This article focuses on the realities of restrictions desired to control age-correlated driving accidents. Although states have been doing their part to increase driving restrictions for the elderly, I'd like to see a forward-thinking movement to increase public transportation in...

TALLAHASSEE – Five more organizations have been selected to join Florida’s Health Information Exchange (HIE), which brings the total number of participants to 17. The technology framework provided by the HIE will enable participating health care providers to timely and securely...

Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-Wis) Presses U.S. Social Security Administration to Better Inform Public about the Advantages of Waiting to Claim Benefits Wednesday, July 25, 2012 WASHINGTON – Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl, D-Wis., held a hearing today to examine the unique issues women...

Would you base your emergency room visit on a sign?  September 2, 2012|By Nicole Brochu, Sun Sentinel www.SunSentinel.com  The highly visible billboards dotting major South Florida road sides are peddling an unusual product: short wait times at hospital ERs. But would you base your emergency room visit on a sign? Not so fast, skeptics...

Felons still caretakers for vulnerable Jennifer Gollan, Bay Citizen San Francisco Chronicle www.sfgate.com  Published 9:26 p.m., Sunday, September 2, 2012 Three years after California barred felons from serving as publicly funded home health caretakers, people with criminal histories in theft, prostitution and drug possession...

From 1999 through 2009, the number of visits to emergency departments (EDs) increased 32%, from 102.8 million visits in 1999 to 136.1 million visits in 2009. In some hospitals, increased ED visit volume has resulted in ED crowding and increased wait times for minor and sometimes...