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Uber Operations to serve as Certified Systems Integrator on OpenSpan's products, technology

Uber Operations today announced a strategic partnership with OpenSpan, Inc., a leader in User Process Management software. Uber Operations will serve as a Certified Systems Integrator offering healthcare organizations both trusted development and implementation expertise on OpenSpan's products and technology.

31 Aug 2010

ClearCount announces closing of $5 million Series B financing round

ClearCount Medical Solutions, an innovator of patient safety solutions for the operating room, announced today the close of its $5M Series B financing round. The company will use the funds to drive market penetration and research and development of its RFID-based solutions for hospital patient safety applications. ClearCount has developed the first FDA-cleared sponge counting and detection solution.

31 Aug 2010

First mind controlled prosthesis

Christian Kandlbauer, who lost both of his arms in a high voltage accident, uses a unique development which until recently sounded almost like science fiction: An arm prosthesis, the first of its kind in the world, which he controls solely through the power of his mind.

31 Aug 2010

GE Healthcare uses Eurotech TurboXb computer on module in EView ventilator data capture device

Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems and a strategic supplier to GE Healthcare, today announces the Eurotech TurboXb computer on module has been deployed in GE Healthcare's EView ventilator data capture device, in accordance with the contract announced on Nov 12, 2009.

31 Aug 2010

Study on conflict between capacity to pay and need for health care

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) in all its forms is the biggest cause of death across Europe. Although there is little doubt that better focus on prevention can lessen its impact, we are left with a series of fundamental questions to what extent can the impact be reduced, and at what cost. And are the health benefits of prevention worth the investment. The EUROASPIRE III health economics study aims to find out.

31 Aug 2010

Halozyme identifies strategy to reintroduce HYLENEX

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. today announced the completion of its root cause investigation regarding HYLENEX manufacturing and has identified a corrective action plan and regulatory strategy to reintroduce HYLENEX to the market. Halozyme and Baxter are finalizing the materials for a meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to seek concurrence with the reintroduction strategy.

31 Aug 2010

CPA and Nightingale launch interactive Personal Health Record portal

Canadian Patient Access Inc. and Nightingale Informatix Corporation today announce the launch of myPatientAccess.ca, Canada's first interactive patient portal to be fully integrated with an electronic medical records (EMR) system. A breakthrough offering in consumer healthcare, Canadian patients will, for the first time, have full, web-based, real-time access to their Personal Health Record (PHR), with information that has been validated by their physician.

31 Aug 2010

Nutritional recommendations for management of sarcopenia published

Nutritional recommendations for the management of sarcopenia -- also described as age-related muscle and functional loss -- were published this past week in the clinical publication, Journal of American Medical Directors Association.

31 Aug 2010

Burrill conference to provide insights into challenges and opportunities in personalized medicine

"Healthcare is now shifting towards predictive and preventative care utilizing diagnostics that allow physicians to follow the course of a disease, evaluate which therapeutic regimes are most effective, and determine long-term susceptibility and recurrence," said G. Steven Burrill, CEO of Burrill & Company. "As diseases are better understood at a molecular level, the promise of personalized medicine is becoming a reality.

31 Aug 2010

AMGA announces participation of 19 health systems in ACO Development Collaborative

The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) today announced 19 leading medical groups and organized systems of care that will be participating in its ACO Development Collaborative, scheduled to have its first meeting in conjunction with the AMGA National Summit on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). These organizations represent more than 10,500 providers serving approximately 5 million patients in the United States.

31 Aug 2010

Allied Healthcare fourth quarter 2010 sales decrease 7.9%

Recession-driven budget cuts by hospitals and governmental entities reduced sales for Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. throughout fiscal 2010. The company managed to offset much of the year's sales decline by cutting overhead and operating costs. Still, the company reported a loss for the year.

31 Aug 2010

Study determines dose-specific patterns associated with generic statin switching

Research conducted in the Netherlands has highlighted the need for care when switching patients under treatment for high cholesterol from branded to generic drug families. The study shows that much of the switching can result in patients inadvertently receiving non-equivalent doses, potentially leading to an increased risk of downstream heart disease and stroke.

