11/18/2008 News For: Workmans Compensation In MassBoost in mileage compensation for veterans Eligible veterans are now entitled to increased mileage reimbursement for travel to Veterans Affairs facilities for medical care. Legislators recall Mayfield in memorial ceremony Newly sworn colleagues and longtime friends bid farewell to Rep. Stan Mayfield on Tuesday in a formal ceremony marked by kind words for Mayfield, who succumbed to cancer earlier this year. The Vero Beach Republican was remembered during a memorial service as lawmakers assembled for the first time in preparation for the 2009 legislative session. GE, Mayo Clinic, others develop health record tech Industrial powerhouse General Electric Co. hopes a push into medical electronic records and information with some of the top health care institutions in the nation will put it at the front of what is expected to be a rapidly growing market. Research Reveals Workers' Compensation Hidden Cost Drivers PARSIPPANY, N.J.----Up to 40 percent of Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Studies performed on injured workers may be inaccurate, according to research by One Call Medical, the nation���s premiere leader in diagnostic testing for workers��� compensation. Mass casualty drill held in Atlantic Highlands At 9 a.m. Sunday morning, a call went out to the police department: There was a fire aboard a crowded Sea Streak Ferry. But it wasn't real. It was a mass casualty drill, meant to measure the teamwork and response time of police, fire and medical staff and volunteer at both the local and county level. Telus injecting $100M in medical-data technology unit Telus Corp. is grafting a new brand on its health-care technology unit and plans to invest $100 million over three years into the business to build and run networks sharing medical records and other information. Former NFL official Jack Reader dies Jack Reader, who spent nearly 50 years in NFL officiating and worked two Super Bowls, has died. He was 82. He died of cancer in Hingham, Mass., on Nov. 10, a day before his birthday, the NFL said Tuesday. Reader was the back judge in the first and third Super Bowls. He was a referee and back judge in the AFL and NFL from 1960-74 before joining the officiating department as a supervisor. He ... Studies To Examine Factors Behind Racial Disparities In Breast, Colon Cancers The following summarizes articles about two cancer studies that examine racial disparities. Breast cancer: Researchers from the University of North Carolina's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center are expanding the Carolina Breast Cancer Study to examine why black women are more likely than white women to die from the disease, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. |




