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AMN Healthcare launches new corporate brand identity

In an effort to more effectively symbolize its position as the leader in the healthcare staffing and management services industry and the unique strength of its interconnecting service offerings, AMN Healthcare announced today that it has launched a new corporate brand identity.

12 Jan 2010

Lawmakers, public grapple with health care endgame

Many Democrats consider their health overhaul increasingly politically dicey now, but "are betting that the only thing worse than passing a bill many of them don't like is not passing one at all," the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

12 Jan 2010

Molina Healthcare announces preliminary results of fourth-quarter ended December 31, 2009

Molina Healthcare, Inc. announced today that, based on its preliminary unaudited analysis, it expects to report a loss per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2009 in the range of $0.10 to $0.25, and earnings for the year ended December 31, 2009, in the range of $1.12 to $1.26.

12 Jan 2010

Medical Care Technologies reaches definitive agreement to acquire GUC's technologies

Medical Care Technologies Inc. today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire various technologies from Great Union Corporation, ("GUC") a private Hong Kong corporation.

12 Jan 2010

Obama administration supports Cairo conference goals, Clinton says

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday "reiterated the Obama administration's support" for universal access to family planning, improving maternal health care and other goals outlined at the 1995 International Conference on Population and Development Action Plan held in Cairo, Egypt, All Headline News reports.

12 Jan 2010

PhotoMedex, Galderma Laboratories enter into co-promotion agreement for photodynamic therapy application

PhotoMedex and Galderma Laboratories, L.P. have entered into a co-promotion agreement for Galderma’s photodynamic therapy application for the treatment of actinic keratoses (“AK”).

11 Jan 2010

Study demonstrates benefits of allergen immunotherapy for children with allergic rhinitis

Allergy immunotherapy, generally referred to as allergy vaccinations or shots, reduce total health care costs in children with allergic rhinitis (hay fever) by one-third, and prescription costs by 16 percent, according to a study published this month in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).

11 Jan 2010

Sangamo BioSciences initiates two new clinical trials of ZFP Therapeutics

Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. announced the initiation of two new clinical trials of ZFP Therapeutics, a Phase 2b study in diabetic neuropathy (DN) and a Phase 1 trial in glioblastoma, as well as the renewal of $3.0 million in funding for the Phase 2b trial by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF).

11 Jan 2010

CMS study finds Senate health bill would increase costs less steeply than thought

A report from the Center on Medicare and Medicaid Services finds that the Senate health bill would increase health care spending less steeply than previously thought.

11 Jan 2010

A wellness provision in the Senate reform bill draws opposition

A health overhaul provision meant to encourage healthier lifestyles by allowing companies to give insurance discounts to workers who meet certain milestones has found unlikely opposition, The (Wilmington, Del.,) News Journal reports.

11 Jan 2010

Lives of 400 Swedes can be saved annually if side effects of pharmaceuticals prevented

A scientific study indicates that the lives of 400 Swedes could be saved annually if measures were taken to prevent side effects of pharmaceuticals. Now these researchers in Sweden, at the Nordic School of Public Health (NHV) and elsewhere, have reviewed randomly selected deaths in three Swedish counties and found that 14 percent of these deaths could have been avoided if a drug had been replaced or if the dosage had been lowered.

11 Jan 2010

First Edition: January 11, 2010

Today's headlines highlight Democrats' ongoing efforts to blend the House- and Senate-passed versions of health reform and Republican's continuing efforts to criticize the legislation.

11 Jan 2010

CHI selects Allscripts' EHR solution to enhance patient care

Allscripts announced today that Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) has selected the Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution for its 1050 employed physicians to enhance the quality of patient care, improve communications, and deliver more cost-effective care.

11 Jan 2010

Allscripts introduces Allscripts Stimulus Program for physicians

Allscripts today introduced the Allscripts Stimulus Program, making it safe and easy for physicians to purchase and rapidly deploy Electronic Health Records that will qualify for significant federal incentives.

11 Jan 2010

Patient News Publishing and Eco-Dentistry Association to offer premium dental newsletters

Patient News Publishing, a leading dental marketing company, is proud to announce they have teamed with the Eco-Dentistry Association to bring new articles to Patient News Publishing's dental advertising newsletter clients.

11 Jan 2010

Allscripts Care Management solution selected for Legacy Health's hospitals

Allscripts announced today that Legacy Health has selected the Allscripts Care Management solution for its six hospitals and two post-acute care facilities, helping to manage and coordinate care for the 90,000 patients it serves each year.

11 Jan 2010

Cardiac Science and Gust Bardy launch innovation center to develop cost-effective medical products and services

Cardiac Science Corporation, a global leader in automated external defibrillator (AED) and diagnostic cardiac monitoring devices, has joined with Gust Bardy, MD to create an innovation center focused on the development and commercialization of simple, cost-effective medical products and services that positively impact public health.

11 Jan 2010

RMMC selects Allscripts' EHR and Practice Management solutions

Allscripts announced today that Renaissance Medical Management Company (RMMC) has selected the company's Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management solution to automate and connect clinical and administrative processes for a minimum of 51 family practice and internal medicine physicians.

11 Jan 2010

A.P. Pharma receives final milestone payment of $2.5M from Paul Capital Healthcare

A.P. Pharma, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced it has received the final milestone payment of $2.5 million from an affiliate of Paul Capital Healthcare.

11 Jan 2010

Mirna Therapeutics receives ETF award to develop miRNA therapeutics for multiple cancers

Mirna Therapeutics announced today that the Company received a $5 million award from the State of Texas through the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (“ETF”). The ETF was created with the goal of growing new and existing businesses to accelerate the introduction of new products and services in the marketplace. This is the largest award of this type that has ever been granted.

11 Jan 2010

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

AMN Healthcare launches new corporate brand identity

Lawmakers, public grapple with health care endgame

Molina Healthcare announces preliminary results of fourth-quarter ended December 31, 2009

Medical Care Technologies reaches definitive agreement to acquire GUC's technologies

Obama administration supports Cairo conference goals, Clinton says

PhotoMedex, Galderma Laboratories enter into co-promotion agreement for photodynamic therapy application

Study demonstrates benefits of allergen immunotherapy for children with allergic rhinitis

Sangamo BioSciences initiates two new clinical trials of ZFP Therapeutics

CMS study finds Senate health bill would increase costs less steeply than thought

A wellness provision in the Senate reform bill draws opposition

Lives of 400 Swedes can be saved annually if side effects of pharmaceuticals prevented

First Edition: January 11, 2010

CHI selects Allscripts' EHR solution to enhance patient care

Allscripts introduces Allscripts Stimulus Program for physicians

Patient News Publishing and Eco-Dentistry Association to offer premium dental newsletters

Allscripts Care Management solution selected for Legacy Health's hospitals

Cardiac Science and Gust Bardy launch innovation center to develop cost-effective medical products and services

RMMC selects Allscripts' EHR and Practice Management solutions

A.P. Pharma receives final milestone payment of $2.5M from Paul Capital Healthcare

Mirna Therapeutics receives ETF award to develop miRNA therapeutics for multiple cancers

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