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BMI SYSTEM joins Veeva Network Partner Program

Veeva Systems and BMI SYSTEM today announced BMI SYSTEM joins the Veeva Network Partner Program. The companies also announced Veeva Network is now BMI SYSTEM's preferred customer master solution.

8 Jan 2015

JHQ special issue focuses on 'Transitions in Care'

The current issue of the Journal for Healthcare Quality is devoted entirely to an increasingly significant concern in healthcare quality management - how to assure favorable outcomes when transitioning patients from one clinical environment to another or to the home.

8 Jan 2015

Enzymes linked to diabetes, obesity play major roles in arthritis and leukemia

Enzymes linked to diabetes and obesity appear to play key roles in arthritis and leukemia, potentially opening up new avenues for treating these diverse diseases, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

8 Jan 2015

Survey shows radiation oncologists desire for more formal guidance to improve peer review process

Peer review is a common practice in medicine to support the complementary, multidisciplinary team approach in healthcare. A 2013 survey of radiation oncologists indicates that they would like more formal recommendations and guidance in order to improve the peer review process, according to a study published in the January-February 2015 issue of Practical Radiation Oncology, the clinical practice journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

8 Jan 2015

Improving headache treatment could reduce health care spending, new study suggests

Each year more than 12 million Americans visit their doctors complaining of headaches, which result in lost productivity and costs of upward of $31 billion annually. A new study by researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center suggests some of that cost could be offset by physicians ordering fewer tests and an increased focus on counseling about lifestyle changes.

8 Jan 2015

Helsinn, Pharmacosmos sign license agreement for commercialization of Monofer in the US

Helsinn Group and Pharmacosmos A/S today jointly announce that they have entered into an agreement for the exclusive US commercialization rights to Monofer, an innovative intravenous iron replacement therapy under development for the treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia.

8 Jan 2015

Capsule Tech announces availability of healthcare's first medical device information system

Capsule Tech, Inc., the leading global provider of medical device integration solutions, recently announced the general availability of SmartLinx, healthcare's first medical device information system (MDIS).

7 Jan 2015

NEADA to extend support for Boston Children's Hospital

The New England Acura Dealers Association will be extending their support for Boston Children's Hospital an additional two years to bring their total pledge to $1 million.

7 Jan 2015

EarlySense brings Bedside Monitor and Central Display System to Canadian Market

EarlySense, the market leader in contact-free monitoring solutions today announced an approval to distribute its latest Bedside Monitor and Central Display System in the Canadian Market. EarlySense is bringing to Canada a unique solution that empowers clinicians to provide efficient, safe care based on early indication of high risk situations for falls, pressure ulcers or deterioration such as caused by Opioid therapy.

7 Jan 2015

BD Medical announces FDA clearance of BD Intelliport Medication Management System

BD Medical, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the BD Intelliport Medication Management System, the first-of-its-kind medication management solution for manual IV bolus injections.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 7 Jan 2015

New Horses and Hope campaign launched to raise $1 million for cancer screening mobile unit

Kentucky First Lady Jane Beshear today, along with representatives from the Kentucky Cancer Program, the University of Louisville's James Graham Brown Cancer Center and KentuckyOne Health, launched a new Horses and Hope campaign to raise $1 million for a mobile unit to provide free or significantly reduced cost cancer screenings to underserved populations across Kentucky.

7 Jan 2015

CareSouth Health System to commence national rebranding of CareSouth agencies

CareSouth Health System, Inc., a national senior living services provider based in Augusta, Ga., announced today that it will begin a national rebranding of its CareSouth agencies across all CareSouth branded business lines including CareSouth Home Health, CareSouth Hospice, CareSouth Private Duty and CS Health & Wellness.

7 Jan 2015

Arcturus to exhibit new mRNA therapeutics pipeline at two healthcare conferences

Arcturus Therapeutics Inc., developing the 'next wave' of RNA medicines, today announced that Joseph Payne, President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present a corporate overview, including the company's new messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics pipeline, at two upcoming healthcare conferences.

7 Jan 2015

Everyday actions could help prevent spread of flu among college students

As local college students return to Philadelphia from their long winter breaks over the next several days, it is likely that they'll be bringing who-knows-what germs with them from home, said Stacey A. Gorski, PhD, a biology professor who specializes in immunology at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.

7 Jan 2015

New intervention study examines health outcomes among private-pay home care recipients

Researchers from Harvard Medical School's Department of Health Care Policy have launched a joint partnership with ClearCare, a company that provides a software platform for home care agencies, and Right at Home, senior home care franchise.

7 Jan 2015

Nearly one-quarter of parents report making change from rear-facing to forward-facing car seats

Using a rear-facing car seat until a child is age two reduces risk of serious injury, but close to one-quarter of parents report they turned the seat around before their child was even one year old, according to a new University of Michigan study.

7 Jan 2015

Real-time RT-PCR TaqMan assay helps differentiate active pulmonary TB from LTBI

One of the roadblocks to the eradication of tuberculosis (TB) is the difficulty in identifying patients with latent TB infections (LTBI). Neither the tuberculin skin test (TST) nor interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) are capable of distinguishing active from latent infection or predicting the chance of reactivation.

7 Jan 2015

Taiwan Biophotonic releases DOE reflective sensor for fingerless wrist-worn pulse oximeters

Taiwan Biophotonic Co., a leading provider of non-invasive vital signs sensing solutions, today announced the release of its DOE reflective sensor for fingerless wrist-worn pulse oximeters, which makes a quantum leap forward in the wearable healthcare and medical devices.

7 Jan 2015

Gamida Cell granted FDA and EMA orphan drug designation for NiCord

Gamida Cell, a leader in cell therapy technologies and products for transplantation and adaptive immune therapy, announced today that orphan drug designation has been granted by The US Department of Health and Human Services, The FDA Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD) for the investigational medicinal product NiCord for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), Hodgkin lymphoma and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).

6 Jan 2015

EnGeneIC closes oversubscribed Series B financing

EnGeneIC, Ltd., an emerging biopharmaceutical company focused on developing its proprietary EDV™ nanocell platform for the targeted delivery of cancer therapeutics, announced it has completed an oversubscribed $10 million Series B financing.

6 Jan 2015

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

BMI SYSTEM joins Veeva Network Partner Program

JHQ special issue focuses on 'Transitions in Care'

Enzymes linked to diabetes, obesity play major roles in arthritis and leukemia

Survey shows radiation oncologists desire for more formal guidance to improve peer review process

Improving headache treatment could reduce health care spending, new study suggests

Helsinn, Pharmacosmos sign license agreement for commercialization of Monofer in the US

Capsule Tech announces availability of healthcare's first medical device information system

NEADA to extend support for Boston Children's Hospital

EarlySense brings Bedside Monitor and Central Display System to Canadian Market

BD Medical announces FDA clearance of BD Intelliport Medication Management System

New Horses and Hope campaign launched to raise $1 million for cancer screening mobile unit

CareSouth Health System to commence national rebranding of CareSouth agencies

Arcturus to exhibit new mRNA therapeutics pipeline at two healthcare conferences

Everyday actions could help prevent spread of flu among college students

New intervention study examines health outcomes among private-pay home care recipients

Nearly one-quarter of parents report making change from rear-facing to forward-facing car seats

Real-time RT-PCR TaqMan assay helps differentiate active pulmonary TB from LTBI

Taiwan Biophotonic releases DOE reflective sensor for fingerless wrist-worn pulse oximeters

Gamida Cell granted FDA and EMA orphan drug designation for NiCord

EnGeneIC closes oversubscribed Series B financing

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