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Training birth attendants in essential newborn-care techniques reduce stillbirths by 30%: Study

New findings in a study led by the director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Division of Neonatology show that that training birth attendants in essential newborn-care techniques reduced stillbirths by more than 30 percent - and potentially could save as many as 1 million lives worldwide each year.

19 Feb 2010

Inquisit partnership enables Alsius expand educational programming and increase webinar attendance by 940%

Through a partnership with Inquisit, Amerinet’s strategic education partner, Alsius Corporation (recently acquired by ZOLL Medical Corporation) was able to expand educational programming related to its innovative products and increase attendance to its webinars by 940 percent.

18 Feb 2010

Training birth attendants in essential newborn-care techniques can reduce perinatal deaths

18 Feb 2010

HealthTrust Purchasing Group signs 3-year vascular graft procurement contract with MAQUET Cardiovascular

MAQUET Cardiovascular, LLC, a leading provider of cardiovascular technologies, announced today that it has signed a three year contract with HealthTrust Purchasing Group, LP to provide woven and knitted textile vascular grafts to the HealthTrust membership. The contract includes the HEMASHIELD product line and other vascular grafts, which are used to surgically repair or replace damaged blood vessels, including the aorta.

18 Feb 2010

Anti-seizure medication prevents seizures in patients following bleeding stroke: Study

A study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute at University Hospital supports the use of an alternative medication to prevent seizures in patients who have suffered a life-threatening traumatic brain injury or bleeding stroke.

18 Feb 2010

Hill-Rom launches new improved ES bed for healthcare facilities

Hill-Rom today announced the introduction of its enhanced CareAssist® ES bed, now with connectivity features, for use in medical–surgical areas of hospitals and care facilities.

18 Feb 2010

Feeding preterm infants in response to hunger and satiation cues may allow earlier hospital discharge

Although many parents and health care providers attempt to schedule a preterm newborn's feeding pattern, a new review of studies reveals that feeding in response to the infant's own hunger cues might result in earlier discharge from the hospital.

18 Feb 2010

Picis launches LYNX CareBridge software to help hospitals address medical necessity challenges

To admit or not to admit? That’s the question being asked by many emergency department (ED) physicians and hospital administrators hundreds of times a day. Hospitals often place patients into observation who might otherwise be admitted, because intensity of service and medical necessity for these patients are not clearly defined or documented.

17 Feb 2010

BayCare Health System opens all-digital, state-of-the-art facility in North Tampa

St. Joseph's Hospital-North, part of BayCare Health System, offers emergency care, surgical services, imaging and diagnostic facilities, intensive care and more in a peaceful, healing and family-centered environment. Located just north of Tampa in Lutz, the all-digital, state-of-the-art facility is specially designed to make patients and visitors as comfortable as possible during their hospital experience.

16 Feb 2010

Safety scientist urges medical colleagues to better safety checklist

In the wake of Johns Hopkins' success in virtually eliminating intensive-care unit bloodstream infections via a simple five-step checklist, the safety scientist who developed and popularized the tool warns medical colleagues that they are no panacea.

16 Feb 2010

Two families having premature baby visit White House to share their inspiring stories with President Obama

Two families who know all too well the trauma of having a baby born prematurely visited the White House today to share their inspiring stories with President Obama. The Hall family from Leesburg, Va., and the Hoffman family from Weston, Fla., are ambassadors for the March of Dimes, a nonprofit foundation that works to prevent premature birth, birth defects, and infant mortality.

15 Feb 2010

Study: Hospitalizations for H1N1 differ from hospitalizations associated with typical flu

When compared to a typical flu, the H1N1 virus resulted in a higher proportion of patients requiring specialized hospital services - and affected younger people more - according to a new study released today by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).

12 Feb 2010

LUHS nurses earn professional certifications

Several Loyola University Health System (LUHS) nurses have earned professional certifications in their clinical areas of expertise. This indicates that LUHS nurses meet strong professional development standards and competencies.

11 Feb 2010

Exeter Hospital designated as 'Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement'

Citing clinical expertise and quality of care, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New Hampshire has designated Exeter Hospital as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement(SM).

11 Feb 2010

Feeding tube use more likely at big, for-profit hospitals

Larger, for-profit hospitals may be using too many feeding tubes on patients with advanced dementia without improving the quality of their care, a study finds, according to HealthDay News/Business Week. "Our results suggest that decisions about feeding tubes are more about which hospital you go to than a decision-making process that really elicits and supports patient choice," said the physician who led the study, which appears in today's Journal of the American Medical Association.

11 Feb 2010

Cardiac arrest due to medication-induced heart rhythm disturbance: Rare but catastrophic

Hospital care providers need to be more aware that cardiac arrest from a medication-induced heart rhythm problem is a rare but potentially catastrophic event in patients, according to a joint scientific statement from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology.

10 Feb 2010

Study of complement reaction can help eliminate reperfusion injuries

Researchers have teased out the molecular process that can shut down a marauding, often deadly immune response that kills thousands each year who suffer battlefield casualties, heart attacks, strokes, automobile accidents and oxygen deprivation, according to an article published in the January edition of Molecular Immunology.

10 Feb 2010

Researchers modify tool for assessing risk of incoming patients in emergency departments

A new assessment tool, reported recently by the Journal of Hospital Medicine, may help hospitals avoid under- or over-treating patients who are admitted through hospital emergency departments (EDs).

9 Feb 2010

Preliminary study results of ExThera Medical's Seraph extracorporeal affinity therapy published

ExThera Medical announced today that the results of a preliminary study (“Cytokines in blood from septic patients interact with surface immobilized heparin”) of its proprietary medical device, Seraph™ extracorporeal affinity therapy, have been published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Society for Artificial Organs (Jan.-Feb. 2010).

9 Feb 2010

Picis introduces LYNX C/Point revenue management solution for chemotherapy clinics

Picis today announced the immediate availability of an enhancement to its Picis LYNX C/Point® revenue management solution designed specifically for hospital-owned chemotherapy clinics.

9 Feb 2010

Intensive Care News and Research

Training birth attendants in essential newborn-care techniques reduce stillbirths by 30%: Study

Inquisit partnership enables Alsius expand educational programming and increase webinar attendance by 940%

Training birth attendants in essential newborn-care techniques can reduce perinatal deaths

HealthTrust Purchasing Group signs 3-year vascular graft procurement contract with MAQUET Cardiovascular

Anti-seizure medication prevents seizures in patients following bleeding stroke: Study

Hill-Rom launches new improved ES bed for healthcare facilities

Feeding preterm infants in response to hunger and satiation cues may allow earlier hospital discharge

Picis launches LYNX CareBridge software to help hospitals address medical necessity challenges

BayCare Health System opens all-digital, state-of-the-art facility in North Tampa

Safety scientist urges medical colleagues to better safety checklist

Two families having premature baby visit White House to share their inspiring stories with President Obama

Study: Hospitalizations for H1N1 differ from hospitalizations associated with typical flu

LUHS nurses earn professional certifications

Exeter Hospital designated as 'Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement'

Feeding tube use more likely at big, for-profit hospitals

Cardiac arrest due to medication-induced heart rhythm disturbance: Rare but catastrophic

Study of complement reaction can help eliminate reperfusion injuries

Researchers modify tool for assessing risk of incoming patients in emergency departments

Preliminary study results of ExThera Medical's Seraph extracorporeal affinity therapy published

Picis introduces LYNX C/Point revenue management solution for chemotherapy clinics

Achieving and maintaining ISO 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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