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The Estate Vault to open a subsidiary in Australia for delivering portable health management solutions

The Estate Vault, Inc.,a leading provider of comprehensive electronic repository services for consolidating and protecting, medical, personal financial, and legal records, announced today that in response to the May 2009 announcement from the Australian National Health & Hospitals Reform Commission, that it will open a wholly owned subsidiary in Australia.

24 Aug 2009

Voices of Meningitis urges parents to vaccinate preteens and teens for protection against meningococcal diseases

School nurses and families affected by a potentially deadly form of meningitis today launched a national consumer education initiative, called Voices of Meningitis. The initiative strongly urges parents to vaccinate preteens and teens, who are at greater risk of getting meningococcal disease, including meningococcal meningitis -- a rare, but serious bacterial infection.

24 Aug 2009

P&G's global pharmaceuticals business sold to Warner Chilcott for $3.1 billion

The Procter & Gamble Company and Warner Chilcott plc today announced an agreement for the sale of P&G's global pharmaceuticals business to Warner Chilcott for an up-front cash payment of $3.1 billion.

24 Aug 2009

Ad Audit: Allies of Obama try to ease jitters about health care changes

Kaiser Health News reports on a new ad by a coalition that includes "the drug industry, physicians' lobby and some backers of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul argue that the changes Congress is considering will make the health care system more stable and affordable." The analysis finds that "the ad promises more certainty about the future than Congress is likely to be able to ensure" (Rau, 8/24).

24 Aug 2009

$10 billion provision may aid retired autoworkers; NFIB opposes house plan

A $10 billion proposal may help retired autoworkers, steelworkers and schoolteachers afford coverage. Meanwhile, the largest small business association has turned against health reform plans.

24 Aug 2009

After vacation, Obama could shift health reform tactics

News organizations are analyzing the health reform challenges ahead for the President.

24 Aug 2009

The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame scholarship award announced for 2009

Four 18-year olds with stellar high school careers are heading off to university with some extra change in their pockets. The students have been named the 2009 recipients of The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame / Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life Scholarship Award.

24 Aug 2009

Medical students experience life inside nursing home

A novel program in New York gives medical students the chance to experience life as nursing home patients and learn about geriatrics, a field in desperate need of more professionals.

24 Aug 2009

Claims Auditor Solution from Compliance 360 provides total control of medical claims audits and appeals

Compliance 360, a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for enterprise governance, risk management and compliance (eGRC) announced today that the Compliance 360 Claims Auditor has been licensed for use in over 200 hospitals since it was launched just 8 months ago.

24 Aug 2009

Economic professors at Baylor suggest that insurance reform must expand coverage to the uninsured 37 million Americans

Two professors at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business lay out a universal health care plan in their new book Health Care for Us All: Getting More for Our Investment, published by Cambridge University Press, that does not create a government entitlement program or threaten in any way the insurance coverage or health care of Americans who currently have coverage.

24 Aug 2009

Staywell Custom Communications partners with Self Care Decisions to provide online applications for health care providers

Custom health communications company StayWell Custom Communications (SCC), a division of MediMedia USA, has announced an exclusive strategic alliance with Self Care Decisions, LLC, the leading provider of decision-support care guides for consumers via the Internet and mobile applications.

24 Aug 2009

Study reveals that increased neurostimulation market offers growth for device industries

The device industry would do well to focus on the treatment needs of individuals suffering from nerve-related disorders as implanted technologies that deliver electrical stimulation begin to supplant drugs for treating certain nerve-related disorders.

24 Aug 2009

First Edition: August 21, 2009

Today's headlines make clear that there's still no vacation from the health care reform debate.

24 Aug 2009

U.S. stands divided on Obama with positive and negative ratings

As the summer winds down, President Obama’s job numbers continue to move in a downward way. In June, 54% of U.S. adults gave him positive ratings and 46% gave the president negative marks.

24 Aug 2009

The $60,900,000 Washington Health Care Facilities Authority variable rate revenue bonds, series 2002B are rated F1+ by Fitch

Fitch Ratings assigns an 'F1+' short-term rating to the $60,900,000 Washington Health Care Facilities Authority variable rate revenue bonds, series 2002B (Catholic Health Initiatives). The short-term 'F1+' rating is based on the liquidity support of a standby bond purchase agreement (SBPA) provided by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. The long-term rating (currently 'AA') continues to be based on the rating assigned to the Catholic Health Initiatives revenue bonds.

24 Aug 2009

PLoS Medicine's editors to eventually stamp ghostwriting

Today, PLoS Medicine places in the public domain all documents - around 1500 - released after the journal and The New York Times intervention in the Prempro case. The documents, are available on the PLoS Medicine website, and are uploaded in the form that PLoS received them from the court.

24 Aug 2009

Secretary Shinseki announces health care expansion plan in Albany, New York

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki has announced a plan to expand health care in Albany, N.Y., by leasing 2.4 acres to a private-sector medical facility in exchange for construction of a 30,000 square-foot building for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) at its Samuel S. Stratton VA Medical Center.

24 Aug 2009

Health Care News and Research

The Estate Vault to open a subsidiary in Australia for delivering portable health management solutions

Voices of Meningitis urges parents to vaccinate preteens and teens for protection against meningococcal diseases

P&G's global pharmaceuticals business sold to Warner Chilcott for $3.1 billion

Ad Audit: Allies of Obama try to ease jitters about health care changes

$10 billion provision may aid retired autoworkers; NFIB opposes house plan

After vacation, Obama could shift health reform tactics

The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame scholarship award announced for 2009

Medical students experience life inside nursing home

Claims Auditor Solution from Compliance 360 provides total control of medical claims audits and appeals

Economic professors at Baylor suggest that insurance reform must expand coverage to the uninsured 37 million Americans

Staywell Custom Communications partners with Self Care Decisions to provide online applications for health care providers

Study reveals that increased neurostimulation market offers growth for device industries

First Edition: August 21, 2009

U.S. stands divided on Obama with positive and negative ratings

The $60,900,000 Washington Health Care Facilities Authority variable rate revenue bonds, series 2002B are rated F1+ by Fitch

PLoS Medicine's editors to eventually stamp ghostwriting

Secretary Shinseki announces health care expansion plan in Albany, New York

Health and Human Services Secretary to present at the 2009 Community Health Institute and Expo

$25.7 million in grants announced to increase and improve US health center services

Grants to grease e-health transition renew optimistic skepticism

Event guide: 3rd Measuring Patient Engagement Summit eBook

How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

The role of UV-Vis in biopharma QC

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