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PHS offers special discounted program for clients utilizing Milliman Care Guidelines

Proven Healthcare Solutions an industry innovator in fortifying hospital compliance with emergency department admission screening, is pleased to introduce the offering of a special discounted program for clients utilizing Milliman Care Guidelines.

21 Jun 2010

Toshiba's Aquilion ONE dynamic volume CT system improves clinical pathway for patients in ERs

Emergency departments are challenged to streamline patient diagnoses and treatment for a variety of conditions and require a CT system capable of imaging patients quickly, accurately and safely. Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.'s Aquilion® ONE 320-detector row CT system is designed for such settings and used to evaluate a range of patients, including cardiac, neuro, stroke and pediatric.

21 Jun 2010

Researchers develop intelligent medical sensors to help patients monitor their symptoms

Researchers at the University of Southampton are developing intelligent medical sensors which can be worn by patients to monitor their symptoms and which will alert GPs if medical intervention is needed.

21 Jun 2010

Total Medical Solutions introduces Supply Recovery program

Total Medical Solutions (TMS) has introduced TMS Supply Recovery, a service that identifies and eliminates unnecessary supply costs in workers' compensation claims.

21 Jun 2010

Cancer survivor organizes first Chattanooga Oral Cancer Awareness Walk

Recently, oral cancer survivor Jeanna Richelson, organized the first Chattanooga Oral Cancer Awareness Walk, which raised donations for the Oral Cancer Foundation, and much needed awareness of a disease that too few Americans know about. According to the foundation's executive director Brian Hill, "I don't believe there has ever been an oral cancer walk that was this successful in its first year. This was an absolutely amazing effort by Jeanna and those who helped her make this possible."

21 Jun 2010

A-Life Medical selected as Finalist for Red Herring's North America 100 award

A-Life Medical, Inc., the pioneer and leading provider of computer-assisted coding (CAC) products and services to the healthcare industry, announced today it has been selected as a Finalist for Red Herring's North America 100 award, a prestigious list honoring the year's most promising private technology ventures from the world's North American business region.

21 Jun 2010

Spark Together for Health Kids program promotes access to physical activity, healthy food

A new survey by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario found the majority of kids in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) will be missing out on physical activity this summer, as parents scramble to find child care solutions once school is out.

21 Jun 2010

EIN News expands health news-monitoring coverage

With impending lawsuits from states, an uprising from the Tea Party sect and an outpouring of rhetoric from both major parties, the healthcare debate is far from over.

21 Jun 2010

Medco Health Solutions, Celesio join to help relieve financial burden on healthcare payors across Europe

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. and Celesio AG, two of the world's leading pharmacy-driven healthcare companies, today announced a joint venture with a long-term goal of improving patient health and helping to relieve the crushing financial burden on healthcare payors across Europe.

21 Jun 2010

Federal funds available to support specialized training curriculum on Mental Health Procedures Act

Approximately $500,000 is available in federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to support a specialized training curriculum on the Mental Health Procedures Act of 1976 for judges, law enforcement, psychologists, social workers and other professionals in the criminal justice system.

21 Jun 2010

Consumers can now access high quality health and medical information on Internet using Medgateway.com

With the vast amount of medical information on the Internet, consumers can spend long hours looking for health and medical information. Consumers can access reliable, high quality health and medical information on the Internet using Medgateway.com. Medgateway provides links to numerous health and medical web sites.

21 Jun 2010

CPTC offers training program for firefighters to help reduce health-related deaths and injuries

Firefighter deaths due to heart attacks may not be due to bad diets, but from exposure to hydrogen cyanide in fire smoke. Nationally, six firefighters have literally dropped dead from heart attacks after coming off of a shift of smoky fires and more than 100 were treated or hospitalized for smoke inhalation since January 1.

21 Jun 2010

Government's COE Program encourages research activities in universities across Japan: Study

Scopus- announced today that Kyoto University is employing the former's data and functions in a study performed by Dr. Takanori Ida, Professor at the Graduate School of Economics - Kyoto University. The study shows how effectively the government's large funding scheme, 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, encouraged research activities in universities across Japan.

