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HTA opens new office in Indianapolis

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. ("HTA"), a fully integrated, self-administered, self-managed real estate investment trust, is proud to announce that effective August 1, 2011, HTA opened a new office in Indianapolis.

23 Aug 2011

Children with asthma more likely to have been exposed to tobacco smoking before birth

Children with severe asthma are 3.6 times more likely to have been exposed to tobacco smoking before birth - even without later exposure - than children with a mild form of the disease, according to a multicenter study led by researchers at University of California, San Francisco.

23 Aug 2011

PracticeMax acquires American Billing Services of Portland

PracticeMax, a provider of revenue cycle management and software services, today announced it has acquired American Billing Services (ABS) of Portland, Oregon, expanding the operations and geographical footprint of PracticeMax in the northwestern United States.

23 Aug 2011

QHR second quarter revenue increases 3% to $5,230,505

QHR Technologies Inc. a leader in the Canadian Healthcare Information Technology sector, is pleased to announce today the release of its second quarter financial statements for June 30, 2011 and continuing progress in its growth targets.

23 Aug 2011

FDA clears NEC's MultiSync MD215MG medical diagnostic monitor

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today the Food & Drug Administration 510(k) market clearance of the 21.3-inch MultiSync MD215MG medical diagnostic display for the displaying and viewing of digital mammography images for diagnosis by trained physicians.

23 Aug 2011

CHL completes $18.4-million Series B financing round

Cleveland HeartLab Inc. (CHL), a leading specialty clinical laboratory and disease management company, today announced the completion of an $18.4-million Series B financing round.

23 Aug 2011

Viewpoints: NY Times deconstructs health rulings; Issa on law & deficit; veterans' care needs boost

At a time when the nation's credit has been downgraded for the first time and our country is struggling to finance and reform existing entitlement programs, Obamacare's creation of new entitlements increases dependency on government and pushes our country deeper into a fiscal crisis of Greek proportion. As Congress and the president seek bipartisan ground to address the national debt, we must remember that the first step out of a hole is to stop digging.

23 Aug 2011

HHS approves new round of waivers

The Obama administration granted another 106 waivers last month from part of the health care reform law - the first round of three-year waivers the Health and Human Services Department has approved. The new approvals bring the total number of waivers to 1,472, according to HHS. Those figures cover waivers granted through the end of July.

22 Aug 2011

Should we be screening blood for hepatisi G?

Hepatitis G virus was identified in 1995. Some little research was carried out on the virus and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declared it a non-harmful virus in 1997. Researchers in Saudi Arabia, writing in the International Journal of Immunological Studies present evidence to suggest that this may have been the wrong decision.

22 Aug 2011

Drug co. executive gives pharma a sunny forecast

Severin Schwan thinks the skeptics are wrong. Those who shun the pharmaceutical sector for its lack of prospects don't understand the potential created by a rapidly growing understanding of genetics and molecular biology, and the new drugs that will follow. ... the chief executive of Roche Holding AG, the world's seventh-largest drug firm by sales, is an informed optimist.

22 Aug 2011

Advocates worry over 'super committee's' consideration of Medicaid

Meanwhile, the health law's individual mandate could fall prey to deficit reduction efforts. And, in the background, congressional appropriators face especially unique challenges this year in trying to get their work done.

22 Aug 2011

Nightingale receives ISO 13485:2003 certification for EMR and associated services

Nightingale Informatix Corporation, a developer and provider of web-hosted Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software and associated services, announced today that it has received ISO 13485:2003 certification.

22 Aug 2011

Consumer groups, economists and members of Congress oppose Medicare's bidding system

As Medicare expands a controversial "competitive" bidding program for home medical equipment and services, economists, consumer groups, and members of Congress have gone on record to oppose that program citing reduced patient access to care, flaws in the program design, and impact on local jobs.

20 Aug 2011

AHF: Gilead's campaign for FDA approval of Truvada leads to black marketing in Florida

Today AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) decried the fact that the recent campaign by Gilead Sciences Inc. to obtain approval by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for Truvada as PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) has led to a "black market" for the drug in Florida.

20 Aug 2011

Trend of hospitals hiring doctors could drive up health care costs

According to a new study by the Center for Studying Health System Change, the pattern isn't new but is picking up speed in the quest to increase market share and revenue.

20 Aug 2011

SVEFCU approves a merger with McGraw-Hill Federal Credit Union

Following a vote of its membership on August 18, St. Vincent's Employees Federal Credit Union (SVEFCU) has approved a merger with McGraw-Hill Federal Credit Union.

20 Aug 2011

RFT releases Smart ID location detection system

RF Technologies, a leading provider of radio frequency identification monitoring systems and healthcare security solutions, announces the release of its Smart ID location detection technology.

20 Aug 2011

Employers predict big increases in health care costs

Based on responses to a survey conducted by the National Business Group on Health, large employers are bracing for cost increases and will likely pass the added burden on to their employees.

20 Aug 2011

NIA awards UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging ADC to continue Alzheimer's research

University of Kentucky officials announced this week that the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) Alzheimer's Disease Center (ADC) is receiving more than $7 million from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to continue and further research and clinical initiatives geared toward treating Alzheimer's disease.

20 Aug 2011

Canada's Minister of Health to fund 25 policy-relevant research projects across six provinces

In support of the Government of Canada's commitment to strengthening Canada's healthcare system, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced today funding for 25 policy-relevant research projects across six provinces.

20 Aug 2011