10/23/2008 News For: Vermont Prescription PlansGetting Your Money's Worth For Prescription Drugs The stock market continued a downward spiral on Wednesday, losing another 500 points. The downturn can be felt in many areas, including prescription drug prices. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, which tracks medical and health issues, 54 percent of Americans say they take prescription medication and many have trouble affording them. digiMedical Solutions, Inc. Signs Contract With Cardiologist Dr. Roy Whittingham for Digital Prescription Software and ... digiMedical Solutions, Inc. today announced that the Company has signed a contract with cardiologist Dr. Roy Whittingham of the University Heart Institute in Pembroke Pines, Florida to implement the Company's proprietary Microsoft .Net-based digital prescription handling software, digiRX, and digiReauth, the Company's call center services, to support the reauthorization of prescriptions. Health care plans: Obama vs. McCain Republican presidential nominee John McCain and Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama have dramatically divergent visions of how to reshape the health insurance system. Mt. Nittany Plans Expansion STATE COLLEGE, CENTRE COUNTY - Mount Nittany Medical Centre in State College is planning a $40 dollar expansion project. The hospital plans to add three floors to the east wing of the medical facility. Keep kids safe from prescription drug abuse When I recently addressed the annual meeting of the state Association of School Nurses, I learned of an alarming trend among teenagers and young adults. According to Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Drug Abuse, "There is a paradigm shift in drug abuse from marijuana to prescription drugs." Because of the widespread medical use of ... New nursing home plans move through Planning Commission Plans for a new nursing home to house elderly clients now at the Tuolumne General Medical Facility are moving ahead following the county Planning Commission's approval last Wednesday night of a conditional use permit. Massachusetts Health Insurance Connector Authority Board Votes To Proceed With Minimum Coverage Standards The Massachusetts Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority board on Friday voted unanimously to proceed with new minimum standards for health coverage, but added exemptions for individuals, unions or employers who can prove that plans that have not been authorized by the state are comparable to the requirements, the Boston Globe reports. McCain, Obama stick to heath care plans despite recession WASHINGTON ? Barack Obama and John McCain both have big-ticket proposals to change how people obtain and pay for health insurance. A long history of failed health-reform plans shows how difficult it is to achieve that goal. And the job only got tougher for any future president with the financial meltdown. Texarkana hospitals to consolidate Two Texarkana hosptials announce plans to consolidate. Wadley Regional Medical Center is merging with CHRISTUS St. Michael's Health System in an effort to strengthen and expand health services to the Texarkana area. The two hospitals share a combined total of 200 years of service to the region. Over the next Merck plans 7,200 jobs cuts as profit falls Readington-based Merck & Co. will cut 7,200 jobs, or 12 percent of its workforce, as the third-largest U.S. drugmaker faces generic competition to big-selling pills and falling sales of cholesterol medicine and cervical cancer vaccine. |




