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New partnership aims to support countries in improving performance of primary health care

Underscoring the urgent need to transform how essential health care is delivered in low- and middle-income countries, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, World Bank Group and World Health Organization today are launching a new partnership to support countries in improving the performance of primary health care.

26 Sep 2015

Edward-Elmhurst Health, UChicago Medicine agree to provide advanced care to children in west and southwest regions

Edward-Elmhurst Health and the University of Chicago Medicine have reached an agreement to expand access to advanced subspecialty care for infants and children in west and southwest suburban communities. The affiliation will bring nationally recognized UChicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital experts across a dozen pediatric subspecialties to new outpatient clinics at Edward Hospital in Naperville and Elmhurst Hospital.

26 Sep 2015

ABAM Foundation accredits nine additional fellowship programs to expand training in addiction medicine

The American Board of Addiction Medicine Foundation today announced the accreditation of nine additional fellowship programs to train addiction medicine physicians. With the addition of these programs, the total number of ABAM Foundation accredited training programs has reached 36.

26 Sep 2015

Many countries have a long way to go to reduce suffering, deaths from non-communicable disease

A new method published in the Lancet of monitoring countries' performance in reducing the burden of NCD (non-communicable disease), shows that many countries have a long way to go to reduce suffering and deaths from NCD.

26 Sep 2015

Florida Institute finalizes funding agreement with Aviana

The Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research announced today that it has finalized a funding agreement with Aviana Molecular Technologies, an Orlando-based company with technology developed at the University of Central Florida.

24 Sep 2015

Duke Raleigh Hospital becomes first healthcare facility to use certified mobile compounding cleanroom

Duke Raleigh Hospital recently became the first healthcare facility to utilize a certified USP 797 mobile cleanroom to assure uninterrupted pharmacy services. The advanced pharmacy unit, created by Germfree Labs, allowed the hospital to maintain separate, on-site sterile drug compounding operations during a major renovation project.

24 Sep 2015

Springer releases new book titled Improving Aid Effectiveness in Global Health

Springer has released a new book entitled Improving Aid Effectiveness in Global Health, edited and co-authored by Dr. Elvira Beracochea, President and CEO of Realizing Global Health.

23 Sep 2015

American College of Radiology supports collaborative, patient-centered approaches to reduce diagnostic errors

As a sponsor of the Sept. 22 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, the American College of Radiology (ACR) congratulates the Committee on its thorough analysis of the complex process of diagnosis and its recommendations for improvement.

23 Sep 2015

Optum and AMGF launch pilot collaborative to enhance adult vaccination rates

The American Medical Group Foundation (AMGF) and Optum, with support from Pfizer, are launching a pilot collaborative to improve adult vaccination rates.

23 Sep 2015

USPSTF recommendation against regular PSA screening may delay diagnosis of prostate cancer

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation against regular prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer is controversial. While it may reduce the risk of over diagnosis and overtreatment, the reduction in intermediate and high risk cancer diagnoses raises concern because of the potential for delayed diagnoses of important cancers in men who may benefit from treatment, according to investigators reporting in The Journal of Urology.

22 Sep 2015

Prime Healthcare Services agrees to acquire Lehigh Regional Medical Center

Prime Healthcare Services has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the 88-bed Lehigh Regional Medical Center located in Lehigh Acres, Florida and related businesses, including physician clinic operations and ancillary services from subsidiaries of Community Health Systems.

21 Sep 2015

Malaria death rates reduce by 60% since 2000, shows WHO-UNICEF report

Malaria death rates have plunged by 60 per cent since 2000, translating into 6.2 million lives saved, the vast majority of them children, according to a joint WHO-UNICEF report released today.

18 Sep 2015

Study shows fear and stigma are major factors that contribute to spread of AIDS, Ebola

Just weeks after Sierra Leone discharged its last patient, a new study reflects on the lessons learnt from the recent outbreak of Ebola, comparing it with that of AIDS in Africa in the early 1980s.

