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The closing of St. Vincent's Hospital creates many uncertainties in N.Y.

The Wall Street Journal reports on the closing of St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan. One story details how the staff of St. Vincent's has not yet received details about the hospital's closing on Friday. The hospital has been slowly winding down services since it announced its closure. "The emergency room stopped admitting patients and ambulances started going elsewhere, leaving the emergency room focused on walk-ins. Their needs have run the gamut. Tuesday night, for example, brought a patient with a possible ruptured aorta...

30 Apr 2010

EndoChoice granted FDA marketing clearance for BONASTENT Esophageal and Biliary Stent platforms

EndoChoice, Inc. today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its BONASTENT® Fully Covered Esophageal Stent for the treatment of malignant esophageal obstructions, and its BONASTENT Uncovered Biliary Stent for the treatment of malignant biliary obstructions.

30 Apr 2010

FDA approves Provenge prostate cancer vaccine

Cancer may now be fought with a vaccine. The FDA has finally approved an immune boosting vaccine which is said to extend survival of patients at an advanced stage of prostate cancer by four months. This is twice as long as what could be expected with regular chemotherapy. There is also an increase of three years survival after detection in initial stage by 38% thanks to the vaccine.

30 Apr 2010

Dismal figures for Victorian public hospital performance in 2009, says report

A new report regarding performances of hospitals has come up with disturbing facts. This Your Hospitals report (July to December 2009) released yesterday revealed;

29 Apr 2010

ZOLL Medical's second-quarter revenues up 15% to $107.1 million

ZOLL Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of resuscitation devices and software solutions, today announced that revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2010 increased 15% to $107.1 million, compared to revenues in the second quarter of last year of $92.7 million. Revenue results included a positive foreign exchange impact of approximately $2.2 million, compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2009.

29 Apr 2010

IMD seeks FDA regulatory clearance for NADiA ProsVue prostate cancer prognostic test

IRIS International, Inc., a leading manufacturer of automated in-vitro diagnostics systems and consumables for use in hospitals and commercial laboratories worldwide, announced today that its IRIS Molecular Diagnostics (IMD) subsidiary has submitted a 510(k) pre-market notification application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting regulatory clearance for NADiA®ProsVue™, a prostate cancer prognostic test. The test is designed to help physicians identify patients at low risk of cancer recurrence post radical prostatectomy.

29 Apr 2010

SDI reports increase in hospital outpatient surgical visits in 2009

SDI, a leading healthcare market insight and analytics firm, today reported that the number of hospital outpatient surgical visits increased 4.5% in 2009 compared with 2008. The number of hospital inpatient visits with surgical procedures, however, remained relatively unchanged in 2009.

29 Apr 2010

Natus Medical's revenue for first-quarter 2010 increased 47% to $49.2M

Natus Medical Incorporated today announced financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2010.

29 Apr 2010

First Edition: April 29, 2010

This week, as yet another major health insurer reports quarterly gains, the industry says it will stop the practice of rescissions earlier than required by the new reform law. Meanwhile, other headlines examine key provisions of the measure, such as its high risk pools.

29 Apr 2010

6 transplant surgeons perform 16 surgeries over 3 days in landmark domino paired kidney exchange

Chicago resident Maria Isho had been waiting for over nine years for a kidney transplant. Her body was highly sensitized, meaning that her body had built up antibodies in the blood, which made it difficult for her to find a match. To stay healthy, she endured a grueling dialysis regimen which diminished her quality of life and left her feeling physically drained.

29 Apr 2010

Premier healthcare alliance launches strategic plan to support new models of healthcare delivery

The Premier healthcare alliance has launched a major new strategic plan that will help hospitals leverage performance improvement data and knowledge sharing to prepare for and succeed under healthcare reform.

29 Apr 2010

Study investigates efficacy of acellular dermal matrix for intestinal elongation

Acellular dermal matrix (ADM) is a dermal biomaterial in which all of the cellular elements have been removed. The biologic properties of ADM, including its ability to support tissue regeneration repopulation with fibroblasts, revascularization, new collagen deposition and eventual absorption and replacement with native tissue permit its use in tissue reconstruction.

