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CSC's Leading Edge Forum: Disruptive technologies to reshape delivery of healthcare

CSC's Leading Edge Forum today released a report that identifies a new wave of disruptive technologies that will reshape the delivery of healthcare. These new technologies will help control costs while improving health by ushering in an era of wellness, self-monitoring, increased and earlier detection of disease, and more effective treatments.

7 Dec 2010

FAI releases comprehensive food allergy guidelines

The Food Allergy Initiative (FAI) today announced its endorsement of comprehensive food allergy guidelines, released by an Expert Panel sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Immunology (NIAID), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). FAI, the largest private source of funding for food allergy research in the U.S., will underwrite the publication of the long-awaited Guidelines as a special supplement to the December 2010 issue of the prestigious Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

7 Dec 2010

Quantros to demonstrate new patient safety improvement solutions at IHI National Forum

Quantros, a leading provider of clinically-focused data management and decision support solutions for the healthcare industry, will demonstrate several new patient safety improvement solutions at the 22nd Annual Institute for Healthcare Improvement National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Dec. 5 to 8 in Orlando, FL.

7 Dec 2010

Health experts, mobile service providers discuss potential for mobile health in Africa at summit

"Some 80 health professionals and telecom operators [met last week for the mHealth Africa Summit] in the Ghanaian capital Accra to explore ways to use mobile phones for better healthcare delivery," IRIN reports in an article that details a variety of successful projects relaying health information through cell phones in Africa. The article describes how mobile phones are being used in Africa to educate populations about HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and improve maternal health, as well as to track medicines and other health supplies, including mosquito nets.

7 Dec 2010

GOP's rallying cry on health reform: states' rights

A Republican senator is planning on introducing legislation this week that would allow state officials to challenge federal regulations before they go into effect. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) told The Hill that his states'-rights bill is in large part a reaction to Democrats' healthcare reform law, which Republicans claim would create 159 'boards, commissions, bureaus, programs and offices of the federal government.

7 Dec 2010

Hospitals turn to luxury services to entice patients

Hospitals around the country are seeking to attract more paying customers with high-end services while at the same time find ways to cut down expenses from patients who cannot pay their bills.

7 Dec 2010

Nation's top insurance lawyer suggests people to take steps before changing health insurance policy

By now, Americans everywhere are receiving premium increases and new policy choices when it comes to healthcare. Subscribers' rates are increasing and companies are making decisions about what they plan to do with the rising costs heading their way, says Frank N. Darras, the nation's top insurance lawyer.

6 Dec 2010

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Galderma expand their multi-year collaboration agreement

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company developing first-in-class, anti-infective compounds for the treatment and prevention of antibiotic-resistant infections, and Galderma, a global leading pharmaceutical company dedicated exclusively to the field of dermatology, announce the expansion of their multi-year collaboration agreement. Based on positive data assessing the activity of NovaBay's Aganocide compounds against impetigo, Galderma has agreed to exercise its option for this indication.

6 Dec 2010

Annual BioPartnering China conference launched at Renaissance Shanghai Pudong Hotel

The 3rd Annual BioPartnering China conference, co-produced by TVG and the Zhangjiang Biotech Pharmaceutical Base, launched today at the Renaissance Shanghai Pudong Hotel. The conference attracts a global representation of industry leaders from China, Europe and the USA.

6 Dec 2010

ConvaTec Healthcare offers $1,870,000,000 in Senior Secured Notes, Senior Notes

ConvaTec Healthcare, a world-leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative medical technologies for community and hospital care, today announced that in connection with a refinancing of its debt under its existing senior secured and mezzanine facilities and in combination with new senior secured credit facilities, it is offering $1,870,000,000 (equivalent) in Senior Secured Notes and Senior Notes.

6 Dec 2010

MBH receives prestigious 2010 Healthcare IT Summit Innovation Award

Autonomy Corporation plc, a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that Autonomy Meaning Based Healthcare received the prestigious 2010 Healthcare IT Summit Innovation Award for "Solution With Greatest Market Potential." Autonomy was selected for this award by attendees at the 2010 Healthcare IT Summit, including leading healthcare delivery organizations and insurance providers such as Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Johns Hopkins Healthcare, UnitedHealth Group, and CIGNA.

6 Dec 2010

Chemo101.com officially launched during ASH meeting

Chemo101.com, a new educational website for cancer patients, made its official launch during the American Society of Hematology meeting this past weekend in Orlando, FL. The brainchild of veteran healthcare consultant to the pharmaceutical industry, Kristin Gustafson, Chemo101 is an innovative and comprehensive new platform that provides those undergoing chemotherapy treatment with the most up-to-date resources and information they need, all in one easy to access place online.

