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DebMed wins GSA contract that includes hand hygiene products, electronic compliance monitoring system

DebMed®, creator of the award-winning world's first electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring system based on the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Five Moments for Hand Hygiene, announced today it has been awarded a three-year contract by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

4 Mar 2014

LUNGevity Foundation awarded grant to develop educational materials on immuno-oncology

LUNGevity Foundation is honored to announce a grant of $250,000 from Bristol-Myers Squibb for the development of educational materials on immuno-oncology. Progress in understanding lung cancer and treatment approaches has accelerated dramatically in the past several years after many slow decades.

4 Mar 2014

March marks the final month of the health law's open enrollment period -- and the rush is on!

News outlets report that the White House -- facing high political stakes -- is attempting to increase the enrollment numbers with a targeted push aimed at African Americans, Latinos, young people and residents of cities with the highest uninsured rates.

4 Mar 2014

PruittHealth Centers receive Pinnacle Quality Insight 2014 Customer Service Experience Award

PruittHealth is proud to announce that twenty-nine of its health care centers received the Pinnacle Quality Insight 2014 Customer Service Experience Award™. Qualifying for these awards displays a continued dedication to providing best in class healthcare services.

4 Mar 2014

TeamHealth announces merger with Salutis Emergency Specialists operations

TeamHealth Holdings, one of the nation's largest providers of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals, announced a merger with the operations of Salutis Emergency Specialists, PLLC. Based in Martinsburg, W. Va., Salutis Emergency Specialists manages and staffs the hospital emergency department for University Healthcare, Berkeley Medical Center (formerly City Hospital), which provides emergency care for approximately 54,000 patients annually.

4 Mar 2014

Universal Health Services acquires Palo Verde from Tucson Medical Center

Universal Health Services, Inc. announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Palo Verde Behavioral Health from Tucson Medical Center. Palo Verde currently operates 48 adult inpatient psychiatric beds. This acquisition establishes the Company's presence in the Tucson market and expands UHS's behavioral health presence in Arizona which includes Valley Hospital, an acute inpatient psychiatric hospital and Calvary Addiction Recovery Center, both located in Phoenix.

4 Mar 2014

Forster Physical Therapy named official physical therapy provider of 2014 Asics LA Marathon

Forster Physical Therapy has been named the official physical therapy provider of the 2014 Asics LA Marathon. www.forsterpt.com. And prior to the March 9th race, Forster Physical Therapy is offering free injury assessments to runners experiencing aches and pains while attempting to continue their preparation for the marathon.

4 Mar 2014

Plan to revamp Medicare drug plans meets resistance

A bipartisan group of senators are criticizing the Obama administration's efforts to make significant changes to Part D drug plans.

4 Mar 2014

Active video gaming increases physical activity and reduces excess weight among obese children

Research published online today by the scientific journal JAMA Pediatrics demonstrates that including active video gaming in a 16-week pediatric obesity intervention program resulted in a clinically significant increase in physical activity and a reduction in excess weight among overweight and obese children. The research will be published in the May issue of the journal.

4 Mar 2014

Administration offers fix for consumers tangled up in health exchange flaws

Late last week, the Obama administration announced that some people who, because of technical issues, sought health coverage through the private market -- not the health law's online insurance marketplaces -- would still be able to get tax subsidies.

4 Mar 2014

Research explores milk proteins for healthy aging and sports performance

The University of Limerick will take the lead in Phase 2 of Food for Health Ireland’s research programme to explore the role of milk proteins in healthy aging and performance nutrition.

4 Mar 2014

Researchers examine how ACA could affect Americans living with HIV/AIDS

A series of papers in the March issue of Health Affairs examines how the Affordable Care Act could affect two sectors of the most vulnerable Americans - those living with HIV/AIDS and people who have recently cycled through jail.

4 Mar 2014

Prospects for bipartisan budget deal seen as dim

As President Barack Obama prepares to release his budget proposal Tuesday, he is expected to reverse course on efforts to curb spending on Social Security. House Republicans, meanwhile, plan to release a proposal that would make sweeping changes to antipoverty programs, including Medicaid.

4 Mar 2014

Yoga offers unique benefits for women with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy

For women with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy, yoga offers unique benefits beyond fighting fatigue, according to research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

4 Mar 2014

Wilson Medical Center, Duke LifePoint Healthcare complete formation of new joint venture

Wilson Medical Center and Duke LifePoint Healthcare have completed the formation of their new joint venture following approval by the Attorney General of North Carolina. The organizations now officially share ownership and operation of Wilson Medical Center.

3 Mar 2014

Covidien's Puritan Bennett 980 ventilator receives CE Mark approval

Covidien plc, a leading global provider of healthcare products and recognized innovator in patient monitoring and respiratory care devices, today announced its Puritan Bennett 980 ventilator has received European Economic Area CE Mark approval.

3 Mar 2014

Doctors offer ways to help protect kidneys

The kidneys, two very important organs located in your back, help to continuously clean out wastes and extra fluid from your body. One in 10 Americans develops kidney disease due to diabetes, high blood pressure or a family history of kidney failure.

3 Mar 2014

Georgia hospital places order for Mazor Robotics' Renaissance system

Mazor Robotics Ltd., a developer of innovative guidance systems and complementary products, announced today that a hospital in Georgia, USA placed an order for its first Renaissance system.

3 Mar 2014

Insurers gather new customers' health information -- a critical step in calculating prices for next year's plans offered on exchanges

Meanwhile, Reuters reports that chronically ill consumers who obtain coverage from the online insurance marketplaces may still face high drug costs despite the health law's ban on discriminatory insurance practices. Also, news outlets report on Time magazine's cover story that details how the Obama administration almost shutdown healthcare.gov during its early, fitful days.

3 Mar 2014

ClearWay Minnesota launches new version of QUITPLAN Services for Minnesotans

ClearWay Minnesota launched a new version of QUITPLAN Services, the free cessation program available to any Minnesotan who wants to quit tobacco. The new services now include free access to text messages, email support, a downloadable quit guide and free "starter kits," which provide a two-week supply of nicotine patches, gum or lozenges to help tobacco users quit.

3 Mar 2014

Healthcare News

DebMed wins GSA contract that includes hand hygiene products, electronic compliance monitoring system

LUNGevity Foundation awarded grant to develop educational materials on immuno-oncology

March marks the final month of the health law's open enrollment period -- and the rush is on!

PruittHealth Centers receive Pinnacle Quality Insight 2014 Customer Service Experience Award

TeamHealth announces merger with Salutis Emergency Specialists operations

Universal Health Services acquires Palo Verde from Tucson Medical Center

Forster Physical Therapy named official physical therapy provider of 2014 Asics LA Marathon

Plan to revamp Medicare drug plans meets resistance

Active video gaming increases physical activity and reduces excess weight among obese children

Administration offers fix for consumers tangled up in health exchange flaws

Research explores milk proteins for healthy aging and sports performance

Researchers examine how ACA could affect Americans living with HIV/AIDS

Prospects for bipartisan budget deal seen as dim

Yoga offers unique benefits for women with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy

Wilson Medical Center, Duke LifePoint Healthcare complete formation of new joint venture

Covidien's Puritan Bennett 980 ventilator receives CE Mark approval

Doctors offer ways to help protect kidneys

Georgia hospital places order for Mazor Robotics' Renaissance system

Insurers gather new customers' health information -- a critical step in calculating prices for next year's plans offered on exchanges

ClearWay Minnesota launches new version of QUITPLAN Services for Minnesotans

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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