Category: Ohio

Pharmacists Focused On Engaging Patients

The Ohio-Marshall County Pharmacist Association’s 43rd annual Spring Continuing Education Seminar will take place on Sunday, March 19 at Wilson Lodge, Oglebay Park. The program will provide six continuing education credits for pharmacists, coordinated by the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy Office of Continuing Education.

Pain pill alternative is being abused

Pain pill alternative is being abused A non-narcotic pain pill that led the state in prescriptions in December is becoming more widely abused. Check out this story on portclintonnewsherald.com: http://ohne.ws/2lmsV55 This week, the Ohio Substance Abuse Monitoring Network issued an alert that abuse of gabapentin, more commonly known by the brand name Neurontin, has been on the rise over the past six months, especially by those with a history of abuse to heroin and prescription pain pills.

Proposed bill would allow ‘dental therapists’ to perform dental procedures

Need a tooth pulled or a cavity filled? Forget the dentist. A number of states are allowing or considering letting “dental therapists,” professionals with a lower level of training, do the job.  In dozens of countries and a handful of U.S. states, dental therapists also sometimes called advanced dental hygiene practitioners help fill gaps in access to oral care for low-income, elderly and disabled people, and in rural areas where few dentists practice, according to many public health advocates.  In Massachusetts, a group that lobbies on behalf of dentists has for the first time signaled a willingness to embrace the concept, though its proposal is viewed as unnecessarily restrictive by sponsors of a competing bill in the Legislature.  “We are not a silver bullet for helping access to dental care, but we are a great tool,” said Christy Jo Fogarty, a dental therapist in … (more)

AARP lays down marker on Medicare

Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly vowed to protect Medicare because so many older Americans depend on the federal program to help cover their health-care costs. One of the most influential senior lobbying groups wants to remind Trump of his promise.

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan rejects calls to repair Obamacare

WASHINGTON In a growing rift among Republicans, Rep. Jim Jordan rejected calls by some GOP lawmakers to “repair” the 2010 health law, saying the law known as Obamacare was a “complete disaster” and needs to be swiftly and completely scrapped. During an interview Friday on Fox News, Jordan, R-Urbana said for Republicans “to say we’re going to repair something implies you can actually fix something.

Lucas Co. survey a collaborated health effort

Healthy Lucas County, a collaboration of area health organizations coordinated by the Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio, will send out 3,600 adult surveys and 2,400 child/a parent surveys in a triennial effort to collect health-related data on county residents. Packets should be delivered by the end of the month, said Britney Ward, director of community health improvement for the Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio.

It’s flu season

PEYTON NEELY The Marietta Times Alice Simpson, 4, of Marietta awaits her vaccine sitting on her mother, Stephanie Brookover’s lap on Wednesday. Val Betkoski, registered nurse for the Washington County Health Department, assures Simpson that it will only hurt for a little bit.

Early diagnosis beneficial for people with dementia

It must be signs of getting older, Brockman thought. The East Side resident was 56 at the time, which, “while not old, wasn’t young, either,” he told himself. He then kept forgetting to punch in and out of work and couldn’t remember how to add or the combination to his locker.

Fears of repeal rock Obamacare, Medicaid expansion recipients

Breast-cancer survivor Susan Halpern said she is terrified about losing her health-care coverage if the Trump administration follows through with its promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act. “I’m trying to figure out a way to survive and keep some kind of health insurance,” said Halpern, 57, who owns a small social-media business.

Letter: Portman has key role in vote

… years to develop an alternative to the Affordable Care Act that would maintain the patient protections and access to health services for millions of Americans. So far, all they can offer is repeal and debate. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, might be an …

Report cites gains from Ohio’s Medicaid expansion

With President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans planning to repeal Obamacare, Gov. John Kasich’s administration released a report Friday saying that Ohio’s 2014 Medicaid expansion has improved the health and reduced financial hardships for hundreds of thousands of poor Ohioans.

Commentary: Wrapping up a tumultuous year

… Readmission Program Act, which was included in the 21st Century Cures Act. It would require the Department of Health and Human Services to adjust its readmission penalty for hospitals whose readmission rates it deems are too high. This program was …

Federal government offers snapshot of Obamacare enrollment in Ohio

Buttons on a Healthcare sign up table are ready to be handed out for any resident signing up today for Obamacare in 2014 during a tour stop at Cuyahoga Community College’s metro campus to help promote the signup before the March 31 deadline. The tour, called “Countdown to Get Covered”, stopped in Cincinnati and Columbus also to encourage folks to sign up for health care coverage before the deadline.

Santa makes surprise stop at cancer center

… holiday cheer. “This is the spirit of the season. This is what it’s all about,” said Sarah Bednarksi with Mercy Health-Perrysburg in Ohio. “That was so nice to see him. He was out promoting good cheer and in this department, we could sure use the …