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NHS Primary Care Trust Managers inefficient, says Commons Health Committee report

Managers of NHS primary care trusts (PCTs) who are in charge of 80% of the annual budget have drawn flak recently from the MPs. Figures revealed last week that the number of health managers have risen by 80% in the last decade.

30 Mar 2010

Resurgence of mumps orchitis among teenage boys and young men

Urologists at a leading Irish hospital have reported an alarming increase in the number of teenage boys and young men developing mumps orchitis, in a paper published in the April issue of the urology journal BJUI.

30 Mar 2010

MEDSEEK expands relationship with Frederick Memorial to develop eHealth ecoSystem

MEDSEEK, the leading provider of healthcare enterprise portal connectivity solutions, announced today the expansion of its relationship with long-time partner Frederick Memorial with its engagement to develop the healthcare organization's comprehensive eHealth ecoSystem.TM

30 Mar 2010

Racial disparity in infant sleep-related deaths

A study conducted by Children's Memorial Research Center reveals that African American infants are far more likely to die from sleep-related causes than any other ethnic group in Illinois.

30 Mar 2010

Relief in workload for public sector nurses of Quebec? The new contract says “No”

Nearly 500 nurses gathered in Montreal on Monday to decide on a list of essential and non essential services they are expected to provide when there is a strike action by their union, the Fédération Interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ).

30 Mar 2010

Dr Patel ignored advice from colleagues

The charges of manslaughter that Dr Patel has been facing over three patients he had operated on between 2003 and 2005 are now on trial in the Supreme Court in Brisbane. The patients were Mervyn John Morris, 75 , Ames Edward Phillips, 46, and Geradus Wihelmus Gosewinus Kemps, 77. Dr Patel is also charged with one grievous bodily harm case besides these three manslaughter charges to Ian Rodney Vowles, 62.

30 Mar 2010

Lake Alice Hospital – Have the Ghosts of the past finally gone?

New Zealand’s Lake Alice hospital near Bulls in Rangitikei, which used to be self sufficient rural psychiatric set up housing the criminally insane since 1950 has been shut down since October 1999 and since then the hospital has been shrouded in controversies and plans for rebuilding and setting up new units.

30 Mar 2010

New home health provisions proposed in Health Care Reform Bill to benefit older patients

New home health provisions proposed in the Health Care Reform Bill (H.R. 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) will support the testing and implementation of in-home health care services for chronically ill elderly residents of Greater Philadelphia.

30 Mar 2010

In pregnant women, DVT more likely to occur on left side

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in pregnant patients is more likely to occur on the left side, and in particular in the left leg, write the authors of a Review article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) http://www.cmaj.ca/embargo/cmaj091692.pdf.

30 Mar 2010

LCT receives approval for New Zealand Phase II human trial of DIABECELL

Living Cell Technologies Limited, a global company pioneering the development of a cell implant to treat diabetes, today announced that it has received approval to advance to the next phase of its New Zealand Phase II human clinical trial with its groundbreaking DIABECELL®. The approval follows a positive assessment from the New Zealand Data Safety and Monitoring Board of the first four patients to receive its DIABACELL® implants.

30 Mar 2010

DIATHERIX GI test panel can detect nine types of GI infections

DIATHERIX Laboratories adds a gastrointestinal panel to its lineup of highly sensitive, rapid response diagnostic tests. In a single result, the DIATHERIX GI panel can detect and differentiate nine types of GI infections so physicians can quickly identify patients who have severe, life-threatening infections.

30 Mar 2010

Researchers to study health literacy among Indigenous people living with cardiovascular disease

Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto are part of an international team of researchers recently awarded a multi-million dollar grant for their work in cardiovascular disease among Indigenous people in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The Canadian team will receive $742,000 in funding for its part of the project from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and International Collaborative Indigenous Health Research Partnerships.

30 Mar 2010

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics announces new contract with Premier Purchasing Partners

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics announces a new three-year contract with Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P., the group purchasing unit of Premier Inc., that includes Siemens powerful integrated diagnostic systems, several specialty diagnostic instruments, and a comprehensive menu of diagnostic tests for Premier's more than 2,300 member hospitals and 64,000 additional healthcare sites.

