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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals recognised for delivering high quality care to patients

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been named as one of the country’s top 40 hospitals by an international firm of healthcare consultants who independently assess high quality, safe and efficient care from performance data provided.

22 May 2015

Mayo Clinic hospitals earn top-tier High Performing distinction in U.S. News & World Report ratings

Mayo Clinic Hospitals in Rochester, Minn, and Phoenix earned the top-tier High Performing distinction in all five common care categories in the latest ratings by U.S. News & World Report.

21 May 2015

Hope For Heroes Foundation forms national alliance with USA Medical Card

Hope For Heroes Foundation today announced the formation of a groundbreaking national alliance with USA Medical Card, a leading provider of free pharmacy discount cards. The new nationwide initiative benefiting Hope For Heroes will help fund programs that empower independence for our nation's disabled military veterans, police, firemen, and EMS professionals, and will help more people afford their prescriptions.

21 May 2015

Canada lagging behind similar OECD countries with regard to public drug plan reimbursement

Canadians face wait times of over 460 days in order to get access to new, potentially lifesaving medicines in public drug plans, according to a new IMS Brogan report commissioned by Rx&D. Overall, the report ranks Canada 16 out of 18 similar OECD countries.

21 May 2015

Avalere Health study finds that even largest home healthcare providers face very low overall margins

Reflecting the impact of deep reimbursement cuts that have been implemented in recent years, a new study by Avalere Health finds that even the largest home healthcare providers are facing very low overall margins.

21 May 2015

ABRY Partners signs definitive agreement to acquire FastMed Urgent Care

ABRY Partners, a leading private equity firm, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire FastMed Urgent Care, the second largest independent urgent care organization in the U.S. and the largest network in both North Carolina and Arizona. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter.

21 May 2015

Linkam launch the WS37 Warm Stage for life cell research - applications in andrology

At the 2015 and 10th anniversary annual meeting of the Association of Biomedical Andrologists, Linkam have introduced a new solution for embryologists seeking a better solution for the evaluation and quantification of sperm...

21 May 2015

Gaston Medical Associates, PA earns national recognition for patient-centered care

The NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home is a model of primary care that combines teamwork and information technology to improve care..

21 May 2015

Skipping meals linked to abdominal weight gain and diabetes risk in mice

The researchers assessed glucose production to check for insulin resistance in the mice that gorged and then fasted and found that they had indeed developed insulin resistance in their livers, which is an indicator of prediabetes...

21 May 2015

Personalized music playlists increase adherence to cardiac rehab by 70%

The use of personalized music playlists with tempo-pace synchronization increases adherence to cardiac rehab by almost 70 per cent--according to a study published in Sports Medicine -Open.

21 May 2015

Turkey steadily emerges as one of hottest healthcare markets in the world

Driven by reforms and private investments, Turkey is steadily emerging as one of the hottest healthcare markets in the global arena. The country has doubled its healthcare spending in the last 10 years, reaching $62.3 billion, with its large population of 74.7 million and an increasing patient base.

21 May 2015

Clinicians play key role in making consumers aware of the threats of foodborne diseases

Food safety awareness is key to understanding the food safety issues on the horizon, and clinicians at hospitals and doctors' offices play a key role in ensuring consumers are aware of the threats of foodborne illness, said the University of Georgia's Michael Doyle.

21 May 2015

CSGI joins with two California hospitals to eradicate deadly Clostridium difficile infections

Clean Sweep Group Inc., a Beverly Hills, CA, based microbial disinfection service company, joins with two California hospitals to significantly reduce deadly Clostridium difficile infections caught in their hospitals using ultraviolet (UV-C) germ-killing advanced disinfection devices.

21 May 2015

DF/BWCC introduces new website to provide information about precision cancer medicine

Precision cancer medicine - diagnosis and treatment based on the genetic abnormalities of a specific tumor - is playing an ever-larger role in cancer care. The field got a boost earlier this year when President Barack Obama proposed a $215 million federal Precision Medicine Initiative with cancer as one of its priorities.

21 May 2015

International study reveals that cold weather kills far more people than hot weather

The study analysed over 74 million (74225200) deaths between 1985 and 2012 in 13 countries with a wide range of climates, from cold to subtropical...

21 May 2015

New research project aims to improve music listening experiences in people with hearing impairments

Beethoven composed some of his most famous works after he became profoundly deaf. More recently, musicians such as Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson and Phil Collins have encountered problems with their hearing. Tinnitus affects many more, from Eric Clapton and Neil Young to will.i.am.

21 May 2015

Australian survey reveals that most people never been told about risk of overdiagnosis

A national survey reveals that only one in ten Australians report being told about the risk of overdiagnosis by their doctors, according to research published today in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.

21 May 2015

National Jewish Health researcher calls for men to be included in osteoporosis screening guidelines

Most people associate osteoporosis with women. But the truth is, one in four men over the age of 50 will break a bone as a result of this condition. That's more men than will have prostate cancer, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation.

21 May 2015

Scripps Proton Therapy Center reports exceptional results in treating patients with pencil-beam scanning

The nation's first and only proton therapy center to treat patients exclusively with pencil-beam scanning is reporting exceptional results in delivering cancer treatment since opening for patient care just more than a year ago.

21 May 2015

Twitter 'big data' could provide important details about health, social needs of transgender people

Transgender and gender nonconforming people are at high risk for diseases such as AIDS and are vulnerable to depression and other mental health issues, but may be reluctant to disclose their identities to researchers due to stigma. As a result, very little is known about their health and social needs.

21 May 2015

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals recognised for delivering high quality care to patients

Mayo Clinic hospitals earn top-tier High Performing distinction in U.S. News & World Report ratings

Hope For Heroes Foundation forms national alliance with USA Medical Card

Canada lagging behind similar OECD countries with regard to public drug plan reimbursement

Avalere Health study finds that even largest home healthcare providers face very low overall margins

ABRY Partners signs definitive agreement to acquire FastMed Urgent Care

Linkam launch the WS37 Warm Stage for life cell research - applications in andrology

Gaston Medical Associates, PA earns national recognition for patient-centered care

Skipping meals linked to abdominal weight gain and diabetes risk in mice

Personalized music playlists increase adherence to cardiac rehab by 70%

Turkey steadily emerges as one of hottest healthcare markets in the world

Clinicians play key role in making consumers aware of the threats of foodborne diseases

CSGI joins with two California hospitals to eradicate deadly Clostridium difficile infections

DF/BWCC introduces new website to provide information about precision cancer medicine

International study reveals that cold weather kills far more people than hot weather

New research project aims to improve music listening experiences in people with hearing impairments

Australian survey reveals that most people never been told about risk of overdiagnosis

National Jewish Health researcher calls for men to be included in osteoporosis screening guidelines

Scripps Proton Therapy Center reports exceptional results in treating patients with pencil-beam scanning

Twitter 'big data' could provide important details about health, social needs of transgender people

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

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