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Research study on teens who underwent laparoscopic bypass surgery

According to a recent study of clinical characteristics of teens who underwent laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery from 2002 until 2007, doctors may have a much narrower window of opportunity to reverse morbid obesity in teens than previously thought.

30 Sep 2009

LONDON & PACIFIC HEALTHCARE provides Debtor-in-Possession Financing for DRMC

LONDON & PACIFIC HEALTHCARE, INC. (PINK SHEETS: LDPH) (FRANKFURT: EGU) today announced that its subsidiary, London & Pacific Capital Advisors, served as a placement agent and financial advisor to Downey Regional Medical Center Hospital (“DRMC”), in securing a $10.0 Million Debtor-in-Possession Financing through Healthcare Finance Group.

30 Sep 2009

First telemedicine-assisted video laryngoscopic intubation using GlideScope Video Laryngoscope

The Department of Emergency Medicine at The University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, led by Dr. John C. Sakles, recently performed the first telemedicine-assisted video laryngoscopic intubation using the GlideScope Video Laryngoscope to assist Northern Cochise Community Hospital, a small, rural healthcare facility in Southern Arizona.

30 Sep 2009

New center for gastrointestinal cancer research established

Georgetown University Medical Center today announced the creation of a center that may help advance a cure for one of the deadliest forms of cancer. The Otto J. Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers will fund gastrointestinal cancer research, drug discovery and patient advocacy efforts at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

30 Sep 2009

Baptist Memorial Health Care implements Allscripts Electronic Health Record solution

Allscripts announced today that Baptist Memorial Health Care has selected the Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management (PM) solution to automate and connect clinical and business functions for their 65 employed physicians and the more than 3,100 independent physicians affiliated with the health system's 15 hospitals in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.

30 Sep 2009

AeroScout to provide RFID Asset Tracking And Management Solutions for Premier’s ASCEND program

Following the recent announcement of an agreement between Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P., and AeroScout, the Premier healthcare alliance announced today that it has selected AeroScout as the sole source provider of RFID Asset Tracking and Management solutions for Premier’s ASCEND™ program.

30 Sep 2009

GE Healthcare launches Venue 40, a portable miniaturized ultrasound system

GE is helping to transform the delivery of patient care with Venue™ 40, a miniaturized ultrasound system with advanced touch-screen technology, launched by GE Healthcare, a business unit of General Electric Company. Venue 40 is portable, allowing physicians to quickly perform rapid diagnostics and needle-guided procedures right at a patient’s bedside, providing real-time results.

30 Sep 2009

Mater Health Services implements Cisco Medical-Grade Network to improve health care

Cisco announced today that Mater Health Services, Queensland's largest not-for-profit hospital group, is making significant strides in achieving its Smart Hospital strategy with a roll-out of an expanded suite of business applications on its Cisco® Medical-Grade Network across its seven ultra-modern hospitals.

30 Sep 2009

OSI Systems bags $2 million follow-on contract

OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS), a vertically integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its Healthcare division, Spacelabs Healthcare, has received a follow-on contract for a broad range of patient monitoring products from a major U.S. regional hospital totaling approximately $2 million.

30 Sep 2009

Former professional players have fewer risks of heart attacks

Former professional football players with large bodies don't appear to have the same risk factors for heart disease as their non-athletic counterparts, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found in studying a group of National Football League (NFL) alumni.

30 Sep 2009

Amerinet's Economic Solutions series enhance revenue cycle management

Amerinet, a leading healthcare group purchasing organization is highlighting strategies to enhance the revenue cycle as part of its continuing Economic Solutions series, an initiative focused on keeping members proactively engaged with current economic challenges and healthcare reform issues.

30 Sep 2009

AMS’ products restore patient's pelvic health and their quality of life

American Medical Systems® (AMS), a leading provider of world-class devices and therapies for both male and female pelvic health, today announced the results of three major clinical studies that each point to a high degree of efficacy and patient satisfaction with AMS’ minimally invasive treatment options for female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and vaginal prolapse.

