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Obama administration prepares to announce first national HIV strategy

Kaiser Health News: "Federal officials plan to announce Tuesday a national strategy designed to ramp up and better coordinate the government's attack on the country's HIV/AIDS epidemic." Many HIV/AIDS advocates "say many more resources need to be committed to fight the disease, especially considering it doesn't get the attention it once did.

12 Jul 2010

AMA finds lobbying power eroding; Payment rates vary

Three months the health law passed, the American Medical Association is finding itself "itself with fewer friends on Capitol Hill and more critics questioning its lobbying savvy," Politico reports. "Its troubles couldn't come at a worse time: It is more dependent than ever on having allies in Congress, thanks to the growing number of Medicare patients.

12 Jul 2010

Equation, PAA partner to offer consulting, educational programs

Equation, a healthcare consulting firm, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Physicians' Alliance of America, Inc. (PAA), a non-profit group purchasing organization, to offer consulting and educational programs to PAA members. PAA seeks to help medical practices save money on the goods and services they regularly use. Now members can benefit from Equation's analytical tools, scientific methodologies and proven operational expertise to optimize the financial and operational health of their practice.

12 Jul 2010

Brand-Nu Laboratories adds Chlophedianol Hydrochloride to API line

Brand-Nu Laboratories, a leading US-based high purity chemical manufacturer and distributor, has introduced Chlophedianol Hydrochloride, also known as Clofedanol Hydrochloride JP, to its product portfolio of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).

12 Jul 2010

Hospitals in the news: ICU deaths higher on weekend, continuous improvement pays off in Seattle

"Patients admitted to an intensive care unit over the weekend may be more likely to die than those admitted at other times, perhaps because of reduced staffing, a review of research finds," HealthDay/USA Today reports. "For the review, published in the July issue of the journal Chest, researchers examined the results of 10 studies exploring the link between time of admission to an ICU and death rates.

12 Jul 2010

Apollo Health Street, Hartford Healthcare announce new agreement

Apollo Health Street, a developer of world-class solutions that tackle healthcare's toughest financial challenges, announced today a new agreement with Hartford Healthcare Corporation in Hartford, Connecticut to perform a third party insurance follow-up project in conjunction with a zero balance recovery audit.

12 Jul 2010

Administration plans to release new HIV/AIDS strategy this week

Kaiser Health News staff writer Kate Steadman reports: "Federal officials plan to announce Tuesday a national strategy designed to ramp up and better coordinate the government's attack on the country's HIV/AIDS epidemic, an effort to deliver on a Barack Obama campaign promise delayed by the health care overhaul debate and other issues" (Steadman, 7/12).

12 Jul 2010

Westbury Hospital to implement Prognosis ChartAccess Comprehensive EMR

Westbury Hospital is implementing an electronic medical records system from Prognosis Health Information Systems – a move that is putting the new 137-bed acute care hospital on the fast track toward meeting meaningful use requirements and qualifying for incentive funds associated with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

12 Jul 2010

MD On-Line enters into agreement with TMI to handle claims processing transactions

MD On-Line, Inc., a proven leader in enabling interoperable EDI transactions between healthcare insurance companies and healthcare providers, today announced that it has entered into a Customer Transfer and Acquisition Agreement with Connecticut-based Transaction Methods, Inc. (TMI) to handle claims processing transactions for the Company's sizeable provider community.

12 Jul 2010

Springer, CRS partner to launch 'Drug Delivery and Translational Research' journal

Starting in February 2011, Springer will publish a new international, peer-reviewed journal Drug Delivery and Translational Research. Focusing exclusively on translational aspects of drug delivery, the bi-monthly journal will provide a unique forum for publication of high-quality research. It is an official journal of the Controlled Release Society (CRS).

12 Jul 2010

Rohto launches AFC Medirepair with Signum's compound Arazine in Japan

Signum Biosciences announced that its partner, Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., has launched AFC Medirepair® with Signum's compound Arazine™ (n-acetyl-s-farnsylcysteine or AFC) in Japan. Arazine™ is the first compound from Signum's novel anti-inflammatory platform to be commercialized from Signum's pipeline of Signal Transduction Modulators (STMs).

12 Jul 2010

Acurian attains TRUSTe's EU privacy certification

Acurian announced today that it has been granted EU privacy certification from TRUSTe, the leading Internet privacy and security assurance program. TRUSTe will provide Acurian with third-party privacy claims and dispute resolution services, which will allow Acurian to broaden its patient recruitment and retention services in Europe. Acurian will display the TRUSTe seal of assurance on its websites.

12 Jul 2010

healthychat.com addresses myriad consumer health care questions

Health care reform will impact every American in some way. The question is how and when? The healthychat.com website was created to address the many questions consumers have about health insurance. Since its launch on May 1, thousands have viewed healthychat.com, creating a community forum addressing myriad health care questions.

12 Jul 2010

Bio-Optronics, CRA partner to enhance clinical trial sites' patient recruitment capabilities

Bio-Optronics and Clinical Research Associates (CRA) have developed a strategic relationship to provide a turn-key solution for a clinical research site's patient recruitment needs, which couples Bio-Optronics' Clinical Conductor™ Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) and Clinical Research Associates' patient recruitment offerings.

12 Jul 2010

Accuri Cytometers announces completion of $6 million Series E preferred stock financing

Accuri Cytometers, Inc., a world leader in providing life science researchers with easy-to-use, cost-effective flow cytometers, today announced completion of a $6 million Series E preferred stock financing. The financing included current investors Arboretum Ventures, Baird Venture Partners, Fidelity Biosciences, Flagship Ventures and the InvestMichigan! Program co-managed by Credit Suisse.

12 Jul 2010

IDSI installs CT Laser Mammography system at Tata Memorial Hospital

Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., a pioneer in laser optical breast imaging, announced today that it has installed the first CT Laser Mammography (CTLM) system at Tata Memorial Hospital, the national comprehensive cancer centre in Mumbai, India.

12 Jul 2010

Bedford Laboratories launches Dactinomycin for Injection

Bedford Laboratories™, a division of Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc., is pleased to announce the addition of Dactinomycin for Injection USP 500 mcg (0.5 mg) to its comprehensive line of generic oncology products. Dactinomycin was approved earlier this year by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is AP rated and equivalent to Cosmegen® by Lundbeck Inc. Each single dose vial contains 0.5 mg (500mcg) of dactinomycin and 20 mg of mannitol and is individually boxed.

12 Jul 2010

Today's OpEds: Churchillian Berwick?; Government's obesity fight; WSJ on paying for health reform

In an ideal world, Berwick would be Medicare's Winston Churchill, a prophetic voice who emerges from the wilderness and ends years of appeasement and denial. He tells the truth about federal health care and medicine generally. It's no wonder the Obama administration didn't think the Senate could handle it (Jay Hancock, 7/11).

12 Jul 2010

Scientists discover way to enhance nerve regeneration in peripheral nervous system

Faculty of Medicine scientists have discovered a way to enhance nerve regeneration in the peripheral nervous system. This important discovery could lead to new treatments for nerve damage caused by diabetes or traumatic injuries. Peripheral nerves connect the brain and spinal cord to the body, and without them, there is no movement or sensation. Peripheral nerve damage is common and often irreversible. This discovery is published in the July 7, 2010 edition of the Journal of Neuroscience.

12 Jul 2010

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12 Jul 2010