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Experts attribute increased demand for nursing jobs to rise in pediatric specialty services

A shift upward in the number of children treated by hospitals and outpatient facilities nationwide has created a spike in the demand for pediatric nurses, resulting in high pay and exceptional benefits for these positions.

8 Dec 2009

TSO3 files medical device amendment for the addition of STERIZONE 125L+ Sterilizer

TSO3 Inc. ("TSO3"), an innovator in low temperature sterilization technology for medical devices in healthcare settings through the use of ozone, today announced that it has filed with Health Canada, a medical device amendment for the addition of the STERIZONE(R) 125L+ Sterilizer to the list of already cleared product for sale in Canada.

8 Dec 2009

Seattle-based Qualis Health selects Genuine Interactive as its interactive agency of record

Qualis Health names Genuine Interactive as its interactive agency of record, according to John Grayson, president of the interactive marketing agency (http://www.genuineinteractive.com). The Seattle-based Qualis Health chose Genuine Interactive after a national review of firms.

8 Dec 2009

Department of Health reminds at-risk Pennsylvanians to receive H1N1 vaccination

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, has allocated a total of 2,940,300 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine to Pennsylvania to date, the state Department of Health said today.

8 Dec 2009

Erbitux gaining market share of Avastin in Europe

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, despite its dominance in early lines of metastatic colorectal cancer treatment, Roche/Chugai's Avastin will face increasing competition from Bristol-Myers Squibb/Eli Lilly/Merck KGaA's Erbitux in Germany, France and Spain.

8 Dec 2009

TAFP and RemitDATA team up to improve revenue and reimbursement trends

RemitDATA, Inc., a leading provider of web-based productivity tools and benchmarking to the outpatient healthcare market, today announced that Texas Academy of Family Physicians (TAFP), the largest medical specialty organization, serving over 5,500 family physicians in Texas, has joined forces with RemitDATA to aggregate members' reimbursement data and provide real-time payer benchmarking to help TAFP identify problematic payers and troubling reimbursement trends before they turn into cash-flow pitfalls.

8 Dec 2009

BIOGUARD barrier gauze dressings exhibit high antiviral efficacy against H1N1 virus

An independent lab report demonstrated that BIOGUARD™ barrier gauze dressings exhibit greater than 99.9% inactivation rates against swine flu virus after exposure for 24 hours.

8 Dec 2009

VisionShare to enable connectivity to the NHIN and HIEs from its secure exchange platform

VisionShare, one of the nation’s largest and most secure health information exchanges for administrative transactions, today announced plans to expand support for the exchange of clinical transactions on its platform and making connectivity to the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) and state and community-based Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) available to its customers.

8 Dec 2009

Catholics for Choice's statement on restriction of abortion coverage

"Today, Senator Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) put the policy priorities of the U.S. Catholic bishops before the needs of women nationwide. Originally, Senator Nelson maintained that the abortion language in the healthcare bill was not a make-or-break factor in his vote.

8 Dec 2009

Opportunity for wireless technologies in Western Europe's e-healthcare market

Healthcare in Europe is facing major challenges in both structural reform and unavailability of resources as the region's working population is far lower in comparison to those of 'non-working' age. This calls for the introduction of new schemes in healthcare that would enable Europe to deal with issues pertaining to the growing ageing population.

8 Dec 2009

Beryl launches H1N1 Risk Assessment service to provide useful information about H1N1 virus

The Beryl Companies, the nation’s leading provider of outsourced call center services for the healthcare industry, has launched a new service that will enhance hospitals’ abilities to provide useful information to consumers who have questions and concerns about the H1N1 virus.

8 Dec 2009

Specialty pharmaceutical market: Treatment patterns and product performance

IMS Health, the world’s leading provider of market intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, today announced the wide-scale availability of its advanced analytical offering, IMS Specialty Market Dynamics™, which delivers the most complete view of treatment patterns and product performance in the rapidly growing specialty pharmaceutical market.

