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Phase 3 study of VEGF Trap-Eye regimen meets primary endpoint in patients with wet AMD

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Bayer HealthCare announced that in two parallel Phase 3 studies in patients with the neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), all regimens of VEGF Trap-Eye (aflibercept ophthalmic solution), including VEGF Trap-Eye dosed every two months, successfully met the primary endpoint compared to the current standard of care, ranibizumab dosed every month.

22 Nov 2010

Inexpensive intervention helps patients with hypertension-associated kidney disease

In patients with kidney disease, the Western diet produces an acidic environment in the body that has numerous negative effects and worsens with age as kidney function declines.

21 Nov 2010

Mass. and Minn. officials struggle with controlling health costs, guaranteeing quality

News outlets report that Massachusetts' health reform hasn't adequately addressed the soaring cost of health care, according to the state's Attorney General.

21 Nov 2010

Lotsa Helping Hands' new feature connects community members to healthcare nonprofit organizations

Lotsa Helping Hands, the leading provider of a web-based caregiving coordination service, today announces a new feature that connects its community members to trusted resources from many of the nation's leading healthcare nonprofit organizations.

20 Nov 2010

Assessment by nurse practitioner satisfies patients with back problems: Study

Ninety-six per cent of patients with back problems were satisfied with the assessment carried out by a specially trained nurse practitioner, according to a study in the December issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

20 Nov 2010

Surveyed cardiologists, PCPs perceive Crestor comparable to Lipitor in ability to reduce mortality

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that in the treatment of dyslipidemia, surveyed cardiologists and primary care physicians (PCPs) now perceive AstraZeneca's Crestor's ability to reduce mortality comparable to Pfizer's Lipitor. This finding has changed from Decision Resources' 2009 analysis in which surveyed cardiologists viewed Lipitor as significantly better on this end point.

20 Nov 2010

Northeast Ohio receives over $497 million in community benefits from Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic provided more than $497 million in community benefit to the Northeast Ohio community in 2009. Significant increases over 2008 were seen in education, community outreach programming, Medicaid shortfall and charity care.

20 Nov 2010

National Marrow Donor Program adopts IBM's WebSphere Lombardi Business Process Management software

IBM announced today that the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP) has adopted IBM's WebSphere Lombardi Business Process Management (BPM) software to help automate its donor and patient management process. Both processes are critical to facilitate the matching of donors to patients needing cellular transplants.

20 Nov 2010

Russian-trained microbiologist recommends tips for consumers to achieve effective results from probiotics

With the European Union poised to regulate probiotics, and with probiotic supplement sales increasing dramatically in the United States, Americans need to know what they're buying, and how these products can affect their health.

20 Nov 2010

ECRI Institute PSO enters agreement with Tennessee Center to provide patient safety services

ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization (PSO) today announces an agreement to provide patient safety services to the Tennessee Center for Patient Safety established by the Tennessee Hospital Association.

20 Nov 2010

Gore sponsors EVEResT Lunch Symposium

W. L. Gore & Associates is sponsoring the EVEResT (European Virtual Reality Endovascular Research Team) Lunch Symposium taking place on Friday, Nov. 19 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. at the VEITHsymposium in the Gramercy A room, second floor. The symposium will detail the evidence for simulation in medical training and in other fields. Companies will demonstrate how new simulation technologies are designed to enhance performance in endovascular procedures.

20 Nov 2010

McKesson's Horizon Clinicals software suite achieves Complete EHR certification

McKesson's Horizon Clinicals®, the industry's most comprehensive software suite used by clinicians, patients and healthcare executives to promote high quality, safe care, has received Complete EHR certification — deeming the software capable of enabling providers to meet the Stage 1 meaningful use measures required to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

20 Nov 2010

Beacon Partners announces results of ARRA Preparedness and Sustainability study

As the first deadline of July 2011 approaches for healthcare organizations to achieve Meaningful Use in order to obtain maximum ARRA incentive dollars, Beacon Partners today announced the results of their "ARRA Preparedness and Sustainability" study. Beacon Partners recently contacted healthcare executives nationwide to determine the status of how well these organizations are faring in their journey.

