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Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children to benefit from marathon event

The Dallas White Rock Marathon today announced that MetroPCS Communications, Inc., the nation's leading provider of unlimited, flat-rate, no signed contract wireless communications service, will be the title sponsor of this year’s marathon. The event will now be called the MetroPCS Dallas White Rock Marathon presented by NexBank.

11 Sep 2009

Health Management Associates signs a five-year medical transcription services contract with Transcend

TRANSCEND SERVICES, INC. (NASDAQ: TRCR), the third largest provider of medical transcription services to the U.S. healthcare market, announced today that it has entered into a five-year single-source contract to provide medical transcription services to Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE: HMA) (“HMA”).

11 Sep 2009

Results from the BRITE-MD trials published in Psychiatry Research: Aspect Medical Systems

Aspect Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASPM) today announced that two companion articles highlighting results from the BRITE-MD (Biomarkers for Rapid Identification of Treatment Effectiveness trial in Major Depression) were published in the September issue of the journal Psychiatry Research.

11 Sep 2009

Brigham & Women's Hospital to implement Patient Safety's Safety-Sponge System

Patient Safety Technologies (OTC Bulletin Board: PSTX) announced that it has signed a contract with Partners HealthCare and will be implementing its Safety-Sponge(TM) System at Brigham & Women's Hospital.

11 Sep 2009

FHA and SFHHA announce an agreement with the ECRI Institute for patient safety data collection

The Florida Hospital Association (FHA) and the South Florida Hospital & Healthcare Association (SFHHA) today announce an agreement with the ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization (PSO) to support the Patient Safety Organization of Florida (PSOFlorida) with patient safety data collection and analysis. PSOFlorida, a component organization of the FHA and the SFHHA, was established to focus on improving the quality of care that hospitals in Florida provide to the state's residents and visitors.

11 Sep 2009

Nova Biomedical's subsidiary Sanvita CBGM to acquire assets of CCS Medical's subsidiary, Sanvita Inc

Nova Biomedical Corporation, a leading developer of whole blood analyzers, and CCS Medical, Inc. a leading direct-to-consumer provider of medical supplies, today announced that they have reached a definitive agreement under which Nova Biomedical's independent, wholly owned subsidiary, Sanvita CBGM, LLC, will acquire certain assets of Sanvita, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CCS Medical. Sanvita, Inc. is currently the exclusive distributor of Nova's "NovaMax" consumer blood glucose product line in the United States.

11 Sep 2009

RWJF selects Regions Hospital to take part in its effort to improve cardiac care delivered in hospitals

MN Community Measurement today announced that Regions Hospital has been selected by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to participate in a new effort to improve the quality -- and equality -- of cardiac care delivered in hospitals. The Aligning Forces for Quality: Equity Quality Improvement Collaborative (Equity QI Collaborative) will identify and test ways for hospitals to improve the quality and efficiency of their cardiac care, while also identifying and reducing any racial and ethnic disparities.

11 Sep 2009

Quidel Corporation expects highest quarterly revenue due to brisk sales of flu tests

Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEL), a leading provider of rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests, announced today that it currently anticipates its highest quarterly revenue and operating income in its history, driven by global shipments of its QuickVue® Influenza A+B tests in the third quarter of 2009.

11 Sep 2009

Hospital of Saint Raphael implements Think First’s Instant Informatics revenue cycle tool

Think First announced today that the Hospital of Saint Raphael’s Faculty Practice Plan (New Haven, CT) has implemented Think First’s Instant Informatics, a robust, best-practice revenue cycle tool that enables physician practices to measure, transform, and sustain organizational performance, drive up physician practice revenue, and achieve operational improvements.

11 Sep 2009

University of Pittsburgh invites media to participate in the eds-meds tour program

Media are invited to participate in the science and technology tours being held in conjunction with the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit Sept. 24-25. Twelve one-hour tours—hosted by the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center—are being offered on Monday, Sept. 21. They will highlight the science and technology that is driving the region’s economy.

