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Counseling, medication management by pharmacist can lower hospital readmissions

Getting discharged from the hospital and then having to go right back in again can be emotionally draining for a patient and their family. It can also cause financial strain for all involved - the patient, the hospital system and the insurers-including Medicaid and Medicare, which are taxpayer funded.

19 Jun 2014

Researchers develop device that spots lung cancer

Lung cancer causes more deaths in the U.S. than the next three most common cancers combined (colon, breast, and pancreatic).

19 Jun 2014

Cardiac Lead Extraction celebrates 25-Year anniversary at Cardiostim

A quarter century ago, doctors treating patients with implanted cardiac pacemakers had a big problem. Their patients were outliving the complex electrical devices that gave them an acceptable quality of life.

From COOK MEDICAL INC. 18 Jun 2014

Hospitals across the Netherlands use SAS Visual Analytics to improve patient care

Hospitals across the Netherlands are using SAS Visual Analytics and data visualization to optimize business processes and improve patient care. Seven hospitals across the region, including Gelderse Vallei Hospital, the Sint Maartens Clinic, the BovenIJ Hospital, the Scheper Hospital, the Bethesda Hospital, and the Hospital of the Gelre Foundation selected SAS to access and analyze large data sets to better manage business processes.

18 Jun 2014

New breakthrough in pediatric leukaemia treatment

Melbourne researchers have shown a type of leukaemia can be successfully 'reversed' by coaxing the cancer cells back into normal development.

18 Jun 2014

New technology to control specific protein functions in living cells by using lights

Researchers at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea have succeeded in developing the world's first technology to control specific protein functions in living cells by using lights, which may be useful in future cancer cell research.

18 Jun 2014

EuroTech Universities Alliance to highlight innovations in communication/education at ESOF 2014

The EuroTech Universities Alliance, an international partnership dedicated to producing new knowledge and translating it into action for the benefit of society, will highlight innovations in communication and education as well as technology at the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF 2014), June 21-26 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

18 Jun 2014

U-M researchers detail new discoveries about basic biology of dystonia

Twist and hold your neck to the left. Now down, and over to the right, until it hurts. Now imagine your neck - or arms or legs - randomly doing that on their own, without you controlling it.

18 Jun 2014

Regenstrief becomes member of ConvergeHEALTH's real-world evidence and analytics consortium

ConvergeHEALTH by Deloitte and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc. are announcing that Regenstrief, an internationally recognized informatics and health care research organization, has become a member of ConvergeHEALTH's real-world evidence and analytics consortium.

18 Jun 2014

Eden licenses Sandia’s technology to develop radioactive isotope for medical diagnostic tests

An Albuquerque startup company has licensed a Sandia National Laboratories technology that offers a way to make molybdenum-99, a key radioactive isotope needed for diagnostic imaging in nuclear medicine, in the United States.

18 Jun 2014

Animas' predictive algorithm technology maintains glucose above hypoglycemic levels

Animas Corporation today shared encouraging results from its predictive hypoglycemia-minimizing algorithm in development.

18 Jun 2014

Pfizer and Cellectis enter into global strategic collaboration to develop CAR-T immunotherapies

Pfizer Inc. and Cellectis today announced that they have entered into a global strategic collaboration to develop Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) immunotherapies in the field of oncology directed at select targets.

18 Jun 2014

Doctors weigh how to use new heart-valve procedure

The procedure is less invasive than surgery but is still unproven for many patients, The Wall Street Journal reports. Meanwhile, the Journal also looks at how some doctors are using Google Glass to have more time with their patients.

17 Jun 2014

Kareo and Falcon HER help nephrology practices leverage cloud-based technology

Kareo Inc., the leading cloud-based medical office software and services provider for small medical practices, today announced the launch of a new cooperative relationship with Falcon EHR, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc..

17 Jun 2014

First Edition: June 17, 2014

Today's headlines include developments related to the health care marketplace and state health policy.

17 Jun 2014

Delphi Genetics announces new license agreement for use of StabyExpress technology in food industry

Delphi Genetics SA has announced today a new license agreement for the use of the StabyExpress® technology in the food industry. The technology will be used for the production of enzymes for food processing.

17 Jun 2014

Researchers identify new mechanism by which normal cells turn malignant in mammary epithelial tissues

A team of researchers led by David J. Mooney, Robert P. Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, have identified a possible mechanism by which normal cells turn malignant in mammary epithelial tissues, the tissues frequently involved in breast cancer.

17 Jun 2014

Technology News and Research

Counseling, medication management by pharmacist can lower hospital readmissions

Researchers develop device that spots lung cancer

Cardiac Lead Extraction celebrates 25-Year anniversary at Cardiostim

Hospitals across the Netherlands use SAS Visual Analytics to improve patient care

New breakthrough in pediatric leukaemia treatment

New technology to control specific protein functions in living cells by using lights

EuroTech Universities Alliance to highlight innovations in communication/education at ESOF 2014

U-M researchers detail new discoveries about basic biology of dystonia

Regenstrief becomes member of ConvergeHEALTH's real-world evidence and analytics consortium

Eden licenses Sandia’s technology to develop radioactive isotope for medical diagnostic tests

Animas' predictive algorithm technology maintains glucose above hypoglycemic levels

Pfizer and Cellectis enter into global strategic collaboration to develop CAR-T immunotherapies

Doctors weigh how to use new heart-valve procedure

Kareo and Falcon HER help nephrology practices leverage cloud-based technology

First Edition: June 17, 2014

Delphi Genetics announces new license agreement for use of StabyExpress technology in food industry

Researchers identify new mechanism by which normal cells turn malignant in mammary epithelial tissues

World's first human trial of pro-vitamin A-enriched bananas to start soon

Computer programming language automates "laboratory-on-a-chip", may reduce healthcare cost

Low-power sensor to track changes in eye pressure for management of glaucoma

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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