8 Dec 2009

Generic erosion of premium-priced branded agents to offset sales of new agents

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that generic erosion of premium-priced branded agents will offset sales of new agents and will cause the acute coronary syndrome market for drugs in the hospital setting to decrease from $800 million in 2008 to $729 million in 2018 in the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and Japan.

8 Dec 2009

Market for personalized medicine in the United States to grow 11 percent annually, shows report

The market for personalized medicine in the United States is already $232 billion, and it is projected to grow 11 percent annually, according to a new report published today by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, entitled The Science of Personalized Medicine: Translating the Promise into Practice.

8 Dec 2009

Turmeric and pepper may play a role in preventing breast cancer

A new study finds that compounds derived from the spices turmeric and pepper could help prevent breast cancer by limiting the growth of stem cells, the small number of cells that fuel a tumor's growth.

8 Dec 2009

'Hand Hygiene Saves Lives' encourages patients to remind healthcare staff to wash their hands

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Catholic Healthcare Partners (CHP) and the Premier healthcare alliance today released research showing that a video can be an effective tool for encouraging patients to remind healthcare staff to wash their hands.

8 Dec 2009

Marketers and retailers refrained from promoting any dietary supplement for H1N1 treatment

The trade associations of the dietary supplement industry today reaffirmed the industry's support for the responsible sale and use of health-promoting vitamins, minerals, herbs and other dietary supplements.

8 Dec 2009

Aston University researchers receive stimulus funds to study fundamental processes of human vision

A team of researchers led by Professor Mark Georgeson and Dr Timothy Meese at Aston University in Birmingham, UK have been awarded over £1 million pounds worth of funding from the BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) and the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) to investigate some of the fundamental processes involved in human vision.

8 Dec 2009

ThermoGenesis enters into material transfer agreement with GID Group

ThermoGenesis Corp., a leading supplier of innovative products for processing and storing adult stem cells, said today it has entered into a material transfer agreement with the GID Group which has been working with ThermoGenesis to use ThermoGenesis' MarrowXpress(TM), or MXP(TM), based technology for the processing of adipose, or fatty, tissue - a rich source of adult stem cells.

8 Dec 2009

U.S. bishops recommend the Senate to support Nelson-Hatch-Casey amendment

The U.S. bishops have voiced support for the Nelson-Hatch-Casey Amendment to the Senate health reform bill and have asked voters to back it.

8 Dec 2009

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Experts attribute increased demand for nursing jobs to rise in pediatric specialty services

TSO3 files medical device amendment for the addition of STERIZONE 125L+ Sterilizer

Seattle-based Qualis Health selects Genuine Interactive as its interactive agency of record

Department of Health reminds at-risk Pennsylvanians to receive H1N1 vaccination

Erbitux gaining market share of Avastin in Europe

TAFP and RemitDATA team up to improve revenue and reimbursement trends

BIOGUARD barrier gauze dressings exhibit high antiviral efficacy against H1N1 virus

VisionShare to enable connectivity to the NHIN and HIEs from its secure exchange platform

Catholics for Choice's statement on restriction of abortion coverage

Opportunity for wireless technologies in Western Europe's e-healthcare market

Beryl launches H1N1 Risk Assessment service to provide useful information about H1N1 virus

Specialty pharmaceutical market: Treatment patterns and product performance

Generic erosion of premium-priced branded agents to offset sales of new agents

Market for personalized medicine in the United States to grow 11 percent annually, shows report

Turmeric and pepper may play a role in preventing breast cancer

'Hand Hygiene Saves Lives' encourages patients to remind healthcare staff to wash their hands

Marketers and retailers refrained from promoting any dietary supplement for H1N1 treatment

Aston University researchers receive stimulus funds to study fundamental processes of human vision

ThermoGenesis enters into material transfer agreement with GID Group

U.S. bishops recommend the Senate to support Nelson-Hatch-Casey amendment

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