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MedAssist, CarePayment partner to offer patient financing programs for hospitals and health systems

MedAssist has entered into a partnership with CarePayment to make affordable and flexible patient financing programs available as a complement to its eligibility, enrollment and revenue recovery services for hospitals and health systems nationwide. MedAssist's healthcare clients will be able to choose from a variety of CarePayment financing programs that feature credit lines with terms of up to 72 months at 0.00% APR, with no application or credit check.

12 Feb 2014

Connexall releases Patient Queuing System to simplify patient check-in

Connexall, the leader in alarm management and event notification systems, has announced a newly released Patient Queuing System delivering substantial improvements in queuing processes for hospital waiting areas.

12 Feb 2014

Intelligent Hospital Systems, Nevo Medical sign distribution agreement

Intelligent Hospital Systems, maker of the RIVA fully-automated IV compounding system, today announced a distribution agreement with Tel Aviv-based Nevo Medical Ltd. The healthcare and medical equipment supplier will serve as IH Systems' exclusive distributor in Israel and the Palestine Authority, further increasing the reach of RIVA systems globally.

12 Feb 2014

QualMetrix closes oversubscribed Series A financing round

QualMetrix, Inc., a healthcare analytics company delivering actionable insights to payers, providers, pharma and employers to help them reduce cost while enhancing the quality of healthcare, announced the close of an oversubscribed Series A financing round.

12 Feb 2014

First Edition: February 12, 2014

Today's headlines include reports about President Barack Obama's comments yesterday on his administration's decision to decision to give mid-sized businesses more time to comply with the health law's employer mandate.

12 Feb 2014

PAREXEL launches marketing initiative to simplify journey from science to new treatments

As the global biopharmaceutical industry increasingly seeks to streamline the complex process of bringing new drugs to market, PAREXEL International Corporation, a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, today announced the launch of a new marketing initiative that highlights the Company's proven approach to help clients simplify the journey from science to new treatments.

From Parexel 12 Feb 2014

DCR enters into agreement with Pyxant Labs for early clinical trials

DaVita Clinical Research, a specialty contract research organization with services spanning the full spectrum of drug and device development, announced today that it has entered into an agreement through which Pyxant Labs Inc. will provide bioanalytical laboratory services for DCR's early clinical trials.

12 Feb 2014

Study provides first empirical evidence that foreign aid can greatly improve foreign public opinion

A study by Dartmouth and Australian researchers provides the first empirical evidence using data from a variety of countries that foreign aid can greatly improve foreign public opinion of donor countries.

12 Feb 2014

New teachers need better training to promote health and lifestyle issues to children

Research by the University of Southampton suggests new teachers could be better trained to help them promote health and lifestyle issues to children in schools.

12 Feb 2014

GAO: Medicine shortages remain stubbornly high

The Food and Drug Administration has made progress in addressing some immediate causes of drug shortages, but the total number of shortages remains high, according to a Government Accountability Office report issued Monday (Ethridge, 2/10).

12 Feb 2014

GOP wants to restore some military retiree pensions, tie it to debt-limit raise, extend Medicare cuts

Republicans are considering tying an increase in the debt ceiling to restoring pension cuts for military retirees and paying for it by extending automatic cuts to programs, including Medicare.

12 Feb 2014

Viewpoints: Obama's 'lawless rewrite' of health law; AOL's CEO gets the villain wrong; CBO (politely) rebuts GOP on job loss

"ObamaCare" is useful shorthand for the Affordable Care Act not least because the law increasingly means whatever President Obama says it does on any given day. His latest lawless rewrite arrived on Monday as the White House decided to delay the law's employer mandate for another year and in some cases maybe forever (2/10).

12 Feb 2014

Experts to meet in Biovision's annual forum to discuss effects of disruptive innovation in healthcare

Biovision, the annual forum devoted to future-oriented research in life sciences, is launching this years’ registration campaign and its call for applications for innovative projects and companies. This year’s event will take place in Lyon, France, on June 5 and 6, 2014.

12 Feb 2014

Global decision-making has disastrous effect on human health

The organisation of political power within and between nations and citizens fails to protect the public's health, according to the findings of a new Commission from The Lancet and the University of Oslo, published today [Tuesday 11 February].

12 Feb 2014

Minimum alcohol pricing would reduce deaths, hospital admissions among high-risk drinkers

Minimum pricing for alcohol of 45p per unit would reduce deaths and hospital admissions among high risk drinkers who purchase large quantities of low cost alcohol, but would have negligible effects on low income moderate drinkers’ alcohol consumption and spending, according to a new modelling study from the University of Sheffield, UK, published in The Lancet.

12 Feb 2014

Obama administration to delay requirement for mid-sized employers to provide health insurance to workers

Officials announced Monday that the government will not enforce the mandate for businesses with 50 to 99 workers until 2016. In addition, larger employers will also be allowed to cover just 70 percent of workers in 2015, instead of the 90 percent originally required.

12 Feb 2014

Cutting back on cigarette smoking linked to improved mental health outcomes

Health professionals who treat people with psychiatric problems often overlook their patients' smoking habits, assuming it's best to tackle depression, anxiety or substance abuse problems first.

12 Feb 2014

Arkansas lawmakers could retreat from innovative Medicaid expansion plan

The legislature may reverse course just at Republicans in other states are weighing whether to follow the Arkansas proposal to use federal funds to buy private insurance for some of the state's low income residents.

12 Feb 2014

Study: Gays and lesbians face several health disparities relative to heterosexual peers

Gay, lesbian and bisexual people face several health disparities relative to their heterosexual peers, finds a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

12 Feb 2014

St. Joseph's Hospital opens new $20 million Heart Institute

St. Joseph's Hospital entered the next era of cardiac care by opening a new $20 million Heart Institute on Feb. 10, 2014. St. Joseph's Hospital Heart Institute is one of the most advanced and comprehensive centers for cardiovascular medicine in Florida, performing more than 50,000 adult cardiac catheterizations. It is also has the only pediatric catheterization program in Hillsborough County.

11 Feb 2014

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MedAssist, CarePayment partner to offer patient financing programs for hospitals and health systems

Connexall releases Patient Queuing System to simplify patient check-in

Intelligent Hospital Systems, Nevo Medical sign distribution agreement

QualMetrix closes oversubscribed Series A financing round

First Edition: February 12, 2014

PAREXEL launches marketing initiative to simplify journey from science to new treatments

DCR enters into agreement with Pyxant Labs for early clinical trials

Study provides first empirical evidence that foreign aid can greatly improve foreign public opinion

New teachers need better training to promote health and lifestyle issues to children

GAO: Medicine shortages remain stubbornly high

GOP wants to restore some military retiree pensions, tie it to debt-limit raise, extend Medicare cuts

Viewpoints: Obama's 'lawless rewrite' of health law; AOL's CEO gets the villain wrong; CBO (politely) rebuts GOP on job loss

Experts to meet in Biovision's annual forum to discuss effects of disruptive innovation in healthcare

Global decision-making has disastrous effect on human health

Minimum alcohol pricing would reduce deaths, hospital admissions among high-risk drinkers

Obama administration to delay requirement for mid-sized employers to provide health insurance to workers

Cutting back on cigarette smoking linked to improved mental health outcomes

Arkansas lawmakers could retreat from innovative Medicaid expansion plan

Study: Gays and lesbians face several health disparities relative to heterosexual peers

St. Joseph's Hospital opens new $20 million Heart Institute

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How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

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