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Administrative Law Judge recommends grant of Certificate of Need for Trinity Medical Center's relocation

Trinity Medical Center achieved a major victory today in its effort to gain state regulatory approval for a new, state-of-the-art hospital facility on Highway 280. Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) James Hampton has issued his recommendation in favor of granting the required Certificate of Need (CON) for Trinity's relocation from its 44-year old campus on Montclair Road to the new hospital facility. The decision follows months of deliberation and a comprehensive review of the facts during what was the longest ALJ hearing on a healthcare matter in Alabama history.

25 Aug 2010

Interactive online education tool helps medical labs prepare for ISO 15189 accreditation

The Institute for Quality Management in Healthcare today announced the availability of the complete Decoding ISO 15189(TM) series. The interactive online education tool helps medical labs prepare for ISO 15189 accreditation, which is designed to improve patient safety.

25 Aug 2010

Premier healthcare alliance introduces QualityAdvisor solution for hospitals

The Premier healthcare alliance has officially launched its QualityAdvisor solution to help hospitals prevent harm, reduce costs and readmissions, and improve overall outcomes.

25 Aug 2010

Guided Therapeutics receives fund to commercialize LightTouch for cervical cancer detection

Guided Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it was awarded $1.0 million to fund the second year of a $2.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced in 2009.

25 Aug 2010

REACH3 included as newest member of MGMA's AdminiServe program

REACH3, the market leader in CRM solutions for healthcare, is pleased to announce its inclusion as the newest member of MGMA's prestigious AdminiServe program. REACH3 has developed a new product exclusively for MGMA members called MyPracticeBuilder. The product will allow MGMA members access to sophisticated predictive consumer scoring and marketing applications.

25 Aug 2010

Kindred subsidiaries to acquire 5 long-term acute care hospitals from Vista Healthcare

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. today announced that its subsidiaries have signed a definitive agreement to acquire five long-term acute care ("LTAC") hospitals from Vista Healthcare, LLC for a purchase price of $180 million in cash.

25 Aug 2010

USN and St. Rose introduce new accelerated bachelor's degree in nursing

The University of Southern Nevada and St. Rose Dominican Hospitals have partnered to help shape Nevada's workforce by preparing qualified registered nurses to meet the state's future healthcare demand. As a result, career seekers and career changers who already have a bachelor's degree can become a registered nurse in 14 months through a new accelerated bachelor's degree in nursing (ABSN).

25 Aug 2010

Physicians decrease LABA/ICS combination therapy for asthma treatment: Survey

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that some surveyed physicians indicate that they will decrease their overall prescribing of long-acting beta2 agonists (LABA)/inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) combination therapies over the next 12 months for the treatment of asthma in response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's new safety controls for LABA-containing medications.

25 Aug 2010

TSI Healthcare recognized in 'HCI TOP 100’ 2010 annual listing

TSI Healthcare, a local and national leader in the sales and support of customized technology solutions for physician practices, was recognized for the second consecutive year in the "Healthcare Informatics TOP 100 Vendors" 2010 annual listing.

25 Aug 2010

Harvard Pilgrim CEO works to contain costs, negotiate with state insurance regulators

The Boston Globe: "When an insurance appeals board issued a surprise ruling on June 24 toppling the Patrick administration's cap on Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's premium rates, there was little time for gloating in the health insurer's executive offices. … A week letter, Harvard Pilgrim struck a deal with regulators voluntarily limiting its 2010 rate increases to single digits.

25 Aug 2010

Intermountain Healthcare chooses Optilink software to enhance nursing productivity management

Intermountain Healthcare, one of the nation's most progressive health systems in leveraging technology to improve care delivery, has chosen OptiLink to enhance nursing productivity management across its health system. OptiLink is a software solution from The Advisory Board Company that captures patient acuity and determines staffing demand.

25 Aug 2010

Doctoral students receive insights on potential career paths at symposium hosted by Emergent Biosolutions

Emergent BioSolutions Inc.today hosted "Looking Beyond the Bench," a symposium organized for doctoral students enrolled in the NIH-Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program. The symposium featured Emergent executives, who, based industry, provided insight on potential career paths awaiting biomedical researchers.

25 Aug 2010

Informed specific consent should be sought before blood transfusion

The authors state that there are serious infectious, as well as non-infectious risks associated with blood transfusions and that it should now be viewed as a legal requirement for patients to be informed about specific risks posed by blood transfusions. This would work in the same way as they are currently informed about risks associated with the medical treatment and/or surgery they undergo.

