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ANA, HealthStream partner to expand and deliver online continuing education

HealthStream, Inc., a leading provider of learning and research solutions for the health care industry, today announced that the American Nurses Association (ANA) has partnered with HealthStream to expand the offering and streamline the delivery of its online continuing education (CE).

16 Jul 2010

The Children's Hospital, UCH to jointly establish new center for advanced maternal fetal medicine

The Children's Hospital and the University of Colorado Hospital have finalized an agreement to jointly establish a center for advanced maternal fetal medicine offering state-of-the-art care for high-risk pregnant women and their babies. The two leading academic medical centers have individually provided such services for more than three decades, and by building on already existing adult and pediatric expertise, they together will be able to provide unparalleled care and treatment for the region's most at-risk moms and babies.

16 Jul 2010

Proteinuria screening identifies risk for kidney disease progression

A morning urine test is superior to all other tests for detecting declining kidney performance in patients with diabetic kidney disease, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The results suggest that clinicians should monitor kidney function by measuring the albumin:creatinine ratio from a first morning urine sample.

16 Jul 2010

Arsenic nanoparticle to combat aggressive type of breast cancer prevalent in young women

You can teach an old drug new chemotherapy tricks. Northwestern University researchers took a drug therapy proven for blood cancers but ineffective against solid tumors, packaged it with nanotechnology and got it to combat an aggressive type of breast cancer prevalent in young women, particularly young African-American women.

16 Jul 2010

i26 hyperimmune egg balances improper immune inflammatory response

Our immune systems are in a constant battle with foreign invaders to keep our bodies healthy. Outside forces like pollution, poor nutrition and new strains of disease keep our immune systems at an overly boosted or inflamed state, which affects energy levels, body and emotional health and overall quality of life. Through inflammatory immune cells, our bodies fight to defend us from this onslaught. Too few of these cells can result in illness, while too many could lead to a high immune response, resulting in heightened inflammation and collateral damage to the body's once-healthy tissues.

16 Jul 2010

Feds approve more funding for Medicaid recipients in Ohio while health costs strain town budgets in New Jersey

Federal regulators have approved a state plan to pay hospitals an additional $87 million this year for the care they provide to low-income Ohioans on Medicaid. The funds will be disbursed to hospitals by the end of this month. The bulk payment and a 5 percent increase in Medicaid reimbursement fees effective in October were included in last year's state budget to let hospitals recoup some of the money they were losing through a new state franchise fee. The fee is projected to cost hospitals statewide $718 million over the two-year budget ending June 30, 2011.

16 Jul 2010

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles awarded $7M of $56.8M NIH grant for biomedical research

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has been awarded $7 million of a $56.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The remainder of the award will be distributed to other members of the Los Angeles Basin Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI). This award, to be distributed over five years, will fund biomedical research with the objective of reducing the time it takes a laboratory discovery to become a clinical reality.

16 Jul 2010

U.S. News releases 2010 Best Hospitals rankings

U.S. News & World Report has released its 2010 rankings of the best hospitals. Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore topped this year's honor roll. "The special quality shared by the 152 that made it into the new 2010-11 Best Hospitals rankings (out of nearly 5,000 that were considered) is their ability to take on and meet the most difficult challenges" (Comarow, 7/14).

16 Jul 2010

Cubist Pharmaceuticals total net revenues for second-quarter 2010 increase 29%

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

16 Jul 2010

8.8% of drug-related hospital emergency department visits by adolescents is a suicide attempt

A new series of studies analyzing drug-related hospital emergency department visits throughout the country during 2008 reveals a substantial percentage of these visits involve suicide attempts. According to these studies conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) more than one in every twelve (8.8 percent) drug-related hospital emergency department visit by an adolescent is a suicide attempt - double the rate found among cases involving those age 25 and older (4.4 percent).

15 Jul 2010

Pitney Bowes to deliver customized mailing solutions to RCP

Pitney Bowes Inc. today announced that Revenue Cycle Partners, a leading business process outsource provider for hospitals and healthcare systems nationwide, has chosen Pitney Bowes for customized mailing solutions to further deliver world-class BPO services to its hospital client base while helping to ensure the highest level of healthcare privacy compliance.

15 Jul 2010

National Jewish Health named #1 respiratory hospital in the nation

For the 13th consecutive year, National Jewish Health has been named the #1 respiratory hospital in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

15 Jul 2010

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals issued Notice of Allowance for broad portfolio of anti-infective compounds

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office on a patent application for a broad portfolio of anti-infective compounds, including NVC-612. The patent will broaden protection for NovaBay's first-in-class Aganocide family of compounds, which are designed to fight infections without causing drug resistance.

