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Combination of better healthcare and community awareness improves maternal and newborn care

A five-year programme that mobilised communities to improve the quality of care for mothers and newborns reduced newborn mortality by 30 percent and saved at least 1,000 newborn lives in rural Malawi.

25 Jun 2013

Cherwell Laboratories to present their comprehensive product range at the Aseptic Preparation and Dispensing of Medicines (APDM) Course, Leeds Trinity University

Cherwell Laboratories, specialists in products for process validation and environmental monitoring will present their comprehensive product range at the Aseptic Preparation and Dispensing of Medicines (APDM) Course, Leeds Trinity University on 9th & 10th July 2013.

From Cherwell Laboratories 25 Jun 2013

First Edition: June 25, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about the Obama administraiton's plans for getting the word about the health law's online marketplaces.

25 Jun 2013

Minneapolis set to host fifth annual Healthcare Business Intelligence Summit

Minneapolis is set to become a national epicenter of healthcare data thought leadership and policy discussion this September when the city plays host to the fifth annual Healthcare Business Intelligence Summit.

25 Jun 2013

Vocera Communications founder awarded 2013 Jean-Claude Laprie Award in Dependable Computing

Vocera Communications, Inc., the leading provider of solutions that address critical communications and productivity challenges facing healthcare, hospitality, retail and other mobile work environments, today announced that its founder and chief technology officer, Robert Shostak, PhD, has been awarded the 2013 Jean-Claude Laprie Award in Dependable Computing for his co-authored paper, "The Byzantine Generals Problem".

25 Jun 2013

More options for dental, vision coverage for federal employees

In the meantime, the nation's largest public pension fund, the California Public Employees Retirement System, moves to provide equal access to health care for transgender people.

25 Jun 2013

Unique health economics assessment of copper's role in HCAIs to be presented at ICPIC 2013

A unique health economics assessment of copper's role in preventing healthcare-associated infections is being presented this week at the WHO's International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control in Geneva, demonstrating rapid payback on the capital investment.

25 Jun 2013

Rebiotix receives FDA Fast Track designation for RBX2660 to treat patients with CDI

Rebiotix Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Fast Track designation for the investigation of RBX2660 (microbiota suspension), intended for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection.

25 Jun 2013

As doctors, hospitals, insurers prepare for health law implementation, 100-day countdown begins for online marketplaces

The New York Times profiles a Louisville clinic's efforts to be ready for changes, while several outlets look at the progress of the health exchanges where consumers will be able to buy insurance plans.

25 Jun 2013

EHRA White Book reports on current status of arrhythmia treatments in 55 ESC member countries2

The first European data on lead extraction was released today by the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The information is published in the EHRA White Book 20131, launched at EHRA EUROPACE 2013 in Athens, Greece, during 23-26 June.

24 Jun 2013

Joslin Diabetes Center, Sanofi US present results from multicultural outreach program

Sanofi US collaborated with Joslin Diabetes Center on a successful, multicultural outreach pilot that was overseen and funded by Sanofi US with Joslin as its partner in providing clinical and behavioral educational materials and training based on their award-winning On the Road diabetes program.

24 Jun 2013

Shield Therapeutics recruits patients for ST10 Phase 3 study for treating iron-deficient anaemia

Shield Therapeutics, the independent specialty mineral medicines pharmaceutical company, today announces that it has completed recruitment of patients into its pivotal Phase 3 programme of ST10 for the treatment of iron-deficient anaemia. ST10 is a novel form of ferric iron taken orally.

24 Jun 2013

Comprehend Systems collaborates with Merge eClinical to expands its clinical research space

Driven by increasing demand for its cloud-based data insights solution, Comprehend Systems further expands its reach in the clinical research space with a partnership with Merge Healthcare's eClinical Solutions division.

21 Jun 2013

NeuroSigma's Monarch eTNS System to make Canadian debut at 30th International Epilepsy Congress

NeuroSigma, Inc., a Los Angeles based medical device company, today announced that its Monarch eTNS System for the adjunctive treatment of epilepsy and depression will make its Canadian debut at the 30th International Epilepsy Congress, taking place in Montreal, Canada from June 23 to June 27, 2013.

21 Jun 2013

First Edition: June 21, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about the rebates some insurers will provide to consumers as a result of a health law provision.

21 Jun 2013

Somerset Medical Center to merge with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Somerset Medical Center's Board of Trustees announced today that the medical center will pursue a merger with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.

21 Jun 2013

Johns Hopkins student-built devices win two top awards in national contest

Johns Hopkins student-built devices—a blood clot detection system and a concealable, hands-free breast pump—have won two of the top three awards in a national contest that recognizes innovative biomedical engineering designs that have high commercial potential and social impact.

21 Jun 2013

New AACN Practice Alert outlines evidence-based protocols to improve effective use of clinical alarms

Clinical alarms designed to alert nurses to changes in their patients' conditions have become a continual barrage of noise that poses a significant threat to patient safety, according to the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

21 Jun 2013

GE Healthcare to acquire certain Mammography assets of Rayence

GE Healthcare today announced that it has agreed to acquire certain Mammography assets of Rayence, a subsidiary of Vatech Co Ltd, a Korean X-Ray manufacturer. The Mammography assets of Rayence will, at closing, become part of the Detection & Guidance Solutions business unit of GE Healthcare.

21 Jun 2013

State highlights: Calif. state legislative panel considers bill on health exchange secrecy

A state legislative committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would require California's health insurance exchange to make more contract information publicly available, even as advocates for open government urged lawmakers to go further. The Senate Health Committee voted 9-0 to pass the legislation by Republican Sen. Bill Emmerson and Democratic Sen. Mark DeSaulnier. They introduced the bill, SB332, after a story by The Associated Press revealed the unique degree of privacy granted to Covered California, as the exchange is called (Olson, 6/19).

21 Jun 2013

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Combination of better healthcare and community awareness improves maternal and newborn care

Cherwell Laboratories to present their comprehensive product range at the Aseptic Preparation and Dispensing of Medicines (APDM) Course, Leeds Trinity University

First Edition: June 25, 2013

Minneapolis set to host fifth annual Healthcare Business Intelligence Summit

Vocera Communications founder awarded 2013 Jean-Claude Laprie Award in Dependable Computing

More options for dental, vision coverage for federal employees

Unique health economics assessment of copper's role in HCAIs to be presented at ICPIC 2013

Rebiotix receives FDA Fast Track designation for RBX2660 to treat patients with CDI

As doctors, hospitals, insurers prepare for health law implementation, 100-day countdown begins for online marketplaces

EHRA White Book reports on current status of arrhythmia treatments in 55 ESC member countries2

Joslin Diabetes Center, Sanofi US present results from multicultural outreach program

Shield Therapeutics recruits patients for ST10 Phase 3 study for treating iron-deficient anaemia

Comprehend Systems collaborates with Merge eClinical to expands its clinical research space

NeuroSigma's Monarch eTNS System to make Canadian debut at 30th International Epilepsy Congress

First Edition: June 21, 2013

Somerset Medical Center to merge with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Johns Hopkins student-built devices win two top awards in national contest

New AACN Practice Alert outlines evidence-based protocols to improve effective use of clinical alarms

GE Healthcare to acquire certain Mammography assets of Rayence

State highlights: Calif. state legislative panel considers bill on health exchange secrecy

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