29 Mar 2010

Eclipsys, Rothman partner to build Patient Condition Tracker software solution on Helios by Eclipsys platform

Following the momentum of launching an industry-defining open architecture platform, Eclipsys Corporation today announced a partnership with Rothman Healthcare Research to build its Patient Condition Tracker software solution on the Helios by Eclipsys™ platform.

29 Mar 2010

FDA grants SynCardia Systems conditional approval to conduct IDE study of Freedom driver system

SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart, today announced it has received conditional approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical study of the Freedom™ driver system, the first-ever U.S. portable driver designed to power SynCardia's Total Artificial Heart.

29 Mar 2010

Health Robotics launches global Beta installation of 3 i.v.SOFT Workflow Engine automation modules

Health Robotics today announced the successful global launch of the Beta Installation kick-off for its 3 latest i.v.SOFT Workflow Engine software automation modules [Assist, Label+ and Profile] in Nice [France], the 2010 venue for the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists. i.v.SOFT helps Pharmacy Technicians, I.V. Room Supervisors, and Pharmacy Directors to compound and manage the safe and efficient manual production of IV Admixtures according to hospital-defined sterile compounding guidelines, and to help bring the pharmacies into compliance with USP 797 regulations in the United States and GMP guidelines elsewhere.

29 Mar 2010

As CMS nominee, Berwick would face changes and challenges

President Barack Obama will soon nominate Dr. Donald M. Berwick to "run Medicare and Medicaid, the programs that serve nearly one-third of all Americans, administration officials said Saturday," The New York Times reports.

29 Mar 2010

Upgrading to policy with no limits benefits insurance agent

It can be instructive to consider not just what long term care insurance professionals recommend, but what they do -- for their own personal protection. A good example is the case of Kim Galatolo, an agent with LTC Financial Partners LLC one of the nation's most experienced long term care insurance agencies. In California, where Galatolo lives and works, the firm is known as LTC Partners & Insurance Services, LLC.

29 Mar 2010

Three new hospitals utilize PureWellness' comprehensive online employee wellness platform

PureWellness, Inc., a leading provider of online wellness solutions, announced it has signed agreements with three new hospitals; Northeast Georgia Health Systems, McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital, and Fletcher Allen Health Care.

29 Mar 2010

PROCAPS granted exclusive rights to commercialize Pro-Pharmaceuticals' DAVANAT in Colombia

Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a developer of therapeutics that target Galectin receptors to treat cancer and fibrosis, today announced that it has granted PROCAPS S.A. exclusive rights to market and sell DAVANAT® to treat cancer in Colombia, South America. Phase ll clinical trial results for late-stage colorectal cancer patients demonstrate that when DAVANAT® is co-administered with the chemotherapy drug 5-FU, survival increased by 46% over the best standard of care and reduced serious adverse events associated with chemotherapy.

29 Mar 2010

Hospital News and Research

NHS Primary Care Trust Managers inefficient, says Commons Health Committee report

Resurgence of mumps orchitis among teenage boys and young men

MEDSEEK expands relationship with Frederick Memorial to develop eHealth ecoSystem

Racial disparity in infant sleep-related deaths

Relief in workload for public sector nurses of Quebec? The new contract says “No”

Dr Patel ignored advice from colleagues

Lake Alice Hospital – Have the Ghosts of the past finally gone?

New home health provisions proposed in Health Care Reform Bill to benefit older patients

In pregnant women, DVT more likely to occur on left side

LCT receives approval for New Zealand Phase II human trial of DIABECELL

DIATHERIX GI test panel can detect nine types of GI infections

Researchers to study health literacy among Indigenous people living with cardiovascular disease

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics announces new contract with Premier Purchasing Partners

Eclipsys, Rothman partner to build Patient Condition Tracker software solution on Helios by Eclipsys platform

FDA grants SynCardia Systems conditional approval to conduct IDE study of Freedom driver system

Health Robotics launches global Beta installation of 3 i.v.SOFT Workflow Engine automation modules

As CMS nominee, Berwick would face changes and challenges

Upgrading to policy with no limits benefits insurance agent

Three new hospitals utilize PureWellness' comprehensive online employee wellness platform

PROCAPS granted exclusive rights to commercialize Pro-Pharmaceuticals' DAVANAT in Colombia

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