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Phoenix Children’s Hospital adopts Eclipsys’ computerized physician order entry system

Eclipsys Corporation®, The Outcomes Company®, today announced that Phoenix Children’s Hospital, one of the 10 largest freestanding children’s hospitals in the country, has successfully completed an enterprise-wide activation of the company’s computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system, Sunrise Acute Care™.

25 Aug 2009

Study reveals factors associated with higher mortality rate in haematological malignancy

A study of 7,689 admissions from 178 adult intensive care unit s in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has revealed the factors associated with a higher mortality rate in haematological malignancy. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care found that certain factors have a significant impact on the risk of death.

25 Aug 2009

$1.1 million funds will help make critical enhancements to Integrated Medical Systems' MedEx 1000 system

Integrated Medical Systems, Inc., a medical technology systems integrator transforming critical care, announced that it has received $1.1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Defense for additional enhancements of the company's MedEx 1000(TM) "suitcase" intensive care unit (ICU).

24 Aug 2009

AETC Chicago launches 24/7 veterinary emergency care center

As of September 1, Chicago's approximately 1.6 million pets* will have access to 24-hour emergency medical attention - and ongoing hospitalization - should they fall victim to accident or illness. Located at 3927 W. Belmont, Animal Emergency & Treatment Center (AETC) is the only veterinary emergency and specialty center in the city to offer care at any hour of the day or night, 365 days a year.

21 Aug 2009

GS Gmbh to integrate Masimo Rainbow SET Pulse CO-Oximetry into corpuls patient monitoring modules

Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI), the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry(TM) and Measure-Through Motion and Low-Perfusion pulse oximetry, and GS Elektromedizinische Gerate G. Stemple GmbH, a German developer and manufacturer of innovative medical equipment for the Emergency Medical Services (EMS), today jointly announced a worldwide technology licensing agreement to integrate Masimo Rainbow SET Pulse CO-Oximetry into corpuls(R) patient monitoring modules. The agreement enables GS GmbH to expand the vital signs and noninvasive measurement capabilities of its defibrillators and patient monitoring systems to help EMS professionals detect and treat life-threatening conditions earlier.

20 Aug 2009

Medicare picks twelve New Jersey hospitals to test incentive system

Twelve New Jersey hospitals and their participating physicians have received approval from the federal government to test an innovative new incentive method that aims to reduce healthcare costs while improving quality of care.

19 Aug 2009

Integrated Medical Systems receives U.S. Army order for "suitcase" intensive care unit

Integrated Medical Systems, Inc., a medical technology systems integrator transforming critical care, announced that it has received a commitment for approximately $3.25 million in funding from the U.S. Army's Medical Research Material Command for acquisition and ongoing development of the company's MedEx 1000(TM) "suitcase" intensive care unit (ICU).

11 Aug 2009

New method for neonatal icus reduces infection and lung distress in preemies

A new method for improving quality of care can reduce hospital-acquired infections and chronic respiratory distress with oxygen dependency in premature infants in neonatal ICUs, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

11 Aug 2009

Debate continues around end-of-life care

Controversy and misinformation about end-of-life care take center stage in the debate on health care reform.

10 Aug 2009

Rush University Medical Center hosts conference examining Chicago breastfeeding rates

Over 100 certified breastfeeding peer counselors, lactation consultants, nurses, physicians, dietitians and community health workers are expected to gather at Rush University Medical Center on Thursday, August 6 from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. in Room 500 at 1725 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, to attend the Griffin Inaugural Conference on Breastfeeding: The Primary Foundation for Health.

6 Aug 2009

Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest is cost-effective

A brain-preserving cooling treatment called therapeutic hypothermia is a cost-effective way to improve outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, which claims the lives of more than 300,000 people each year in the United States and leaves thousands of others neurologically devastated.

6 Aug 2009

Cooling unconscious cardiac arrest survivors increases survival, cost effective

Cooling unconscious cardiac arrest survivors can increase survival and has a cost effectiveness comparable to other widely accepted treatments in modern health care, researchers report in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

4 Aug 2009

Louisiana cuts rates for Medicaid providers

"Louisiana will start paying less money Tuesday to many private health care providers for taking care of Medicaid patients, a move the state health department estimates will save $86 million this year," The Associated Press/The Advocate reports.

4 Aug 2009

Workplace meditation and yoga lowers stress

Twenty minutes per day of guided workplace meditation and yoga combined with six weekly group sessions can lower feelings of stress by more than 10 percent and improve sleep quality in sedentary office employees, a pilot study suggests.

4 Aug 2009

Hospital dramatically increases transplant donations by integrating bereavement and donor services

A UK hospital that combined its bereavement and donation services saw a forty-fold increase in tissue donations, such as corneas, in just five years, according to research in the August issue of Anaesthesia.

30 Jul 2009

Children needed for Australian swine flu vaccine trial

The child vaccine is similar to the adult one and two types of dose strengths and amounts will be tested in order to determine the correct dosage and the safety of the vaccine - it will be tested on children aged between six months and eight years in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney and Brisbane.

28 Jul 2009

'Urine NGAL' gives clues to kidney injury in ICU patients and HIV-related kidney disease

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication in patients in intensive care. A new laboratory test called urine neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL) helps predict if patients will develop acute kidney injury, reports an upcoming study in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).

26 Jul 2009

Swine flu pandemic could overwhelm critical care beds in England, especially children’s units

Experts in intensive care and anaesthesia have predicted that the current swine flu pandemic could overwhelm critical care beds and ventilators in England, with hospitals on the South East Coast, and in the South West, East of England and East Midlands, being worst hit.

24 Jul 2009

Babies and toddlers have double the risk of head injuries

Australian researchers have revealed that babies and toddlers have double the risk of head injuries than children of any other age and they have called for parents to exercise more vigilance.

20 Jul 2009

Tamoxifen kills fungus cells and may prevent them from causing disease

An FDA-approved drug used for preventing recurrence of breast cancer shows promise in fighting life-threatening fungal infections common in immune-compromised patients, such as infants born prematurely and patients with cancer. Some scientists suspected that tamoxifen has antifungal properties; now new research from the University of Rochester Medical Center shows that it actually kills fungus cells and stops them from causing disease.

20 Jul 2009

Intensive Care News and Research

Phoenix Children’s Hospital adopts Eclipsys’ computerized physician order entry system

Study reveals factors associated with higher mortality rate in haematological malignancy

$1.1 million funds will help make critical enhancements to Integrated Medical Systems' MedEx 1000 system

AETC Chicago launches 24/7 veterinary emergency care center

GS Gmbh to integrate Masimo Rainbow SET Pulse CO-Oximetry into corpuls patient monitoring modules

Medicare picks twelve New Jersey hospitals to test incentive system

Integrated Medical Systems receives U.S. Army order for "suitcase" intensive care unit

New method for neonatal icus reduces infection and lung distress in preemies

Debate continues around end-of-life care

Rush University Medical Center hosts conference examining Chicago breastfeeding rates

Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest is cost-effective

Cooling unconscious cardiac arrest survivors increases survival, cost effective

Louisiana cuts rates for Medicaid providers

Workplace meditation and yoga lowers stress

Hospital dramatically increases transplant donations by integrating bereavement and donor services

Children needed for Australian swine flu vaccine trial

'Urine NGAL' gives clues to kidney injury in ICU patients and HIV-related kidney disease

Swine flu pandemic could overwhelm critical care beds in England, especially children’s units

Babies and toddlers have double the risk of head injuries

Tamoxifen kills fungus cells and may prevent them from causing disease

Sensing a Healthier Future

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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