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UCH installs GE's CARESCAPE Monitor B850 to enhance clinical decision making in the NICU

GE Healthcare today announced that the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) has installed the new CARESCAPE™ Monitor B850, the company's latest advance in bedside patient monitoring, to help enhance clinical decision making in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Deployed in UCH's 50-bed NICU and Neonatal OR, the CARESCAPE Monitor B850 enables access to critical patient information from any bedside monitor anywhere in the unit.

28 Feb 2011

Regulators face challenge of defining 'essential care' benefits

As federal regulators — in their efforts to implement the health law — work to define what basic medical services health insurers must cover under the measure, another set of regs, those dealing with accountable care organizations, are stalled at the Office of Management and Budget.

28 Feb 2011

UM CAS awarded Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant

The University of Miami's College of Arts and Sciences and Miller School of Medicine were recently awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant to design and assess an innovative competency-based premedical curriculum in response to the 2009 American Association of Medical Colleges-Howard Hughes Medical Institute "Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians (SFFP)" report. The grant will be in collaboration with Purdue University, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and University of Maryland at College Park.

28 Feb 2011

Politics play into state-level implementation issues

The AP reports on how some GOP governors are flexing their political muscle to undermine the health law. Meanwhile, a Democratic governor is considering using her veto power on a bill passed by the state legislature that challenges the federal law.

28 Feb 2011

Capario releases Portal v3.7 of provider portal application

Capario, a leading provider of revenue cycle management solutions that connect healthcare payers and providers nationwide, announces the release of version 3.7 of its provider portal application, which features new services and system enhancements based on submitter feedback. The release also contains Capario's 5010 submitter testing tool.

28 Feb 2011

'Romneycare' continues to draw political focus

As one former GOP governor softens his criticism, Massachusetts' current Democratic governor chimes in with kudos for the state health overhaul that Romney oversaw when he was that state's chief executive.

28 Feb 2011

Deal to avert gov't shutdown appears within reach

A recent short-term spending plan that emerged from the House Appropriations Committee includes millions of dollars in cuts to federal health programs. Meanwhile, congressional efforts to reach agreement on a long-term spending plan may be getting more complicated.

28 Feb 2011

Viewpoints: Judge Kessler's decision; Utah is role model; Malpractice system flaws

The Republican strategy is to split the vast middle and working classes -- pitting unionized workers against nonunionized, public-sector workers against nonpublic, older workers within sight of Medicare and Social Security against younger workers who don't believe these programs will be there for them and the poor against the working middle class.

28 Feb 2011

State News: N.Y. Medicaid's compromise; Va. ups health spending; Medi-Cal ruling

One of the most familiar criticisms of the new national health care law is that it doesn't do much to contain costs. ... Cost controls are supposed to come later. "Later" has arrived now for Massachusetts' statewide plan, enacted in 2006 and similar in many ways to the federal one. Some 98 percent of all adults and nearly 100 percent of all children are covered, but costs have spiraled out of control.

28 Feb 2011

EPA approves BioNeutral's Ygiene 206 antimicrobial disinfectant

BioNeutral Group, Inc., a specialty life science technology-based company, today announced that it has received approval and registration from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to the Company's regulatory application for its Ygiene™ 206.

28 Feb 2011

First Edition: February 28, 2011

Today's headlines include news about the budge struggles the nation's governors continue to face -- with Medicaid spending a central issue.

28 Feb 2011

OTI receives additional order for 100,000 MediSmart healthcare biometric ID cards in Kenya

On Track Innovations Ltd., a global leader in contactless smart card solutions, has received an additional order for 100,000 MediSmartTM healthcare biometric ID cards for use by Kenyan-based Smart Applications International Ltd., a provider of technology driven secure healthcare solutions.

28 Feb 2011

PNH patients urge government to provide access to life-saving treatment

With so few people affected by rare diseases, how does a group of less than 90 patients across Canada make their voices heardon a life-and-death issue such as access to treatment? Barry Katsof, President of the Canadian Association of PNH Patients, says his group is turning to social media to ask others to take a stand with them in the fight for their lives.

28 Feb 2011

LHSC takes necessary steps to protect staff and physicians following threats

London Health Sciences Centre has received threats from individuals in both the United States and Canada as a result of the case of "Baby Joseph" Maraachli.

28 Feb 2011

19th annual EJAF Academy Awards Viewing Party raises nearly $4 million to fight against HIV/AIDS

The 19th annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party hosted by Sir Elton John and David Furnish raised nearly $4 million for the fight against HIV/AIDS. The gala, which took place on Sunday, February 27, at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, was co-sponsored by Chopard and Jo & Raffy Manoukian.

28 Feb 2011

Alexion joins EURORDIS, NORD and medical communities to observe Rare Disease Day 2011

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. joins the European Organization for Rare Diseases, the National Organization for Rare Disorders and families, governments, companies and medical communities around the world in observing the fourth annual Rare Disease Day today.

28 Feb 2011

Western Medical installs Toshiba's vascular X-ray system to provide efficiency during diagnostic procedures

To increase diagnostic capabilities and provide patients with the highest quality care, Western Medical Center Santa Ana has installed Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.'s Infinix VF-i bi-plane vascular X-ray system with Volume Navigation 3D roadmapping.

28 Feb 2011

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UCH installs GE's CARESCAPE Monitor B850 to enhance clinical decision making in the NICU

Regulators face challenge of defining 'essential care' benefits

UM CAS awarded Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant

Politics play into state-level implementation issues

Capario releases Portal v3.7 of provider portal application

'Romneycare' continues to draw political focus

Deal to avert gov't shutdown appears within reach

Viewpoints: Judge Kessler's decision; Utah is role model; Malpractice system flaws

State News: N.Y. Medicaid's compromise; Va. ups health spending; Medi-Cal ruling

EPA approves BioNeutral's Ygiene 206 antimicrobial disinfectant

First Edition: February 28, 2011

OTI receives additional order for 100,000 MediSmart healthcare biometric ID cards in Kenya

PNH patients urge government to provide access to life-saving treatment

LHSC takes necessary steps to protect staff and physicians following threats

19th annual EJAF Academy Awards Viewing Party raises nearly $4 million to fight against HIV/AIDS

Alexion joins EURORDIS, NORD and medical communities to observe Rare Disease Day 2011

Western Medical installs Toshiba's vascular X-ray system to provide efficiency during diagnostic procedures

Global Genes Project, 46NYC introduce t-shirts to create awareness about lack of drug treatments for rare disease

EcoNugenics introduces CIRCUTOL Cardiovascular Health Support

AARP commends lawmakers for their opposition to health care nullification bill

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 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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