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Stress-reducing psychological intervention helps increase quality of life among women with breast cancer

Stress-reducing psychological intervention helps to increase survival and quality of life among women with recurrent breast cancer over the long-term, according to results of a Phase III study published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

9 Jun 2010

Lapses in infection control common in ambulatory surgical centers

An assessment of nearly 70 ambulatory surgical centers in three states found that lapses in infection control were common, including for practices such as hand hygiene, injection and medication safety and equipment reprocessing, according to a study in the June 9 issue of JAMA.

9 Jun 2010

Clinical guidelines for UC emergency medicine physicians

Though guidelines for best treatment practices are common, they are only partially effective without standardized, routine exposure to them in clinical practice, according to a study conducted by University of Cincinnati emergency medicine researchers.

9 Jun 2010

Researchers compare effectiveness of IB and AMP in high-risk patients

Major amputation is often selected over infrainguinal bypass in patients with severe systemic comorbidities because of a presumed decrease in risk of perioperative morbidity and mortality. To investigate this presumption, researchers from the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston undertook a risk-adjusted comparison of early postoperative morbidity and mortality of high-risk patients undergoing infrainguinal bypass and major amputation.

9 Jun 2010

HealthGrades ranks top hospitals in patient experience

Hospitals providing the best patient experience in the nation, according to surveys of their patients overseen by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, were identified today by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization, and posted to its website, www.healthgrades.com.

9 Jun 2010

RIC leverages InteleOne to offer range of services to hospitals, emergency departments

Intelerad Medical Systems, a recognized leader in medical imaging PACS and workflow solutions, today announced that Radiology Imaging Consultants, SC will be leveraging InteleOne to offer a new range of services, including full overnight coverage with final interpretation to hospitals and emergency departments. RIC is a large radiology practice with 75 radiologists reading and reporting over 850,000 studies per year throughout Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky.

9 Jun 2010

Vital Therapies commences enrollment in ELAD SILVER trial for acute-on-chronic liver failure

Vital Therapies, Inc., (VTI) is pleased to announce that the first two subjects have been enrolled at King's College Hospital in London in the expansion of its SILVER (Stabilization In LiVER failure) clinical trial in Europe. The trial is evaluating whether VTI's biological cellular therapy product, ELAD®, can prevent deterioration of liver function and improve the survival of patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF).

9 Jun 2010

Preoperative BB usage to help prevent POMI revealed at Vascular Annual Meeting

A regional quality improvement effort aimed at increasing the use of preoperative beta-blocker usage to help prevent postoperative myocardial infarction was revealed today at the 64th Vascular Annual Meeting presented by the Society for Vascular Surgery.

9 Jun 2010

DSM commences cGMP-manufacturing of Novacta's C. difficile compound

DSM BioSolutions today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Novacta Biosystems Limited, Welwyn Garden City, UK, for the process development and cGMP production of its C. difficile molecule, a new class of lantibiotic compounds.

9 Jun 2010

Allscripts, Eclipsys announce merger

Allscripts, the leading provider of clinical software, information and connectivity solutions for physicians, and Eclipsys, a leading enterprise provider of solutions and services for hospitals and clinicians, today announced a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion.

9 Jun 2010

GE Healthcare to present anti-[18F]FACBC phase 1 study results at Society of Nuclear Medicine annual meeting

GE Healthcare, a unit of the General Electric Company, today will present results of a phase 1 study of anti-[18F]FACBC at the 57th annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah. The presentation closely follows the launch of the phase 2 clinical development program for anti-[18F]FACBC, which was initially discovered and developed by Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, and was licensed to Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd. (NMP) of Japan.

9 Jun 2010

VARI researchers identify enzyme that could help diagnose and treat cholangiocarcinoma

In collaboration with the National Cancer Centre, Singapore, Van Andel Research Institute researchers have identified an enzyme that could help diagnose and treat cholangiocarcinoma, a form of liver cancer that strikes up to 3,000 new patients each year in the United States.

9 Jun 2010

Lytix Biopharma, KAEL-GemVax granted approval for GV1001/LTX-315 combination cancer therapy study

The Norwegian biopharmaceutical company Lytix Biopharma and Korean company KAEL-GemVax today announced approval by the Norwegian Medicines Agency ('Statens Legemiddelverk') to test a combination of LTX-315 and GV1001 as vaccine therapy in patients with resected tumours. Lytix Biopharma CEO Gunnar Salid states, "We are delighted to announce the approval of our joint study to test a combination of two very interesting experimental drugs.