25 Aug 2010

Healthcare Trust of America to acquire 228,870 square foot West Penn Allegheny Building for $41.34M

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a self-managed, non-traded, real estate investment trust, announced the execution of an agreement to acquire an office building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (the "West Penn Allegheny Building") for approximately $41,340,000. The closing of the acquisition is subject to the satisfaction of a number of conditions.

25 Aug 2010

ITelagen finds place on 2010 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing US companies

ITelagen, Inc., a leading provider of healthcare IT and medical billing solutions, today announced that the company was named to the prestigious 2010 Inc. 5000 list, a compendium of the most entrepreneurial and fastest growing companies in America.

25 Aug 2010

Fewer N.C. physicians seeing Medicare patients; Hospitals try to cut Medicare readmissions

"The national health care reform law, which was was designed to provide insurance coverage and access to physicians to more Americans, has no provision to help a group already having difficulty finding doctors to treat them - senior citizens. According to a report from Cigna Government Services, which processes Medicare claims in North Carolina and 17 other states, more than 80 physicians in North Carolina have opted out of Medicare in the past year. That's in addition to the 100 physicians statewide who stopped seeing Medicare patients in 2008, the report states.

25 Aug 2010

Kamada, Baxter enter distribution and manufacturing agreement for Glassia Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Product

Kamada, Ltd., a biopharmaceutical company engaged in development, production and marketing of specialty life-saving therapeutics and Baxter International Inc., a global, diversified healthcare company announced today that they have entered into an exclusive distribution and manufacturing agreement for Kamada's liquid, ready to use, intravenous Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Product for the treatment of hereditary Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency approved by the USFDA on July 1st, 2010 for marketing under the trade name "Glassia™".

From Baxter International Inc. 25 Aug 2010

Louisiana Public Health Institute receives $2 million GE Foundation grant

The GE Foundation - the philanthropic organization of GE - announced today a $2 million grant to Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI), as part of GE's Developing Health program. This grant will underwrite a program led by School Health Connection (SHC) in Orleans Parish, LA, to provide students with increased access to healthcare through school-based health centers.

25 Aug 2010

CIMIT, Induct announce strategic alliance to implement Web-based innovation management system

The Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology and Induct Software, "The Open Innovation Company," today announced a long-term strategic alliance under which they will work together to implement a Web-based innovation management system based upon the successful CIMIT Model.

25 Aug 2010

Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula to implement RelayHealth's HIE connectivity solution

RelayHealth, a leading provider of healthcare connectivity services, today announced that Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) in California has selected RelayHealth's health information exchange (HIE) connectivity solution to improve the quality of care and safety for its patients, create closer alignment with its physicians, and address the governance issues that arise in the process of connecting healthcare communities.

25 Aug 2010

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Administrative Law Judge recommends grant of Certificate of Need for Trinity Medical Center's relocation

Interactive online education tool helps medical labs prepare for ISO 15189 accreditation

Premier healthcare alliance introduces QualityAdvisor solution for hospitals

Guided Therapeutics receives fund to commercialize LightTouch for cervical cancer detection

REACH3 included as newest member of MGMA's AdminiServe program

Kindred subsidiaries to acquire 5 long-term acute care hospitals from Vista Healthcare

USN and St. Rose introduce new accelerated bachelor's degree in nursing

Physicians decrease LABA/ICS combination therapy for asthma treatment: Survey

TSI Healthcare recognized in 'HCI TOP 100’ 2010 annual listing

Harvard Pilgrim CEO works to contain costs, negotiate with state insurance regulators

Intermountain Healthcare chooses Optilink software to enhance nursing productivity management

Doctoral students receive insights on potential career paths at symposium hosted by Emergent Biosolutions

Informed specific consent should be sought before blood transfusion

Healthcare Trust of America to acquire 228,870 square foot West Penn Allegheny Building for $41.34M

ITelagen finds place on 2010 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing US companies

Fewer N.C. physicians seeing Medicare patients; Hospitals try to cut Medicare readmissions

Kamada, Baxter enter distribution and manufacturing agreement for Glassia Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Product

Louisiana Public Health Institute receives $2 million GE Foundation grant

CIMIT, Induct announce strategic alliance to implement Web-based innovation management system

Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula to implement RelayHealth's HIE connectivity solution

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