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First Edition: August 26, 2009 - Kennedy dies

Today's headlines focus on the overnight death of Senator Edward Kennedy and his career as one of Washington's most influential lawmakers.

26 Aug 2009

Premier’s ClinicalAdvisor offers customized benchmarking and regulatory reporting solution for hospitals and health systems

To help hospitals achieve maximum revenue retention as a part of Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program, the Premier healthcare alliance has enhanced its quality benchmarking and regulatory reporting solution to include RAC capabilities.

26 Aug 2009

Covenant Medical Center resolves False Claims Act allegations by paying $4.5 million

Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa has agreed to pay the United States $4.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, the Department of Justice announced today.

26 Aug 2009

Patient health and safety survey reveals that healthcare facilities are not ready to combat swine flu pandemic

A patient health and safety survey of 190 American hospitals from coast to coast compiled by registered nurses in eight different states finds that a disturbing number of our nation's healthcare facilities are not prepared for the coming H1N1/swine flu pandemic, according to results released today by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee.

26 Aug 2009

Study reveals benefits of balloon dilation to heart patients with moderately impaired renal function

People with kidney disease undergo balloon dilation treatment after myocardial infarction less frequently, and therefore have a poorer prognosis. This according to new clinical research published in the journal Circulation.

26 Aug 2009

Program to help sex workers to go off the streets

Dallas prostitutes are getting a chance to change their lives, thanks to a collaboration among the Dallas Police Department, Dallas County Sheriff's Office, Dallas County Commissioner's Office, courts, Dallas County Health Department, Adult Probation Department, Parkland Hospital and Homeward Bound, which serves as the lead for more than 40 social service and faith-based organizations. The program offers prostitutes a comprehensive, multi-step, in-patient and out-patient treatment program as an alternative to further victimization and continued involvement in the criminal justice system.

26 Aug 2009

Veteran’s Administration Medical Center awards contract to Pioneer Behavioral Health for providing behavioral health services

PHC, Inc., d.b.a. Pioneer Behavioral Health (NYSE AMEX: PHC), a leading provider of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the Salt Lake City Veteran’s Administration Medical Center (VA) to provide behavioral health services at the Company’s Highland Ridge Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. The initial term of the contract is nine months, with six-month renewal periods.

26 Aug 2009

Morria Biopharmaceuticals receives approval to commence its Phase II clinical trial on MRX6

Morria Biopharmaceuticals Plc, a biopharmaceutical company focusing on novel, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, announced today that it has received written approval to commence its Phase II clinical trial on its leading topical Multi-Functional Anti Inflammatory Drug (MFAID) MRX6.

26 Aug 2009

AOFAS announces results of clinical trials with the STAR ankle replacement device

Charles L. Saltzman, MD, newly-elected president of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS), presented the results of a groundbreaking study at the recent AOFAS 2009 Annual Summer Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

26 Aug 2009

Verisk Health signs six new contracts for use of its healthcare data analytic software

Verisk Health, Inc., a global leader in healthcare data analytics, announced today signings in June and July of six new contracts for use of the Company’s healthcare analytics, clinical resource management, risk assessment, and predictive modeling software.

26 Aug 2009

Positive results obtained from phase 3 clinical trial of lurasidone for treating schizophrenia

Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd., (DSP) announced today positive results from PEARL 2 - a phase 3 clinical trial of lurasidone for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia. In this trial, both lurasidone 40 and 120 mg/day were significantly more effective than placebo for the treatment of schizophrenia. Lurasidone was well-tolerated with an overall discontinuation rate that was similar to placebo.

26 Aug 2009

Defentect's radiation detection system to be installed at Washington Hospital Center

Defentect announced today Washington Hospital Center is deploying Defentect's radiation detection system hospital-wide following a pilot project to test its effectiveness, with an additional nine GT2(TM) radiation sensors and two GT4(TM) Gamma Radiation sensors, capable of isotopic identification.