20 Nov 2010

Waterstone Group honors Coastal in Best Emerging Organization category

Coastal Contacts Inc., the leading online retailer of contact lenses and prescription eyeglasses and its Canadian subsidiary Clearly Contacts.ca, today announced that it had been selected as one of Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures of 2010.

20 Nov 2010

NJBIZ selects AHM as fifth fastest growing company

Advanced Health Media, LLC, the leading U.S. provider of meeting logistics, speaker programs and commercial compliance management software for the life sciences industry, announced it has been named the fifth fastest growing company in the state by NJBIZ, New Jersey's leading statewide business newspaper.

20 Nov 2010

Containers to Clinics opens pilot health facility in Haiti

Containers to Clinics (C2C), a nonprofit initiative that seeks to build health care infrastructures in developing countries through networks of converted shipping container clinics, today announced the opening of its pilot health facility at Grace Children's Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The clinic's services will include health screenings, vaccinations, pre-and post-natal care, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS, post-partum and newborn care, infectious disease testing and treatment, nutrition counseling and health education classes.

20 Nov 2010

MEDSEEK clients awarded Strategic Communications eHealthcare Leadership Awards

MEDSEEK, the leading provider of enterprise eHealth solutions that give patients, clinicians and administrative staff an optimal 360-degree online experience, announced today that eight of its healthcare organization clients were awarded a total of 14 honors in the Strategic Communications eHealthcare Leadership Awards competition. The awards were presented at the 14th Annual Internet Healthcare Conference, held November 15-17, 2010, in Las Vegas, Nev.

20 Nov 2010

Insertable cardiac monitors may help physicians diagnose, treat patient with syncope: PICTURE trial

Medtronic, Inc. today announced the publication of data showing that use of its Reveal family of Insertable Cardiac Monitors led to diagnosis and specific treatment for 78 percent (170 of 218) of patients who experienced a recurrent syncopal (fainting) event during the course of the study.

20 Nov 2010

HealthPort enters agreement with CompuGroup to sell Solution Services Division

Today, HealthPort, a leading health information technology provider announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its Solution Services Division based out of Columbia, SC to CompuGroup Medical AG.

20 Nov 2010

MHD signs agreement with Riverside Medical for integrated healthcare delivery system

Exactly one year after the approval of the Environmental Impact Report and Specific Plan by the March Joint Powers Authority, March HealthCare Development, LLC (MHD) has signed an agreement with the Riverside Medical Clinic (RMC) that will be the foundation for a new integrated healthcare delivery system on the March LifeCare campus.

20 Nov 2010

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Phase 3 study of VEGF Trap-Eye regimen meets primary endpoint in patients with wet AMD

Inexpensive intervention helps patients with hypertension-associated kidney disease

Mass. and Minn. officials struggle with controlling health costs, guaranteeing quality

Lotsa Helping Hands' new feature connects community members to healthcare nonprofit organizations

Assessment by nurse practitioner satisfies patients with back problems: Study

Surveyed cardiologists, PCPs perceive Crestor comparable to Lipitor in ability to reduce mortality

Northeast Ohio receives over $497 million in community benefits from Cleveland Clinic

National Marrow Donor Program adopts IBM's WebSphere Lombardi Business Process Management software

Russian-trained microbiologist recommends tips for consumers to achieve effective results from probiotics

ECRI Institute PSO enters agreement with Tennessee Center to provide patient safety services

Gore sponsors EVEResT Lunch Symposium

McKesson's Horizon Clinicals software suite achieves Complete EHR certification

Beacon Partners announces results of ARRA Preparedness and Sustainability study

Waterstone Group honors Coastal in Best Emerging Organization category

NJBIZ selects AHM as fifth fastest growing company

Containers to Clinics opens pilot health facility in Haiti

MEDSEEK clients awarded Strategic Communications eHealthcare Leadership Awards

Insertable cardiac monitors may help physicians diagnose, treat patient with syncope: PICTURE trial

HealthPort enters agreement with CompuGroup to sell Solution Services Division

MHD signs agreement with Riverside Medical for integrated healthcare delivery system

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