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NQF endorses outcome measures to improve quality of care for people with mental illnesses

The National Quality Forum has endorsed outcome measures to assess the results and thereby improve the quality of care provided to people with mental illnesses. The 4 endorsed mental health measures focus on depression and patients' satisfaction during an inpatient psychiatric hospital stay.

27 Jan 2011

NEREG introduces new locations to memory treatment program

Memory problems are the most frequent complaints in epilepsy patients, and with 3 million people in the US suffering from epilepsy, this condition needs to be addressed. In response, the Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group (NEREG) is introducing new locations to the only existing memory treatment program on January 24 in Staten Island and on January 26 in Middletown, NY.

27 Jan 2011

IEHA, Cintas release list of best practices for reducing HAIs within healthcare facility

In lieu of recent changes in guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control calling for increased cleaning performance and integration of new auditing controls to regulate cleaning efficacy, Cintas Corporation and the International Executive Housekeepers Association today released a list of best practices for reducing healthcare acquired infections and enhancing levels of cleanliness within a healthcare facility.

27 Jan 2011

IDEV announces release of SUPERA stent data from Leipzig Registry

IDEV Technologies, Incorporated, an innovative leader in the development and commercialization of minimally invasive medical technologies, today announced the release of two-year European data from the prominent Leipzig Registry, which tracks patients treated with the SUPERA wire interwoven nitinol stent.

27 Jan 2011

Merck Canada invests in CQDM to support biopharmaceutical research

Merck Canada has renewed its partnership with the Quebec Consortium for Drug Discovery by investing a further $5 million over five years in the organization so it can continue its support of biopharmaceutical research in Quebec.

27 Jan 2011

CareTech dedicates new 30,000 sq. ft. Healthcare Infrastructure Operations Center

CareTech Solutions, an information technology products and services provider for more than 150 U.S. hospitals, dedicated its new 30,000 sq. ft. Healthcare Infrastructure Operations Center (HIOC), a state of the art, technology hub for the storing and monitoring of data, systems and applications for the company's hospital clients, today during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

27 Jan 2011

FDA approves Corindus CorPath 200 System for pivotal trial to evaluate safety, effectiveness

Corindus Vascular Robotics, a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, today announced it has been granted Food and Drug Administration conditional Investigational Device Exemption approval to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of its CorPath® 200 System in delivering and manipulating coronary guidewires and stent/balloon systems in percutaneous coronary interventions procedures.

27 Jan 2011

Mass cholera vaccination early in outbreak could stem spread of disease, studies show

"The cholera bacterium has undergone important mutations in recent years, causing longer outbreaks of the disease with increased fatalities, researchers reported on Wednesday," Reuters reports. "In a package of papers published in the journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, they said mass vaccinations should be considered as a solution even after outbreaks have begun," the news service writes (Lyn, 1/26).

27 Jan 2011

Hospitals can now quickly evaluate pricing strategy using Value-based Pricing Analyzer

With market conditions expected to fluctuate in the wake of healthcare reform, hospitals can now quickly and easily evaluate their pricing strategy with Value-based Pricing Analyzer™, a new offering from Craneware, Inc., the market leader in automated revenue integrity solutions.

27 Jan 2011

First-ever list of America's Top 50 Cities for Hospital Care

Responding to consumers' concerns about the quality of hospital care in their communities, HealthGrades, the nation's leading independent health care ratings organization, today released the first-ever list of America's Top 50 Cities for Hospital Care. The rankings are based on a comprehensive study of patient death and complication rates at the nation's nearly 5,000 hospitals.

27 Jan 2011

NIH study helps explain survival rate discrepancy between cardiac arrest in public and home

Cardiac arrests that can be treated by electric stimulation, also known as shockable arrests, were found at a higher frequency in public settings than in the home, according to a National Institutes of Health-funded study appearing in the Jan. 27 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

27 Jan 2011

BrainScope sponsors 'B-Ahead U.K. Trial' to assess traumatic brain injury

BrainScope Company, today announced its sponsorship of a multi-center, observational clinical study, the "B-Ahead U.K. Trial", utilizing its technology in development to aid in the assessment of traumatic brain injury and its milder forms in emergency departments in the United Kingdom.

