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Argon Medical Devices completes acquisition of three vascular products from Rex Medical

Argon Medical Devices, Inc. announced the completed acquisition of three vascular products from Rex Medical, LLC. The OptionELITE Retrievable Vena Cava Filter, CLEANER Rotational Thrombectomy System, and UltraStream Chronic Hemodialysis Catheter are now wholly owned by Argon Medical Devices, Inc.

5 Jan 2016

Pathway Genomics secures over $40 million in Series E financing

Pathway Genomics Corporation, a global precision medicine company with mobile health solutions, today announced it has successfully raised over $40 million in a Series E financing.

5 Jan 2016

UAB announces ASA endorsement of MOCA simulation course

The UAB Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine has announced American Society of Anesthesiology endorsement of the UAB simulation program.

5 Jan 2016

Disease burden, health care costs higher in children with recurrent acute and chronic pancreatitis

The burden of recurrent acute and chronic pancreatitis in children may be higher than previously thought, with high costs related to repeated hospitalizations, report a pair of studies in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.

5 Jan 2016

Study supports open and patient-centered visitation guidelines in critical care settings

Watching the clock is becoming an outdated part of visiting a patient in intensive care, as more hospitals ease restrictions and develop more flexible policies focused on the preferences and needs of each patient.

5 Jan 2016

Stevens, Penn Nursing receive RWJF grant to determine effectiveness of transitional care model

Stevens Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing were recently funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to use policy flight simulators - pioneered by Stevens--to simulate use of the Transitional Care Model, developed by Penn Nursing.

5 Jan 2016

New perioperative guideline released for optimal management of geriatric patients

Responding to the needs of the country's growing older adult population, a new collaborative best practices guideline was released today for optimal care of older adults immediately before, during, and after surgical operations (a timeframe known as the "perioperative" period).

5 Jan 2016

Millions of older adults make infectious disease-related emergency department visits each year

Investigators estimate that during 2012, there were more than 3.1 million emergency department visits for infectious diseases among elderly US adults.

5 Jan 2016

Bayer to present new research findings on Xofigo (radium Ra 223 dichloride) injection at ASCO GU 2016

Bayer announced today that new research findings on Xofigo (radium Ra 223 dichloride) injection will be presented at the 2016 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO GU) taking place January 7 – 9 in San Francisco.

4 Jan 2016

Non-medical workers can identify patients at risk for hospitalization

Nearly 20% of hospitalizations by Medicare beneficiaries are followed by readmission within 30 days, costing billions of dollars in healthcare costs. Existing approaches to identify patients at risk for hospitalization are limited to episodic claims data. These claims-based approaches often fail to detect avoidable and costly admissions in the blind spot between doctor visits.

4 Jan 2016

Glendora Community Hospital becomes a non-profit facility

Prime Healthcare Services today announced that it has donated Glendora Community Hospital, a 128-bed bed acute care hospital located in Glendora, California, to the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity. The hospital was donated free of any existing debt.

4 Jan 2016

Crowdsourcing: the answer for rare disease diagnosis?

Medical crowdsourcing is like the ultimate consult service. A question arises, it is asked on the forum, and you can get answers from multiple specialties within minutes. It is harnessing the brightest minds in one place and using that power to do what we enjoy doing most – helping people.

4 Jan 2016

Tele-ICU systems provide nurses opportunity to improve patient care

Telemedicine is changing the way patient care is provided in a growing number of intensive care units (ICUs) across the country, and tele-ICU nurses - who see its impact firsthand - say it provides an opportunity to improve care, according to results of a national survey published in the American Journal of Critical Care.

4 Jan 2016

Ideal Billing Solutions educates clients on ICD-10

Ideal Billing Solutions is a medical billing services company in West Palm Beach Florida. Since October 1, 2015, the company has gotten phone calls from physicians and healthcare providers asking questions about ICD-10.

4 Jan 2016

Enli Health Intelligence's CareManager recognized as highest rated solution by KLAS Research

Enli Health Intelligence, a market leader in population health management technology, announced today that CareManager, its enterprise-class care coordination platform, has been recognized as the highest rated solution by KLAS Research.

4 Jan 2016

Cleanliness validation for medical devices webinar hosted by Lucideon

Lucideon, the international materials technology company, is hosting a webinar entitled “Validation and Quality Assurance of Medical Device Cleaning Processes” at 3pm (UK time) on Thursday 28th January 2016.

From Lucideon 4 Jan 2016

NCCLC patients with KRAS-related gene mutations may benefit from triple therapy

Although the most common type of lung cancer - non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) - has recently seen major treatment advances in some genetic subtypes, other subtypes continue to evade effective treatment. (New therapies exist for NCCLC patients whose cancers harbor mutations in the ALK or EGFR genes, for example.)

4 Jan 2016

Areas stricken by extreme poverty more likely to be associated with high rates of Ebola transmission

Since October 2014 the Ebola epidemic in West Africa has been diminishing and efforts have shifted from emergency response to prevention and mitigation of future outbreaks. Researchers from the Liberian Ministry of Health and the Yale Center for Infectious Disease Modelling and Analysis evaluated 3532 Ebola cases reported in 2014 in order to quantify the impact of poverty on the transmission and spread of Ebola.

4 Jan 2016

Excite Medical displays DRX9000 True Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression units at The National By FCA

In August 2015, Excite Medical was a exhibitor at The National By FCA (Florida Chiropractic Association). Participation in the world's largest event for chiropractic was one of many new marketing activities that Excite Medical has initiated this year to increase revenue from the domestic market and show support to the chiropractic community.

31 Dec 2015

Jessica M. Ruperto named a Pinnacle Professional by Continental Who's Who

Jessica M. Ruperto is recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Pinnacle Professional in the field of Healthcare as a result of her role as Regulatory Affairs Specialist with Christie Medical Holdings, Inc.

31 Dec 2015

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Argon Medical Devices completes acquisition of three vascular products from Rex Medical

Pathway Genomics secures over $40 million in Series E financing

UAB announces ASA endorsement of MOCA simulation course

Disease burden, health care costs higher in children with recurrent acute and chronic pancreatitis

Study supports open and patient-centered visitation guidelines in critical care settings

Stevens, Penn Nursing receive RWJF grant to determine effectiveness of transitional care model

New perioperative guideline released for optimal management of geriatric patients

Millions of older adults make infectious disease-related emergency department visits each year

Bayer to present new research findings on Xofigo (radium Ra 223 dichloride) injection at ASCO GU 2016

Non-medical workers can identify patients at risk for hospitalization

Glendora Community Hospital becomes a non-profit facility

Crowdsourcing: the answer for rare disease diagnosis?

Tele-ICU systems provide nurses opportunity to improve patient care

Ideal Billing Solutions educates clients on ICD-10

Enli Health Intelligence's CareManager recognized as highest rated solution by KLAS Research

Cleanliness validation for medical devices webinar hosted by Lucideon

NCCLC patients with KRAS-related gene mutations may benefit from triple therapy

Areas stricken by extreme poverty more likely to be associated with high rates of Ebola transmission

Excite Medical displays DRX9000 True Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression units at The National By FCA

Jessica M. Ruperto named a Pinnacle Professional by Continental Who's Who

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