31 Aug 2010

EDIMS licenses First DataBank's National Drug Data File Plus database

First DataBank, a leading provider of drug databases that help drive patient safety, and EDIMS, a leading provider of interoperable emergency department (ED) information management systems, today announced they have licensed First DataBank's National Drug Data File (NDDF) Plus™ database to offer hospitals greater choice in trusted third-party drug database information to use and integrate with EDIMS ED electronic health record (EHR).

31 Aug 2010

Mandatory influenza vaccination for healthcare personnel needed

Influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel is a professional and ethical responsibility and non-compliance with healthcare facility policies regarding vaccination should not be tolerated, according to a position paper released today by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).

31 Aug 2010

Get With The Guidelines can improve quality of stroke care

The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®–Stroke successfully measured the quality of stroke prevention and care in a nationwide stroke registry in Taiwan and identified important areas for improvement.

31 Aug 2010

Final regulation to aid Veterans exposed to herbicides published in 'Federal Register'

Veterans exposed to herbicides while serving in Vietnam and other areas will have an easier path to access quality health care and qualify for disability compensation under a final regulation that will be published on August 31, 2010 in the Federal Register by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The new rule expands the list of health problems VA will presume to be related to Agent Orange and other herbicide exposures to add two new conditions and expand one existing category of conditions.

31 Aug 2010

TPP and University of Edinburgh collaborate on development of novel pre-clinical intellectual property

TPP Global Development Ltd (TPP) announced an agreement with the University of Edinburgh to collaborate on the development of novel pre-clinical intellectual property originated within the University.

31 Aug 2010

A-Life Medical ranked #2513 on 2010 Inc. 500|5000 list of fastest-growing, private companies

A-Life Medical, Inc., the pioneer and leading provider of computer-assisted coding (CAC) products and services to the healthcare industry, announced today it has been included in the 2010 Inc. 500|5000 list of the fastest-growing, private companies in America. A-Life Medical ranked 2513 in its inaugural appearance on the list.

31 Aug 2010

Greater clarity on legal implications of testing incapacitated patients for blood-borne viruses needed

Anaesthetists are calling for greater clarity on the legal implications of testing incapacitated patients for blood-borne viruses, after a survey found that this is often done following staff needlestick injuries, in possible breach of UK legislation.

31 Aug 2010

Death toll expected to rise as flooding subsides in some parts of Pakistan

Pakistani government officials say the death toll from the country's flooding stands at more than 1,600 and it could rise significantly as flood waters recede and more bodies are identified, CNN reports (8/28). "There is no official estimate of the number of missing because mass displacements have made accounting for them almost impossible," according to Reuters (Haider, 8/29).

31 Aug 2010

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Uber Operations to serve as Certified Systems Integrator on OpenSpan's products, technology

ClearCount announces closing of $5 million Series B financing round

First mind controlled prosthesis

GE Healthcare uses Eurotech TurboXb computer on module in EView ventilator data capture device

Study on conflict between capacity to pay and need for health care

Halozyme identifies strategy to reintroduce HYLENEX

CPA and Nightingale launch interactive Personal Health Record portal

Nutritional recommendations for management of sarcopenia published

Burrill conference to provide insights into challenges and opportunities in personalized medicine

AMGA announces participation of 19 health systems in ACO Development Collaborative

Allied Healthcare fourth quarter 2010 sales decrease 7.9%

Study determines dose-specific patterns associated with generic statin switching

EDIMS licenses First DataBank's National Drug Data File Plus database

Mandatory influenza vaccination for healthcare personnel needed

Get With The Guidelines can improve quality of stroke care

Final regulation to aid Veterans exposed to herbicides published in 'Federal Register'

TPP and University of Edinburgh collaborate on development of novel pre-clinical intellectual property

A-Life Medical ranked #2513 on 2010 Inc. 500|5000 list of fastest-growing, private companies

Greater clarity on legal implications of testing incapacitated patients for blood-borne viruses needed

Death toll expected to rise as flooding subsides in some parts of Pakistan

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