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Program to obtain transplant organs from ER patients creates controversy

The Washington Post: "In the hope of expanding a controversial form of organ donation into emergency rooms around the United States, a federally funded project has begun trying to obtain kidneys, livers and possibly other body parts from car-accident victims, heart-attack fatalities and other urgent-care patients.

15 Mar 2010

Z-Medica announces the launch of QuikClot Grant for U.S. military veterans attending Marietta College

Z-Medica Corporation, a medical device company developing innovative hemostatic agents, today announced the launch of its QuikClot Grant for U.S. military veterans attending Marietta College. The $25,000 grant will support Marietta College’s Yellow Ribbon Program, which allows qualified veterans to attend the college as undergraduate students and receive full tuition scholarships.

From Medica Corporation 15 Mar 2010

MBGH conduct national survey to improve employer-based health improvement and management programs

To better understand and improve the effectiveness of employer-based health improvement and management programs, the Midwest Business Group on Health, conducted a national survey of physician views on employers' health management programs.

15 Mar 2010

Healthways, Blue Zones establish Healthways-Blue Zones Vitality Quest to improve community well-being

Today, Healthways, Inc. and Blue Zones, LLC, announced the establishment of Healthways-Blue Zones Vitality QuestSM, an exclusive, strategic relationship to create, support and sustain a national movement to improve community health and well-being, initially for cities in the U.S.

15 Mar 2010

Video-based supervision method helps caregiver offer better care for dementia patients

Astrid Andersen's master thesis at NHV has shown that the video-based supervision method, Marte Meo, used in dementia care has given the caregiver a concrete tool. It also has increased their consciousness and given them collective knowledge. They experience that they meet each patient's need in a better way.

15 Mar 2010

First Edition: March 15, 2010

Today's headlines drive home one key point -- for the Democrats' health bill, it's all about gathering the votes.

15 Mar 2010

HealthInsight provides HealthMedia online Digital Coaching solution to Sutter Physician Services

HealthInsight, provider of the leading value-based health care administration platform, today announced the company is providing the HealthMedia®online Digital Coaching solution to Sutter Physician Services for their new Wellness 2010 program. The combination of HealthInsight’s value-based compliance tracking and HealthMedia’s online Digital Coaching solution will help Sutter dramatically reduce their health care costs while improving their employees’ health.

15 Mar 2010

Christiana Care Breast Center nurse awarded 2010 Pearl Moore Making a Difference Award from ONS

Darcy Burbage, RN, MSN, AOCN®, CBCN®, clinical nurse specialist at the Christiana Care Breast Center at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center, is the 2010 recipient of the Pearl Moore Making a Difference Award from the Oncology Nursing Society.

15 Mar 2010

More focus on reaching MDGs needed, development officials say

During a conference in London Thursday, development officials urged world leaders to "accelerate efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 and [said] rich countries must make good on promises to boost aid to poorer nations," Reuters AlertNet reports.

15 Mar 2010

All claims brought against Medical Properties Trust and other entities rejected

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. announced today that a State District Court jury in Harris County, Texas rejected all claims brought against the company and other entities by a group of physicians whose efforts to create and operate a new hospital in Houston failed in 2006.

15 Mar 2010

DMC announces new agreements with Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital and Hurley Medical Center

Detroit Medical Center's Children's Hospital of Michigan has established new agreements with Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital and Hurley Medical Center in Flint to expand pediatric surgical expertise at these hospitals. As part of these agreements, pediatric surgeons from the Children's Hospital of Michigan are now performing outpatient surgical procedures and operations at these two health care facilities. In addition, the DMC has established a new Children's Hospital of Michigan Specialty Center at 5635 West Maple Road in West Bloomfield to house pediatric surgery services for patients.

15 Mar 2010

GE Healthcare's MAC 800 ECG device to aid medical support at Vancouver 2010 Paralymipc Winter Games

GE Healthcare' announced today that the company's portable ECG (electrocardiograph) device, the MAC 800, will be implemented in both Vancouver and Whistler to help support physician care of athletes, trainers and visitors throughout the Vancouver 2010 Paralymipc Winter Games.

