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Allied Healthcare secures contract to deliver home care services

Allied Healthcare International Inc. (AIM: AHI) (http://www.alliedhealthcare.com), a leading provider of flexible healthcare staffing services in the United Kingdom, has secured a three-year contract with the London Borough of Redbridge Council in the United Kingdom.

16 Sep 2009

Damaged heart tissue is significantly reduced with supersaturated oxygen

Results of a clinical trial published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions demonstrate that an infusion of blood that is "supersaturated" with oxygen (SS02) can reduce the amount of damaged heart muscle immediately following a life-threatening heart attack

16 Sep 2009

Compass Clinical Consulting website for hospitals and healthcare systems

Compass Clinical Consulting (http://www.compass-clinical.com) launched a new resource-rich, Web 2.0 website today: HOSPITALS 2.0

16 Sep 2009

Research study indicates presence of two stable bacterial ecosystems in the gut

Small-bowel transplant patients with an ileostomy -- an opening into their small bowel -- have a very different population of bacteria living in their gut than patients whose ileostomy has been closed, researchers from UC Davis and Georgetown University Medical Center have found. The results are published online Sept. 14 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

16 Sep 2009

New book on pharmacology launched

Academic Press, a division of Elsevier, would like to announce the new book, Pharmacology: Principles and Practice, authored by Miles Hacker, William S. Messer, II and Kenneth A. Bachmann.

16 Sep 2009

New hydrogel mats extends anti-infection protection

Treatment of hospital-related infections in the U.S. costs up to $11 billion a year and about half of those infections are related to medical devices implanted in patients. Until now, efforts to control drug-resistant biofilms on such devices have been largely unsuccessful.

15 Sep 2009

GeckoSystems to add a second Chinese business developer as its representative

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. announced today that due to increased inquiries from mainland China by prospective joint venture partners, that they are considering adding a second Chinese business developer to represent them in China.

15 Sep 2009

SonoSite to showcase the NanoMaxx ultrasound tool for vascular access applications at AVA

SonoSite, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONO), the world leader and specialist in hand-carried and point-of-care ultrasound, announced today new patient safety technology, mobile power solutions and image quality advances for vascular access applications. The company will be showcasing the new products and capabilities at the annual scientific meeting of the Association for Vascular Access (AVA) being held in Las Vegas September 14th - 18th, 2009.

15 Sep 2009

Mortality index can be misleading in major specialties

A key statistic that consumer groups and the media often use when compiling hospital report cards and national rankings can be misleading, researchers report in a new study.

15 Sep 2009

Loyola University receives funds to renovate bone marrow transplant unit

Loyola University Medical Center has received a $2 million matching grant from The Coleman Foundation to renovate the hospital's nationally known bone marrow transplant unit. Intended to encourage private donations for the project, the grant will match gifts up to $2 million on a dollar for dollar basis, through August 2010.

15 Sep 2009

CFAR to host AIDS Vaccine 2010 conferrence

The Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise (the Enterprise) today announced that the Center for AIDS Research at Emory University (CFAR) in Atlanta, Georgia will serve as Local Host of AIDS Vaccine 2010, the largest and most important global scientific conference focused on AIDS vaccine research.

15 Sep 2009

Kelly Services offers EHR service

To address the growing need for the restructuring of healthcare records, Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA) today announced its Health Informatics service offering. Health Informatics is the intersection of information science, technology and healthcare and focuses on the application of computer information systems to healthcare and public health providers.

15 Sep 2009

Environmental Solutions International introduces unique, alcohol-free, moisturizing hand sanitizers

With health officials nationwide already preparing for the upcoming cold and flu season, Environmental Solutions International (ESI) introduces Smart & Silky and Kids Smart & Silky Foaming Hand Sanitizers as another weapon in the illness-prevention arsenal. These unique, alcohol-free, moisturizing hand sanitizers are available at retailers nationwide (visit www.smartandsilky.com for more details).

15 Sep 2009

Elsevier launches new web platform

Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today the launch of a new web platform, Elsevier Mental Health (www.elseviermentalhealth.com).

15 Sep 2009

Boston Software and Vocollect collaborate to seamlessly integrate AccuNurse with MEDITECH

Vocollect, Inc., the global leader in voice technology and Boston Software Systems, the leader in workflow automation to the healthcare market, today announced a strategic partnership.

14 Sep 2009

AirStrip Technologies to provide HIT solution to Premier healthcare alliance

The Premier healthcare alliance has contracted with AirStrip Technologies™, L.P. to offer its 2,200 hospitals members a mobile healthcare information technology (HIT) solution to improve obstetrical (OB) care, patient safety and communication among healthcare providers.

14 Sep 2009

Campaign for prevention and control of head lice

The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) announced today the kickoff of S.C.R.A.T.C.H. (School and Community Resources to Avoid and Take Control of Head Lice), a campaign to educate school nurses, students, parents and the general public about the prevention and control of head lice.

14 Sep 2009

Phase III STARTMRK clinical study on ISENTRESS in comparison to efavirenz

ISENTRESS , an integrase inhibitor from Merck & Co., Inc., was studied in comparison to efavirenz in maintaining viral load suppression to undetectable levels (less than 50 copies/mL) and at improving CD4 cell counts in previously untreated (treatment-naïve) HIV-1-infected patients through 96 weeks in a Phase III study called STARTMRK.

14 Sep 2009

Novant to use MEDai's Pinpoint Review patient-specific early-warning system

MEDai, Inc., an Elsevier company and leading provider of advanced solutions for healthcare that utilize award-winning predictive analytics, announced today that Novant Health, a not-for-profit integrated group of hospitals and physician practices, will roll out MEDai's Pinpoint Review(TM) to its nine hospitals in North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina.

14 Sep 2009

SunCrest Healthcare buys three home health businesses from SunLink Health Systems

SunLink Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US: SSY) today announced that it sold three of its home health businesses to subsidiaries of SunCrest Healthcare, Inc. for approximately $3,300,000.

14 Sep 2009