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Health Law factors into elections, but less than expected

The health care overhaul remains a political weapon for Republicans in the autumn campaigns.

27 Aug 2010

InfoLogix announces strategic plans for 2010 second half

InfoLogix, Inc.,a leading technology provider of enterprise mobility solutions for the healthcare and commercial industries, today announced its strategic plans for the second half of 2010.

27 Aug 2010

FDA clears SonoSite's LumenVu Catheter Guidance System

SonoSite, Inc., the world leader and specialist in bedside and point-of-care ultrasound, announced today that it received FDA clearance for its innovative LumenVu® Catheter Guidance System. Designed to aid in the placement of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC), the proprietary LumenVu System combines near-infrared technology with a revolutionary fiber optic stylet, which replaces a traditional guide wire, to allow visualization and real-time tracking of a catheter tip as it advances through a vein.

27 Aug 2010

Pulse named on 2010 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies

Pulse, an industry-leading vendor of ambulatory healthcare software solutions has been named as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America.

27 Aug 2010

Microflex announces acquisition of Black Dragon examination gloves from MedTexx

Microflex Corporation (Lake Forest, IL), a division of BarrierSafe Solutions International® (BSSI), a leading provider of latex and synthetic barrier protection, announced the acquisition of Black Dragon® examination gloves from MedTexx in Englewood, NJ.

27 Aug 2010

Target offers seasonal flu vaccine at $24

Target will help its guests reach their well-being goals by serving as prevention and treatment headquarters throughout this upcoming cold and flu season. Beginning Sept. 1, 2010, the flu vaccine will be available at more than 1,600 Target Pharmacy and Target Clinic locations nationwide.

27 Aug 2010

Also in Global Health News: Disaster preparedness in Asian health sector; PEPFAR in Uganda; Malnutrition in Chad

IRIN reports on disaster preparedness in Asian health sectors. According to the news service, nine countries working with Bangkok-based Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) "have emergency preparedness plans in place for their health sectors."

27 Aug 2010

$1.3 billion in Detroit hospital upgrades could drive up health costs

A new report suggests that $1.3 billion in upgrades to hospitals in Detroit could drive up health care costs. The funding "may give a boost to Metro Detroit's languishing economy, but could also saddle residents with higher medical costs, according to an industry report funded by the United Auto Workers and Detroit's Big Three automakers," The Detroit News reports.

27 Aug 2010

U-M researchers explore prevention measures, treatments for C. difficile infection

Clostridium difficile, a wily, familiar bacterium, causes a growing number of serious infections in U.S. hospitals and nursing homes. With a $7.5 million, five-year award from the National Institutes of Health, University of Michigan researchers plan to discover what factors in the microbe and in patients make C. difficile a formidable, costly problem.

27 Aug 2010

China PharmaHub signs distribution agreement for radioactive glass sphere treatment for liver cancer

China PharmaHub Corp. ("PharmaHub"), which has recently merged with World Wide Relics which has changed its name to China PharmaHub Corp, and is in the process of obtaining approval from FINRA to trade under its new name with a new symbol, announced today that it has signed an Exclusive Distribution Agreement ("Agreement") with a world leader in precision glass technology which can be utilized to manufacture high precision radioactive glass spheres that emit alpha, beta or gamma radiation, either individually or in combination, for the treatment of malignant tumors of the liver.

26 Aug 2010

Sanctions on Shalom Toowoomba nursing home due to inadequate aged care

A nursing home in Toowoomba in southern Queensland has been sanctioned for a serious breaches in its healthcare and safety measures. The Shalom Toowoomba Nursing Home has been warned by the federal Department of Ageing that its care of patients is so poor it will not receive Commonwealth subsidies for six months. The Department would be making daily inspections to make sure the breaches are being fixed.

26 Aug 2010

DTC grants eligibility status to Medisafe 1 Technologies

Medisafe 1 Technologies Corp., a developer of a U.S. patented technology that physically prevents unauthorized administration of prescription medications, announced today that the company has been granted eligibility status by the Depository Trust Company. The DTC provides banks, brokerage firms and other institutions with an efficient means of moving securities and settling trades electronically.

26 Aug 2010

maxIT Healthcare ranked number 3264 on Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies

maxIT Healthcare, a leading professional consulting services company for healthcare providers, has been recognized by Inc. magazine on its third annual Inc. 5000 list of the nation's fastest growing private companies. With three year sales growth of over 59%, maxIT was ranked number 3264 on the list. This is the second consecutive year that maxIT has made the list.

26 Aug 2010

Restat announces signing of PEBA as latest Align cost-plus pricing model client

Restat, the nation's largest independent pharmacy benefits manager has announced the signing of the Public Employee Benefits Alliance as its latest Align cost-plus pricing model client. PEBA, an organization formed by several Texas government employers, cooperatively purchases employee benefits -- including health care benefits -- on behalf of the local government entities.

26 Aug 2010

Patterson first-quarter net income increases 20% to $53.93 million

Patterson Companies, Inc. today reported consolidated sales of $849,787,000 for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 ended July 31, an increase of 8% from $789,579,000 in the year-earlier quarter. Sales for the current quarter included the impact of an extra or fourteenth week, which will make fiscal 2011 a 53-week year ending on April 30, 2011. Net income of $53,925,000 or $0.45 per diluted share rose 20% from $45,057,000 or $0.38 per diluted share in the first quarter of fiscal 2010.

26 Aug 2010

MedeAnalytics announces latest release of Patient Access Intelligence solution

MedeAnalytics, a leading provider of healthcare performance management solutions, today announced its latest release of the company's Patient Access Intelligence solution, which streamlines the front-end registration and financial clearance process for healthcare providers. The release incorporates client input and reflects the company's strategic vision to address the entire revenue cycle of patient financial care, from registration to billing.

26 Aug 2010

Nightingale first-quarter revenue increases to $4.4 million

Nightingale Informatix Corporation, an application service provider (ASP) of electronic medical record (EMR) software and related services announces its financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2010. All results are reported in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated.

26 Aug 2010

Affordable Care Act that mandates free preventative services goes into effect in September

Starting in September, President Obama's Affordable Care Act will go into effect. The act mandates free preventative services such as cholesterol or breast cancer screenings and tetanus shots. But the question is, will doctors and patients take advantage of these new preventative services? "Unfortunately, thanks to our American healthcare system, we have been programmed to focus on treatment and not prevention," said Dr. David Samadi, a urologic oncologist specializing in prostate cancer treatment and robotic surgery, who is also the Chief of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.

26 Aug 2010

EDAP TMS introduces Albatherm HIFU device for prostate cancer in Chinese healthcare market

EDAP TMS SA, the global leader in therapeutic ultrasound, announced today that it will expand into the rapidly growing Chinese healthcare market with its Albatherm HIFU device for the treatment of prostate cancer. Ablatherm HIFU will be distributed throughout China by Shaw Han Biomedical Co. Ltd.

26 Aug 2010

Medical home model improves quality of healthcare, reduces cost: Geisinger study

Results of a Geisinger study published in the August 2010 edition of the American Journal of Managed Care show its advanced medical home model is capable of simultaneously improving the quality of healthcare and reducing the cost.

26 Aug 2010