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SCL Health System and Univita Health jointly acquire All Care Home Health

SCL Health System, along with its joint venture partner, Univita Health, announced today the acquisition of Denver-based All Care Home Health LLC. Terms were not disclosed.

23 Jan 2014

Chances of surviving a heart attack are much lower in UK than Sweden, shows study

The chance of surviving a heart attack is far lower in the UK than Sweden, according to a major new study published in The Lancet. The startling findings suggest that more than 11000 lives could have been saved over the past 7 years had UK patients experienced the same care as their Swedish counterparts.

23 Jan 2014

Nursing researchers come up with answer for effectively adopting evidence-based care

Nursing researchers have come up with an answer for health care systems and professionals struggling with how to most effectively adopt evidence-based practice in their clinical settings.

21 Jan 2014

Healthways awarded contract to provide Get Healthy Service in Australia

Global well-being improvement leader Healthways announced today that it has been awarded a contract to provide Australia's largest health coaching program, Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service, in New South Wales, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and South Australia for the next three years.

21 Jan 2014

Scripps CEO wins ACHE Gold Medal Award for significant contributions to health care field

Scripps Health President and CEO Chris Van Gorder will be honored by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) with a Gold Medal Award at the opening session of the ACHE's 57th Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago on March 24.

21 Jan 2014

Gilead Sciences gets marketing authorization from European Commission for Sovaldi 400 mg tablets

Gilead Sciences, Inc. today announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorization for Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) 400 mg tablets, a once-daily oral nucleotide analogue polymerase inhibitor for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C infection in adults, in combination with other antiviral agents (ribavirin and pegylated interferon alpha (peg-IFN)).

18 Jan 2014

State highlights: Some hospitals aim for wealthier patients; N.C. Medicaid changes debated; Mich. panel Oks higher health care costs for workers

A selection of health policy stories from North Carolina, California, Michigan and Missouri.

17 Jan 2014

RegionalCare Hospital Partners deploys AirStrip solutions at hospitals across the country

RegionalCare Hospital Partners, a privately-owned system of regionally-focused community hospitals, has chosen AirStrip - the leading provider of mobile healthcare applications that drive clinical transformation - to be its standard for clinical mobility solutions at their hospitals across the country.

16 Jan 2014

Crozer-Keystone Health System wins 2013 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service

In honor of its broad-based efforts to improve the lives of the most vulnerable members of its community, Crozer-Keystone Health System in Delaware County, Pa. is the recipient of the 2013 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service, one of the most esteemed community service honors in healthcare.

From Baxter International Inc. 16 Jan 2014

First Edition: January 16, 2013

Today's headlines include reports that a federal judge on Wednesday rejected a legal challenge related to the health law's insurance subsidies.

16 Jan 2014

Viewpoints: 'Celebrating' enrollment numbers; Maryland's website 'debacle;' abortion battle moves again to high court

Today the federal government released the most comprehensive data yet about who signed up for Obamacare through Dec. 28. There's reason to cheer for both the law's supporters and its detractors. ... Today's numbers don't settle the question of whether the administration will hit its goals for enrollment in the exchanges, measured either in raw numbers or demographic breakdown. But they show that those goals are within reach (Christopher Flavelle, 1/13).

15 Jan 2014

New study compares blood pressure management in the US and England

In the US but not in England, patients on low incomes with high blood pressure have their condition managed poorly compared with those who earn more.

9 Jan 2014

First Edition: January 9, 2014

Today's headlines include reports about how the politics of the health law continue to play out on Capitol Hill.

9 Jan 2014

Notre Dame, Loyola partner to provide direct support for revolutionary new cancer research

Two research powerhouses, Loyola University Chicago and the University of Notre Dame, are joining forces in a multidisciplinary cancer research collaboration.

8 Jan 2014

LabStyle Innovations files 510(k) with FDA for Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System

LabStyle Innovations Corp., developer of Dario, a cloud-based, mobile health platform for diabetes and blood glucose monitoring, announced today that it has filed a Premarket Notification Application, also known as a 510(k), with the US Food and Drug Administration for the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System.

7 Jan 2014

The fight against HIV/AIDS: an interview with Dr. Mit Philips, HIV/AIDS Policy Analyst, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

People mainly speak about the progress in HIV/AIDS. We at MSF know and are very conscious of the fact that there has been enormous progress, but the progress is very uneven.

6 Jan 2014

STSI researchers develop a small wireless device that detects abnormal, dangerous heart rhythms

Research by the Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) has found that a small adhesive wireless device worn on the chest for up to two weeks does a better job detecting abnormal and potentially dangerous heart rhythms than the Holter monitor, which is typically used for 24 hours and has been the standard of care for more than 50 years.

3 Jan 2014

Healthcare Trust of America closes $156 million of acquisitions in fourth quarter 2013

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. announced today that it had closed approximately $156 million of acquisitions in the fourth quarter of 2013. The fourth quarter acquisitions were highlighted by the agreement to acquire an eight medical office building portfolio from a regional developer in Florida for $141 million, $127 million of which closed in December (the "Florida Portfolio").

2 Jan 2014

Researchers identify a set of emotion words to better understand patient's health care experience

A Virginia Mason study aimed at better understanding what patients mean when they describe their health care experience has identified 35 positive, negative and neutral emotion words that have clear, consistent meanings for patients, families and health care professionals.

31 Dec 2013

Penn researchers receive PCORI awards to develop, expand health data network for patients, researchers

Two teams led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have been approved for funding awards by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

31 Dec 2013

Health Systems News and Research

SCL Health System and Univita Health jointly acquire All Care Home Health

Chances of surviving a heart attack are much lower in UK than Sweden, shows study

Nursing researchers come up with answer for effectively adopting evidence-based care

Healthways awarded contract to provide Get Healthy Service in Australia

Scripps CEO wins ACHE Gold Medal Award for significant contributions to health care field

Gilead Sciences gets marketing authorization from European Commission for Sovaldi 400 mg tablets

State highlights: Some hospitals aim for wealthier patients; N.C. Medicaid changes debated; Mich. panel Oks higher health care costs for workers

RegionalCare Hospital Partners deploys AirStrip solutions at hospitals across the country

Crozer-Keystone Health System wins 2013 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service

First Edition: January 16, 2013

Viewpoints: 'Celebrating' enrollment numbers; Maryland's website 'debacle;' abortion battle moves again to high court

New study compares blood pressure management in the US and England

First Edition: January 9, 2014

Notre Dame, Loyola partner to provide direct support for revolutionary new cancer research

LabStyle Innovations files 510(k) with FDA for Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System

The fight against HIV/AIDS: an interview with Dr. Mit Philips, HIV/AIDS Policy Analyst, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

STSI researchers develop a small wireless device that detects abnormal, dangerous heart rhythms

Healthcare Trust of America closes $156 million of acquisitions in fourth quarter 2013

Researchers identify a set of emotion words to better understand patient's health care experience

Penn researchers receive PCORI awards to develop, expand health data network for patients, researchers

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