private and Federal partners on a range
of clinical, behavioral, economic, and health care delivery topics.
- The Effective Health Care Program, for which they will
provide high-quality, reliable data in the form of comparative effectiveness reviews
to help patients, clinicians, and policymakers make the best health care decisions.
- The Scientific Resource Center, through which they will
provide scientific and methodologic technical support to the Generalist and Effective
Health Care programs.
The EPCs and their directors are as follows:
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Technology Evaluation
Center; Naomi Aronson, Ph.D.
- Duke University; Douglas C. McCrory, M.D.
- ECRI Institute; Karen M. Schoelles, M.D., S.M.
- Johns Hopkins University; Eric B. Bass, M.D., M.P.H.
- McMaster University; Parminder Raina, Ph.D.
- New England Medical Center Hospitals; Joseph Lau, M.D.
- Oregon Health & Science University; Mark Helfand,
M.D., M.S., M.P.H.
- RAND Corporation; Paul Shekelle, M.D., Ph.D.
- RTI International; Meera Viswanathan, Ph.D.
- University of Alberta; Terry P. Klassen, M.D., M.Sc.,
and Brian Rowe, M.D., M.Sc.
- University of Connecticut, C. Michael White, Pharm.D.
- University of Minnesota; Robert L. Kane, M.D. and Timothy
J. Wilt, M.D., M.P.H.
- University of Ottawa, David Moher, Ph.D.
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Katherine Hartman,
M.D., Ph.D.
http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2007/epcnextpr.htm
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved
the first generic versions of Trileptal (oxcarbazepine), an anticonvulsant drug.
Generic oxcarbazepine is FDA-approved for use alone or in combination with other
medications in the treatment of partial seizures in adults and children aged 4 years
and above.
Oxcarbazepine tablets in three strengths (150 milligrams,
300 milligrams and 600 milligrams) are manufactured by Roxane Laboratories Inc.,
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited.
The labeling of the generic products may differ from that
of Trileptal because parts of the Trileptal labeling are protected by patents and/or
exclusivity.
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
announced that the vast majority of the nation’s hospitals are meeting the quality
reporting goals about the quality of the care they provide to Medicare beneficiaries
and will receive a full payment rate increase of 3.3 percent next year. Of
the nation’s 3,506 acute care hospitals eligible to participate in the RHQDAPU program
in FY 2007, 93 percent participated and met requirements; 6 percent failed to meet
requirements; and 1 percent chose not to participate
Under the Reporting Hospital Quality Data for Annual Payment
Update (RHQDAPU) program, hospitals that reported certain quality measures and met
other requirements are entitled to receive the full market basket update for FY
2008. Although participation in the program is voluntary, hospitals that don’t
participate are subject to a 2.0 percent reduction in payment.
The reporting of hospital quality data under the RHQDAPU
program is part of a program-wide effort to transform Medicare from being a passive
payer of health care services to a prudent purchaser of high quality care for people
with Medicare. The program was originally authorized under section 501(b)
of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA)
and was launched by CMS in FY 2005 with 10 reportable measures and a 0.4 market
basket percentage point reduction for IPPS hospitals that did not meet program requirements.
CMS has continued to refine the quality measures since it
launched the RHQDAPU program. For FY 2008, hospitals will be required to report
on 27 quality measures, including 24 processes of care measures for discharges on
or after Jan. 1, 2007. The new quality measures for FY 2008 include mortality data,
as well as data collected from patient surveys about their perceptions of the care
they received during an inpatient stay.
CMS implemented the patient satisfaction survey, known as
the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, or HCAHPS,
as part of the RHQDAPU program for FY 2008. The survey asks about consumer
perceptions of the care they have received during a hospital stay, such as responsiveness
of hospital staff, cleanliness and the overall rating of the hospital. Beginning
with discharges on or after July 1, 2007, this survey will be one of the quality
measures that must be reported by IPPS hospitals in order to receive the full update.
CMS NR 10-11-2007
- On Oct. 11, 2007, drug makers voluntarily pulled children's
cold medicines off the market, less than two weeks after the government warned of
potential health risks to infants.
Over-the-counter medications aimed at children under the
age of 2 are being removed from store shelves because of rare instances of parents
overdosing young children.
The Consumer Healthcare Products Association agreed with
government officials that use of the drugs should be restricted, but had previously
stopped short of pulling the products from the market.
Cold medicines being withdrawn include: Johnson & Johnson
Pediacare Infant Drops and Tylenol Concentrated Infants Drops, Wyeth's Dimetapp
Decongestant Infant Drops, Novartis' Triaminic Infant & Toddler Thin Strips
and Prestige Brands Holdings' Little Colds Decongestant Plus Cough.
Late last month the Food and Drug Administration tentatively
recommended adding the words "do not use in children under 2 years" to products'
labeling. Current labeling directs parents to consult a doctor before administering
the drugs to infants and toddlers.
FDA will formally consider revising labeling next week.
After reviewing reports of side effects over the last four decades, FDA found 54
child fatalities from over-the-counter decongestant medicines. The agency found
69 reports of children's deaths connected with antihistamines, which are used to
treat runny noses.
