Pew Study Finds Texas Among States Missing Opportunity to Prevent Tooth Decay and Reduce Health Costs
A majority of states, including Texas, are not doing enough to use a proven strategy for preventing tooth decay, unnecessarily driving up health care costs for families and taxpayers according to a new report by the Pew Center on the States.
Houston Stem Cell Summit Brings Together Texas Stem Cell Research and Organizaitons in Texas
Harvesting stem cells from adult patients and then re-injecting them into the same patient has been a routine therapy in U.S. medicine for decades. The New York Stem Cell Summit, in conjunction with several Houston-based medical institutions, is launching the first Houston Stem Cell Summit.
New York Times: Women’s Clinics in Texas Lose Aid
A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that Texas can end financing for Planned Parenthood clinics that provide health services to low-income women before there is a trial over a new law that bars state money from going to organizations tied to abortion providers.
San Antonio’s Brooke Army Medical Center Recognized as One of the Nation’s ‘Most Wired Hospitals’
San Antonio’s Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) at Fort Sam Houston, part of the United States Army Medical Command, has been named as “A Top Wired Hospital in the United States” according to the 2012 Most Wired Survey by Hospitals and Health Networks magazine.
UT Southwestern Researchers Awarded $48.2 million in CPRIT Grants
Researcher have been awarded $48.2 million in grants to investigate cancer-related projects as well as to recruit pre-eminent cancer researcher. The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) awarded grants to UT Southwestern Medical Center are part of $114 million allocated for 45 projects and scientific recruits at Texas-based academic institutions and private firms.
13 States Cut Medicaid To Balance Budgets
Thirteen states are moving to cut Medicaid by reducing benefits, paying health providers less or tightening eligibility, even as the federal government prepares to expand the insurance program for the poor to as many as 17 million more people.
Last Place Health Care Governor Won’t Implementing State Insurance Exchange or Expand Medicaid in Texas
“If anyone was in doubt, we in Texas have no intention to implement so-called state exchanges or to expand Medicaid under Obamacare,” exclaimed a defiant Perry whose health insurance is paid by taxpayers.
Texas Medicaid Initiative Seeks to Reduce Risk of Premature Births
A new Medicaid initiative will provide pregnant women at high risk of delivering premature infants with access to a 24-hour help line and other resources to increase their chances of carrying their babies full term, leading to healthier babies and lower costs for the state.
‘Rest Of The Country Should Take A Good Look At The Situation In Texas’
They say everything is bigger in Texas, and the problem of the uninsured is no exception. The Houston metropolitan area has one of the highest rates of uninsured people in America, and a health safety net imploding under the demands of too many people and too few resources.
167 Texas Hospitals Recognized for Raising Quality of Care
Memorial Hermann Hospital System of Houston and Methodist Hospital of San Antonio sat a the top of the TMF Health Quality Institute Health Care Quality Improvement Award by achieving gains in key clinical areas designated as national health care priorities.
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