21 Jun 2010

Achieving remission in patients lessens burden of RA on societies with aging populations: Study

Achieving disease remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis provides superior outcomes across measures of socio-economic importance including work productivity and quality of life according to results presented today at EULAR 2010, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Rome, Italy. These Austrian findings are reported in addition to improvements in measures of physical functioning, when compared with RA patients achieving low disease activity.

21 Jun 2010

SAGE launches new online resource to spotlight on research published across scholarly journals

Leading academic and professional publisher SAGE today announced the launch of a new online resource that will put the spotlight on research published across its scholarly journals.

21 Jun 2010

CORD:USE plans to open family cord blood bank

CORD:USE Cord Blood Bank, a public cord blood banking facility, and its Team of cord blood pioneers and leaders announced last month their plans to open a family cord blood bank to offer its high quality services to new parents who elect to privately bank their baby's cord blood. The Team of experts in cord blood biology, banking and transplantation includes Drs. Hal Broxmeyer, Joanne Kurtzberg, John Wagner, Eliane Gluckman and Alan Levine.

21 Jun 2010

Greater focus on mental health is needed says expert

According to mental health expert and Australian of the Year Professor Patrick McGorry the resignation of the head of the National Advisory Council on Mental Health (NACMH), John Mendoza, is an indication of the disappointment of the mental health care sector with the government.

20 Jun 2010

American Heart Association CEO on first anniversary of Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

The one-year anniversary of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act brings new consumer protections that will make it increasingly difficult for the tobacco industry to recruit the next Marlboro man, woman or child. With many important provisions already in effect, we can celebrate the lives we have saved with rules restricting Big Tobacco's deceptive marketing practices, particularly towards children.

19 Jun 2010

Pfizer Canada announces temporary suspension of Lipitor Continuity Card Program

The Regie d'Assurance Maladie du Quebec (RAMQ) recently advised Pfizer that they are examining all pharmaceutical card programs in Quebec. In light of this they have sent us a formal request dated June 16, 2010 to temporarily suspend the Lipitor Continuity Card Program. As part of our ongoing collaboration with the RAMQ, we have made the decision to temporarily suspend the distribution of the Lipitor Continuity Card in Quebec while they complete their analysis.

19 Jun 2010

U.S. releases statement on Global Health Initiative

The U.S. government continues to lay the groundwork for efforts under the U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI), announcing the first round of "GHI Plus" countries, as well as the program's governance structure. GHI is a six-year, $63 billion initiative to help partner countries improve measurable health outcomes by strengthening health systems and building upon proven results. It places a particular focus on improving the health of women, newborns and children.

19 Jun 2010

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PHS offers special discounted program for clients utilizing Milliman Care Guidelines

Toshiba's Aquilion ONE dynamic volume CT system improves clinical pathway for patients in ERs

Researchers develop intelligent medical sensors to help patients monitor their symptoms

Total Medical Solutions introduces Supply Recovery program

Cancer survivor organizes first Chattanooga Oral Cancer Awareness Walk

A-Life Medical selected as Finalist for Red Herring's North America 100 award

Spark Together for Health Kids program promotes access to physical activity, healthy food

EIN News expands health news-monitoring coverage

Medco Health Solutions, Celesio join to help relieve financial burden on healthcare payors across Europe

Federal funds available to support specialized training curriculum on Mental Health Procedures Act

Consumers can now access high quality health and medical information on Internet using Medgateway.com

CPTC offers training program for firefighters to help reduce health-related deaths and injuries

Government's COE Program encourages research activities in universities across Japan: Study

Achieving remission in patients lessens burden of RA on societies with aging populations: Study

SAGE launches new online resource to spotlight on research published across scholarly journals

CORD:USE plans to open family cord blood bank

Greater focus on mental health is needed says expert

American Heart Association CEO on first anniversary of Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

Pfizer Canada announces temporary suspension of Lipitor Continuity Card Program

U.S. releases statement on Global Health Initiative

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