6 Dec 2010

ACAAI allergist experts available to comment on new food allergy guidelines

Food allergy experts from the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology are available to comment as the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases releases the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy on December 6. The ACAAI was one of more than 30 professional organizations, federal agencies and lay organizations who collaborated on the development of these recommendations.

6 Dec 2010

Health insurance news: Conn. rejects Anthem BC/BS rate increase, stock prices 'steady' despite reform law

The state Insurance Department refuted charges Friday by a nonprofit health-policy research group that Connecticut insurance regulators are understaffed and approve only minor changes to health-insurance rate hikes. Acting Insurance Commissioner Barbara C. Spear reacted to a report released this week by the Kaiser Family Foundation that said the state Department of Insurance 'has only one full-time actuary on staff' assigned to review rate filings for both the individual and small-group markets. ... 'Staffing levels do not have anything to do with the thoroughness of our rate review process,' Spear said." (Sturdevant, 12/13).

6 Dec 2010

HSS creates Center for Musculoskeletal Outcomes and Patient Oriented Research

Hospital for Special Surgery announced the creation of the Center for Musculoskeletal Outcomes and Patient Oriented Research to translate information collected from an extensive patient population into studies that will guide experts in preventing, diagnosing and treating musculoskeletal disorders.

4 Dec 2010

Study reveals higher mortality rate among veteran status epilepticus patients

Status epilepticus (SE) is a true medical and neurologic emergency. To better understand the causes, treatment approaches and associated outcomes among SE patients, investigators at the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System retrospectively reviewed all SE cases treated within their system over an eight year period.

4 Dec 2010

HCW, CAI invite NC employers to participate in Healthcare Benefits & Cost Survey

Hill, Chesson & Woody and Capital Associated Industries have launched their sixth annual Healthcare Benefits & Cost Survey, and all N.C.-based employers are invited to participate and strengthen the sample by visiting the surveys tab on CAI's Web site, www.capital.org.

4 Dec 2010

Pharnext receives French approval for Pleodrug Phase II clinical trial in Charcot-Marie Tooth disease type 1A

Pharnext SAS, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of innovative treatments for severe neurological diseases and other major unmet medical needs, today announced that the French Agency for Healthcare Product Safety (AFSSAPS) has authorized a Phase II clinical trial with the first drug (a Pleodrug™) generated by the company's Pleotherapy™ technology platform in patients suffering from Charcot-Marie Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A.

4 Dec 2010

HHS, CCSC establish new national awards program

The US Department of Health and Human Services and the Critical Care Societies Collaborative have established a new national awards program. The National Awards Program to Recognize Achievements in Eliminating Healthcare-Associated Infections will annually recognize teams of critical care professionals and healthcare institutions that achieve excellence and notable, sustained improvements in preventing healthcare-associated infections, specifically infections in critical care.

4 Dec 2010

Companies, media organizations join Georgia Prostate Cancer Coalition to launch pledge campaign

Prostate cancer is a serious health concern in Georgia. According to the American Cancer Society, the state of Georgia ranks 11th in number of estimated deaths per capita from the disease. In an effort to raise awareness about prostate cancer and ensure more men commit to be informed and screened, several companies and media organizations have joined the Georgia Prostate Cancer Coalition in launching a pledge campaign.

4 Dec 2010

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

CSC's Leading Edge Forum: Disruptive technologies to reshape delivery of healthcare

FAI releases comprehensive food allergy guidelines

Quantros to demonstrate new patient safety improvement solutions at IHI National Forum

Health experts, mobile service providers discuss potential for mobile health in Africa at summit

GOP's rallying cry on health reform: states' rights

Hospitals turn to luxury services to entice patients

Nation's top insurance lawyer suggests people to take steps before changing health insurance policy

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Galderma expand their multi-year collaboration agreement

Annual BioPartnering China conference launched at Renaissance Shanghai Pudong Hotel

ConvaTec Healthcare offers $1,870,000,000 in Senior Secured Notes, Senior Notes

MBH receives prestigious 2010 Healthcare IT Summit Innovation Award

Chemo101.com officially launched during ASH meeting

ACAAI allergist experts available to comment on new food allergy guidelines

Health insurance news: Conn. rejects Anthem BC/BS rate increase, stock prices 'steady' despite reform law

HSS creates Center for Musculoskeletal Outcomes and Patient Oriented Research

Study reveals higher mortality rate among veteran status epilepticus patients

HCW, CAI invite NC employers to participate in Healthcare Benefits & Cost Survey

Pharnext receives French approval for Pleodrug Phase II clinical trial in Charcot-Marie Tooth disease type 1A

HHS, CCSC establish new national awards program

Companies, media organizations join Georgia Prostate Cancer Coalition to launch pledge campaign

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