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Teleflex partners with Access Scientific to distribute The PICC WAND vascular access device

Teleflex has partnered with Access Scientific Incorporated, San Diego, California to become the U.S. distributor of The PICC WAND™ Safety Introducer with ARROW® peelable sheath. This new, all- in-one vascular access device provides clinicians a faster, safer, simpler way to insert a peel away sheath for PICC or Midline catheter placements.

7 Sep 2010

FDA grants Teleflex 510(k) clearance for ArrowEVOLUTION PICC with Chlorag+ard technology

Teleflex Incorporated today announced that it has received 510(k) market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the company's ArrowEVOLUTION™ PICC with Chlorag+ard™ technology, a peripherally inserted central catheter with a Chlorhexedine-based solution that has been chemically-bonded into the surface of the catheter both intra- and extralumenally. Teleflex will launch the product for general availability in the United States in the fourth quarter.

7 Sep 2010

China PharmaHub changes trading symbol to 'CPHB'

China PharmaHub Corp., which recently merged with World Wide Relics and, effective August 23, 2010, changed its name from World Wide Relics, Inc. to China PharmaHub Corp., announced today that effective Tuesday, September 7, 2010, its stock shall begin trading under the symbol "CPHB."

7 Sep 2010

AMN Healthcare enters MSP and RPO contract with Hendrick Medical Center

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc., the nation's largest healthcare staffing and workforce solutions company and Hendrick Medical Center, a 500-bed hospital in Abilene, TX, jointly announce a Managed Service Provider (MSP) and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) contract between the two.

7 Sep 2010

Carolinas Healthcare System and Medicity partner to build multi-state health information exchange

Carolinas HealthCare System, one of the leading healthcare organizations in the Southeast with 32 affiliated hospitals in North and South Carolina, announced today it has selected Medicity as its partner to build a multi-state health information exchange.

7 Sep 2010

Somaxon's Silenor now commercially available in U.S.

Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that Silenor® (doxepin) now is commercially available by prescription in the United States. Somaxon has implemented a wholesale and retail stocking program to disseminate Silenor 3 mg and 6 mg dosepacks to pharmacies across the United States. Silenor is indicated for the treatment of insomnia characterized by difficulty with sleep maintenance.

7 Sep 2010

TSO3 engaged in regulatory discussions for refiling of new generation sterilizer's 510(k) clearance

TSO3 Inc., an innovator in sterilization technology for medical devices in healthcare settings, today announced that the Company is having productive discussions with US regulators, including a very recent face-to-face meeting. The Company is actively engaged in the changing US regulatory process intended to lead to the refilling for 510(k) clearance on its new generation sterilizer.

7 Sep 2010

Nassau University Medical Center to include Streamline Health Solutions' HIM Suite of workflows

Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. a leading provider of document workflow solutions for hospitals, today announced that Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, New York, will expand its software licensing arrangement to include Streamline Health's Enterprise Health Information Management Suite of workflows.

7 Sep 2010

miacom diagnostics presents rapid detection method for pneumonia causing pathogens

miacom diagnostics specializes on the development and production of medical tests for the detection of acute infectious diseases. In addition to its existing sepsis kits miacom, diagnostics is now presenting a further CE-marked product based on the same proprietary technology. It is targeted at the rapid detection of clinically most relevant pneumonia causing pathogens.

7 Sep 2010

Bruker announces NIST order for AVANCE III 900 NMR spectrometer

Bruker Corporation, the leader in analytical magnetic resonance instrumentation, today announces a major order from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for its ultra-high field AVANCE™ III 900 US2 NMR spectrometer.

7 Sep 2010

Water Pik launches first line of sinus wash products

Today, Water Pik, Inc., a global leader in personal healthcare products, announced the launch of its first line of sinus wash products, Waterpik SinuSense. A brand new category for Water Pik, the SinuSense™ name introduces four products to the brand's portfolio, including the Squeeze Bottle, Neti Pot, Neti Bottle and the Water Pulsator - the first and only products of their kind in this category.

7 Sep 2010

NextGen executes agreement with MKMG to deploy EHR solution

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. and leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today announced it has executed an agreement with Mount Kisco Medical Group, PC (MKMG) to deploy NextGen Ambulatory EHR (Electronic Health Record), NextGen Practice Management, and the NextGen Patient portal.

