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AstraZeneca contributes $250,000 to help La Red Health Center build new facility in Sussex County

AstraZeneca announced today a $250,000 contribution that will help the La Red Health Center build a new 15,000-square-foot facility to provide care to more patients in Sussex County. The announcement was made at a groundbreaking ceremony in Georgetown, DE.

5 Feb 2011

AMGA convenes leadership teams from 16 medical groups, organized systems of care

The American Medical Group Association recently convened leadership teams from 16 leading medical groups and organized systems of care at the inaugural meeting of the AMGA ACO Implementation Collaborative in Scottsdale, Arizona.

5 Feb 2011

Steward announces launch of new advertising campaign during Super Bowl XLV

Today, Steward Health Care System announced that its new advertising campaign, "Believe", will launch with a 30 second regional commercial during Super Bowl XLV on February 6, 2011. In addition to the Super Bowl, the advertising campaign, created by Waltham-based Boathouse Group, will air on prime time network television, online and in regional print publications throughout the month of February and into March.

5 Feb 2011

VA announces first Ai2 awards under Industry Innovation Competition

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki officially announced today the first VA Innovation Initiative awards under the agency's Industry Innovation Competition, its third competition since it began in early 2010. These four projects will use innovative new technologies in VA facilities to improve the quality of patient care for Veterans. They represent the first of nearly two-dozen more awards to be made in the coming months.

5 Feb 2011

Studies show growing problems of non-communicable diseases in low-, middle-income countries

Obesity rates have doubled worldwide since 1980," according to a study published Friday as part of a series in the Lancet that also looked at global blood pressure and cholesterol trends, ABC News reports (Carolo, 2/4).

5 Feb 2011

Mental health, substance abuse spending grew more slowly than all other health spending: Study

Spending on psychiatric drugs grew by 5.6 percent from 2004 to 2005, down from the 27.3 percent growth from 1999 to 2000 according to a study published today in the February issue of Health Affairs.

5 Feb 2011

EpiCareSRT, Sensus Healthcare aim for mobile non-surgical skin cancer treatment service

EpiCareSRT announced today it has entered into a strategic partnership with Sensus Healthcare to take new aim at skin cancer by providing the first mobile service to bring low-dose superficial radiation therapy directly to the point-of-care in dermatology offices.

5 Feb 2011

HHS releases first-ever list of health care's most wanted fugitives

They may have cost federal taxpayers $124 million in fraud but don't expect a reward for turning them in.

5 Feb 2011

BCBSIL, IHA partner to reduce Illinois hospital readmissions through PREP initiative

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois and the Illinois Hospital Association are joining forces to reduce Illinois hospital readmissions through a new quality initiative—Preventing Readmissions through Effective Partnerships.

5 Feb 2011

Viewpoints: Judge Vinson's decision and Sarah Palin, Voting Rights Act; States' Medicaid 'burden;' Global fund controversy

With news coverage focused on Federal District Judge Roger Vinson's decision Monday to declare the health care reform law unconstitutional, it might be easy to miss this week's news from another federal courthouse: opponents of the Voting Rights Act have renewed their efforts to have that law declared unconstitutional, too.

5 Feb 2011

Virginia asks high court to expedite review of health law challenge

Virginia's attorney general has hopes to bypass an initial appellate court review and take his state's case against the health overhaul directly to the Supreme Court. The federal Department of Justice has made clear it will oppose this request. Meanwhile, the lawsuits against the health law are just one of many paths being followed by activists who hope to undo the measure.

5 Feb 2011

Roundup: Fla. turns down another $1m grant; Colo. provider fees; Conn. bulk Rx purchases

Using as ammunition a Florida judge's ruling this week that the federal healthcare law is unconstitutional, state officials are wasting no time stepping away from the controversial overhaul. Their latest move: rejecting a $1 million federal grant awarded to the Agency for Health Care Administration to plan a system required by the law where consumers can comparison shop for health plans.

