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Premier healthcare honors Toshiba with Supplier Performance Award

Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. today announced that it is a winner of the sixth annual Performance Award, presented by the Premier healthcare alliance.

20 Jun 2011

Alexion begins eculizumab clinical trial in Shiga-toxin producing E. coli hemolytic uremic syndrome

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Alexion Pharma International Sàrl (APIS), announced today that the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Germany's healthcare regulatory body for biological products, has authorized initiation of an open-label clinical trial to investigate eculizumab as a treatment for patients with Shiga-toxin producing E. coli hemolytic uremic syndrome, which has resulted from infections by Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in an unusually wide outbreak in Germany that began in May.

20 Jun 2011

Patients who receive poorly co-ordinated care more likely to report medication, treatment errors

Patients who received poorly co-ordinated care or were unable to afford basic medical costs were much more likely to report medication, treatment or care errors, according to an international study published in the July issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice.

20 Jun 2011

HHS announces deadline for health law waivers

The Obama administration said Friday that it was shutting down a program that had provided exemptions from the new health care law for many employers and labor unions offering bare-bones insurance coverage to workers.

20 Jun 2011

Study evaluates impact of medication adherence, comorbidity on workforce productivity

A new study suggests that while medication adherence is a critical element in reducing the impact of illness, employers should view it as just one of multiple components that are needed in strategic employee disease-management initiatives.

18 Jun 2011

Study shows high increase in healthcare costs associated with falls

During the winter of 2009-2010 the average temperature for the UK was 1.6 degrees centigrade, making it the coldest recorded winter in the last 30 years. Using winter data from 2005 to 2010, new research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health demonstrates an inverse relationship between temperature and the number of falls on snow and ice, which result in emergency admission to hospital, and looks at the cost of these falls.

18 Jun 2011

Insights into why African Americans with dental insurance receive poorer dental care

African Americans receive poorer dental care than white Americans, even when they have some dental insurance coverage. To better understand why this is so, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the College of Dental Medicine, surveyed African American adults with recent oral health symptoms, including toothaches and gum disease.

18 Jun 2011

$Future burden of fractures could be avoided with increased treatment uptake: Study$

Future burden of fractures could be avoided with increased treatment uptake: Study

It pays to prevent fractures. That's one of the main findings of a landmark report 'Osteoporosis - Burden, Healthcare provision and Opportunities in the European Union' newly published in the journal Archives of Osteoporosis.

18 Jun 2011

Dems introduce bills to push for Medicare negotiated drug pricing

Congressional Democrats have introduced legislation to let Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices - a move that could result in significant savings, the bill supporters say. They are urging that their measure be included in the effort to raise the debt ceiling.

18 Jun 2011

ADRQ finds high increase in annual premium for employer-sponsored health plans

Employees of private-sector companies contributed up to 121 percent more in 2009 for their yearly share of their employer-sponsored health insurance coverage than they did in 2001, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

18 Jun 2011

Patients still being enrolled in clinical trial for new peripheral vascular disease treatment

The first three patients to undergo an investigational surgical procedure for peripheral vascular disease that involves the patient's own stem cells continue to do well, reports the University of Louisville surgeon who is the principal investigator.

18 Jun 2011

Baucus challenges McKinsey & Company on employer insurance survey

The survey concluded that an estimated 30 percent or more of businesses would drop employer-sponsored health coverage after 2014 because of the health law. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., is demanding that the consulting firm release its methodology.

18 Jun 2011

House appropriators ok measure that prohibits feds from enforcing individual mandate

By defunding this health law provision next year, even though it doesn't actually kick in until 2014, the measure could prevent the administration from hiring and training the necessary Internal Revenue Service personnel.

18 Jun 2011

News highlights: Report urges smoke-free laws; N.J. state workers rally against pension and health care changes

A million people would quit smoking, nearly 400,000 teenagers would never start, and more than 700,000 lives would be saved if the 27 U.S. states that don't have good antismoking laws would adopt them, the American Cancer Society projected on Wednesday.

18 Jun 2011

Premier healthcare alliance today announces new group buy for wind turbines

The Premier healthcare alliance today announced that a new group buy for wind turbines is available with Southwest Windpower of Flagstaff, Ariz. The group buy supports wind energy, the nation's fastest growing source of energy.

17 Jun 2011

Pawlenty aims verbal barb at Romney

On Thursday, GOP presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty called rival Mitt Romney a "co-conspirator" in the federal health overhaul. He also repeated his call for repealing the measure, and maintained that, when he was governor, he handled health reform "the right way."

17 Jun 2011

First Edition: June 17, 2011

Today's headlines include reports about how health entitlement programs are faring in the ongoing deficit-reduction negotiations.

17 Jun 2011

TRIL Centre, Age Action Ireland announce falls awareness day on June 21

The TRIL Centre and Age Action Ireland announce a falls awareness day, Tuesday 21st June 2011, the longest day of the year.

17 Jun 2011

Physician payment, home health out-of-pocket costs grab headlines

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's latest report casts the challenges surrounding Medicare physician payment as an "opportunity" to hasten needed reform. Additionally, an analysis by Avalere Health measures the impact of a proposal for home health co-payments.

17 Jun 2011

ECCHC, Kool Smiles open new dental office in East Chicago

East Chicago residents will soon have something new to smile about. Kool Smiles, a leading dental health provider dedicated to expanding access to quality dental care for children and families in underserved communities, is opening a new office in East Chicago in partnership with the East Chicago Community Health Center.

17 Jun 2011

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Premier healthcare honors Toshiba with Supplier Performance Award

Alexion begins eculizumab clinical trial in Shiga-toxin producing E. coli hemolytic uremic syndrome

Patients who receive poorly co-ordinated care more likely to report medication, treatment errors

HHS announces deadline for health law waivers

Study evaluates impact of medication adherence, comorbidity on workforce productivity

Study shows high increase in healthcare costs associated with falls

Insights into why African Americans with dental insurance receive poorer dental care

Future burden of fractures could be avoided with increased treatment uptake: Study

Dems introduce bills to push for Medicare negotiated drug pricing

ADRQ finds high increase in annual premium for employer-sponsored health plans

Patients still being enrolled in clinical trial for new peripheral vascular disease treatment

Baucus challenges McKinsey & Company on employer insurance survey

House appropriators ok measure that prohibits feds from enforcing individual mandate

News highlights: Report urges smoke-free laws; N.J. state workers rally against pension and health care changes

Premier healthcare alliance today announces new group buy for wind turbines

Pawlenty aims verbal barb at Romney

First Edition: June 17, 2011

TRIL Centre, Age Action Ireland announce falls awareness day on June 21

Physician payment, home health out-of-pocket costs grab headlines

ECCHC, Kool Smiles open new dental office in East Chicago

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