27 Jan 2011

Healthcare at Home acquires Sciensus

Healthcare at Home Ltd, Europe's leading international provider of home-based healthcare and specialty pharmacy services, is today pleased to announce that it has acquired Sciensus Ltd, a provider of health informatics for clients across the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry.

27 Jan 2011

Triggering CD45 molecule blocks early development of AD

A new target for the prevention of adverse immune responses identified as factors in the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been discovered by researchers at the University of South Florida's Department of Psychiatry and the Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair.

27 Jan 2011

Mount Sinai's Cardiac Catheterization Lab wins New York State's highest 'two-star' safety rating

Mount Sinai's Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory has been awarded New York State's highest "two-star" safety rating in every category of case the state tracks for percutaneous coronary intervention, according to new data released this month that examine patient discharges from 2006 - 2008.

27 Jan 2011

Researchers discover new sensory neurons that mediate BP and metabolism regulation in liver

For 60 years, scientists have puzzled over the possibility of a hepatic osmoreceptor that influences blood pressure regulation. Now, researchers of the Max Delbr-ck Center for Molecular Medicine Berlin-Buch, the Experimental and Clinical Research Center of the MDC and Charit- and the Hannover Medical School appear to have made a breakthrough discovery.

27 Jan 2011

New Center for Precision Joint Replacement opens at Salt Lake Regional Medical Center

Salt Lake Regional Medical Center today announced the grand opening of the hospital's Center for Precision Joint Replacement, which specializes in the practice of complex knee, hip and shoulder joint replacements in Utah.

27 Jan 2011

Targeting UROD enzyme boosts effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in head, neck tumors

Cancer researchers at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) have discovered that targeting an enzyme called Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase (UROD) can sensitize diseased tissue to radiation and chemotherapy, which could mean fewer side effects for individuals with head and neck cancer.

27 Jan 2011

MGH investigators develop novel system to deliver growth factors to chronic wounds

Massachusetts General Hospital investigators have developed a novel system for delivery of growth factors to chronic wounds such as pressure sores and diabetic foot ulcers.

27 Jan 2011

Tryton initiates enrollment in Side Branch Stent System study

Tryton Medical, Inc., the leading developer of stents designed to definitively treat bifurcation lesions, today announced that the first U.S. patient has been enrolled in the pivotal trial to evaluate the Tryton Side Branch Stent System™ for the treatment of coronary artery disease.

27 Jan 2011

Hospital News and Research

NQF endorses outcome measures to improve quality of care for people with mental illnesses

NEREG introduces new locations to memory treatment program

IEHA, Cintas release list of best practices for reducing HAIs within healthcare facility

IDEV announces release of SUPERA stent data from Leipzig Registry

Merck Canada invests in CQDM to support biopharmaceutical research

CareTech dedicates new 30,000 sq. ft. Healthcare Infrastructure Operations Center

FDA approves Corindus CorPath 200 System for pivotal trial to evaluate safety, effectiveness

Mass cholera vaccination early in outbreak could stem spread of disease, studies show

Hospitals can now quickly evaluate pricing strategy using Value-based Pricing Analyzer

First-ever list of America's Top 50 Cities for Hospital Care

NIH study helps explain survival rate discrepancy between cardiac arrest in public and home

BrainScope sponsors 'B-Ahead U.K. Trial' to assess traumatic brain injury

Healthcare at Home acquires Sciensus

Triggering CD45 molecule blocks early development of AD

Mount Sinai's Cardiac Catheterization Lab wins New York State's highest 'two-star' safety rating

Researchers discover new sensory neurons that mediate BP and metabolism regulation in liver

New Center for Precision Joint Replacement opens at Salt Lake Regional Medical Center

Targeting UROD enzyme boosts effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in head, neck tumors

MGH investigators develop novel system to deliver growth factors to chronic wounds

Tryton initiates enrollment in Side Branch Stent System study

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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