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Practical Radiation Oncology first issue published

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is pleased to announce it has published its first issue of Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO), a new medical journal whose mission is to improve the quality of radiation oncology practice. Published by leading scientific publisher Elsevier, the issue is both available in print and online at www.practicalradonc.org.

20 Jan 2011

Precedent Health announces formal launch

Precedent Health, Inc., a healthcare company focused on aligning physicians, hospitals and payers by building innovative provider networks, today announced the formal launch of the company. Funding was provided by Heritage Group, LLC, TEXO Ventures, LLC and members of the founding executive team. The company will have its headquarters in Nashville, TN along with a satellite office in Austin, TX.

20 Jan 2011

U.S. Physical Therapy launches Fit2WRK to provide solutions for prevention of injuries in workplace

U.S. Physical Therapy, a national operator of outpatient physical therapy clinics, announced that it has successfully launched a workers compensation and disability initiative called Fit2WRK. Fit2WRK provides an integrated solution for the management and prevention of injuries in the workplace.

20 Jan 2011

Party, policy leaders take key positions in fight over health overhaul's future

In a battle that has near- and long-term implications, party leaders flex their muscles. Meanwhile, centrists launch a new program to advance the development of state exchanges.

20 Jan 2011

Covidien launches Puritan Bennett 520 ventilator in Europe

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products and recognized innovator in mechanical ventilation and respiratory care devices, today announced that the Puritan Bennett™ 520 ventilator is now available in the European Union.

20 Jan 2011

Post Acute Medical plans to expand Warm Springs Rehabilitation System with two new San Antonio hospitals

Post Acute Medical today announced plans to expand the Warm Springs Rehabilitation System with two new hospitals in San Antonio.

20 Jan 2011

IMF aid substituting, not supplementing existing health spending, study finds

International Monetary Fund (IMF) "aid to some of the poorest countries [is] not being used to supplement existing spending on public health projects, but instead it often substitutes state spending," according to a study published in the International Journal of Health Services, Press Trust India/MSN reports.

20 Jan 2011

NYU Langone to expand Emergency Department and dedicate separate area for pediatric emergency care

NYU Langone Medical Center today announced its plan to transform its Emergency Department (ED) into a state-of the-art emergency facility to meet the growing need for emergency care services in the community. Once completed, the new facility will nearly triple the size of the current ED and will include for the first time a separate area dedicated to pediatric emergency services.

20 Jan 2011

AACE releases new medical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis

The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) has released new medical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Loyola physician Pauline Camacho, MD, was part of a committee that developed the guidelines to manage this major public health issue.

20 Jan 2011

Supreme Court to hear arguments over Medicaid payments

At issue is whether California and other financially challenged states have the leeway to reduce Medicaid payments to doctors, hospitals and other medical providers.

20 Jan 2011

FDA unveils plan to improve marketing and review process for medical devices

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today unveiled a plan containing 25 actions it intends to implement during 2011 to improve the most common path to market for medical devices.

20 Jan 2011

Reform, repeal, replace ... looking behind the numbers and arguments

News outlets offer insights — and fact-checking — about the arguments surrounding the GOP effort to undo the health overhaul.

20 Jan 2011

AER changes journal name to Insight: Research and Practice in Visual Impairment and Blindness

With its mission of providing insight into issues surrounding blindness, the journal of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER) will now express that vision in its name. Insight: Research and Practice in Visual Impairment and Blindness has been the journal's new title as of January 1, 2011.

20 Jan 2011

ACT program receives $3.9 million Colorado grant to create whole-person health care systems

A new program designed to create comprehensive, integrated, whole-person health care systems for the people of Colorado has received a $3.9 million grant from the Colorado Health Foundation.

20 Jan 2011

TKA patients undergoing telerehabilitation experience similar results as traditional one: Study

Knee replacement patients undergoing telerehabilitation – a unique Internet-based postoperative rehabilitation program that can be conducted from the patient's home – experience the same results as patients who undergo traditional postoperative rehabilitation, according to a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

20 Jan 2011

World Bank announces additional $5m grant to fight cholera in Haiti

The World Bank on Tuesday "announced a $15 million grant to Haiti to fight a persistent cholera epidemic," SAPA/Health24 reports. In a press release, the bank said it approved an additional $5 million to be added to a previously announced $10 million grant. "The funds, said the organisation in [the] statement, will go towards public campaigns to prevent infection and increase the capacity of Haiti's health ministry to deal with the emergency," the news service writes (1/19).

20 Jan 2011

Health care, financial reform skirt Obama review, the Wall Street journal reports

President Barack Obama's government-wide review of federal regulations will have little effect on two of the president's major regulatory victories: an overhaul of Wall Street and the health care market, according to a White House budget official.

20 Jan 2011

Medicom, Wolters Kluwer enter joint venture to deliver clinical decision support to doctors in China

Wolters Kluwer Health today announced a joint venture with leading China drug information provider Medicom to deliver clinical decision support to doctors in China as the country prepares for significant changes to its healthcare system.

20 Jan 2011

SCAI publishes guiding principles for development of radiation safety programs in cardiac catheterization laboratories

Today the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions published guiding principles and best practices for the development of radiation safety programs in cardiac catheterization laboratories.

20 Jan 2011

WHO Director-General expresses concern over public mistrust of vaccines

During the WHO's executive board meeting Monday, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan expressed concerns over what she called a "'worrisome' public mistrust of vaccines, following signs of a tail-off in flu vaccination," Agence France-Presse reports (1/18).

20 Jan 2011

Healthcare News

Practical Radiation Oncology first issue published

Precedent Health announces formal launch

U.S. Physical Therapy launches Fit2WRK to provide solutions for prevention of injuries in workplace

Party, policy leaders take key positions in fight over health overhaul's future

Covidien launches Puritan Bennett 520 ventilator in Europe

Post Acute Medical plans to expand Warm Springs Rehabilitation System with two new San Antonio hospitals

IMF aid substituting, not supplementing existing health spending, study finds

NYU Langone to expand Emergency Department and dedicate separate area for pediatric emergency care

AACE releases new medical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis

Supreme Court to hear arguments over Medicaid payments

FDA unveils plan to improve marketing and review process for medical devices

Reform, repeal, replace ... looking behind the numbers and arguments

AER changes journal name to Insight: Research and Practice in Visual Impairment and Blindness

ACT program receives $3.9 million Colorado grant to create whole-person health care systems

TKA patients undergoing telerehabilitation experience similar results as traditional one: Study

World Bank announces additional $5m grant to fight cholera in Haiti

Health care, financial reform skirt Obama review, the Wall Street journal reports

Medicom, Wolters Kluwer enter joint venture to deliver clinical decision support to doctors in China

SCAI publishes guiding principles for development of radiation safety programs in cardiac catheterization laboratories

WHO Director-General expresses concern over public mistrust of vaccines

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