Sentences with phrase «of health meeting»

The legislation was proposed at a Board of Health meeting last month by Dr. Jay K. Varma, deputy commissioner for disease control for New York City's health department, after 11 infants contracted neonatal herpes between November 2000 and December 2011, after the circumcision ritual.

Rockland County Board of Health addresses STDs increase, illegal dumping, code violations BY MICHAEL RICONDA The Rockland County Board of Health met at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 15 to address several health code violations and matters of public health.

The Scott County Board of Health met Thursday evening to discuss and vote on a request for a needle exchange program.

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What's making this revolution possible, as Erika Fry and Sy Mukherjee report in «Big Data Meets Biology,» are the extraordinary new technologies that can now begin to make sense of the estimated 750 quadrillion bytes of health - related data we produce every day.

It's part of a wave of Canadian companies aiming to transform health care and bring the country's hospitals into the digital age — a massive opportunity to modernize the country's aging health - care system, and to meet the expectations of a clientele increasingly used to managing every aspect of their lives through a screen.

While your cart or truck designer will not know the nuances of each city's requirements, he or she can usually help you meet health standards.

Mustafa Suleyman, DeepMind cofounder and head of DeepMind Health, told Business Insider on Monday that the review panel met roughly four to five weeks ago.

Health savings accounts — authorized by the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 — are available only to people enrolled in high - deductible health insurance plans meeting strict criteria, including certain minimum deductibles and out - of - pocket maxHealth savings accounts — authorized by the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 — are available only to people enrolled in high - deductible health insurance plans meeting strict criteria, including certain minimum deductibles and out - of - pocket maxhealth insurance plans meeting strict criteria, including certain minimum deductibles and out - of - pocket maximums.

«It has the power to influence public debate, mobilize communities, and — most importantly — offer creative solutions to help people receive better care, no matter where they live or who they are,» write Richards and Karp, who believe that the tech industry owes its success to both of its employees as well as the communities it serves, whose health needs are often partially met by Planned Parenthood itself.

Just a short note today to thank those of you who made our third annual FORTUNE Brainstorm Health meeting such a raging success.

Shatabdi Basu, Savoir CEO, explains how her new mobile app helps consumers meet health goals while dining out at their favorite restaurants — all at the touch of their phone.

The most important piece of advice health experts have for consumers shopping during this open enrollment period: Shop around and choose a plan that best meets your needs.

«Your individual biology, your health history and ever - fluctuating state of well - being, where you go, what you spend, how you sleep, what you put in your body and what comes out» — that rich - but - messy heap of information, more than anything else, is what's driving these companies together, write Erika Fry and Sy Mukherjee in their terrific cover story for Fortune's April 1 issue («Big Data Meets Biology»), which we're posting online today.

It worked well enough to get them accepted into the city's Dreamit Health accelerator program, where they secured $ 50,000 in funding and met a handful of business advisers.

Another 4 million Americans would have sign up for 2018 health insurance plans in the final days in order to meet last year's federal marketplace total of 9.2 million.

They lead production facilities like oil wells, mines and fisheries, and are responsible for a wide variety of duties, from ensuring production targets are met to quality control to health and safety.

Because these bare - bones plans do not limit insurance payouts to workers, they meet the letter of the law's requirements that employers provide «affordable» health care coverage to their workers at a far lower cost than more comprehensive plans.

This can happen for a variety of reasons, including due to high costs matched by a limited number of health providers able to meet employee demand — if they even take an employee's insurance.

In the case of malaria — which hits hardest in Africa — clinical trials must be conducted in countries with significantly constrained public health resources while meeting the universally high quality standards that clinical trials require.

Health experts have responded by urging office workers to get up more often or even switch to a standing desk, but new research offers another easy way to trim the amount of time you spend sitting each day — opt for standing meetings.

But even meeting these two criteria wasn't enough to increase someone's chances of suffering scary health problems.

McIntyre England claimed that the shearing device met American safety requirements, but, according to official court documents, it was determined that the machinery «did not meet American National Standard Institute requirements... or the Regulations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration,» and it did not conform with «the recognized guidelines published by the National Safety Council and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for protecting machine operators.»

A startup called Treato has developed a platform that combs the Web for health - related discussions to create a Google - meets - WebMD for all of us.

Air pollution can lead to a cornucopia of life - threatening diseases, and new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that 80 % of cities aren't meeting guidelines.