26 Aug 2009

Analysis of pending health reform bill points to huge cuts in Medicare funding

A new American Health Care Association analysis of the pending House health reform bill when combined with the impact of a recently-enacted Medicare regulation cutting Medicare-funded nursing home care by $12 billion will result in total cuts of $44 billion over ten years.

26 Aug 2009

Research study concludes the difference in mortality between men and women depending on the type of ACS

A new study from NYU School of Medicine found that women may have a slightly higher risk of death than men in the thirty days following an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but that these differences appear to be attributable to factors such as severity and type of ACS.

26 Aug 2009

Saint Vincent Hospital adds RF Surgical Detection System to surgical safety protocols

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts has joined a growing number of over 100 hospitals nationwide to add the RF Surgical Detection System to its surgical safety protocols. This patented and FDA-approved technology uses a scanning wand that detects and signals an alert if any radio frequency tagged surgical sponges remain in a patient following surgery

26 Aug 2009

Adolescents engaged in dangerous activities are associated with increased brain maturity

A new study using brain imaging to study teen behavior indicates that adolescents who engage in dangerous activities have frontal white matter tracts that are more adult in form than their more conservative peers.

26 Aug 2009

Versus reports revenues of $1,155,000 for its third-quarter of 2009

Versus Technology, Inc. ("Versus" or the "Company") announced revenues of $1,155,000 for its third fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2009, a 1.8% decrease compared to revenues of $1,176,000 for the same quarter of the prior year. Revenues for the nine months ended July 31, 2009, were $3,905,000, compared to $4,026,000 for the nine months ended July 31, 2008, a 3.0% decrease.

26 Aug 2009

Reform efforts focus attention on regional innovations in care delivery

As health reform efforts loom over Congress, news outlets find models of innovation in their own backyards. Geisinger Health System in rural Pennsylvania, a Florida satellite of the Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente Northwest in Oregon and Washington state, and Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond, Va., all get some attention.

26 Aug 2009

Smokers twice as likely to get active TB, study finds

"A study in Taiwan has found that smokers are twice as likely to develop active tuberculosis compared to people who have never smoked, prompting calls for policymakers to be tougher on smoking," Reuters reports (Lyn, 8/24).

26 Aug 2009

The Society of Chest Pain Centers announces a new grant program to encourage clinical research

The Society of Chest Pain Centers (www.SCPCP.org), an international non-profit organization focused on improving care for cardiac patients, announces a new grant program in an effort to support research that is likely to result in a substantive contribution to acute cardiovascular medicine.

26 Aug 2009

Hospital News and Research

First Edition: August 26, 2009 - Kennedy dies

Premier’s ClinicalAdvisor offers customized benchmarking and regulatory reporting solution for hospitals and health systems

Covenant Medical Center resolves False Claims Act allegations by paying $4.5 million

Patient health and safety survey reveals that healthcare facilities are not ready to combat swine flu pandemic

Study reveals benefits of balloon dilation to heart patients with moderately impaired renal function

Program to help sex workers to go off the streets

Veteran’s Administration Medical Center awards contract to Pioneer Behavioral Health for providing behavioral health services

Morria Biopharmaceuticals receives approval to commence its Phase II clinical trial on MRX6

AOFAS announces results of clinical trials with the STAR ankle replacement device

Verisk Health signs six new contracts for use of its healthcare data analytic software

Positive results obtained from phase 3 clinical trial of lurasidone for treating schizophrenia

Defentect's radiation detection system to be installed at Washington Hospital Center

Analysis of pending health reform bill points to huge cuts in Medicare funding

Research study concludes the difference in mortality between men and women depending on the type of ACS

Saint Vincent Hospital adds RF Surgical Detection System to surgical safety protocols

Adolescents engaged in dangerous activities are associated with increased brain maturity

Versus reports revenues of $1,155,000 for its third-quarter of 2009

Reform efforts focus attention on regional innovations in care delivery

Smokers twice as likely to get active TB, study finds

The Society of Chest Pain Centers announces a new grant program to encourage clinical research

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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