30 Sep 2009

New anticoagulant therapy has fewer side-effects than warfarin

In an article reviewed by F1000 Medicine Faculty Members Robert Ruff, Brian Olshansky and Luis Ruilope, the blood-thinner dabigatran is shown to protect against stroke, blood clotting and major bleeding as effectively as warfarin, but with fewer side effects.

30 Sep 2009

Results from Phase 2 clinical study of LCP-Tacro tablets in stable liver transplant patients announced

LifeCycle Pharma A/S today announced positive results from a completed 12 month extension phase of the Phase 2 clinical study of LCP-Tacro tablets in stable liver transplant patients.

30 Sep 2009

ODT conference to discuss enforcement trends for supply chain compliance in the orthopedic industry

Pilgrim Software, Inc., a world-leading provider of Enterprise Compliance and Quality Management (ECQM) software solutions, today announced that Nikki Willett, vice president of Marketing & Regulatory Affairs for Pilgrim, will address an audience of medical technology innovators at the ODT Conference & Exhibition 2009, October 7, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

30 Sep 2009

States nervous, anxious for health reform in face of rising costs

Governors express nervousness about about Congress' pending health reform proposals. In Green Bay, residents watched costs rise, again, this year according to a new survey, and in Hawaii, most state workers saw soaring premiums, while teachers got off the hook by means of an innovative alternative insurance plan. In Massachusetts, 60 doctors accepted speaking fees from a drug giant.

30 Sep 2009

Rite Aid and Atlantic General Hospital sign agreement to open Atlantic ImmediCare clinics

Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) and Atlantic General Hospital and Health System today announced an agreement to open Atlantic ImmediCare clinics inside three Rite Aid stores in Ocean Pines and Pocomoke City, Maryland, and Millsboro, Delaware, this fall. The clinics, which will be open daily, will provide extended hours for care in the evening and on weekends.

30 Sep 2009

Metabolic syndrome related to elevated levels of liver enzymes in obese teenagers

Researchers studying a large sample of adolescent American boys have found an association between metabolic syndrome, which is a complication of obesity, and elevated liver enzymes that mark potentially serious liver disease.

30 Sep 2009

ASU receives $32 million as research grants

Arizona State University researchers to date have received more than $32 million in stimulus package research grants. For ASU, which has played a very active role in attracting this additional funding, much of these research funds have gone for projects that meet challenges currently confronting society.

30 Sep 2009

ABL partners with Evivar Medical to develop and commercialize clinical management tools

Advanced Biological Laboratories S.A (ABL) and Evivar Medical Pty Ltd (Evivar) today announced the completion of agreements to cross-licence their respective intellectual property portfolios, and to form strategic alliances based on the use of their proprietary disease management platforms in HIV and Hepatitis B.

30 Sep 2009

Hospital News and Research

Research study on teens who underwent laparoscopic bypass surgery

LONDON & PACIFIC HEALTHCARE provides Debtor-in-Possession Financing for DRMC

First telemedicine-assisted video laryngoscopic intubation using GlideScope Video Laryngoscope

New center for gastrointestinal cancer research established

Baptist Memorial Health Care implements Allscripts Electronic Health Record solution

AeroScout to provide RFID Asset Tracking And Management Solutions for Premier’s ASCEND program

GE Healthcare launches Venue 40, a portable miniaturized ultrasound system

Mater Health Services implements Cisco Medical-Grade Network to improve health care

OSI Systems bags $2 million follow-on contract

Former professional players have fewer risks of heart attacks

Amerinet's Economic Solutions series enhance revenue cycle management

AMS’ products restore patient's pelvic health and their quality of life

New anticoagulant therapy has fewer side-effects than warfarin

Results from Phase 2 clinical study of LCP-Tacro tablets in stable liver transplant patients announced

ODT conference to discuss enforcement trends for supply chain compliance in the orthopedic industry

States nervous, anxious for health reform in face of rising costs

Rite Aid and Atlantic General Hospital sign agreement to open Atlantic ImmediCare clinics

Metabolic syndrome related to elevated levels of liver enzymes in obese teenagers

ASU receives $32 million as research grants

ABL partners with Evivar Medical to develop and commercialize clinical management tools

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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