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VA certifies GE’s Centricity Perioperative Anesthesia solution

On behalf of the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Document Storage Systems (DSS) has completed the certification process of GE’s Centricity® Perioperative Anesthesia solution, making it the industry’s first to be certified under the new process. Certification indicates the solution is fully capable of integration and compatibility with the VA’s clinical information system, VistA.

20 Jan 2010

St. Jude Medical completes second interoperability testing process for Merlin.net Patient Care Network

St. Jude Medical, Inc. today announced it has successfully completed its second interoperability testing process for the company’s Merlin.net™ Patient Care Network, an Internet-based repository of patient and implantable device data.

20 Jan 2010

GEH, Exelon Generation agree to a landmark deal to deploy GEH’s isotope generation technology

Seeking to address a growing demand for the domestic and global supply of cobalt-60, a radioisotope used for treating cancer and other biomedical applications, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Exelon Generation Company have agreed to a landmark deal to deploy GEH’s isotope generation technology.

20 Jan 2010

U.S. gastroenterologists to treat hepatitis C patients with telaprevir

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that U.S. gastroenterologists will treat a larger proportion of treatment nonresponder hepatitis C patients with Vertex/Tibotec/Mitsubishi Tanabe's telaprevir than Merck's boceprevir.

20 Jan 2010

Recipients of comprehensive primary care twice as likely to rate healthcare as high-quality

Chronically ill older adults who are closely supported by a nurse-physician primary care team are twice as likely to rate their health care as high-quality than those who receive usual care, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

20 Jan 2010

St. Louis Children's Hospital installs Siemens' SOMATOM Definition AS CT scanner

Recognized as one of the leading pediatric healthcare centers in the United States, St. Louis Children's Hospital in St. Louis is further enhancing its nationally renowned pediatric care program with the installation of a SOMATOM® Definition AS computed tomography (CT) scanner from Siemens Healthcare. The SOMATOM Definition AS is the world's first adaptive scanner, which intelligently adapts, on the fly, to the patient, for aiding in dose protection, as well as adapting to new dimensions and space.

20 Jan 2010

Republican Brown wins Massachusetts Senate seat

The Boston Globe: "Republican Scott Brown tonight pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Massachusetts political history, defeating Democrat Martha Coakley to become the state's next United States senator and potentially derailing President Obama's hopes for a health care overhaul." The

20 Jan 2010

Bracco Diagnostics implements Datalliance VMI to reduce stockouts and maximize inventory investment

Kimberly Cox, Bracco Diagnostics Director of Supply Chain Operations, said, "Our goal with VMI is to expand the service we offer to our large healthcare customers. By assisting with the inventory replenishment process we will help our customers be more efficient by addressing mutual objectives such as reducing stockouts and maximizing inventory investment.

20 Jan 2010

Hoyer: Senate health bill 'clearly better than nothing'

"House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday said passing the Senate healthcare bill would be 'clearly better than nothing,'" The Hill reports. Though Tuesday's special election in Massachusetts could end Democrats "filibuster-proof majority" in the Senate, Hoyer said, "moving ahead on healthcare is essential" (Allen, 1/19).

20 Jan 2010

LaserBand chooses Premier Purchasing Partners as sole source provider for proprietary patient IDs

LaserBand LLC, a worldwide leader in patient identification wristbands, was awarded a contract with Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P. to be the sole source provider for proprietary patient identification (ID) bands and related products.

20 Jan 2010

Bederra in preliminary discussions to acquire Home Healthcare Company

Bederra Corporation, a Houston, Texas-based, diversified medical services provider announced today that it is in preliminary discussions to acquire a Home Healthcare Company.

20 Jan 2010

News reports question health reform provisions, forecast legal issues

News reports explore remaining issues in Congress' health overhaul negotiations.

20 Jan 2010

Global health care errors, fraud costs $260b annually, report finds

A report released Monday finds $260 billion - or 5.59 percent of annual global health spending - is lost annually to health care errors and fraud, Reuters reports. For the study, the European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network (EHFCN) and the Center for Counter Fraud Services (CCFS) at Britain's Portsmouth University, "reviewed 69 exercises in 33 organizations in six countries to measure healthcare fraud and error losses," the news service reports.

