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AHFS, PEPID partner to deliver electronic drug information to pharmacists nationwide

PEPID, the top developer of clinical decision-support information and technology for healthcare professionals, has announced a partnership with the American Hospital Formulary Service, the premier provider of drug information. This partnership will put the AFHS Essentials drug information in electronic format, delivered on any mobile device or within any EMR system.

22 Feb 2011

Discovery Holdings, Humana to offer Vitality wellness program for health plan members

In a bold step to help its health plan members live healthier lives, Humana Inc. announced today that it will offer the Vitality wellness and loyalty program and the program's wide range of well-being tools and reward-partners through a joint venture with the program's parent, Discovery Holdings Ltd.

22 Feb 2011

Pharming, Santarus begin RHUCIN Phase IIIb study in patients with Hereditary Angioedema

Specialty biopharmaceutical company Santarus, Inc. and biotech company Pharming Group NV (NYSE Euronext: PHARM) today announced that Pharming has begun an international, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase IIIb clinical study evaluating the investigational drug RHUCIN for the treatment of acute attacks of angioedema in patients with Hereditary Angioedema.

22 Feb 2011

NYBC urges African American, Hispanic descent to donate blood for special patients

A hospitalized single mother from Queens is calling for more African Americans to become blood donors, so that she and many others may be able to live. People may call New York Blood Center at 1-800-933-BLOOD or visit www.nybloodcenter.org for more information about giving blood, and where to donate.

22 Feb 2011

CIBER completes key IT projects for leading healthcare organizations

CIBER, today announced it has recently completed key IT projects for leading healthcare organizations to develop and implement solutions that have helped the clients reduce costs, improve speed to market and engage consumers.

22 Feb 2011

Experimental vaccine appears to protect against pneumonia

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed an experimental vaccine that appears to protect against an increasingly common and particularly deadly form of pneumococcal pneumonia. Details of the new vaccine, which was tested in an animal model, are reported in a paper published today in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

22 Feb 2011

New research: Fluid retention may explain drugs' risk of strokes and heart attacks

New research shows that medications which have raised safety concerns over heart attack and stroke risks may not have gotten approval from the Food and Drug Administration if the cardiovascular effects of fluid retention had been better understood. Fluid retention may explain the increased risk of heart attacks and strokes of medications such as Vioxx, Bextra, and Avandia.

22 Feb 2011

New report identifies risks linked with privacy and security breaches in health care

A new report, "Privacy and Security in Health Care: A Fresh Look," released today by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, identifies the risks associated with privacy and security breaches in health care.

22 Feb 2011

Seal Shield launches new SILVER BLUE wireless iPad keyboard and case for healthcare

Seal Shield LLC today announced the new SILVER BLUE Bluetooth wireless keyboard and case for the iPad. The product has been designed specifically for healthcare and addresses infection control concerns over iPad use in hospital settings.

22 Feb 2011

Top healthcare companies select HP's imaging and printing solutions to drive clinical, financial value

HP today announced that seven of the top 10 healthcare companies have chosen its imaging and printing solutions to drive both clinical and financial value.

22 Feb 2011

MorphoSys completes technology transfer in strategic antibody alliance

MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment) announced today that it has received a technology milestone payment from Novartis in connection with completion of the installation of its HuCAL antibody platform at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research in Basel, Switzerland.

22 Feb 2011

Research reveals men attend childbirth classes only for partner's sake

Although their involvement is very different, childbirth is an important shared experience for the first-time father and his partner, yet men generally attend childbirth classes only for their partner's sake, reveals research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

22 Feb 2011

Research: Blood and hormone level in saliva can reveal burnout symptoms

Your blood and the level of a hormone in your spit could reveal if you're on the point of burnout, according to research undertaken by Dr. Sonia Lupien and Robert-Paul Juster of the Centre for Studies on Human Stress of Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital and the University of Montreal.

22 Feb 2011

Stanly Regional selects McKesson's Paragon HIS to replace longstanding IT vendor

Stanly Regional Medical Center, a 119-bed healthcare provider in Albemarle, N.C., recently became the latest hospital to select McKesson's Paragon hospital information system and application hosting from McKesson Managed Services after deciding to replace its longstanding IT vendor.

22 Feb 2011

Positive results from TMC435 phase 2b PILLAR study in treatment-naive patients with HCV

Medivir AB, the emerging research-based specialty pharmaceutical company focused on infectious diseases, announces today further positive results from the phase 2b PILLAR study of TMC435 in treatment-naive patients with hepatitis C virus genotype-1.

22 Feb 2011

C3 announces alliance with HIMSS to provide access to health information technology

CollaborativeCARE Conference, the first healthcare conference designed to foster regional coordinated care by educating specialists, primary care physicians and patients, today announced an alliance with HIMSS that will provide customized access to health information technology at the inaugural C3 event in Long Beach, Calif., scheduled for Nov. 15-20, 2011.

22 Feb 2011

Women with melanoma seem to experience more health-related quality of life issues than men

Women seem to experience more health-related quality of life issues than men for up to 10 years following a diagnosis of the skin cancer melanoma, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

22 Feb 2011

Desperate governors, state Legislatures seek ways to cut Medicaid costs

News outlets across the country are reporting that states are planning to trim Medicaid rolls and benefits. Some are especially focusing on nursing home costs.

22 Feb 2011

Cedars-Sinai selects Encore for multi-million dollar EMR project

Encore Health Resources, a leader in advanced information-technology services for the global healthcare industry, announced today that it has been selected by Cedars-Sinai Health System to partner in the organization-wide implementation of the health system's multi-million dollar electronic medical record project.

22 Feb 2011

Early appendectomy appears to reduce time away from normal activities in children with appendicitis

For children with a perforated appendix, early appendectomy appears to reduce the time away from normal activities and has fewer adverse events as compared to another common option, the interval appendectomy, which is performed several weeks after diagnosis, according to a report published online first in the Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

22 Feb 2011

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AHFS, PEPID partner to deliver electronic drug information to pharmacists nationwide

Discovery Holdings, Humana to offer Vitality wellness program for health plan members

Pharming, Santarus begin RHUCIN Phase IIIb study in patients with Hereditary Angioedema

NYBC urges African American, Hispanic descent to donate blood for special patients

CIBER completes key IT projects for leading healthcare organizations

Experimental vaccine appears to protect against pneumonia

New research: Fluid retention may explain drugs' risk of strokes and heart attacks

New report identifies risks linked with privacy and security breaches in health care

Seal Shield launches new SILVER BLUE wireless iPad keyboard and case for healthcare

Top healthcare companies select HP's imaging and printing solutions to drive clinical, financial value

MorphoSys completes technology transfer in strategic antibody alliance

Research reveals men attend childbirth classes only for partner's sake

Research: Blood and hormone level in saliva can reveal burnout symptoms

Stanly Regional selects McKesson's Paragon HIS to replace longstanding IT vendor

Positive results from TMC435 phase 2b PILLAR study in treatment-naive patients with HCV

C3 announces alliance with HIMSS to provide access to health information technology

Women with melanoma seem to experience more health-related quality of life issues than men

Desperate governors, state Legislatures seek ways to cut Medicaid costs

Cedars-Sinai selects Encore for multi-million dollar EMR project

Early appendectomy appears to reduce time away from normal activities in children with appendicitis

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