Renfro announced the launch of Optum Ventures during the meeting, which is committing $ 250 million to fund digital health - care firms.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman Joanne Peters says it will meet health - insurance exchange deadHealth and Human Services spokeswoman Joanne Peters says it will meet health - insurance exchange deadhealth - insurance exchange deadlines.

Republicans in the House of Representatives were told at a Monday night meeting that the stop - gap measure would extend funding through March 23, along with a year of defense funding and two years of funding for community health centers, lawmakers said.

At the shareholders meeting, Weston said one of the ways Loblaw plans on bringing the food and health and beauty categories together is through its PC Plus program.

At the end of each of the next 10 fiscal years, if certain benchmarks are met by the agency (financial growth, profitability and overall company health), Linda and I will transfer up to 10 percent of our equity by granting stock options to all employees based on the same progressive formula we use to distribute employee cash bonuses.

In Canada — an environment with radically different processes and supports for dependent patients — the supply of such tools is nowhere close to meeting the surging demand, signalling that caregiver - focused technology may be the greatest untapped niche in health - care tech north of the border.

Preparing the ground: First came an announcement, at the company's regular monthly meeting, that the cost of health care was on the way up and that management was looking for solutions.

Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.

The health - care professionals have been invited to meet with McDonald's executives as part of a year - long Listening Tour.

The meeting included Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, and entrepreneurs ChenMed CEO Chris Chen and iTriage CEO Peter Hudson, who are considered on the forefront of technological advancement in the health - care indHealth and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, and entrepreneurs ChenMed CEO Chris Chen and iTriage CEO Peter Hudson, who are considered on the forefront of technological advancement in the health - care indhealth - care industry.

Nomad Health, a startup that's set up a platform for a new generation of doctors and nurses to pursue gig work that meets their own needs, has raised $ 12 million in a Series B funding round led by Polaris Panthers, the company announced Tuesday.

«We know our solution works for the general U.S. population, but we want to make sure it is more culturally respectful, and can help the health outcomes of these population groups,» says Goodwin, whom I first met at IEEE's Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference last spring.

The CEOs of health - care tech companies met with President Obama to discuss how technology can be used to bring down the cost of health care for Americans.

A random assortment of health information doesn't mean much if it doesn't meet at least two critical criteria, says oncologist and former Duke professor Amy Abernethy: quality and context.

A new survey shows that an overwhelming percentage of physicians don't believe that their states» new health insurance exchanges will meet the Oct. 1 deadline for those key Obamacare marketplaces to begin enrolling the uninsured.

President Donald Trump continued his streak of high - profile executive meetings on Monday with a gathering of prominent health insurance executives.

Health IT and electronic medical records specialist Allscripts» chief executive is out with a new op - ed in Healthcare IT News, ahead of this year's HIMSS conference (the biggest health tech and digital infrastructure meeting of the Health IT and electronic medical records specialist Allscripts» chief executive is out with a new op - ed in Healthcare IT News, ahead of this year's HIMSS conference (the biggest health tech and digital infrastructure meeting of the health tech and digital infrastructure meeting of the year).

The proposal met with a record number of comments, with a number of health insurance groups expressing concern that the short - term plans will undermine the health exchanges by siphoning off younger, healthier consumers who will no longer face a penalty if they enroll in non-compliant plans in 2019.

The first tests of that support, indeed, may come as early as May, when the G20 Health Ministers meet in Berlin.

A series of events, being co-hosted by the World Bank and WHO on 13 - 14 April, as part of the World Bank Group - International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in Washington DC, is bringing ministers of finance, development agencies, academic experts and practitioners together to discuss how to put mental health at the centre of the health and development agenda globally and in countries.

Wei said that during the past year the company has strived to meet «demand for high - end and healthy products of the middle class,» with its premium soup series containing less additives to cater to health - conscious consumers.

In August of 2007, for example, Health Minister Tony Clement referred to one of the RCMP studies when he told a pivotal meeting of the Canadian Medical Association, «There has been more research done, and some of it has been questioning of the research that has already taken place and questioning of the methodology of those associated with Insite.»

CVS Health and Aetna have each scheduled shareholder meetings on March 20 seek shareholder approval of the deal.

Together, Morsch and Mitchum met with the Secretary of Health and Assistant Secretary of Health for Puerto Rico to explain the situation and the unique qualifications the Haitian doctors have to help the people of Puerto Rico.

With Hartford on edge about the future of Aetna here, CVS Health Corp. chief executive Larry Merlo traveled to the city in January for high - profile meetings with the governor and the city's mayor.

Cruz, his ally Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R - TN), one of the most senior Republicans working on the health care bill, met with the Senate parliamentarian recently.