15 Jul 2010

Sharp HealthCare deploys Allscripts Community Record for all employed physicians

Allscripts today announced that Sharp HealthCare has selected the Allscripts Community Record, provided in partnership with dbMotion, to deliver end-to-end connectivity across the health system. Using the Allscripts solution, Sharp's caregivers and those in affiliated physician practices will have shared access to a single, unified patient record, bridging gaps that often exist between hospital-based and office-based care.

15 Jul 2010

Premier, Xoft execute group purchasing contract

Premier Inc., an alliance of more than 2,300 U.S. hospitals and 67,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to achieve high quality, cost-effective care, and Xoft, Inc., the leading provider of FDA-cleared Electronic Brachytherapy Systems, announced the execution of a group purchasing contract. Xoft was awarded an exclusive three-year contract for brachytherapy systems with Premier Purchasing Partners L.P., the group purchasing unit of Premier, Inc.

15 Jul 2010

Type 1 diabetes affects athletic performance, new study finds

A new study led by York University researchers finds that young athletes with Type 1 diabetes may experience a marked decrease in performance as a result of their blood sugar levels.

15 Jul 2010

IBM dedicates $100 million for global initiative to improve healthcare quality and costs

IBM today announced plans to enlist some of the company's leading scientists and technologists to help medical practitioners and insurance companies provide high-quality, evidence-based care to patients. As part of this initiative, IBM is collaborating with clinicians in medical institutions and hiring medical doctors to work alongside its researchers to develop new technologies, scientific advancements and business processes for healthcare and insurance providers.

15 Jul 2010

Xerox to deploy MPS strategy to help Solaris Health System reduce IT infrastructure costs

Healthcare institutions charged with cost cutting, improved patient satisfaction and overall operational efficiency are turning to Xerox Corporation for help. Solaris Health System, in Edison, N.J., will save more than 20 percent on costs associated with printing, storing and sharing documents, as one of Xerox's newest managed print services clients.

15 Jul 2010

Researchers use new biomarkers to study structure of protein deposits caused by Alzheimer's disease

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have used a newly discovered class of biomarkers to investigate the possibility that the shape of brain protein deposits is different in people with Alzheimer's who have the highest-risk gene type than in those with the condition who have a neutral risk gene type. The study is being presented July 14 at the 2010 Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease in Honolulu, Hawaii.

15 Jul 2010

MEDTOX Scientific second-quarter total revenues increase 18.1% to $25.2 million

MEDTOX Scientific, Inc. today announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010. MEDTOX achieved a significant increase in new clinical laboratory business for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, and laboratory drugs-of-abuse testing showed a net positive increase in revenues of 5.6% for the second quarter of 2010, compared to a decrease of 10.6% in the prior year quarter.

15 Jul 2010

Hospital News and Research

ANA, HealthStream partner to expand and deliver online continuing education

The Children's Hospital, UCH to jointly establish new center for advanced maternal fetal medicine

Proteinuria screening identifies risk for kidney disease progression

Arsenic nanoparticle to combat aggressive type of breast cancer prevalent in young women

i26 hyperimmune egg balances improper immune inflammatory response

Feds approve more funding for Medicaid recipients in Ohio while health costs strain town budgets in New Jersey

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles awarded $7M of $56.8M NIH grant for biomedical research

U.S. News releases 2010 Best Hospitals rankings

Cubist Pharmaceuticals total net revenues for second-quarter 2010 increase 29%

8.8% of drug-related hospital emergency department visits by adolescents is a suicide attempt

Pitney Bowes to deliver customized mailing solutions to RCP

National Jewish Health named #1 respiratory hospital in the nation

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals issued Notice of Allowance for broad portfolio of anti-infective compounds

Sharp HealthCare deploys Allscripts Community Record for all employed physicians

Premier, Xoft execute group purchasing contract

Type 1 diabetes affects athletic performance, new study finds

IBM dedicates $100 million for global initiative to improve healthcare quality and costs

Xerox to deploy MPS strategy to help Solaris Health System reduce IT infrastructure costs

Researchers use new biomarkers to study structure of protein deposits caused by Alzheimer's disease

MEDTOX Scientific second-quarter total revenues increase 18.1% to $25.2 million

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