20 Jan 2010

Health insurer stocks rise as Wall Street anticipates Republican victory in Mass.

"Health insurer shares rose on Tuesday, while hospital stocks fell as investors anticipated a Republican victory in the special Massachusetts election for a new U.S. senator that would throw healthcare reform into uncertainty," Reuters reports. "The Street prefers a simple narrative," said Les Funtleyder, a health care analyst with Miller Tabak. "The narrative is Coakley in Massachusetts is in trouble and therefore the healthcare reform bill is also in trouble" (Krauskopf, 1/19).

19 Jan 2010

Corventis' NUVANT MCT System for detecting non-lethal arrhythmias receives FDA marketing clearance

Corventis, Inc., a developer of wireless cardiovascular solutions, announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its NUVANT™ Mobile Cardiac Telemetry (MCT) System for the detection of non-lethal arrhythmias. In addition, the company announced that its Monitoring Center has been approved by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as an Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF). Corventis has also received approval to bill for services provided to patients with Medicare and several commercial insurers, paving the way for the NUVANT MCT System to be available across the United States.

19 Jan 2010

Dems plot health reform contingency plans if GOP wins Massachusetts Senate seat

Democrats are considering several courses of action to pass a health care reform bill if Massachusetts Senate hopeful Democrat Martha Coakley loses to Republican Scott Brown in a special election Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reports.

19 Jan 2010

National cross country HIV testing tour in Phoenix

The AHF/Magic Johnson ‘Testing America’ Tour, a six month, 48 state national cross country HIV testing tour, rolls into Phoenix, Arizona, for a testing event from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday, January 19th. Free testing will take place on AHF’s new, state-of-the-art ‘Testing America’ mobile HIV testing unit at the One Voice LGBT Community Center (725 West Indian Road, Phoenix, 85013).

19 Jan 2010

Surrex Consulting launches new division created to service the Healthcare IT and EHR market

Surrex Consulting, a nationwide provider of Information Technology (IT) Staffing and Consulting Services, today announced the launch of a new division created to service the Healthcare IT and Electronic Health Records (EHR) market.

19 Jan 2010

Medpro Safety Products purchases product development rights from Visual Connections

MedPro Safety Products, Inc., a leading developer of transformational technologies that enable safer medication delivery and blood collection systems, has purchased product development rights for a unique, fully passive Insulin Guard self-injector from Visual Connections, owned by Hooman Asbaghi. Mr. Asbaghi is the inventor of MedPro’s fully passive phlebotomy collection devices, which include two versions of a safety blood collection holder, a passive IV catheter, and a safety blood collection set.

19 Jan 2010

First Edition: January 19, 2010

All eyes appear to be watching today's special election in Massachusetts to fill the seat of the late Senator Edward Kennedy. The outcome there could have a significant impact on what happens next in Washington regarding the Democrats' health overhaul.

19 Jan 2010

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

VA certifies GE’s Centricity Perioperative Anesthesia solution

St. Jude Medical completes second interoperability testing process for Merlin.net Patient Care Network

GEH, Exelon Generation agree to a landmark deal to deploy GEH’s isotope generation technology

U.S. gastroenterologists to treat hepatitis C patients with telaprevir

Recipients of comprehensive primary care twice as likely to rate healthcare as high-quality

St. Louis Children's Hospital installs Siemens' SOMATOM Definition AS CT scanner

Republican Brown wins Massachusetts Senate seat

Bracco Diagnostics implements Datalliance VMI to reduce stockouts and maximize inventory investment

Hoyer: Senate health bill 'clearly better than nothing'

LaserBand chooses Premier Purchasing Partners as sole source provider for proprietary patient IDs

Bederra in preliminary discussions to acquire Home Healthcare Company

News reports question health reform provisions, forecast legal issues

Global health care errors, fraud costs $260b annually, report finds

Health insurer stocks rise as Wall Street anticipates Republican victory in Mass.

Corventis' NUVANT MCT System for detecting non-lethal arrhythmias receives FDA marketing clearance

Dems plot health reform contingency plans if GOP wins Massachusetts Senate seat

National cross country HIV testing tour in Phoenix

Surrex Consulting launches new division created to service the Healthcare IT and EHR market

Medpro Safety Products purchases product development rights from Visual Connections

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