ANNAPOLIS – Most nursing homes and assisted living facilities say they already offer flu and pneumonia vaccines, but Delegate Marilyn Goldwater, D-Montgomery, wants to assure the elderly get their shots by introducing a law requiring facilities to ask residents and staff to be vaccinated
Senator Wants Patients to Know When Medical Devices Are Reused
ANNAPOLIS – Curbside recycling and phone book collection points are becoming more common, but medical device reuse is one recycling program that may come as a surprise, especially because many of the devices are labeled “For single-use only
Legislator Pushes Law to Put Helmets on In-line Skaters
ANNAPOLIS – Students at the Hannah More School in Baltimore County have joined forces with their senator, Paula Hollinger, to pass a law in memory of a classmate who died after a rollerblading accident
Medical Savings Accounts Fail to Snag Buyers
ANNAPOLIS – Congressional Republicans have touted medical savings accounts as the way to provide coverage for millions of Americans without health insurance, but a pilot program initiated by Congress in 1997 has had few takers in the nation or in Maryland
One-of-a-Kind Drug Program Heals Women and Their Children
ANNAPOLIS – It’s difficult for women with children to leave their lives, especially their children, to get treatment for a drug problem
Crack Mom Abandons Addiction at Novel Program
ANNAPOLIS – After she was abused and abandoned by her mother, in and out of foster care, living on the streets, and unsuccessful at two other drug treatment programs, Denise has found a home
State Mulls Relaxation of Senior Living Rules
ANNAPOLIS – The competition between nursing homes and senior living facilities continues as the nursing home industry fights two bills to allow more senior citizens to live out their years in continuing-care communities
Report Shows Which Maryland HMOs Are Making the Grade
ANNAPOLIS – Fewer than half of Marylanders enrolled in the state’s largest health maintenance organizations said they always got care quickly when they needed it, according to a state report card issued Tuesday
Maryland’s HIV Reporting System Accurate, Despite CDC Doubts
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s count of people infected with the virus that causes AIDS corresponds to estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, indicating that Maryland’s findings are accurate and unduplicated, and contradicting earlier CDC concerns that confidential reporting may cause errors, health department officials said