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Viewpoints: Expanding abortion restrictions; Lift the ban on gay blood donors; Medicare's price schedules

What's going on in Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa ought to be a wake-up call to Minnesotans who prefer that physicians, not politicians, guide an individual's medical care. Minnesota's neighbors have moved with alarming alacrity to cripple women's access to a safe and legal medical procedure - abortion (7/18).

20 Jul 2013

NorthStar Anesthesia announces new partnership with MetroWest Medical Center

NorthStar Anesthesia announced today a new partnership with facilities on both campuses of MetroWest Medical Center. Framingham Union Hospital in Framingham, Mass. and Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick, Mass. serve local communities west of Boston and are the newest healthcare facilities to implement the NorthStar model of anesthesia care.

20 Jul 2013

In a major pitch, Obama says health law is benefiting consumers

In a Thursday White House speech, President Barack Obama stepped into his role as the overhaul's campaigner-in-chief and talked about the millions of Americans who are already benefiting from insurance benefits.

20 Jul 2013

HealthTrust renews contract with McKesson Automation for pharmacy automation solutions

HealthTrust, a group purchasing and total cost management solutions company representing more than 1,400 acute-care facilities, has renewed its contract with McKesson Automation, ensuring that its member hospitals and health systems have continued access to a full portfolio of central pharmacy and point-of-care pharmacy automation solutions and services.

20 Jul 2013

Cook Medical launches Biodesign ENT Repair Graft for rhinologists

Cook Medical launched a new treatment option today for rhinologists (nose and sinus specialists) who treat patients that suffer from difficult-to-heal conditions in the nasal passages. The Biodesign ENT Repair Graft, which acts as an adjunct to aid in the natural healing process following nasal and sinus mucosal surgery, was introduced at the American Rhinologic Society's 2013 Summer Sinus Symposium. It is the latest Biodesign offering from Cook Medical's Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery clinical division.

20 Jul 2013

Community health faces new subpoena into Medicare admissions practices

Community Health has received a subpoena for two executives to testify in an investigation into its Medicare admissions. The hospital operator also reports its income fell 57 percent on weak patient volume and debt.

20 Jul 2013

Boston Scientific initiates OPTIMISE trial to study ONS using Precision System for chronic migraine

Boston Scientific Corporation has launched a clinical trial to determine whether occipital nerve stimulation using the Precision System can safely and effectively treat chronic migraine when used in conjunction with anti-migraine medications.

20 Jul 2013

Whittier IPA signs agreement with Alere Accountable Care Solutions to build community-wide HIE

Whittier Independent Practice Association, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, announced that it has signed an agreement with Alere Accountable Care Solutions to build a community-wide health information exchange.

20 Jul 2013

FDA gives tentative approval to Perrigo's ANDA for generic version of Prandin Tablets

Perrigo Company today announced that it has received tentative approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for its abbreviated new drug application for repaglinide tablets, the generic equivalent to Prandin Tablets (repaglinide tablets).

20 Jul 2013

HHS funds $12M to support primary care residency programs in Teaching Health Centers

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced $12 million in Affordable Care Act funding to support primary care residency programs in 32 Teaching Health Centers across the nation.

20 Jul 2013

Cancer prehabilitation has potential to reduce problems, improve physical and mental health outcomes

For patients with cancer, "prehabilitation"— interventions given between the time of diagnosis and the start of treatment—has the potential to reduce complications from treatments and improve physical and mental health outcomes, according to a report in the August American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

19 Jul 2013

First Edition: July 19, 2013

Today's headlines include coverage of President Barack Obama's Thursday speech pitching the positives of the health law.

19 Jul 2013

Tianyin Pharmaceutical provides further updates on Gingko Mihuan Oral Liquid

Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., a pharmaceutical company that specializes in patented biopharmaceutical, modernized traditional Chinese medicine, branded generics and active pharmaceutical ingredients today provided further updates on the business development of its flagship product: Gingko Mihuan Oral Liquid with the SFDA approval number: H20013079.

19 Jul 2013

Elekta gets CE Mark approval for Clarity 4D Monitoring system

Elekta has received CE marking for its Clarity 4D Monitoring system permitting European clinics to implement this new way of reducing the uncertainty caused by prostate motion during radiation treatment. Physicians will be able to monitor the motion of the prostate with sub millimeter accuracy during the delivery of therapeutic radiation beams.

From Elekta 19 Jul 2013

State highlights: D.C. health care providers continue wait for payments; Ga. plans Medicaid managed care for kids; Hospital chain seeks insurer license in Calif.

A selection of health policy stories from Virginia, the District of Columbia, California, Wisconsin, Georgia, South Carolina, Pennsylvania and Washington.

19 Jul 2013

Study finds simple action to reduce healthcare costs

A study led by a Loyola University Medical Center ENT physician provides a case study of a simple action that can reduce healthcare costs without compromising care.

19 Jul 2013

Researchers receive $10M March of Dimes grant to study causes of premature birth

Researchers from Dartmouth's Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (iQBS), the Center for Integrative Biomedical Sciences, and the Center for Genomic Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine are studying the unknown causes of premature birth, as part of a $10 million March of Dimes grant awarded to a research collaborative of seven U.S. universities and medical centers.

19 Jul 2013

Testing requirements could delay launch of state health exchanges

Government officials said Wednesday during a Capitol Hill hearing that the Oct. 1 deadline may not allow enough time to test the systems that are being put in place to run these online insurance marketplaces.

19 Jul 2013

UK Markey Cancer Center receives National Cancer Institute designation

The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center was joined by national, state and local leaders last Friday to celebrate its designation as a National Cancer Institute cancer center.

19 Jul 2013

SMARTLINK Activity Monitoring System improves hand hygiene by 92%

GOJO Industries, a leader in hand hygiene and skin health and inventors of PURELL- Hand Sanitizer, conducted an independent research study at the John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas to determine the impact on hand hygiene compliance rates when the hospital hand hygiene program included an electronic compliance activity monitoring system.

19 Jul 2013

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Viewpoints: Expanding abortion restrictions; Lift the ban on gay blood donors; Medicare's price schedules

NorthStar Anesthesia announces new partnership with MetroWest Medical Center

In a major pitch, Obama says health law is benefiting consumers

HealthTrust renews contract with McKesson Automation for pharmacy automation solutions

Cook Medical launches Biodesign ENT Repair Graft for rhinologists

Community health faces new subpoena into Medicare admissions practices

Boston Scientific initiates OPTIMISE trial to study ONS using Precision System for chronic migraine

Whittier IPA signs agreement with Alere Accountable Care Solutions to build community-wide HIE

FDA gives tentative approval to Perrigo's ANDA for generic version of Prandin Tablets

HHS funds $12M to support primary care residency programs in Teaching Health Centers

Cancer prehabilitation has potential to reduce problems, improve physical and mental health outcomes

First Edition: July 19, 2013

Tianyin Pharmaceutical provides further updates on Gingko Mihuan Oral Liquid

Elekta gets CE Mark approval for Clarity 4D Monitoring system

State highlights: D.C. health care providers continue wait for payments; Ga. plans Medicaid managed care for kids; Hospital chain seeks insurer license in Calif.

Study finds simple action to reduce healthcare costs

Researchers receive $10M March of Dimes grant to study causes of premature birth

Testing requirements could delay launch of state health exchanges

UK Markey Cancer Center receives National Cancer Institute designation

SMARTLINK Activity Monitoring System improves hand hygiene by 92%

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