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Toshiba announces expansion of Assurance Program to offer ultrasound systems

To provide increased value to healthcare facilities, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. expands its Assurance Program to offer reconditioned Toshiba ultrasound systems. Assurance ultrasound products include Aplio XG, Aplio MX, Aplio Artida, Viamo, and Xario XG.

25 Sep 2012

SCIOinspire unveils new company name

SCIOinspire Corp., which has served the healthcare marketplace since 2008, today unveiled a new name that reflects its current core focus and corporate identity.

25 Sep 2012

Celleration introduces new MIST 360 Applicator

Celleration, Inc., a privately held medical device company focused on developing and commercializing therapeutic ultrasound healing technologies, announces the launch of its new MIST 360 Applicator.

25 Sep 2012

Viewpoints: How media missed Ryan AARP story; Romney and women voters; The price of medical mistakes

The headlines this weekend were all about the boos Paul Ryan elicited on Friday when he addressed the AARP, the self-styled seniors' lobby. The herd of independent media minds missed the real story, which is that the Republican Vice Presidential nominee went into the heart of the entitlement culture, told some hard truths, and even won applause for doing so.

25 Sep 2012

New Jersey Hospital Association expands Career Center

The New Jersey Hospital Association has expanded its Career Center by giving its members access to the National Healthcare Career Network (NHCN), an integrated alliance of nearly 300 recruiting career centers of professional associations.

25 Sep 2012

ESMO Designated Center of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care accreditation for 16 new centers

The European Society for Medical Oncology has awarded ESMO Designated Center of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care accreditation to 16 new oncology centers. The centers will receive the acknowledgment at the ESMO 2012 Congress, in Vienna, Austria, 28 September - 2 October.

24 Sep 2012

Siemens perioperative management solution by SIS for Wentworth-Douglass Hospital

Surgical Information Systems, a leader in perioperative information systems, announced today that Wentworth-Douglass Hospital has selected Siemens perioperative management solution by SIS to replace its legacy perioperative IT system and automate its anesthesia documentation.

From Siemens Healthineers 24 Sep 2012

Lawmakers spar on Medicare Advantage plans

In a Capitol Hill hearing Friday, Republicans challenged the Obama administration's so-called Medicare Advantage "bonuses."

24 Sep 2012

The positive or negative impact of health law is in eye of beholder

Some businesses are taking advantage of the health law's requirements as states prepare to implement it.

24 Sep 2012

First Edition: September 24, 2012

Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz reports: "GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan was booed and heckled on Friday when he told an AARP convention in New Orleans that he would repeal President Barack Obama's health law. In contrast, Obama's remarks about Medicare --delivered by live satellite an hour earlier -- were warmly received."

24 Sep 2012

Study documents women's experiences after abnormal prenatal chromosomal microarray testing

We often hear that "knowledge is power." But, that isn't always the case, especially when the knowledge pertains to the health of an unborn child, with murky implications, at best. A new study, led by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, begins to document this exception to the general rule.

24 Sep 2012

Harris Health System campaign aims to reduce pregnancy-related complications in African-Americans

African-American women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications and about twice as likely to suffer a miscarriage than other ethnic groups in Harris County. The alarming facts prompted Harris Health System to launch an educational campaign aimed at African-American women before they get pregnant on the steps to have a safe and healthy birth.

24 Sep 2012

UCSD Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center receives 2012 Modern Healthcare Design Award

UC San Diego Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center has received Modern Healthcare's highest design honor, the 2012 Modern Healthcare Design Award. Out of more than one hundred entries, only one other project received this honor in 2012.

24 Sep 2012

ASTRO's Annual Meeting to be held in Boston from Oct. 28-31

ASTRO's Annual Meeting is the premier scientific meeting in radiation oncology and is expected to attract more than 11,000 attendees including oncologists from all disciplines, medical physicists, dosimetrists, radiation therapists, radiation oncology nurses and nurse practitioners, biologists, physician assistants, practice administrators, industry representatives and other health care professionals from around the world.

24 Sep 2012

Study focuses on how teenage patients view privacy issues in online life while in hospital

A study of how chronically ill teenagers manage their privacy found that teen patients spend a great deal of time online and guard their privacy very consciously. "Not all my friends need to know": a qualitative study of teenage patients, privacy and social media, was published this summer in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association and co-authored by Norwegian and Canadian researchers.

24 Sep 2012

Greenhouse-grown corn seeds could help treat lysosomal storage disease

The seeds of greenhouse-grown corn could hold the key to treating a rare, life-threatening childhood genetic disease, according to researchers from Simon Fraser University.

24 Sep 2012

Medicare takes center stage as president, Ryan address AARP

GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan's plan to overhaul Medicare returned to the political spotlight Friday as both presidential campaigns jabbed each other during a summit of the AARP, the country's top advocacy group for seniors. Both Ryan, who addressed the group in person, and President Obama, who spoke ahead of Ryan via a video feed ..., accused the other side of advancing ideas that would undermine and destroy the popular health-care program for the elderly and the disabled.

24 Sep 2012

Research roundup: 'Early' cost-control lessons from Mass.; Colonoscopy coverage; Impact of PSA recommendations

On Aug. 8, Massachusetts' third health care cost control bill became law. It "sets annual state spending targets, encourages the formation of accountable care organizations, and establishes an independent commission to oversee health care system performance."

21 Sep 2012

Jindal, campaigning for Romney, laments that health law will penalize 6 million people

The Louisiana governor denies ties between Romney's health law in Massachusetts and the national overhaul championed by President Barack Obama.

21 Sep 2012

Targeting companies that cut health care costs

Reuters reports that the health care sector will be "a focal point" for years to come and looks at investments in companies that are likely to make money by helping to reduce costs. Meanwhile, Kaiser Health News examines whether competitive health care models like Medicare Part D and the Federal Employees Health Benefits program are taming costs as effectively as supporters suggest.

21 Sep 2012

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Toshiba announces expansion of Assurance Program to offer ultrasound systems

SCIOinspire unveils new company name

Celleration introduces new MIST 360 Applicator

Viewpoints: How media missed Ryan AARP story; Romney and women voters; The price of medical mistakes

New Jersey Hospital Association expands Career Center

ESMO Designated Center of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care accreditation for 16 new centers

Siemens perioperative management solution by SIS for Wentworth-Douglass Hospital

Lawmakers spar on Medicare Advantage plans

The positive or negative impact of health law is in eye of beholder

First Edition: September 24, 2012

Study documents women's experiences after abnormal prenatal chromosomal microarray testing

Harris Health System campaign aims to reduce pregnancy-related complications in African-Americans

UCSD Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center receives 2012 Modern Healthcare Design Award

ASTRO's Annual Meeting to be held in Boston from Oct. 28-31

Study focuses on how teenage patients view privacy issues in online life while in hospital

Greenhouse-grown corn seeds could help treat lysosomal storage disease

Medicare takes center stage as president, Ryan address AARP

Research roundup: 'Early' cost-control lessons from Mass.; Colonoscopy coverage; Impact of PSA recommendations

Jindal, campaigning for Romney, laments that health law will penalize 6 million people

Targeting companies that cut health care costs

Event guide: 3rd Measuring Patient Engagement Summit eBook

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Event guide: 3rd Measuring Patient Engagement Summit eBook

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

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