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Effectiveness of influenza vaccines in older people: No clear conclusions

Evidence for the safety and efficacy of influenza vaccines in the over 65s is poor, despite the fact that vaccination has been recommended for the prevention of influenza in older people for the past 40 years. These are the conclusions of a new Cochrane Systematic Review.

17 Feb 2010

Disparities in breast cancer treatment: African-American women diagnosed in later stages of disease

Cancer, the peer-reviewed international journal of the American Cancer Society, has published a study conducted by HealthCore, Inc. in its Jan. 1 edition, demonstrating disparities in breast cancer treatment between commercially insured African-American and white women.

17 Feb 2010

BAC adds affinity resin for AAT purification to GE Healthcare’s range of custom designed media

BAC BV, the leading provider of antibody-based affinity purification technology, has extended its collaboration with GE Healthcare with the addition of a new bioprocess affinity chromatography ligand to GE Healthcare’s range of custom designed media. The latest addition to the range is an affinity resin for the purification of alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) from blood plasma, recombinant cell culture or transgenic sources. The new resin has been developed as part of GE Healthcare’s Custom Designed Media (CDM) programme and provides a new solution for AAT purification in the biopharmaceutical industry.

17 Feb 2010

Imposing tax on health benefits likely to cause major cuts in health benefits

Since the vast majority of Americans who have health coverage get it through their jobs, one obvious question raised by the health reform legislation pending in Congress is: How might it affect the U.S. employment-based health benefits system?

17 Feb 2010

MEDecision launches InFrame collaborative HIE service

MEDecision, Inc., a leading provider of collaborative healthcare management solutions, today introduced the next generation of its healthcare management technology with the launch of InFrame™, a collaborative health information exchange (HIE) service that enables care delivery organizations to share clinical data — including diagnostic-quality medical images — among themselves and with patients to more effectively drive business and comply with meaningful use criteria.

17 Feb 2010

Covidien, IAE POLATOM announce agreement to augment supply of Mo 99 to produce Tc 99m

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, and the Institute of Atomic Energy in Poland today announced an agreement to augment and further diversify Covidien’s supply of Molybdenum 99 (Mo 99) to produce the medical isotope Technetium 99m (Tc 99m).

17 Feb 2010

FDA approves risk management program on ESA's for treating anemia due to chemotherapy

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a risk management program to inform healthcare providers and their patients about the risks of a class of drugs called Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESAs). For patients with cancer, the program is also designed to help ensure the appropriate administration of these drugs, which they receive to treat anemia that can occur as a result of chemotherapy.

17 Feb 2010

Bluegiga Technologies introduces Bluegiga eHealth Access Point for health and medical applications

Bluegiga Technologies announced today the availability of their new Bluegiga eHealth Access Point based on Bluetooth Health Device Profile (HDP). The new technology can be utilised in various health and medical applications.

17 Feb 2010

Thomson Reuters, Ingenious Med announce unified billing solution for hospitals and physician practices

Thomson Reuters and Ingenious Med, Inc. have combined their clinical workflow offerings into a unified billing solution for hospitals and physician practices.

17 Feb 2010

Picis launches LYNX CareBridge software to help hospitals address medical necessity challenges

To admit or not to admit? That’s the question being asked by many emergency department (ED) physicians and hospital administrators hundreds of times a day. Hospitals often place patients into observation who might otherwise be admitted, because intensity of service and medical necessity for these patients are not clearly defined or documented.

17 Feb 2010

MBF to invest nearly $50M of equity capital to support Florida HMO

MBF Healthcare Partners, L.P. (“MBF”), a healthcare services focused private equity firm, announced its plans to invest up to $50 million of equity capital to support Simply Healthcare Plans of Florida, Inc. (“SHP”), an HMO based in Coral Gables, Florida. The equity investment will be used to fund expansion and acquisition efforts in Medicare and Medicaid. SHP is a licensed HMO in Florida that has been approved by the State to expand into the Medicare and Medicaid markets.

17 Feb 2010

Shared Health partners with MEDai to provide HIE platform to the state of Tennessee

Shared Health, Inc., Tennessee's largest public/private health information exchange (HIE) has partnered with MEDai, an Elsevier company, to provide a rich, interoperable, clinically relevant HIE platform to the state of Tennessee. This partnership delivers best in class solutions and technologies that support clinical excellence and operating efficiencies.

