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Almost all heart attack patients receive angioplasty within 90 minutes of being admitted

Almost all heart attack patients who need the emergency artery-opening procedure known as angioplasty are receiving it within 90 minutes of being admitted to the hospital, a marked improvement from five years ago when most patients waited longer for the life-saving procedure, according to a report by Yale School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues.

23 Aug 2011

HRS, KGH reduce bed rental expenditures by 83%

Leveraging their membership with Amerinet affiliate Health Resource Services (HRS), Kennewick General Hospital (KGH), a 101-bed acute care facility in southeastern Washington state, decreased its bed rental expenditures by 83 percent, and positively impacted quality patient care through the economical acquisition of Hill-Rom critical care and bariatric beds.

23 Aug 2011

Fibrocell Science announces completion of $22.8M private placement

Fibrocell Science, Inc. announced today that the Company has completed a private placement with certain accredited investors, pursuant to which the Company sold to the purchasers an aggregate of 41,409,458 shares of Company common stock at a purchase price of $0.55 per share.

23 Aug 2011

Medworxx 2011 Client Conference to take place in Toronto, ON

Medworxx Inc., a leader in clinical patient flow, compliance and education solutions, announces the Medworxx Client Conference will take place October 18 - 20, 2011 at the Novotel Toronto Centre, Toronto, ON.

23 Aug 2011

HHS HRSA awards $2.6 million in grants to CWRU dental school

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is supporting pre- and post-doctoral training programs in dental public health at Case Western Reserve University in an effort to combat disparities in oral health.

23 Aug 2011

NHIC receives CMS contract to continue Durable Medical Equipment services

HP Enterprise Services today announced that NHIC Corp., a subsidiary of HP, has been awarded a $72.3 million, five-year contract renewal by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue servicing Durable Medical Equipment (DME) suppliers in 11 northeastern U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

23 Aug 2011

Bruker introduces new high performance X-ray crystallography systems for structural biology

At the XXII Congress and General Assembly of the IUCr held in Madrid, Bruker today launches the D8 QUEST and D8 VENTURE high performance X-ray crystallography systems for structural biology.

23 Aug 2011

Gore receives positive reports related to GORE HELEX Septal Occluder

W. L. Gore & Associates today reported that it has received zero accounts of erosion of the aortic root or the free wall of the atrium associated with the worldwide use of the GORE® HELEX® Septal Occluder.

23 Aug 2011

Samaritan Medical Center selects ProVation Order Sets electronic solution

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Samaritan Medical Center has selected ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, as the organization's electronic order set solution.

23 Aug 2011

New report on the immunomodulators market outlook to 2016

TNF inhibitors indicated for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and inflammatory bowel disease formed the largest share of the market, according to a new report available on companiesandmarkets.com. The top three products: Remicade, Humira and Enbrel accounted for 40.1% of the market in 2010.

23 Aug 2011

Medicare expands competitive bidding program

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says this approach, which is geared toward durable medical equipment, will save billions of dollars and could become a model for other efforts to cut costs.

23 Aug 2011

NovaDel, Rechon enter license and distribution agreement for Zolpimist

NovaDel Pharma Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops oral spray formulations of marketed pharmaceutical products, today announced its entry into an exclusive license and distribution agreement with Rechon Life Science AB to manufacture and commercialize Zolpimist® outside the United States and Canada. Zolpimist is our oral spray formulation of zolpidem tartrate approved by the FDA in December of 2008.

23 Aug 2011

Nationwide Children's Hospital marks major milestone toward opening of new campus

Today, Nationwide Children's Hospital marked a major milestone toward the opening of its expanded downtown campus by unveiling concepts for new hospital interiors, outdoor green space as well as a refreshed identity and logo.

23 Aug 2011

New research reveals stubbornly low public awareness of bowel cancer

BRITONS have very low awareness of the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer - the third most common cancer in the UK and second largest cause of cancer deaths each year, new research shows.

23 Aug 2011

GE launches new release of healthcare revenue cycle management solution

GE Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare information technology, today launched Centricity Business 5.0, the next-generation revenue cycle management solution for hospital networks, academic medical centers, large practices and physician billing groups.

23 Aug 2011

Saint Mark's Cathedral on Capitol Hill to host Seattle AIDS Memorial event

Saint Mark's Cathedral on Capitol Hill will host the Seattle AIDS Memorial on Saturday, September 24, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. Subtitled "30 Years of Sorrow, Comfort and Hope," the memorial commemorates the 30th anniversary of the first HIV/AIDS diagnosis as well as the 25th anniversary of the first AIDS Walk in Seattle.

23 Aug 2011

Scientists identify brain-circuit defect that triggers absence seizures

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a brain-circuit defect that triggers absence seizures, the most common form of childhood epilepsy.

23 Aug 2011

HTA opens new office in Indianapolis

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. ("HTA"), a fully integrated, self-administered, self-managed real estate investment trust, is proud to announce that effective August 1, 2011, HTA opened a new office in Indianapolis.

23 Aug 2011

Health Canada grants medical device licence to Gen-Probe's PANTHER system

Gen-Probe Incorporated announced today that Health Canada has granted the Company a medical device license for the PANTHER system, a fully automated and integrated molecular testing system designed with the flexibility to handle a wide range of testing needs.

23 Aug 2011

Children with asthma more likely to have been exposed to tobacco smoking before birth

Children with severe asthma are 3.6 times more likely to have been exposed to tobacco smoking before birth - even without later exposure - than children with a mild form of the disease, according to a multicenter study led by researchers at University of California, San Francisco.

23 Aug 2011