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Protectus Medical Devices receives Notice of Allowance for Safety Syringe

Protectus Medical Devices, Inc., developer and marketer of innovative safety medical devices, announced today it has received Notice of Allowance from the US Patent and Trademark Office on its patent application describing a spring-activated, automatic, self-sheathing Safety Syringe, a major step toward it becoming the gold standard in safety syringe devices.

9 Jul 2010

AHF: 15 Zambian health care professionals to train HIV Medics

Graduation ceremonies will be held Saturday, July 10th in Lukasa for 15 Zambian health care professionals from several districts throughout the country who have completed an educational training program administered by AIDS Healthcare Foundation. This will enable the graduates to train classes of HIV Medics to work in the country's growing fight against HIV/AIDS.

9 Jul 2010

Phase II trial results of TB-402 presented at International Congress on Thrombosis

BioInvent International AB and ThromboGenics NV announce that the positive results from a Phase II trial of TB-402 (Anti-Factor VIII antibody) were presented at the 21st International Congress on Thrombosis in Milan, Italy yesterday. TB-402 is a novel, long acting anticoagulant that is being developed as a single injection for the prevention of venous thromboembolism following orthopaedic surgery.

9 Jul 2010

First Edition: July 9, 2010

Today's health policy headlines include news about some little-known health reform provisions and how the Obama administration is using technology to help consumers navigate changes resulting from the health overhaul.

9 Jul 2010

HIGPA issues statement on adoption of aggressive new healthcare transparency and oversight measures

Curtis Rooney, President of the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association, today issued the following statement on the adoption of aggressive new healthcare transparency and oversight measures by the Healthcare Group Purchasing Industry Initiative. The new initiatives were developed earlier this year with input from leading ethicists and Congressional staff at the fifth annual HGPII Best Practices Forum in Washington, D.C., and officially adopted this week.

9 Jul 2010

Fromer-GPF Patient Journey launched to help primary care physicians improve patient care

Group Practice Forum, an independent network of medical professionals, today announced the official launch of the Fromer-GPF Patient Journey, a proprietary workflow solution designed to provide primary care physicians with simple solutions to improve patient care. The Journey was developed by the Executive Medical Director of GPF, Len Fromer, M.D., FAAFP, who also serves as Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine and Western University of Health Sciences.

9 Jul 2010

MHN endorses 'The American Journal of Men's Health'

The American Journal of Men's Health (published by SAGE) is now endorsed by Men's Health Network.

9 Jul 2010

Healthcare cost management company MultiPlan to be acquired by BC Partners and Silver Lake

BC Partners, a leading international private equity firm, and Silver Lake, the world's largest private equity investor in technology, announced today that they have agreed to acquire MultiPlan, Inc., a transaction-based healthcare cost management company that processes more than 100 million medical claims annually.

9 Jul 2010

WHO report examines donors response to developing countries during H1N1 pandemic

CIDRAP News examines a recently-released WHO report on how donor countries and organizations have responded to the needs of developing countries during the H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic. In September, the WHO estimated the "64 'least-resourced countries' needed a total of $1.48 billion of aid for vaccine, medicines and supplies, laboratory and surveillance services, communications capacity, and other activities to respond to the pandemic," according to the news service.

9 Jul 2010

Minority children have fewer opportunities to be healthy and obtain quality education: Poll

Minority children and teenagers have fewer opportunities than white counterparts to be healthy, obtain a quality education and achieve economic success, according to a national survey of adults whose jobs involve children's education, health and economic well-being. The groundbreaking poll was released yesterday by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, which sought to gauge the level of disparities affecting children of color.

9 Jul 2010

Student-led team awarded top honor in 2010 CIMIT Prize in Primary Healthcare competition

Imagine finding out before you leave the pediatrician's office if your child has strep throat, or even something more serious requiring a different treatment. A novel application for applying DNA "nanobarcodes" in a clinical assay could help primary-care physicians quickly and more accurately determine what's causing a patient's acute pharyngitis from an easy throat swab.

9 Jul 2010

Sysmex announces three-year, dual source urinalysis contract agreement with Amerinet

Sysmex, a global leader in medical diagnostic testing equipment and information systems technology, today announced a three-year, dual source urinalysis contract agreement with Amerinet. Amerinet members have immediate purchasing/leasing access to Sysmex automated urine particle analyzers, reagents, controls, and service.