29 Apr 2010

Artificial heart to be a reality soon, expect researchers

There is good news for heart patients waiting in line for a heart transplant. A team of researchers in Queensland, Malaysia, Germany and Japan are working on an artificial heart. They plan to try it first in sheep.

29 Apr 2010

Genetic test to predict newborns requiring hospital readmission shortly after birth

The results of two separate research studies taking place at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics will help physicians use genetic testing to prevent complications, and ease the worry of new parents by predicting in advance which newborns may require readmission to the hospital shortly after birth. The studies also will help physicians identify which of their young patients are likely to respond well - or not - to steroid therapy for asthma.

29 Apr 2010

OMT beneficial as adjunctive treatment in elderly people with pneumonia

A clinical trial of 406 subjects 50 years of age and older who were hospitalized with pneumonia showed a one-day reduction in the length of hospital stay in those patients who received osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) in addition to conventional medical care when compared to patients who received only conventional medical care. A per protocol analysis also showed a significant reduction in the duration of intravenous antibiotics and in respiratory failure or death in the group that received OMT when compare to the conventional care only group.

29 Apr 2010

Removing unruptured AVM decreases risk of hemorrhaging, provides better outcomes to patients

Individuals diagnosed with a brain arteriovenous malformation, an abnormal tangle of arteries and veins, are at an increased risk of vessel rupture and bleeding that can cause stroke and permanent brain damage.

29 Apr 2010

Uninsured medical expenses vie with retirement as most pressing financial concern for Americans

Uninsured medical expenses vie with retirement as the most pressing financial concern for Americans, according to a survey conducted for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants by Harris Interactive.

29 Apr 2010

Emdat launches DaRT solution to help physicians utilize EMRs more efficiently

Emdat announces the launch of DaRT, or Discrete accurate Reportable Transcription, a solution that enables more efficient utilization of electronic medical records by seamlessly integrating with Emdat's online medical transcription platform.

29 Apr 2010

Oncology unit of Jewish General Hospital focuses on Smart for Life cookies

Smart for Life cookies will be the focus of a study in the oncology unit of the Jewish General Hospital, acknowledged as a world leader in many fields of investigation and a key teaching site for McGill University.

29 Apr 2010

CINJ trial targets new combination therapy for advanced solid tumors

Building off recent laboratory discoveries relating to how cancer cells become resistant to therapies that attempt to starve cancer, scientists at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) are now applying that knowledge to a process in which cancer cells eat themselves to downsize and resist therapy. The ultimate goal of this effort is to improve upon current anticancer treatments.

29 Apr 2010

Hospital News and Research

The closing of St. Vincent's Hospital creates many uncertainties in N.Y.

EndoChoice granted FDA marketing clearance for BONASTENT Esophageal and Biliary Stent platforms

FDA approves Provenge prostate cancer vaccine

Dismal figures for Victorian public hospital performance in 2009, says report

ZOLL Medical's second-quarter revenues up 15% to $107.1 million

IMD seeks FDA regulatory clearance for NADiA ProsVue prostate cancer prognostic test

SDI reports increase in hospital outpatient surgical visits in 2009

Natus Medical's revenue for first-quarter 2010 increased 47% to $49.2M

First Edition: April 29, 2010

6 transplant surgeons perform 16 surgeries over 3 days in landmark domino paired kidney exchange

Premier healthcare alliance launches strategic plan to support new models of healthcare delivery

Study investigates efficacy of acellular dermal matrix for intestinal elongation

Artificial heart to be a reality soon, expect researchers

Genetic test to predict newborns requiring hospital readmission shortly after birth

OMT beneficial as adjunctive treatment in elderly people with pneumonia

Removing unruptured AVM decreases risk of hemorrhaging, provides better outcomes to patients

Uninsured medical expenses vie with retirement as most pressing financial concern for Americans

Emdat launches DaRT solution to help physicians utilize EMRs more efficiently

Oncology unit of Jewish General Hospital focuses on Smart for Life cookies

CINJ trial targets new combination therapy for advanced solid tumors

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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