17 Feb 2010

AZ&Me Prescription Savings programs help 13% more patients in 2009

AstraZeneca announced today that it provided $769.6 million in savings to 507,475 patients in the United States last year through its AZ&Me™ Prescription Savings programs.

17 Feb 2010

4 Senate Democrats ask Reid to go back to public option

Four Senate Democrats are asking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to revisit a plan for a government run health plan, or public option, in the health care overhaul legislation.

17 Feb 2010

WebMD Health introduces new enhancements for Medscape Mobile for physicians

WebMD Health Corp., the leading source of health information, today announced a set of new enhancements for Medscape Mobile to assist physicians in diagnosis and treatment at the point-of-care. Medscape Mobile, WebMD's free medical application for physicians, now provides access to thousands of in-depth clinical reference articles on diseases, conditions, and procedures, in addition to complete reference information on over 7,000 brand name, generic and OTC medications.

17 Feb 2010

CMS study predicts healthcare spending may double by 2019

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc.. Unlike other industries, spending on healthcare showed no signs of slowing down and the sector made its biggest one-year jump ever according to a new study by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

17 Feb 2010

Scienta Health signs agreement with Partners HealthCare to provide advanced acute care to its clients

Scienta Health today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Boston-based Partners HealthCare, the leading academic medical network in the U.S. Partners HealthCare includes major teaching hospitals affiliated with Harvard Medical School: the Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, McLean Hospital, a treatment and research leader in mental illness, chemical dependency and learning disabilities; and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, a top-ranked rehabilitation facility.

17 Feb 2010

Cincinnati-based Secure Content Technologies joins Palisade Systems' VIP Reseller Program

Palisade Systems, the leader In Data Loss Prevention solutions for the small- and medium-sized enterprise, today announces that Cincinnati-based Secure Content Technologies has joined its VIP Reseller Program. As a reseller, Secure Content Technologies will market Palisade Systems PacketSure solution to the small and medium enterprise market seeking a full data loss prevention solution for the various markets including the healthcare, educational and financial sectors.

17 Feb 2010

Generx clinical development opportunities: bioRASI to assist Cardium

Cardium Therapeutics today announced that it has entered into an agreement with bioRASI, an international contract research organization, to assist Cardium in the evaluation of Generx clinical development opportunities within major newly-industrializing markets in Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America, for patients with chronic coronary artery disease who are either not optimal candidates for or do not have access to costly angioplasty/stenting or cardiac bypass surgery procedures.

17 Feb 2010

Adding daclizumab to standard treatment reduces enlarged brain lesions in patients with relapsing MS

An international team of researchers has found that adding a humanized monoclonal antibody called daclizumab to standard treatment reduces the number of new or enlarged brain lesions in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis. This new study was published online Feb. 16, 2010, and in the March edition of the Lancet Neurology.

17 Feb 2010

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Effectiveness of influenza vaccines in older people: No clear conclusions

Disparities in breast cancer treatment: African-American women diagnosed in later stages of disease

BAC adds affinity resin for AAT purification to GE Healthcare’s range of custom designed media

Imposing tax on health benefits likely to cause major cuts in health benefits

MEDecision launches InFrame collaborative HIE service

Covidien, IAE POLATOM announce agreement to augment supply of Mo 99 to produce Tc 99m

FDA approves risk management program on ESA's for treating anemia due to chemotherapy

Bluegiga Technologies introduces Bluegiga eHealth Access Point for health and medical applications

Thomson Reuters, Ingenious Med announce unified billing solution for hospitals and physician practices

Picis launches LYNX CareBridge software to help hospitals address medical necessity challenges

MBF to invest nearly $50M of equity capital to support Florida HMO

Shared Health partners with MEDai to provide HIE platform to the state of Tennessee

AZ&Me Prescription Savings programs help 13% more patients in 2009

4 Senate Democrats ask Reid to go back to public option

WebMD Health introduces new enhancements for Medscape Mobile for physicians

CMS study predicts healthcare spending may double by 2019

Scienta Health signs agreement with Partners HealthCare to provide advanced acute care to its clients

Cincinnati-based Secure Content Technologies joins Palisade Systems' VIP Reseller Program

Generx clinical development opportunities: bioRASI to assist Cardium

Adding daclizumab to standard treatment reduces enlarged brain lesions in patients with relapsing MS

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