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Spectrum Health Innovations inks licensing agreement with Min-Bio to manufacture trauma surgery basin

Spectrum Health Innovations has signed a licensing agreement with Min-Bio, LLC, of Lowell, Mich. to manufacture a new trauma surgery basin that is a cut above existing designs.

2 Jul 2015

Researchers complete phase 1 clinical trial of new drug for children suffering from neuroblastoma

Researchers at Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital have completed the first clinical trial of a new treatment for children suffering from neuroblastoma. In a clinical trial led by Giselle Sholler, MD, pediatric oncologist at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital and the Neuroblastoma and Medulloblastoma Translational Research Consortium (NMTRC), DFMO, an investigational agent, showed minimal side effects with long-term survival of three patients.

2 Jul 2015

R. Rodney Howell receives ASHG’s annual Advocacy Award

The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named R. Rodney Howell, MD, Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Chairman Emeritus of Pediatrics, and Member of the Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, as the first recipient of its new, annual Advocacy Award.

1 Jul 2015

Elsevier announces acquisition of London-based InferMed

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today the acquisition of InferMed, a London-based clinical decision support (CDS) technology company.

1 Jul 2015

Ebola outbreak: Shaping new strategies to improve health care among rural Liberians

As Liberia rebuilds a health care system decimated by the 2014 Ebola outbreak, understanding precisely how far citizens live from health facilities and its impact on seeking care can help shape new strategies to improve health care delivery and reduce geographic disparities.

30 Jun 2015

New handbook explores issues associated with medical tourism

Patients who travel abroad for medical treatment risk returning with complications or infections that require costly treatment on the NHS and is one of the issues highlighted in a new handbook exploring medical tourism.

30 Jun 2015

Scoring system may help hospitals better prepare for surges in trauma cases

A scoring system that can identify periods of high activity and increased trauma patient deaths in hospital emergency rooms may help hospitals better prepare for surges in trauma patient volume that come with catastrophic events like the Boston Marathon bombing (April 2013) or disasters like the Amtrak train crash (May 2015) in Philadelphia.

30 Jun 2015

AMGA appreciates Supreme Court's decision on King v. Burwell case

Today, in a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Government's ability to offer health insurance premiums on the Federal health insurance marketplace.

27 Jun 2015

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital uses two imaging techniques to produce hybrid 3D model of a patient's heart

Congenital heart experts from Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital have successfully integrated two common imaging techniques to produce a three-dimensional anatomic model of a patient's heart.

27 Jun 2015

OhioHealth Neuroscience Center launched at Riverside Methodist Hospital

On July 6, 2015, OhioHealth will open its doors to the new OhioHealth Neuroscience Center on Riverside Methodist Hospital's campus.

25 Jun 2015

Florida State Board of Pharmacy approves Unique Pharmaceuticals' license for sterile distribution

UNIQUE PHARMACEUTICALS, a 503B current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) Outsourcing Facility, today announced its licensure approval in Florida. The Florida State Board of Pharmacy review committee approved Unique Pharmaceuticals' license June 10 for distribution of sterile and non-sterile compounded medications.

23 Jun 2015

Climate change poses medical emergency, threatens 50 years of gains in global health

Climate change is a “medical emergency” says Commission author, but tackling it could be the greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century

23 Jun 2015

AMGA outlines policies to support care for the chronically ill

Today, the American Medical Group Association submitted a letter to the newly formed Senate Committee on Finance Chronic Care Workgroup outlining policies that would support care for the chronically ill.

23 Jun 2015

Columbia University's Earth Institute director recognized with 2015 Blue Planet Prize

Jeffrey Sachs, director of Columbia University's Earth Institute, has been awarded the 2015 Blue Planet Prize. The prize is presented each year to two individuals or organizations worldwide to recognize major efforts to solve global environmental problems. Many consider it to be the world's highest such honor. The other recipient this year is Cambridge University economist emeritus Sir Partha Dasgupta (also a member of the Earth Institute Advisory Board).

19 Jun 2015

AliveCor Mobile ECG now available in Canada

AliveCor, Inc., the leader in FDA-cleared ECG technology for smartphones, announced today that the AliveCor Mobile ECG is now available for patients and physicians in Canada. With the AliveCor Mobile ECG and the AliveECG app users can instantly detect the presence of atrial fibrillation (AF or AFib), a leading cause of stroke, in an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) and manage their heart health with an FDA-cleared and Health Canada Licensed electrocardiogram ECG monitor, anywhere and at anytime.

From AliveCor, Inc. 19 Jun 2015

GE Healthcare, TeleTracking Technologies sign collaboration agreement to optimize hospital operations

With a shared vision of reducing waste, optimizing hospital operations, and improving care delivery, GE Healthcare and TeleTracking Technologies, Inc. announce a new collaboration agreement.

19 Jun 2015

Key lessons from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak in South Korea

The outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea is the subject of a fast-tracked editorial in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, written by Dr. Eskild Petersen and colleagues.

18 Jun 2015

AMGA submits comments on proposed rule to modify Meaningful Use in 2015 through 2017

Today, the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) making recommendations on the proposed rule to modify Meaningful Use in 2015 through 2017.

17 Jun 2015

Study shows development assistance for health increased substantially since 1990

Funding for health in developing countries has increased substantially since 1990, with a focus on HIV/AIDS, maternal health, and newborn and child health, and limited funding for noncommunicable diseases, according to a study in the June 16 issue of JAMA.

17 Jun 2015

WHO and World Bank Group: 400 million people do not have access to essential health services

A World Health Organization and World Bank Group report launched today shows that 400 million people do not have access to essential health services and 6% of people in low- and middle-income countries are tipped into or pushed further into extreme poverty because of health spending.

16 Jun 2015

Health Systems News and Research

Spectrum Health Innovations inks licensing agreement with Min-Bio to manufacture trauma surgery basin

Researchers complete phase 1 clinical trial of new drug for children suffering from neuroblastoma

R. Rodney Howell receives ASHG’s annual Advocacy Award

Elsevier announces acquisition of London-based InferMed

Ebola outbreak: Shaping new strategies to improve health care among rural Liberians

New handbook explores issues associated with medical tourism

Scoring system may help hospitals better prepare for surges in trauma cases

AMGA appreciates Supreme Court's decision on King v. Burwell case

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital uses two imaging techniques to produce hybrid 3D model of a patient's heart

OhioHealth Neuroscience Center launched at Riverside Methodist Hospital

Florida State Board of Pharmacy approves Unique Pharmaceuticals' license for sterile distribution

Climate change poses medical emergency, threatens 50 years of gains in global health

AMGA outlines policies to support care for the chronically ill

Columbia University's Earth Institute director recognized with 2015 Blue Planet Prize

AliveCor Mobile ECG now available in Canada

GE Healthcare, TeleTracking Technologies sign collaboration agreement to optimize hospital operations

Key lessons from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak in South Korea

AMGA submits comments on proposed rule to modify Meaningful Use in 2015 through 2017

Study shows development assistance for health increased substantially since 1990

WHO and World Bank Group: 400 million people do not have access to essential health services

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