News Archive - September 2006


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State/Territory News

Extra $640m to cure health - 22 September, 2006
Kevin Foley has pledged an extra $640million for health over the next four years, saying this will lead to thousands more people being treated in public hospitals, cut surgery waiting lists and lift spending to $3 billion...More

Lead test for smelter kids – 20 September, 2006
Queensland health authorities are testing 400 children in Mt Isa for exposure to lead from the town's giant smelters…More

'Immunise against meningococcal' – 19 September, 2006
Parents in Western Australia are being urged to immunise their children against the potentially fatal meningococcal disease...More

$72m to help SA doctors – 18 September, 2006
The South Australian Government will allocate $72 million in this week’s state Budget to ease the pressure on local doctors…More

One in five kids eat junk: study - 8 September, 2006
Junk foods, such as potato chips, chocolate and lollies have become part of the staple diet of South Australian children, new research has revealed...More

International News

Panel recommends health care guarantee - 25 September, 2006 (US)
So what do Americans want when it comes to health care?  Two things, according to a citizens group created by Congress: protection for all high medical expenses and guaranteed coverage for specific checkups and treatments... More

Hospitals Participating in "Dizzying Array" of Quality-Reporting Programs – 12 September, 2006
While reporting programs have raised the profile of hospital quality measurement and improvement in 12 communities across the country, lack of coordination among reporting programs and inadequate resources hinder efforts to improve patient care…More

World Suicide Prevention Day - 10 September, 2006
The aim of World Suicide Prevention Day is to highlight the need to be aware of and respond to the high cost of suicide as a leading cause of death…More

HIV experts call for S African MP's sacking – 7 September, 2006
More than 60 international experts on HIV have called for the resignation of 's Health Minister over her response to the AIDS crisis in her country…More

Dire prognosis for Britain's health revamp - 5 September, 2006
Lorenzo, the long-promised patient record system at the heart of Britain's £10 billion ($25 billion) National Health Service IT upgrade, has been exposed as foilware, with iSoft having "no believable plan" for completing development...More

Infectious disease threat 'to rise' – 4 September, 2006
Diseases not normally seen in Europe were now starting to appear because of the world's changing climate, a scientist said today…More 

Farming rethink 'needed to solve obesity' – 4 September, 2006
World leaders need to force an end to "crazy" agricultural policies that fuel the global obesity epidemic by keeping unhealthy food cheap, a conference has been told…More

Study Sheds Light on Abilities of Older Doctors, Surgeons - 3 September, 2006
Chicago— Most of Dr. Marshall Goldin's medical school classmates have retired or died, but at age 67, the heart surgeon believes he still has good working years ahead...More

What do you think of your Doctor – September, 2006
A review of questionnaires for gathering patients feedback on their doctors…More 

Health Plan Pay-for-Performance Strategies – September, 2006
This article examines health plan strategies, planning development and implementation of pay-for-performance programs (financial incentives for hospitals and physicians tied to quality and efficiency) at the community level, focusing on differences across the 12 CTS site visit areas…More