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Study analyzes supply, demand for various allied health professions in Tennessee

Middle Tennessee State University's Adams Chair of Excellence in Health Care Services recently released the fourth edition of "Allied Health in Tennessee: A Supply and Demand Study."

15 Jul 2010

St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital ranked among America's elite healthcare institutions

In its annual survey of "America's Best Hospitals," U.S. News & World Report has ranked St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital (SLEH) among the elite healthcare institutions in the nation in five major areas of care. This includes the Texas Heart® Institute (THI) at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, listed in the top ten nationally in heart and heart surgery for the 20th consecutive year.

15 Jul 2010

Biomagnetics Diagnostics reports positive test results of unique PVA film formulation

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis and malaria detection, and other innovative technologies, today announced the results of recent testing of the unique PVA film formulation produced by Lanzhou Sanhuan New Technology Development Ltd. of Ganzu, China. Earlier this week, Biomagnetics announced its intent to acquire Lanzhou as the first of several planned acquisitions to be done at a $1.00 share price valuation for Biomagnetics Diagnostics' common shares.

15 Jul 2010

NGOC to share expertise with United Network of US Oncology

Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers, a medical practice dedicated to delivering high quality, cost-effective oncology and hematology services to patients in Northwest Georgia, and US Oncology, Inc., the nation's leading integrated oncology company, announced today that NGOC has joined the United Network of US Oncology. The practice, which remains independently owned by its physicians, now has expanded resources from a nationwide network of physicians and clinicians who collaborate to enhance the science and delivery of cancer care.

15 Jul 2010

NUHW files for union election, but refuses to sign agreement

Two weeks after filing for a union election among 46,000 Kaiser workers in California, the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) refused to sign an agreement that would allow the election to go forward in the next 60 days.

15 Jul 2010

NIH announces 5 more years of funding for Consortium of Food Allergy Research

Today, the National Institutes of Health announce that the Consortium of Food Allergy Research (CoFAR), established in 2005, will be funded for five more years. CoFAR will continue to foster new approaches to prevent and treat food allergies and also expand in scope to include research on the genetic causes underlying food allergy and studies of food allergy-associated eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases (EGIDs).

15 Jul 2010

PPMD to provide grant to clinical sites participating in Phase 2 study of ACE-031

Patricia A. Furlong, Founding President and CEO of Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, the largest non-profit organization in the United States focused on finding a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, announced that PPMD will provide a grant to clinical sites participating in Acceleron Pharma's Phase 2 clinical study of ACE-031. These grants will help patients' families cover travel costs to and from the study site, and hotel rooms and meals during study visits.

15 Jul 2010

UC San Diego and CTRI receive $37.2M NCRR Clinical and Translational Science Award

The University of California, San Diego Health Sciences and its expanding Clinical and Translational Research Institute (CTRI) have received a five-year, $37.2 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), part of the National Institutes of Health.

15 Jul 2010

Start-to-finish guidance for contemporary orthopaedic surgery technique published

Leading healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins today announced the publication of Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery, a new, four-volume reference that provides start-to-finish guidance for virtually every contemporary orthopaedic surgery technique. LWW is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and pharmacy.

15 Jul 2010

New circular external fixator device for diabetic Charcot foot treatment

The alarming increase of morbidly obese diabetics is causing more new cases of a debilitating foot deformity called Charcot foot.Charcot foot can make walking difficult or impossible, and in severe cases can require amputation.But a surgical technique that secures foot bones with an external frame has enabled more than 90 percent of patients to walk normally again.

15 Jul 2010

Decreased perioperative cerebral oxygenation values linked to poor outcomes after aortic arch surgery

CAS Medical Systems, Inc. today announced that a new study published in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery supports the association between decreased perioperative cerebral oxygenation values and poor outcomes after aortic arch surgery.

15 Jul 2010

ConvaTec provides support to develop guidelines for NPWT

ConvaTec, a world-leading developer and marketer of innovative medical technologies for community and hospital care, announced today that it has provided support for the development of guidelines for the appropriate use of negative pressure wound therapy in the spectrum of wound healing. Unique to these guidelines are recommendations for integrating NPWT into a comprehensive plan of care that includes moist wound healing dressings and other treatment modalities.

15 Jul 2010

Over half of UK swine flu hospital admissions, deaths occurred in previously healthy people: Research

Over half of UK swine flu hospital admissions and inpatient deaths occurred in people with no underlying health problems or obvious risk factors, research at the University of Liverpool has found.

15 Jul 2010

Lakeridge Health, UHN announce shared management of Laboratory Services

Kevin Empey, President and CEO of Lakeridge Health and Dr. Robert Bell, CEO of the University Health Network are proud to announce the shared management of LH's Laboratory Services with those of UHN. UHN's laboratory currently manages all services for Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital and Toronto General Hospital, and 13 other hospitals. Laboratory services will continue to be provided in the LH laboratory while being managed by UHN administrative, clinical, and quality experts.

15 Jul 2010

MD Buyline identifies top emerging technologies with highest impact

This release will explain how these important technologies encourage high utilization rates across multiple service lines, bringing value to hospitals. Reimbursement changes and hospital structure enable technology purchases to generate a sequence of changes throughout service lines and dramatically impact the bottom line.

15 Jul 2010

Top academic medical centers reaffirm commitment to partner with UHC Supply Chain Optimization Program

The University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) today announced that a number of the nation's top academic medical centers have reaffirmed their commitment to partnering with UHC's group purchasing and supply chain organization.

15 Jul 2010

Children's National and George Washington University receive NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award

Children's National Medical Center, in partnership with The George Washington University Medical Center, has received a prestigious Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the National Center for Research Resources of the National Institutes of Health.

15 Jul 2010

Hospital News and Research

Study analyzes supply, demand for various allied health professions in Tennessee

St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital ranked among America's elite healthcare institutions

Biomagnetics Diagnostics reports positive test results of unique PVA film formulation

NGOC to share expertise with United Network of US Oncology

NUHW files for union election, but refuses to sign agreement

NIH announces 5 more years of funding for Consortium of Food Allergy Research

PPMD to provide grant to clinical sites participating in Phase 2 study of ACE-031

UC San Diego and CTRI receive $37.2M NCRR Clinical and Translational Science Award

Start-to-finish guidance for contemporary orthopaedic surgery technique published

New circular external fixator device for diabetic Charcot foot treatment

Decreased perioperative cerebral oxygenation values linked to poor outcomes after aortic arch surgery

ConvaTec provides support to develop guidelines for NPWT

Over half of UK swine flu hospital admissions, deaths occurred in previously healthy people: Research

Lakeridge Health, UHN announce shared management of Laboratory Services

MD Buyline identifies top emerging technologies with highest impact

Top academic medical centers reaffirm commitment to partner with UHC Supply Chain Optimization Program

Children's National and George Washington University receive NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award

New research focuses on calcium channels in lysosome membrane

Chief Medical Officer of Cook County Health & Hospitals System receives CARES Award

IBM and Peking University People's Hospital build evidence-based patient centric care system

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

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