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- The total number of Guard and Reserve currently on active
duty has decreased by 587 from the last report to 90,822. The totals for
each service are Army National Guard and Army Reserve, 70,228; Navy Reserve, 5,926;
Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, 7,553; Marine Corps Reserve, 6,823; and
the Coast Guard Reserve, 292.
www.defenselink.mil
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Reports/Policies
- The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released “The State
of Quality Improvement and Implementation Research: Expert Views, Workshop Summary,”
on Oct. 5, 2007. The report examines what works in quality improvement; what
methods are currently being used to assess and identify best practices; and what
programs and methods should be pursued in the future. The IOM invited experts
both from within and outside of health care to provide a better understanding of
what is known about quality improvement and implementation research.
http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3809/38607/46844.aspx
- The GAO issued “Prescription Drugs: Trends in
Usual and Customary Prices for Drugs Frequently Used by Medicare and Non-Medicare
Health Insurance Enrollees,” (GAO-07-1201R) on Sept. 7, and released on Oct. 10,
2007. This report provides information on trends in retail prices--known as
usual and customary prices--for prescription drugs frequently used by Medicare enrollees
and non-Medicare health insurance enrollees. The GAO focused on usual and customary
price trends from January 2004 through January 2007; and usual and customary price
trends from January 2000 through January 2007 for the subset of drugs that were
included in both our 2005 report and the current report. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d071201r.pdf
- The GAO issued “Global Health: U.S. Agencies Support
Programs to Build Overseas Capacity for Infectious Disease Surveillance,” (GAO-08-138T)
on Oct. 4, 2007. The report examined the obligations, goals, and activities
of these programs; and the U.S. agencies' monitoring of the programs' progress.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08138t.pdf
- The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released: “Informing
the Future: Critical Issues in Health. Fourth Edition,” on Oct. 10, 2007.
This report highlights the groundbreaking reports released by the IOM over the past
two years and explores the policy areas that will be critical to the nation's well-being
in years to come.
http://www.iom.edu/CMS/28312/47034.aspx
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Legislation
- No legislation was proposed this week.
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Hill Hearings
- The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee will hold a hearing
on Oct. 17, 2007, to examine Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense
collaboration, focusing on the report of the President's Commission on Care for
America's Returning Wounded Warriors, the report of the Veterans Disability Benefit
Commission, and other related reports.
- The House Veterans Subcommittee on Health will held
a hearing on Oct. 18, 2007, to examine the impact of health care on recruitment
and retention.
- The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee will hold a hearing
on Oct. 24, 2007, to consider pending legislation.
- The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee will hold a hearing
on Oct. 31 2007, to examine vocational rehabilitation.
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- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold a public
meeting on Oct. 19, 2007, to solicit views and information from interested
persons on issues concerning how the agency can best plan and apply information
technology (IT) resources to support the process for the review of human drug applications.
Federal Register Notice
- The 20th Annual Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium
will be held on Oct. 20-21, 2007, in New York City, N.Y. http://www.vindicomeded.com/meetings/idc/ny/default.htm
- The National Cancer Institute (NCI), will hold a symposium:
“HIV/AIDS Research at the National Cancer Institute: a Record of Sustained Excellence,”
on Nov. 1- 2, 2007, in Bethesda Md. http://web.ncifcrf.gov/events/hivaidsresearch2007
- The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC)
and the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (NACB) will hold a one-day conference:
“Making the Case for the New Cancer Diagnostics,” on Nov. 2, 2007,
in St. Louis, Mo. http://www.aacc.org/AACC/events/meetings/NewCancerDetectionTechnologies.htm
- The 46th Annual Research in Medical Education (RIME)
Conference will be held Nov. 2-7, 2007, in conjunction with the AAMC Annual
Meeting in Washington, D.C. http://www.aamc.org/meetings/annual/2007/start.htm
- The American Public Health Association 135th Annual
Meeting will be held on Nov. 3-7, 2007, in Washington, D.C. http://apha.confex.com/apha/135am/techprogram/
- The FDA’s conference: “Anthrax Vaccines -- Bridging
Correlates of Protection in Animals to Immunogenicity in Humans,” will be held
on Nov. 8-9, 2007, in Gaithersburg Md. http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/E7-11613.htm
- The AMSUS 113th Annual Meeting will be held Nov.
11-16, 2007, in Salt Lake City, Utah. http://www.amsus.org/convention/
- The 27th AMEDD Neurology Meeting will be
held on Nov. 14-16, 2007, in Washington, D.C. www.hjf.org/events
- The 2007 meeting of the Army and Air Force Chapters
of the ACP will be held on Nov. 14-18, 2007, in San Antonio, Texas.
www.hjf.org/events
- The 47th ASCB Annual Meeting will be held
on Dec. 1-5, 2007, in Washington D.C. http://www.ascb.org/meetings/
- The Special Operations Medical Conference will be held
on Dec. 10-13, 2007, in Tampa, Fla. https://www.trueresearch.org/soma/2007/attendee-registration.aspx
- The State of the MHS - The 2008 Annual TRICARE Conference
will be held on Jan. 28-31, 2008, in Washington D.C. http://www.tricare.mil/conferences.cfm
- The American Medical Directors' Association's (AMDA)
2008 Annual Symposium will beheld on March 6-9, 2008, in Salt Lake City,
Utah. http://www.amda.com/education/annsym08/
- The 5th Annual World Healthcare Congress
will be held on April 21-23, 2008,, in Washington D.C. http://www.worldcongress.com/email/HR08000/HR08000-9-11-07Online.htm
- The 13th International Congress on Infectious Diseases
will be held June 19-22, 2008, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://www.isid.org/13th_icid/
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