5 Feb 2011

Be R.E.A.D.Y. safety initiative to help reduce tube feeding errors in hospitalized kids

In partnership with the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Nestle HealthCare Nutrition launched the "Be R.E.A.D.Y." safety initiative at A.S.P.E.N.'s Clinical Nutrition Week this week to educate pediatric health care professionals on safe enteral (tube) feeding practices for hospitalized kids.

5 Feb 2011

Tenet signs multi-year agreement with UnitedHealthcare

Tenet Healthcare Corporation today announced it signed a multi-year agreement with UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Pennsylvania that covers Hahnemann University Hospital and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, PA. The agreement also covers physicians employed by subsidiaries of the two hospitals. Financial terms of the agreement were not released.

5 Feb 2011

March of Dimes appreciates FDA for approving new drug to prevent preterm births

The first-ever drug known to prevent some preterm births, which won market approval today from the Food and Drug Administration, was welcomed by the March of Dimes.

5 Feb 2011

SVHC to deploy athenahealth's cloud-based physician medical billing and practice management service

athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of web-based practice management, electronic health record, and patient communication services to medical groups, today announced that St. Vincent's HealthCare (SVHC), a not-for-profit regional medical facility in Jacksonville, Florida, will deploy athenahealth's cloud-based physician medical billing and practice management service, athenaCollector®, to its growing network of more than 120 employed medical providers.

5 Feb 2011

General Dynamics to collaborate with MPT to offer EHR solution to DoD

General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has entered into a letter of intent with McKesson Provider Technologies to collaborate in offering an Electronic Health Record solution known as the "Way Ahead" to the Department of Defense.

4 Feb 2011

MedQuist Holdings prices initial public offering of common stock at $8.00 per share

MedQuist Holdings Inc., formerly CBaySystems Holdings Limited, a leading provider of integrated clinical documentation solutions for the U.S. Healthcare system, today announced the pricing of its U.S. initial public offering of 4,500,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $8.00 per share.

4 Feb 2011

Hologic receives FDA approval for hydroxyprogesterone caproate injection

Hologic, a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics products, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Hologic's pharmaceutical named Makena, formerly known as Gestiva.

From Hologic, Inc. 4 Feb 2011

Governors get advice from Obama administration on how to handle Medicaid

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius provided information Thursday to state officials explaining ways in which current law allows them to change the federal-state program — to gain savings without slashing eligibility.

4 Feb 2011

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

AstraZeneca contributes $250,000 to help La Red Health Center build new facility in Sussex County

AMGA convenes leadership teams from 16 medical groups, organized systems of care

Steward announces launch of new advertising campaign during Super Bowl XLV

VA announces first Ai2 awards under Industry Innovation Competition

Studies show growing problems of non-communicable diseases in low-, middle-income countries

Mental health, substance abuse spending grew more slowly than all other health spending: Study

EpiCareSRT, Sensus Healthcare aim for mobile non-surgical skin cancer treatment service

HHS releases first-ever list of health care's most wanted fugitives

BCBSIL, IHA partner to reduce Illinois hospital readmissions through PREP initiative

Viewpoints: Judge Vinson's decision and Sarah Palin, Voting Rights Act; States' Medicaid 'burden;' Global fund controversy

Virginia asks high court to expedite review of health law challenge

Roundup: Fla. turns down another $1m grant; Colo. provider fees; Conn. bulk Rx purchases

Be R.E.A.D.Y. safety initiative to help reduce tube feeding errors in hospitalized kids

Tenet signs multi-year agreement with UnitedHealthcare

March of Dimes appreciates FDA for approving new drug to prevent preterm births

SVHC to deploy athenahealth's cloud-based physician medical billing and practice management service

General Dynamics to collaborate with MPT to offer EHR solution to DoD

MedQuist Holdings prices initial public offering of common stock at $8.00 per share

Hologic receives FDA approval for hydroxyprogesterone caproate injection

Governors get advice from Obama administration on how to handle Medicaid

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