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FindTheBest announces Smart Badges for three Health categories

FindTheBest recently launched a new Smart Badge program that awards the top Smart Rated products and services across an expanding number of comparisons.

5 Nov 2011

Eat'n Park unfolds Caring for Kids Campaign to raise funds for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Eat'n Park is rolling out its 33rd annual Caring for Kids Campaign to raise funds for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Beginning today and running through December 11, guests are invited to purchase a raffle ticket for the chance to win a new 2012 Ford Focus.

5 Nov 2011

Bluewater Surgical signs distribution agreement with SurgLine

China Nuvo Solar Energy, Inc. today announced that SurgLine, Inc. has signed an agreement with Bluewater Surgical, Inc. to a western distributorship. Bluewater surgical plans to offer SurgLine products for spine surgery, sports medicine, trauma surgery and more to acute care hospitals and physician owned surgery centers as an alternative to the high priced medical device providers in the marketplace.

5 Nov 2011

Romney calls for increase in Medicare eligibility age

Mitt Romney unveiled a sweeping budget-cutting plan today that would increase the eligibility age for Social Security and cap Medicaid payments to states. Romney's plan would also increase the eligibility age for Medicare and allow seniors to choose between the government-sponsored plan and private insurance.

5 Nov 2011

AAPM announces new plans for Safe Opioid Prescribing program

On the cusp of the recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report about the growing death toll from prescription drug deaths, the physician leadership of the American Academy of Pain Medicine announced its plans to roll-out a new education initiative: Safe Opioid Prescribing: Reversing the Trends.

5 Nov 2011

Vertex announces 16 grant recipients of Hep-C Circle of Care program

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated today announced that it has awarded 16 grants totaling approximately $1.5 million to a variety of academic, patient and community groups as part of the Vertex Hep-C Circle of Care program, a pilot competitive grants program designed to foster innovative approaches to patient care and support people living with chronic hepatitis C.

5 Nov 2011

Appropriate tests, treatments needed for pediatric TB

In this post on the PLoS "Speaking of Medicine" blog, Grania Brigden, the tuberculosis adviser to the Medecins Sans Frontieres Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, writes that while "[t]his year's Global Tuberculosis Control report shows the beginning of a decline in the global tuberculosis epidemic, ... there is a stark lack of data for children," continuing, "Without a clear estimate of the magnitude of the problem it is hard to motivate governments, researchers and donors."

5 Nov 2011

Study: Birth cohort screening for HCV is cost effective in primary care setting

According to a new study being published early online in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians, birth cohort screening for hepatitis C is cost effective in the primary care setting.

5 Nov 2011

Political cartoon: 'Bulk Discounts'

Kaiser Health News provides a fresh take on health policy developments with "Bulk Discounts" by Bob and Tom Thaves.

5 Nov 2011

NCQA recognizes three additional MetCare centers as PPC-PCMH

Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc., a leading provider of health care services in Florida, today announced that an additional three of its centers have been recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as Physician Practice Connections - Patient-Centered Medical Homes.

5 Nov 2011

Chemotherapy plus radiation improves overall survival for patients with stage II NPC

The combination of chemotherapy and radiation significantly improved the 5-year overall survival of patients with stage II nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), according to a phase III study published Nov. 4 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

5 Nov 2011

Romney details his deficit-reduction plans

Media outlets also report on how the abortion issue might impact GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. Meanwhile, fact checks and news from Iowa about Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum also are in the headlines.

5 Nov 2011

HeRO graft device provides long-term AV access for hemodialysis patients

University Hospitals Case Medical Center physicians are utilizing a novel approach to solve a long standing problem for chronic kidney disease patients on hemodialysis.

5 Nov 2011

Key Assets expands foster care provision in Western Australia

Key Assets is expanding its foster care provision in Western Australia with the upcoming launch of a new disability services program.

5 Nov 2011

Global food prices drop but still high; market remains volatile, food indexes show

"The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization FAO index of global food prices hit an 11-month low in October, reflecting sharp falls in grain, sugar and oils prices, the U.N. food agency said on Thursday, Reuters reports.

5 Nov 2011

IAFN to celebrate 'Forensic Nurses Week' on Nov. 7-11

"You are safe" are often the first words heard by survivors of violent acts when Forensic Nurses are present to provide care in hospitals, clinics, jails and community settings around the world. Forensic Nurses are nurses with advanced education and training, giving them the skills to deal with the immediate health care consequences of violence. On November 7-11, the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) will celebrate "Forensic Nurses Week" to recognize these nurses who provide exceptional care to victims and perpetrators of abuse and violence.

5 Nov 2011

Ansell launches GAMMEX Powder-Free glove with AMT Antimicrobial Technology in Europe

Global leader in healthcare protection and safety solutions lands CE Mark for GAMMEX Powder-Free Gloves with AMT Antimicrobial Technology.

5 Nov 2011

Scrip Intelligence names PPD as best contract research organization

Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. today announced it has been named the best contract research organization by Scrip Intelligence, which also has honored PPD for deploying the best technological development in clinical trials.

5 Nov 2011

MED3OOO, Medicomp partner to embed Quippe into InteGreat EHR

Medicomp Systems newest documentation and patient management application, Quippe, has been imbedded into MED3OOO's InteGreat EHR. Quippe is an easy to use and learn interface that puts the power to care back into the hands of the clinicians and allows them to focus on the patient, not data entry.

5 Nov 2011

Governors raise concerns about insurance exchanges

Some of the federal healthcare law's requirements related to insurance exchanges threaten the autonomy of U.S. states, which need more support in establishing the marketplaces, state governors said in a letter released on Thursday. "The decision to implement health insurance exchanges requires a number of complex policy decisions amid aggressive timelines," wrote the National Governors Association in a letter to U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius dated Nov. 2.

5 Nov 2011