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AstraZeneca and Dako Denmark A/S enter into collaboration agreement

AstraZeneca and Dako Denmark A/S announced today that they have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop companion diagnostic tests for multiple AstraZeneca oncology projects, including biologics and small molecules, in various stages of discovery and development.

18 Jan 2010

Democrats plot possible health bill strategies if Mass. seat goes to GOP

The New York Times reports that as Democratic leaders campaign for their party's candidate to replace the late Sen. Edward Kennedy from Massachusetts, they are beginning to think about strategies if the Republican candidate wins and "deprives Senate Democrats of the crucial 60th vote they need to overcome filibusters" on the health overhaul bill.

18 Jan 2010

Allergan to jointly promote its adjustable gastric band for bariatric surgery with Covidien

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced the extension of its agreement with Allergan, Inc. to jointly promote Allergan’s LAP-BAND® System, the top-selling adjustable gastric band for bariatric surgery, in the United States.

18 Jan 2010

Plastic surgery to complete weight-loss treatment

Reconfigured body after reconfigured body, the hands of Alexander Moya, M.D., Director of the Center for Weight Loss Body Contouring and Assistant Director of the Geisinger Center for Aesthetics and Cosmetic Surgery at Geisinger Medical Center (GMC), skillfully addresses the excess skin his patients contend with following the loss of dozens, if not often hundreds, of pounds. According to Dr. Moya, it's this final therapeutic step of removing this skin and reshaping their bodies that often puts weight-loss patients at peace with themselves and what they see in the mirror every morning.

18 Jan 2010

Locum Leaders awarded a five-year Federal Supply Schedule Contract

Locum Leaders (http://www.locumleaders.com), a leading recruiting firm specializing in physician and CRNA temporary staffing known as locum tenens, has been awarded a five-year Federal Supply Schedule Contract (GSA contract number V797P-7246A).

18 Jan 2010

Health experts calls for smoking cessation programmes among healthcare professionals

Public health experts are calling for urgent steps to reduce the number of healthcare professionals who smoke, after a survey of over 800 new nursing students found that more than half were current or former smokers.

18 Jan 2010

Health care reform: Opportunities and challenges in palliative care

Opinion leaders in the field of palliative medicine explored the unparalleled opportunities that now exist for the palliative care community, which matches treatment to the desires of informed patients and their families, to help define evolving health care reform policy. The thought-provoking Roundtable discussion, "Palliative Medicine: Politics and Policy," is published online ahead of print in Journal of Palliative Medicine, a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc..

18 Jan 2010

Nine-member Creighton University surgical team departs to treat victims of Haiti earthquake

A nine-member Creighton University surgical team departed at noon on Saturday, Jan. 16, on a private passenger jet bound for the Dominican Republic, where they plan to help treat victims of the Haiti earthquake.

18 Jan 2010

Medical professionals and breast cancer survivors to attend 10th international conference in Georgia

2010 marks the 10th anniversary of the only international conference dedicated to the critical issues of young breast cancer survivors and those who care about them.

18 Jan 2010

Nationwide Children's Hospital to break ground for its third research facility

Nationwide Children's Hospital will break ground on property west of Parsons Avenue and north of Livingston Avenue in early 2010 for its third research facility as the last piece of its $840 million strategic facilities expansion plan, first announced in 2005. Nationwide Children's Board approval of the final construction budget is expected in early 2010.

18 Jan 2010

Memorial Healthcare System to deploy Axolotl’s Elysium Exchange solutions for HIE

Axolotl Corp., today announced that Memorial Healthcare System, the fifth-largest public health care system in the nation has selected Axolotl’s Elysium® Exchange suite of solutions to securely access and share clinical information between physician practices and medical staff. Axolotl’s Elysium Exchange solutions are used by hundreds of hospitals and thousands of health care professionals, powering 3 statewide HIEs and 18 additional regional exchanges (RHIOs) across the nation.