15 Mar 2010

NCCN Guidelines and impact of escalating health care costs highlighted at NCCN Annual Conference

The escalating costs of cancer care combined with variations in concordance with evidence-based practice guidelines is putting the United States on a collision course for an impending collapse of its current health care system according to roundtable panelists at the NCCN 15th Annual Conference.

15 Mar 2010

Older patients receive potentially inappropriate medications when treated in emergency room: Study

A University of Michigan study recently published in Academic Emergency Medicine says that it is common for patients 65 and older to receive potentially inappropriate medications when treated in an emergency room.

15 Mar 2010

Blog watch: What do the polls say?

Kaiser Health News' Kate Steadman surveys the blogosphere to see how recent polls on health reform are playing. Her finding: "There's little consensus among bloggers about trends in public opinion toward the health care overhaul bills" (Steadman, 3/11).

15 Mar 2010

ACC.10: AMICAS to highlight cardiology and enterprise IT solutions

AMICAS, Inc., a leader in image and information management solutions, announced today at the 59th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology (ACC.10), that the company has signed contracts for more than 90 clinical knowledge bases for Web-based structured reporting for cardiology.

15 Mar 2010

Quantros, Oracle work together to improve quality of care reporting and patient safety monitoring

Quantros, a leading healthcare software and services provider of data management, decision support analytics, and clinical business intelligence solutions today announced that it is working with Oracle to further the goals of improving quality of care reporting and patient safety monitoring.

15 Mar 2010

Update on current situation in cardiac surgery at MHI

At a press conference held at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) this morning, Dr. Michel Carrier, cardiac surgeon, and Dr. Normand Racine, cardiologist and Head of the Department of Medicine, along with Robert Busilacchi, Executive Director, gave an update on the current situation in cardiac surgery at the Institute.

15 Mar 2010

U.S. State Department releases annual human rights review

The U.S. State Department on Thursday released its annual review on the state of human rights around the world, the Associated Press reports. The 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, which includes an assessment of 194 countries, "described abuses in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe," according to the news service (Klug, 3/11).

15 Mar 2010

Biggest Medicare drug plans raise prices 10 percent on average

Kaiser Health News staff writer Julie Appleby reports on findings regarding Medicare drug plan costs: "The 10 insurers with the largest numbers of Medicare drug plan customers raised premiums an average of 10 percent this year, an analysis released Friday by consulting firm Avalere Health shows" (Appleby, 3/12).

15 Mar 2010

Healthcare News

Program to obtain transplant organs from ER patients creates controversy

Z-Medica announces the launch of QuikClot Grant for U.S. military veterans attending Marietta College

MBGH conduct national survey to improve employer-based health improvement and management programs

Healthways, Blue Zones establish Healthways-Blue Zones Vitality Quest to improve community well-being

Video-based supervision method helps caregiver offer better care for dementia patients

First Edition: March 15, 2010

HealthInsight provides HealthMedia online Digital Coaching solution to Sutter Physician Services

Christiana Care Breast Center nurse awarded 2010 Pearl Moore Making a Difference Award from ONS

More focus on reaching MDGs needed, development officials say

All claims brought against Medical Properties Trust and other entities rejected

DMC announces new agreements with Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital and Hurley Medical Center

GE Healthcare's MAC 800 ECG device to aid medical support at Vancouver 2010 Paralymipc Winter Games

NCCN Guidelines and impact of escalating health care costs highlighted at NCCN Annual Conference

Older patients receive potentially inappropriate medications when treated in emergency room: Study

Blog watch: What do the polls say?

ACC.10: AMICAS to highlight cardiology and enterprise IT solutions

Quantros, Oracle work together to improve quality of care reporting and patient safety monitoring

Update on current situation in cardiac surgery at MHI

U.S. State Department releases annual human rights review

Biggest Medicare drug plans raise prices 10 percent on average

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