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	<description>To Maximize the Value of the Dollar Spent on Healthcare</description>
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		<title>Healthy Workforce Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Healthy Workforce Act Picks-Up Steam in Senate  
Over the past few weeks some of you have expressed an interest in the Healthy Workforce Act (HWA) (S. 803, H.R. 1897) developed by Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa).  Here is the latest update on the bill:

The bill was introduced by Senators Harkin and Cornyn, and Representatives Blumenauer and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Payment And Other Innovations Improve the Quality And Value in Health Care?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Value In Health Care

Building Organizational Capacity:
A Cornerstone Of Health System Reform
Janet Corrigan and Dwight McNeill
Payment Reform Alone Will Not Transform Health Care Delivery
Charles N. Kahn III
Fostering Accountable Health Care: Moving Forward In Medicare
Elliott S. Fisher, Mark B. McClellan, John Bertko, Steven M. Lieberman,
Julie J. Lee, Julie L. Lewis, and Jonathan S. Skinner
Medicare: The Place To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business &amp; Healthcare</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent Health Affairs Perspective, Chief Executive Officers in America should “work together to create an accountable health system with the patient at the center”.  The changes that are needed for the healthcare system should be “rooted in the realities that face US businesses and consumers”.  Some of the current problems with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colorectal cancer is cancer of the colon and/or rectum and is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in the United States. It is equally common in both men and women and is one of the most easily prevented cancers because it can develop from polyps that can be removed before they become cancerous.  
 
According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Nutrition Month</title>
		<link>http://www.scbch.org/2009/03/national-nutrition-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Eat Right&#8221; is the theme for the March 2009 nutrition campaign created by the American Dietetic Association.  The campaign centers around nutrition education and information which focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.
It is important to eat right and stay fit no matter what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month</title>
		<link>http://www.scbch.org/2009/01/january-is-national-birth-defects-prevention-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.scbch.org/2009/01/january-is-national-birth-defects-prevention-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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