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Nationwide H1N1 Event Log to help ongoing challenges of flu pandemic

LiveProcess launched a nationwide H1N1 Event Log on October 1 designed to help regional healthcare organizations more effectively deal with the expected patient surge, consolidate the massive flow of disease-related communications and coordinate regional events with their constituent hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

21 Oct 2009

Computerized decision support solution from GE Healthcare

As part of GE’s healthymagination commitment, GE Healthcare today announced a new solution that puts clinical data and treatment practices in the hands of doctors and clinicians in real-time so that they can make informed decisions right at the point of care.

20 Oct 2009

Eclipsys supports healthcare providers to meet the goal of ARRA

To support healthcare organizations in making the appropriate technology decisions to maximize federal stimulus dollar opportunity, Eclipsys Corporation®, The Outcomes Company®, today announced the multiple superior outcomes its client organizations are achieving today.

20 Oct 2009

On-line portal for training doctors and nurses on fall prevention and protection

Medical Nurse Training, Inc. (www.MedicalNurseTraining.com) is the premier on-line portal for training doctors and nurses on fall prevention and protection.

20 Oct 2009

National Health Partners adds third marketing firm to its internet marketing campaign

National Health Partners, Inc. (National Health) (OTCBB: NHPR), a leading provider of unique discount healthcare membership programs, announced today that it has added a third leading marketing firm to its internet marketing campaign.

20 Oct 2009

FTC Red Flags Rule compliance with message encryption

With the deadline for compliance with the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Red Flags Rule looming, one Colorado Internet company is providing a simple solution -- encrypt your messages.

20 Oct 2009

Researchers use biotechnological tools to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease

No one has yet found a cure or a way to prevent people from developing Alzheimer's disease. Researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, among others, are breaking new ground in biotechnology to find new tools that can help provide new solutions.

20 Oct 2009

First Edition: October 20, 2009

A new poll finds increased support for a public insurance plan in health reform just as Senate leaders discuss and debate in closed door meetings the various versions of this approach that might still draw enough votes to gain passage.

20 Oct 2009

Alberta revises its cervical cancer screening guideline

Alberta has revised its Cervical Cancer Screening Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) based on new technologies and epidemiologic evidence from Alberta and internationally.

20 Oct 2009

“Second Opinion” from healthcare professionals on how to fix the healthcare system

More than 100 doctors and healthcare professionals will be in Washington, DC, to give the President, legislators, and the American people a “Second Opinion” on how to fix our healthcare system. Representing the more than 10,000 members of the Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights, these healthcare professionals from across the country will give legislators their frontline perspective of what needs to be fixed in healthcare – and what doesn’t.

20 Oct 2009

HUFL to pay its second consecutive annual cash dividend to its policyholders/owners

In the midst of a global economic tsunami, a Florida based medical malpractice insurance company is demonstrating that conservative management, excellent sales delivery, aggressive defense of its insureds and strict underwriting can provide outstanding results even in the most difficult of times (and without government subsidies).

20 Oct 2009

Cardiac Science and OMRON Healthcare sign distribution agreement

Cardiac Science Corporation (Nasdaq: CSCX), a global leader in automated external defibrillator (AED) and diagnostic cardiac monitoring devices, entered into an exclusive agreement with OMRON Healthcare distribute Omron's vital signs and spot check monitors under the Cardiac Science brand in the United States and Canada.

20 Oct 2009

Conference to discuss the pent-up demand for home based eldercare personal robots

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. announced today that during their first annual "Mobile Robots in Motion" conference November 4-5, 2009, attendees will be able to learn and discuss the basis for GeckoSystems' belief that pent-up demand exists for their cost effective, home based eldercare personal robots.

20 Oct 2009

AHF reiterates its disappointment over the presentation of Thai HIV vaccine study data

In anticipation of today’s controversial presentation of the Thai HIV vaccine study data at the AIDS Vaccine Conference in Paris, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) reiterated its disappointment at the news that data that seriously undermined the purported success of the trial were not released publicly when other, more favorable data were reported late last month.

20 Oct 2009

IntegraMed America expands its Attain IVF treatment financing offerings

IntegraMed America, Inc., the nation’s leading manager of specialty outpatient healthcare facilities in the emerging, technology-focused medical niches of fertility and vein care, today announced that it has expanded its Attain™ IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) family of treatment financing offerings to include the Attain IVF Multi-Cycle Program.

20 Oct 2009

Aspect Medical Systems to present a complete family of BIS monitoring technologies at ASA meeting

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Annual Meeting will feature 62 scientific presentations that reference BIS® monitoring when it convenes on October 17-21, 2009 in New Orleans. BIS-related research will cover a broad range of applications for BIS monitoring, including initial results from studies conducted as part of a comparative effectiveness research collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic as well as findings from a study evaluating use of a Composite Variability Index (CVI) that is based on BIS parameters.

20 Oct 2009

Two high blood pressure medicines effective in treating stable ischemic heart disease

Two medications commonly used to treat high blood pressure appear to be effective in treating a common type of heart disease known as stable ischemic heart disease, according to a new comparative effectiveness review funded by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

20 Oct 2009

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Nationwide H1N1 Event Log to help ongoing challenges of flu pandemic

Computerized decision support solution from GE Healthcare

Eclipsys supports healthcare providers to meet the goal of ARRA

On-line portal for training doctors and nurses on fall prevention and protection

National Health Partners adds third marketing firm to its internet marketing campaign

FTC Red Flags Rule compliance with message encryption

Researchers use biotechnological tools to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease

First Edition: October 20, 2009

Alberta revises its cervical cancer screening guideline

“Second Opinion” from healthcare professionals on how to fix the healthcare system

HUFL to pay its second consecutive annual cash dividend to its policyholders/owners

Cardiac Science and OMRON Healthcare sign distribution agreement

Conference to discuss the pent-up demand for home based eldercare personal robots

AHF reiterates its disappointment over the presentation of Thai HIV vaccine study data

IntegraMed America expands its Attain IVF treatment financing offerings

Aspect Medical Systems to present a complete family of BIS monitoring technologies at ASA meeting

Two high blood pressure medicines effective in treating stable ischemic heart disease

PhRMA calls for appropriate incentives for continued biotechnology innovation

Novavax, Avimex and GE Healthcare initiate clinical study of H1N1 VLP influenza vaccine

University of Leeds' £50 million research initiative to improve quality of life in second half century

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Redefining control and consistency in anaerobic microbiome workflows

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

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