Health law services 'must change'
The way contracts for legal services are awarded in the health service must improve, a committee is to hear.

Pocket-sized Map of Health Services for NYC Teens
A nonprofit is making a pocket-sized map of health services for New York City teens available citywide.

Hilo mental health services reduced
HILO, Hawaii (AP) - Health care services for the mentally ill in Hilo are feeling the statewide budget pinch. Kevin Hedlund of CARE Hawaii in Hilo says its funding has been cut by 75% and its work force will be reduced by half.

Census Report 2008 Confirms Damage Mental Health Services Are Having On Briton's Black Communities, UK
The conclusions in the fourth national census of the ethnicity of all inpatients in the NHS and independent mental health and learning disability hospitals in England and Wales shows that the discrimination within the services continues unabated.

Mental Health Services struggles with high demand
Student demand for Counseling and Mental Health Services (CMHS) at UConn is up 30 percent since last year, according to director Barry Schreier. With understaffing a major issue, this increase could mean even longer waits for students seeking care. According to Schreier, UConn falls short of providing an adequate amount of counseling staff.

Report Looks At Integration Of Health Services For Dual Eligibles; Primers Include Updated Information About Medicaid, ...
"Increasing the Use of the Capitated Model for Dual Eligibles: Cost Savings Estimates and Public Policy Opportunities," Association for Community Affiliated Plans/Medicaid Health Plans of America: The report, written by the Lewin Group, calculates state and federal spending for beneficiaries dual

State cutting mental health services 12%
The state Department of Mental Health on Tuesday announced budget cuts of 12 percent that will mean trimming services to people with mental illness around the state.

Clackamas County cuts health care services
With dwindling revenue and increasing costs, Clackamas County will sharply reduce the amount of public health services offered directly by the county. Some will be taken over by the state, others by non-profit entities. County-operated primary care clinics are already closing, including the ...

Adolescent health care -- Dec. 9 report release
( National Academy of Sciences ) "Adolescent health services: Missing opportunities," a new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, looks at the unique health care needs of those ages 10 to 19, identifies crucial gaps in existing care, and recommends changes that could help promote healthy behavior, manage health conditions and prevent disease in this age group.

Perdue To Replace Health & Human Services Secretary
North Carolina Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue says Health and Human Services Secretary Dempsey Benton won't stay in that position permanently in her administration.

Mayors look at merging public health
Five area communities are exploring whether they could deliver public health services more efficiently by offering them jointly.

Fardell?s plan to deliver health services to west
Concerned about the delivery of health services to western NSW communities set to be deserted by Rex Airlines, Dubbo MP Dawn Fardell is arguing that a ?$10 subsidy a ticket? in support of a replacement operator would be taxpayer money well spent.

Arkansas opens mental-health research, care center
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas opened a $32 million mental-health research, teaching and patient care center Tuesday - one of only nine in the country to combine all these services in one place.

Indiana Planned Parenthood Offering Gift Vouchers For Health Care, Contraceptive Services
Planned Parenthood of Indiana recently announced that its network of 35 clinics across the state will be selling holiday vouchers for basic health care services, including the recipient's choice of birth control method, AP/Google.com reports.

Shackled teen returned to protective services
TRACY -- A 17-year-old boy who authorities say was missing for nearly a year and tortured before he sought refuge at a Tracy health club this week was returned Wednesday to Sacramento County's Child Protective Services.

Campus services provide sexual health awareness
When it comes to sexual health awareness, a surprising array of knowledge exists on campus, a Health Center employee said. "When I do programs on campus, for some it's the first time they've ever seen a pack of birth control pills or condoms," said Katy Janousek, sexual health coordinator.

New state program offers family planning services
The Wyoming Department of Health will offer more low-income women the ability to receive family planning services through its new Pregnant by Choice program starting the first of the year.

PatientFlow Technology and WellStar Health System to Present Poster at IHI?s 20th National Forum on Quality ...
PatientFlow Technology ( www.patientflowtech.com ), a leading provider of patient flow management tools and services for hospitals , today announced that it will be co-presenting a poster with WellStar Health System about a hospital-wide patient flow improvement project at WellStar Kennestone Hospital, WellStar?s 633-bed, flagship hospital located in Marietta, GA, at the IHI 20 th National ...

Lufkin State School is 1 Of 13 Criticized For Health Services
Report criticizes services and patient treatment.

Budget Cuts Force Health Departments to Cut Services
Due to state budget cuts, the Chatham County Health Department is facing a decrease in revenue of almost $1 million, which will cause a reduction in services offered in Chatham County.