11 Sep 2009

Solos obtains purchase order for surgical endoscopy instruments

Solos Endoscopy, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SNDY) is pleased to announce that the Company has received a purchase order for the MammoView(TM) line of surgical endoscopy instruments from the University of Missouri Health System, which boasts one of the most comprehensive health-care networks in Missouri.

11 Sep 2009

Newly established Edward Neurosciences Institute to provide advanced stroke care in Chicago

Edward Hospital announced today that it has established the Edward Neurosciences Institute in affiliation with the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation to bring the highest level of stroke care in the world to the west and southwest suburbs of Chicago.

11 Sep 2009

HHS Secretary to issue new report on the employer-sponsored insurance market

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today will address the University of Chicago’s dialogue on health care reform and education and issue a new report on the employer-sponsored insurance market.

11 Sep 2009

Miniature camera to provide live images of inside of the body

The world's first 'fantastic voyage' in which a miniature camera will broadcast live images of the inside of the body is set to take place this Sunday.

11 Sep 2009

Plastic surgeons in disaster-relief efforts can improve long-term outcomes for victims

When a terrorist bomb explodes, a tornado rips through a town, a hurricane devastates a region, or wildfires ravage homes and businesses, plastic surgeons are not typically atop the list of emergency responders.

11 Sep 2009

Majority of Americans want Congress to include lawsuit reform in the health care bill: Survey

A new nationwide poll reveals that a strong majority of America's voters want Congress to include lawsuit reform in any overhaul of the health care system.

11 Sep 2009

Careless practices takes a heavy toll on American lives, says President of SAVE THE PATIENT

Is anyone listening? As this debate rages on about medical reform, patient safety organizations, those of us at the front each and every day, we do not hear about what is happening to the people from the senseless health care devastation throughout our country right now.

11 Sep 2009

Medical institutes sponsor education newsletter series on angioedema

Angioedema is characterized by episodes of intense localized edema involving the skin, visceral organs, and airway, causing discomfort and even death as a result of airway obstruction. There are a number of therapies available for the prevention and treatment of angioedema, and new therapies are being studied to further minimize the effect of acute attacks on this patient population.

11 Sep 2009

ASCEND program helps achieve rapid improvements in supply chain performance

Hospitals and health systems participating in the Premier healthcare alliance’s ASCEND (Accelerated Supply Chain Endeavor) program have reduced their supply expenses in recently launched categories by up to 24 percent since May 2009.

11 Sep 2009

Merck update on the status of telcagepant clinical development programs

Merck & Co., Inc. today updated the status of the clinical development programs for telcagepant (MK-0974) and MK-3207, the Company's investigational oral calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonists for the intermittent treatment of acute migraine.

11 Sep 2009

Hospital News and Research

Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children to benefit from marathon event

Health Management Associates signs a five-year medical transcription services contract with Transcend

Results from the BRITE-MD trials published in Psychiatry Research: Aspect Medical Systems

Brigham & Women's Hospital to implement Patient Safety's Safety-Sponge System

FHA and SFHHA announce an agreement with the ECRI Institute for patient safety data collection

Nova Biomedical's subsidiary Sanvita CBGM to acquire assets of CCS Medical's subsidiary, Sanvita Inc

RWJF selects Regions Hospital to take part in its effort to improve cardiac care delivered in hospitals

Quidel Corporation expects highest quarterly revenue due to brisk sales of flu tests

Hospital of Saint Raphael implements Think First’s Instant Informatics revenue cycle tool

University of Pittsburgh invites media to participate in the eds-meds tour program

Solos obtains purchase order for surgical endoscopy instruments

Newly established Edward Neurosciences Institute to provide advanced stroke care in Chicago

HHS Secretary to issue new report on the employer-sponsored insurance market

Miniature camera to provide live images of inside of the body

Plastic surgeons in disaster-relief efforts can improve long-term outcomes for victims

Majority of Americans want Congress to include lawsuit reform in the health care bill: Survey

Careless practices takes a heavy toll on American lives, says President of SAVE THE PATIENT

Medical institutes sponsor education newsletter series on angioedema

ASCEND program helps achieve rapid improvements in supply chain performance

Merck update on the status of telcagepant clinical development programs

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