From Sysmex America, Inc. 9 Jul 2010

Calif., R.I., move to strengthen review of health insurance rates; Ind. weighs changes in state employee health plans

The Los Angeles Times' Blog: "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger moved Wednesday to implement a major element of the new national healthcare overhaul, seeking a $1-million federal grant to strengthen the state's review of health insurance rates. Much of the money would pay for actuaries to evaluate premium hikes sought by insurers.

9 Jul 2010

Move to have businesses manage Medicaid is triggering concern

The Washington Post: Since Congress passed the health overhaul, businesses that manage Medicaid "are rushing to get a foothold in states that outsource Medicaid. … But the experience in some states suggests pitfalls ahead. A recent report found that 2.7 million children on Medicaid in nine states, most of them states that outsource Medicaid, are not receiving required screenings and immunizations.

9 Jul 2010

Medicare agency releases data on hospital performance

MedPage Today: "The public can now review data on the quality of outpatient care provided by individual hospitals at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Hospital Compare website. The site previously contained only data on inpatient care quality. All the data are derived from records of Medicare patients treated at more than 3,600 hospitals nationwide."

9 Jul 2010

ITelagen to provide EHR, outsourced billing and IT support for Canterbury Medical Associates

ITelagen, a leading provider of Healthcare IT solutions, was selected by Christ Hospital to provide electronic health records (EHR) as part of an entire back-office solution that includes outsourced billing and unlimited IT support for their affiliate Canterbury Medical Associates.

9 Jul 2010

BioCurex reports first set of results supporting RECAF blood test for monitoring cancer therapy

BioCurex Inc. today announced its first set of results supporting the use of the BioCurex RECAF blood test to monitor cancer therapy. The test included samples from 27 human patients with early stages of breast cancer that were tested before and after surgery. As a control, 15 samples from healthy individuals were also tested.

9 Jul 2010

Bayer HealthCare to present BAY86-6150 rFVIIa Phase I clinical data at XXIX WFH International Congress

Phase I clinical data for BAY86-6150, a novel recombinant factor VIIa protein (rFVIIa) being developed by Bayer HealthCare, will be presented at the XXIX International Congress of the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from Saturday, July 10-Wednesday, July 14.

9 Jul 2010

Lawmakers, pundits offer mixed reaction to Berwick appointment

Politicians and pundits are reacting to President Barack Obama's recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to run Medicare and Medicaid, with some saying such an appointment bypasses an important process while others praise the move.

9 Jul 2010

Roche Molecular Systems receives FDA clearance for new LightCycler MRSA Advanced Test

Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) cleared its new LightCycler® MRSA Advanced Test for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) for clinical use in the United States.

9 Jul 2010

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Protectus Medical Devices receives Notice of Allowance for Safety Syringe

AHF: 15 Zambian health care professionals to train HIV Medics

Phase II trial results of TB-402 presented at International Congress on Thrombosis

First Edition: July 9, 2010

HIGPA issues statement on adoption of aggressive new healthcare transparency and oversight measures

Fromer-GPF Patient Journey launched to help primary care physicians improve patient care

MHN endorses 'The American Journal of Men's Health'

Healthcare cost management company MultiPlan to be acquired by BC Partners and Silver Lake

WHO report examines donors response to developing countries during H1N1 pandemic

Minority children have fewer opportunities to be healthy and obtain quality education: Poll

Student-led team awarded top honor in 2010 CIMIT Prize in Primary Healthcare competition

Sysmex announces three-year, dual source urinalysis contract agreement with Amerinet

Calif., R.I., move to strengthen review of health insurance rates; Ind. weighs changes in state employee health plans

Move to have businesses manage Medicaid is triggering concern

Medicare agency releases data on hospital performance

ITelagen to provide EHR, outsourced billing and IT support for Canterbury Medical Associates

BioCurex reports first set of results supporting RECAF blood test for monitoring cancer therapy

Bayer HealthCare to present BAY86-6150 rFVIIa Phase I clinical data at XXIX WFH International Congress

Lawmakers, pundits offer mixed reaction to Berwick appointment

Roche Molecular Systems receives FDA clearance for new LightCycler MRSA Advanced Test

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