7 Sep 2010

CMS to withdraw provisions of Medicaid pharmacy reimbursement formula under AMP rule: NACDS, NCPA

We are pleased that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a rule that would withdraw provisions of what is known as the Medicaid average manufacturer price rule. The proposed rule calls for the withdrawal of existing provisions that define AMP, that determine the calculation of federal upper limits, and that define 'multiple source drug.'

4 Sep 2010

Fatty plaque in arteries increase risk for life-threatening cardiovascular events

An international study of clinical data led by a Department of Veterans Affairs-Harvard University cardiologist found that patients with deposits of fatty plaque in their arteries are at especially high risk for life-threatening cardiovascular events if they have diabetes, disease in multiple arteries or a history of heart attack or stroke.

4 Sep 2010

State News: Ohio, Florida take advantage of federal health funds; Mass. psychiatrists win court case

The Columbus Dispatch: "Gov. Ted Strickland's administration announced today that nearly $200 million in recently freed up state funds will go to Ohio hospitals, community mental health services, and a program which provides medication to low-income residents with HIV/AIDS. … The state money became available after Congress agreed to continue paying a higher share of the cost of state Medicaid programs that provide insurance coverage to the poor.

3 Sep 2010

Researchers recommend health care organizations invest in time and resources for LSAEs disclosure

Health care organizations should disclose medical mistakes that affect multiple patients even if patients were not harmed by the event, according to an AHRQ-funded research paper published in the September 2 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

3 Sep 2010

UB symposium to discuss in silico molecular design, high-throughput screening to treat diseases

Twenty-first-century pharmaceutical breakthroughs require 21st-century drug discovery tools, such as computational or in silico molecular design and high-throughput screening of effective, new compounds. That's the theme of a University at Buffalo symposium to be held Sept. 11 on "Twenty-first Century Bioscience: In Silico Methods and High-Throughput Screening," which will feature a variety of cutting-edge advances in the field developed by researchers in Western New York and throughout the US.

3 Sep 2010

Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare offers free prostate cancer screenings

Recognizing that early detection can save lives, the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare is offering free prostate cancer screenings from 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11.

3 Sep 2010

ECRI Institute's 17th Annual Conference to be held October 19-20, at NIH

With the advent of healthcare reform, the United States is embarking on an unprecedented effort to determine which health care intervention works best for the diagnosis or treatment of a given disease or condition. While comparative effectiveness and personalized medicine evolved separately, these significant trends interface, increasingly, in the healthcare systems.

3 Sep 2010

MU helps communities turn healthy ideas into sustainable changes through Healthy Lifestyle Initiative

As the nation becomes more aware of health issues related to nutrition and lifestyle choices, communities are struggling to find ways to make healthy living easier. The University of Missouri is helping communities turn healthy ideas into sustainable changes through the Healthy Lifestyle Initiative. The initiative, underway at 13 sites in 12 Missouri counties, is aimed at changing environments to increase the availability of affordable, locally produced foods and access to safe physical activities.

3 Sep 2010

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Teleflex partners with Access Scientific to distribute The PICC WAND vascular access device

FDA grants Teleflex 510(k) clearance for ArrowEVOLUTION PICC with Chlorag+ard technology

China PharmaHub changes trading symbol to 'CPHB'

AMN Healthcare enters MSP and RPO contract with Hendrick Medical Center

Carolinas Healthcare System and Medicity partner to build multi-state health information exchange

Somaxon's Silenor now commercially available in U.S.

TSO3 engaged in regulatory discussions for refiling of new generation sterilizer's 510(k) clearance

Nassau University Medical Center to include Streamline Health Solutions' HIM Suite of workflows

miacom diagnostics presents rapid detection method for pneumonia causing pathogens

Bruker announces NIST order for AVANCE III 900 NMR spectrometer

Water Pik launches first line of sinus wash products

NextGen executes agreement with MKMG to deploy EHR solution

CMS to withdraw provisions of Medicaid pharmacy reimbursement formula under AMP rule: NACDS, NCPA

Fatty plaque in arteries increase risk for life-threatening cardiovascular events

State News: Ohio, Florida take advantage of federal health funds; Mass. psychiatrists win court case

Researchers recommend health care organizations invest in time and resources for LSAEs disclosure

UB symposium to discuss in silico molecular design, high-throughput screening to treat diseases

Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare offers free prostate cancer screenings

ECRI Institute's 17th Annual Conference to be held October 19-20, at NIH

MU helps communities turn healthy ideas into sustainable changes through Healthy Lifestyle Initiative

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