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Privately insured African-Americans HMO enrollees more likely to use emergency rooms

Health insurance, and the access it provides to a primary care physician, should reduce the use of a major driver of health care costs: the emergency room.

8 Oct 2009

Precautionary measures being taken at Texas hospitals for combating flu

Precautionary measures are being taken at hospital ERs across Texas in order to deal with record numbers of flu cases this season. According to a recent article on NBCDFW.com, hospital emergency rooms, including the one at Children's Medical Center of Dallas, are screening visitors for flu symptoms and not allowing children under 12 to be in the patient areas unless they are being treated.

8 Oct 2009

Annual benefits open enrollment period for AvMed Health Plans begins

It's that time of year again. The annual benefits open enrollment period for the majority of AvMed Health Plans' large group clients, (50 or more eligible employees), began September 1 and will continue through mid-December 2009.

8 Oct 2009

Microsoft launches a new online H1N1 Flu Response Center

With the current H1N1 flu (swine flu) pandemic under way, many public health officials are concerned that critical healthcare resources could be stretched thin as people flood hospital emergency departments and physicians' offices to determine whether they have the illness.

7 Oct 2009

BioImagene announces launch of the Virtuoso digital pathology solution

BioImagene, the leading provider of innovative digital pathology solutions, today announced the availability of the next generation of its digital pathology solution, VirtuosoTM. A highlight in this version is the ability to share cases in real time, allowing pathologists to collaborate with each other to sign out cases. Virtuoso users can participate in peer reviews, perform second-opinions for difficult cases, and guide residents in the review of cases for education.

6 Oct 2009

Healthagen partners with HCA to provide ER wait times through smartphones

The American College of Emergency Physicians says emergency departments treat over 120 million people each year in America. Along with emergency visit increases comes longer wait times.

6 Oct 2009

Positive results from Depomed's Phase 3 clinical trial of DM-1796 for postherpetic neuralgia

Depomed, Inc. today announced top-line results from a Phase 3 clinical trial demonstrating DM-1796 (also referred to as gabapentin ER) achieved a statistically significant reduction in pain associated with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) versus placebo using the baseline observation carried forward (BOCF) method required by FDA.

5 Oct 2009

GeneMedRx software warns patients and physicians if tamoxifen benefit is at risk

One hundred eighty thousand women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. Eighty thousand will start taking the drug tamoxifen to prevent the recurrence of their ER (estrogen receptor) positive breast cancers. The treatment is successful in two-thirds of the women who take it. Genelex Corporation (Seattle) is now offering Tamoxitest(TM) that could improve this success rate to greater than 90% by addressing both of the common causes of tamoxifen treatment failure.

3 Oct 2009

Recent releases in health policy research

"Emergency Department Visits in Massachusetts" - This policy brief examines why the number of people in Massachusetts who seek care in emergency rooms has remained high even though "health reform in Massachusetts has succeeded in increasing health insurance coverage and access to care."

3 Oct 2009

$1 million grant to expand health insurance coverage to uninsured children

The Health Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey, an affiliate of the New Jersey Hospital Association, has been awarded a grant of nearly $1 million under a federal program aimed at expanding health insurance coverage to uninsured children.

3 Oct 2009

Molecular mechanisms of BN108 and timosaponin AIII described in a journal

Bionovo, Inc. today announced the publication in the peer-reviewed, open-access journal Public Library of Science One (PLoS ONE) of a paper describing the molecular mechanisms underlying the selective cytotoxic activity of its drug candidate BN108 and its active compound, timosaponin AIII.

2 Oct 2009

NextGen Healthcare executes agreements for its NextGen CHS with five organizations

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. and a leading provider of ambulatory healthcare and connectivity solutions, today announced the company executed agreements for its NextGen CHS (Community Health Solution) product with five organizations during the last few months.

1 Oct 2009

First telemedicine-assisted video laryngoscopic intubation using GlideScope Video Laryngoscope

The Department of Emergency Medicine at The University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, led by Dr. John C. Sakles, recently performed the first telemedicine-assisted video laryngoscopic intubation using the GlideScope Video Laryngoscope to assist Northern Cochise Community Hospital, a small, rural healthcare facility in Southern Arizona.

30 Sep 2009

State round up: California E.R. traffic up while Massachusettes plan proves popular

Newspapers report on the rising number of emergency patients in California's state capital and the popularity of Massachusetts' health system.

29 Sep 2009

Intubation training could help improve emergency care

Virtually anyone has the skills to safely insert a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) to keep a patient's airway open during resuscitation, and medical expertise isn't required - perhaps just a familiarity with ER, House or Grey's Anatomy.

22 Sep 2009

Swedish researcher to receive Fernström Foundation's Nordic Prize

Internationally renowned Swedish researcher Professor Jan-Åke Gustafsson, from KI and the University of Houston, is this year's recipient of the Fernström Foundation's Nordic Prize. The prize, which is worth SEK 1 million, is one of Scandinavia's most prestigious medical prizes.

21 Sep 2009

Simple eye movement exam can differentiate between a stroke and less serious conditions

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21 Sep 2009

African Americans at higher risk of developing potentially deadly DVT and PE than other ethnic populations

Speaking at the Venous Disease Coalition (VDC) Annual Meeting today, Dr. Garth Graham from the Office of Minority Health at the Department of Health and Human Services followed up on last year's Surgeon General's Call to Action by focusing attention on the African American population which is at significantly increased risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE).

18 Sep 2009

Calcium stones and cell death is linked to prolonged stressful conditions

Study shows prolonged stress sparks ER to release calcium stores and induce cell death in aging-related diseases such as atherosclerosis, diabetes and neurodegeneration

15 Sep 2009

Mortality index can be misleading in major specialties

A key statistic that consumer groups and the media often use when compiling hospital report cards and national rankings can be misleading, researchers report in a new study.

15 Sep 2009

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) News and Research

Privately insured African-Americans HMO enrollees more likely to use emergency rooms

Precautionary measures being taken at Texas hospitals for combating flu

Annual benefits open enrollment period for AvMed Health Plans begins

Microsoft launches a new online H1N1 Flu Response Center

BioImagene announces launch of the Virtuoso digital pathology solution

Healthagen partners with HCA to provide ER wait times through smartphones

Positive results from Depomed's Phase 3 clinical trial of DM-1796 for postherpetic neuralgia

GeneMedRx software warns patients and physicians if tamoxifen benefit is at risk

Recent releases in health policy research

$1 million grant to expand health insurance coverage to uninsured children

Molecular mechanisms of BN108 and timosaponin AIII described in a journal

NextGen Healthcare executes agreements for its NextGen CHS with five organizations

First telemedicine-assisted video laryngoscopic intubation using GlideScope Video Laryngoscope

State round up: California E.R. traffic up while Massachusettes plan proves popular

Intubation training could help improve emergency care

Swedish researcher to receive Fernström Foundation's Nordic Prize

Simple eye movement exam can differentiate between a stroke and less serious conditions

African Americans at higher risk of developing potentially deadly DVT and PE than other ethnic populations

Calcium stones and cell death is linked to prolonged stressful conditions

Mortality index can be misleading in major specialties

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