9 Jun 2010

GE Capital provides Schumacher Group $120M in senior secured credit facilities

GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services provided, as administrative agent, $120 million in senior secured credit facilities to Schumacher Group, the third largest company serving the outsourcing emergency services management industry. The credit facilities will be used to provide the company with additional growth capital and to refinance existing indebtedness. GE Capital Markets served as lead arranger.

9 Jun 2010

In the news: Senate and jobs bill; Obama appeals to seniors; States' Medicaid squeeze; Beyond COBRA

Today's headlines highlights President Obama's planned visit to a senior center to tout health reform, while several columns examine insurance issues, what doctors say about electronic medical record goals and military treatment of traumatic brain injuries is investigated.

9 Jun 2010

Inquiry into the hospital acquired killer bug starts

A Second World War veteran John Boyle died of Clostridium difficile infection after being admitted to hospital for the first time at the age of 90. He was diagnosed with the infection on January 25 this year and succumbed to it two weeks later. He was one of 18 patients to die at a Scottish hospital when the outbreak of this hospital-acquired infection was reported.

8 Jun 2010

HPV-positive tumor status is strong prognostic factor for head, neck cancer

Oropharyngeal cancer patients whose tumors in the upper part of the throat test positively for the human papillomavirus (HPV) have better overall survival than patients with HPV-negative disease, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report in a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

8 Jun 2010

Successive 12-hour shifts for hospital nurses leads to widespread fatigue, patient care errors

A common practice of successive 12-hour shifts for U.S. hospital nurses leaves many with serious sleep deprivation, higher risk of health problems, and more odds of making patient errors, according to a University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) study presented today at the 24th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies in San Antonio.

8 Jun 2010

Researchers find LEB or EV demonstrates faster rate of healing for larger wounds

Researchers from Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC have found that wound healing after lower extremity bypass or endovascular revascularization demonstrated a more complete and faster rate of healing for larger wounds of more than 2 cm after open bypass. Findings will be presented at the 64th Vascular Annual Meeting presented by the Society for Vascular Surgery, June 10 in Boston.

8 Jun 2010

Health Canada approves Novartis' Menveo for prevention of meningococcal disease

Novartis Pharmaceutical Canada Inc. announced that Menveo (Meningococcal (Groups A, C, Y and W-135) Oligosaccharide CRM197 Conjugate Vaccine), a quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine was approved by Health Canada for active immunization of adolescents (11 to 18 years of age) and adults (19 to 55 years of age) to prevent invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, C, Y and W-135.

8 Jun 2010

Hospital News and Research

Stress-reducing psychological intervention helps increase quality of life among women with breast cancer

Lapses in infection control common in ambulatory surgical centers

Clinical guidelines for UC emergency medicine physicians

Researchers compare effectiveness of IB and AMP in high-risk patients

HealthGrades ranks top hospitals in patient experience

RIC leverages InteleOne to offer range of services to hospitals, emergency departments

Vital Therapies commences enrollment in ELAD SILVER trial for acute-on-chronic liver failure

Preoperative BB usage to help prevent POMI revealed at Vascular Annual Meeting

DSM commences cGMP-manufacturing of Novacta's C. difficile compound

Allscripts, Eclipsys announce merger

GE Healthcare to present anti-[18F]FACBC phase 1 study results at Society of Nuclear Medicine annual meeting

VARI researchers identify enzyme that could help diagnose and treat cholangiocarcinoma

Lytix Biopharma, KAEL-GemVax granted approval for GV1001/LTX-315 combination cancer therapy study

GE Capital provides Schumacher Group $120M in senior secured credit facilities

In the news: Senate and jobs bill; Obama appeals to seniors; States' Medicaid squeeze; Beyond COBRA

Inquiry into the hospital acquired killer bug starts

HPV-positive tumor status is strong prognostic factor for head, neck cancer

Successive 12-hour shifts for hospital nurses leads to widespread fatigue, patient care errors

Researchers find LEB or EV demonstrates faster rate of healing for larger wounds

Health Canada approves Novartis' Menveo for prevention of meningococcal disease

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