18 Jan 2010

Medpac recommendation: Adjust Medicare's hospital inpatient payments to recoup overpayments

Modern Healthcare: "The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is recommending that Congress further adjust Medicare's hospital inpatient payments over three years to recover overpayments that have resulted from recent documentation and coding changes." MedPAC also "called for the same recommendation as last year: to increase payment rates for inpatient and outpatient hospital services at the full rate of inflation, concurrent with the implementation of a quality incentives program.

18 Jan 2010

Northstar Healthcare files for binding arbitration against Dr. Donald Kramer

Northstar Healthcare Inc. today announced that it has filed for binding arbitration of its subsidiaries' claims against Dr. Donald Kramer and related entities. As previously reported, these claims were made under agreements relating to Northstar's acquisition of its interests in the Palladium Partnership.

18 Jan 2010

Mass. special election could shape fate of health reform

Los Angeles Times: "For Democrats, it's a nightmarish scenario: A Republican appears to be within striking distance of capturing the Senate seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy." Some polls now show that [Scott] Brown is gaining on Attorney General Martha Coakley, his Democratic rival.

18 Jan 2010

Health IT Roundup: Problems with privacy, access to records highlighted in news reports

"Despite a federal law requiring hospitals and doctors to release medical records to patients who ask for them, patients are reporting they have a hard time accessing" those records and that can lead to serious complications.

18 Jan 2010

Healthcare professionals fail to advise patients on their fitness to drive, researchers say

Researchers from the University's Warwick Medical School have found many healthcare professionals are failing to tell patients with certain conditions such as diabetes or visual impairment if they are not fit to drive.

18 Jan 2010

Fourth edition of IDF Diabetes Atlas reports high incidence of diabetes in developing countries

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18 Jan 2010

Majority of healthcare professionals fail to advise patients about their fitness to drive

Many healthcare professionals are failing to advise people with medical conditions that could affect their ability to drive whether they should get behind the wheel, according to research from the University of Warwick.

18 Jan 2010

Republicans hint at strategy to defeat health bill

Rep. John Shadegg, R-Ariz., speaks as Reps. Joe Barton, R-Texas, and John Fleming, R-La., listen during a news conference. Shadegg held the news conference to discuss the costs of health care reform.

18 Jan 2010

Geisinger CEO wins 2010 TRUST Award

The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET), an affiliate of the American Hospital Association (AHA), has selected Glenn D. Steele Jr., MD, PhD president and chief executive officer of Geisinger Health System, as the recipient of the 2010 TRUST Award.

18 Jan 2010

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

AstraZeneca and Dako Denmark A/S enter into collaboration agreement

Democrats plot possible health bill strategies if Mass. seat goes to GOP

Allergan to jointly promote its adjustable gastric band for bariatric surgery with Covidien

Plastic surgery to complete weight-loss treatment

Locum Leaders awarded a five-year Federal Supply Schedule Contract

Health experts calls for smoking cessation programmes among healthcare professionals

Health care reform: Opportunities and challenges in palliative care

Nine-member Creighton University surgical team departs to treat victims of Haiti earthquake

Medical professionals and breast cancer survivors to attend 10th international conference in Georgia

Nationwide Children's Hospital to break ground for its third research facility

Memorial Healthcare System to deploy Axolotl’s Elysium Exchange solutions for HIE

Medpac recommendation: Adjust Medicare's hospital inpatient payments to recoup overpayments

Northstar Healthcare files for binding arbitration against Dr. Donald Kramer

Mass. special election could shape fate of health reform

Health IT Roundup: Problems with privacy, access to records highlighted in news reports

Healthcare professionals fail to advise patients on their fitness to drive, researchers say

Fourth edition of IDF Diabetes Atlas reports high incidence of diabetes in developing countries

Majority of healthcare professionals fail to advise patients about their fitness to drive

Republicans hint at strategy to defeat health bill

Geisinger CEO wins 2010 TRUST Award

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