18 Sep 2015

Population health study examines real-world osteoporosis treatment patterns

A statewide study has found that from 2005 to 2012, fewer than a quarter of men and women with documentation of osteoporosis or fragility fracture, conditions for which national guidelines would recommend treatment for osteoporosis, actually received that treatment.

15 Sep 2015

Philips, Radboudumc introduce first diabetes prototype system

Royal Philips and Netherlands-based Radboud university medical center today introduced a connected digital health prototype that enables people living with diabetes and their health care providers to make more confident care decisions while managing the complexity of diabetes self-care. In its first phase, the solution both organizations are developing will focus on patients living with diabetes type 1.

15 Sep 2015

ProPhase partners with Multi Health Systems to standardize electronic adaptations of PANSS

ProPhase LLC, a global provider of applied measurement expertise, is announcing its partnership with Multi Health Systems, a Canadian publisher of psychological assessments and healthcare outcomes, to optimize and standardize electronic adaptations of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS).

14 Sep 2015

Researchers address challenges of effective universal health coverage focusing on caring for chronic illnesses

Researchers from the University of Miami and Harvard University address the challenges of effective universal health coverage in low- and middle-income countries, focusing on solving one of the most pressing issues: the care of chronic illnesses. Their suggestions, aimed at strengthening health care systems, include recommendations based on a "diagonal approach" for managing health care.

14 Sep 2015

Researchers find intrinsic differences in mice’s neural stem cells using image-tracking technology

One of the longstanding debates in science, that has, perhaps unsurprisingly, permeated into the field of stem cell research, is the question of nature versus nurture influencing development.

4 Sep 2015

Emdeon to be rebranded as ‘Change Healthcare’ to better reflect its diverse capabilities, solutions

Emdeon, one of the largest, independent healthcare technology companies providing software and analytics, connectivity, communications, payments, consumer engagement and workflow optimization solutions, today announced that the company will rebrand as "Change Healthcare" to better reflect its diverse capabilities and solutions.

4 Sep 2015

Prime Healthcare Services acquires St. Joseph Mercy Port Huron

Prime Healthcare Services, the fastest growing hospital system in the nation, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of St. Joseph Mercy Port Huron. As a result, St. Joseph Mercy Port Huron will now be known as Lake Huron Medical Center.

3 Sep 2015

Health Systems News and Research

New partnership aims to support countries in improving performance of primary health care

Edward-Elmhurst Health, UChicago Medicine agree to provide advanced care to children in west and southwest regions

ABAM Foundation accredits nine additional fellowship programs to expand training in addiction medicine

Many countries have a long way to go to reduce suffering, deaths from non-communicable disease

Florida Institute finalizes funding agreement with Aviana

Duke Raleigh Hospital becomes first healthcare facility to use certified mobile compounding cleanroom

Springer releases new book titled Improving Aid Effectiveness in Global Health

American College of Radiology supports collaborative, patient-centered approaches to reduce diagnostic errors

Optum and AMGF launch pilot collaborative to enhance adult vaccination rates

USPSTF recommendation against regular PSA screening may delay diagnosis of prostate cancer

Prime Healthcare Services agrees to acquire Lehigh Regional Medical Center

Malaria death rates reduce by 60% since 2000, shows WHO-UNICEF report

Study shows fear and stigma are major factors that contribute to spread of AIDS, Ebola

Population health study examines real-world osteoporosis treatment patterns

Philips, Radboudumc introduce first diabetes prototype system

ProPhase partners with Multi Health Systems to standardize electronic adaptations of PANSS

Researchers address challenges of effective universal health coverage focusing on caring for chronic illnesses

Researchers find intrinsic differences in mice’s neural stem cells using image-tracking technology

Emdeon to be rebranded as ‘Change Healthcare’ to better reflect its diverse capabilities, solutions

Prime Healthcare Services acquires St. Joseph Mercy Port Huron

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