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• New health care model needed

  - 2009-02-05

  Among all the different models for alternate coverage that we have, from the VA to Kaiser to PPO's, there are several that would work as national policy if we ever decide to go there. That time might have arrived. Massachusetts is offering us a "heads up" as their...

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• St. Cecilia clinic in New Orleans awarded $133,500 for diabetes

  - 2008-05-02

  Excelth Inc., Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans and United Health Foundation said today that the Daughters of Charity Health Center at St. Cecilia has received a $133,500 commitment from GlaxoSmithKline to support the expansion of community outreach efforts to help prevent and manage diabetes. At...

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• United Health Foundation and Aging with Dignity Win National Healthcare Consumer Advocacy Award for 500,000 Wishes Campaign

  - 2008-04-14

  * Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy recognizes nationwide, grassroots effort to help people overcome language and cultural barriers in planning ahead of a health crisis * "Five Wishes" living will gives families peace of mind that their preferences will be honored; more than 1,000 multi-cultural organizations have participated in...

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• United Health Foundation and Aging with Dignity Win National Healthcare Consumer Advocacy Award for 500,000 Wishes Campaign

  - 2008-04-09

  * Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy recognizes nationwide, grassroots effort to help people overcome language and cultural barriers in planning ahead of a health crisis; * "Five Wishes" living will gives families peace of mind that their preferences will be honored; more than 1,000 multi-cultural organizations have participated in...

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• United Health Foundation Grant to American College of Physicians to Support Improved Care Delivery

  - 2008-03-20

  Grant Will Develop "A Practice Improvement Workbook" as Part of the Foundation's Support for Medical Specialty Societies to Advance Medical Home Model MINNEAPOLIS -- The United Health Foundation today announced a $49,970 grant to the American College of Physicians ACP to develop a new Practice Improvement Workbook to help...

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• United Health Foundation Launches Series of Clinical Quality Improvement Grants to Medical Specialty Societies

  - 2008-02-27

  Grant to the American Society of Transplant Surgeons will assist the 1,100 members of this prestigious society dedicated to quality in transplant related clinical care MINNEAPOLIS -- The United Health Foundation today announced a $25,000 grant to the American Society of Transplant Surgeons ASTS as the first award in...

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• Healthy new England.(STATELINE)(a report by the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association and the Partnership for Prevention finds Vermont as the healthiest state)(Brief article)

  - 2008-01-01

  Vermont is the healthiest state in the nation, surpassing former No. 1 Minnesota this year, according to a report by the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association and the Partnership for Prevention. Hawaii came in third, New Hampshire fourth and Connecticut was fifth. The...

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• WHO'S WHO IN WEST VIRGINIA BUSINESS 2007: BRUCE MCCLYMONDS, WVU Hospitals-Morgantown

  - 2007-11-09

  MORGANTOWN - For nearly two decades, Bruce McClymonds has been a leader at West Virginia University Hospitals.McClymonds, now president and CEO, began his business career at WVU Hospitals in 1989, coming on board as vice president of finance and moving up until he was named president and chief executive officer...

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• BMJ Group, United Health Foundation Publish Practical, Evidence-based Guidelines to Promote Smoking Cessation in U.S. Adult Populations

  - 2007-10-15

  * New, Evidence-based Literature Review Provides Valuable Tips for Successful Quitting, Innovative Toolkit for Primary Care Physicians DENVER -- BMJ Group, publisher of the BMJ British Medical Journal, and United Health Foundation, a nonprofit private foundation established by UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), are distributing important new guidelines regarding smoking...

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• Smoking cessation pharmacology

  - 2007-09-22

  Approximately 400,000 Americans die each year from the effects or consequences of cigarette smoking. Smoking increases the risk of lung cancer 22 times in men and 12 times in women. Between 1960 and 1990, deaths from lung cancer in women increased 400%, and by the mid1980s they surpassed deaths from...

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