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MedeAnalytics: SJMC adds Payer Performance Analytics to its suite of MedeAnalytics solutions

MedeAnalytics, a leading provider of healthcare performance management solutions, announced that St. Joseph Medical Center (SJMC) in Towson, Md. has added Payer Performance Analytics to its suite of MedeAnalytics solutions.

23 Jan 2010

SJRMC picks ProVation MD software for Gastroenterology and Cardiology

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that San Juan Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) has selected its ProVation® MD software for Gastroenterology and Cardiology.

23 Jan 2010

Echo Therapeutics announces the availability of independent research report

Echo Therapeutics, Inc., a company developing the needle-free Symphony™ tCGM System as a non-invasive, wireless, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring (tCGM) system and the Prelude™ SkinPrep System for transdermal drug delivery, is pleased to announce the availability of an independent research report that was issued yesterday with a "Strong Speculative Buy" recommendation and a 12 to 18 month price target of $4.50.

23 Jan 2010

Autism Speaks: UC Davis study uncovers several clusters of elevated risk for autism in California

Two recent, separate publications identified regions with higher than expected numbers of autism cases - or clusters - in California. Using data collected by the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) on 2.5 million births including almost 10,000 autism cases from 1996-2000, investigators at UC Davis uncovered several clusters of elevated risk for autism.

23 Jan 2010

NJHA honors professionals and organizations for sustainable healthcare

Several individuals and organizations were honored at the 91st Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Hospital Association today at the Hyatt Regency Princeton.

23 Jan 2010

NCMHD awards Weill Cornell Medical College $8M for establishing CEDREC in New York City

Weill Cornell Medical College has established a new research center to improve medical care in ethnically diverse and medically underserved communities in New York City.

23 Jan 2010

Health IT roundup: Provider-vendor relationships an issue, group uses racial info to customize care

Health News Florida/Kaiser Health News: "A group of Broward County doctors looking to switch to electronic medical records say the result has been a massive headache: surprise charges, inadequate training and even blocked access to patient files."

23 Jan 2010

Premier Purchasing Partners announces new agreements for energy efficiency services

Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, announced today new agreements for energy efficiency services have been awarded to American Energy Assets LLC. of Denver, a small business enterprise; Energy Automation Systems Inc. of Hendersonville, Tenn., a small business enterprise; Encelium Technologies of Teaneck, N.J.; Johnson Controls Inc. of Milwaukee; Tolin Mechanical Systems of Denver, a small business enterprise; and Trane USA Inc. of Antioch, Tenn.

23 Jan 2010

A personal account of a heart attack survivor

People would say, myself included, that this can not be true. I had lived my life being active and fit. I had been living a healthful and happy life, trying to set a good example for those around me.

23 Jan 2010

Scientists map origin of MRSA, technology could help understanding of other diseases

"Scientists have found a way to track minutely-differing strains of the 'superbug' MRSA [methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus] as they spread between people and across the globe, a finding that could aid efforts to control the deadly bacteria," Reuters/ABC News reports (Kelland, 1/21).

23 Jan 2010

Study shows certain heart medications may decrease risk of Parkinson's disease

UCLA researchers have discovered that a specific type of medication used to treat cardiovascular conditions such as hypertension, angina and abnormal heart rhythms may also decrease the risk of developing Parkinson's disease.

22 Jan 2010

Workers combat hospital infections

CNN reports on efforts to combat hospital-acquired infections, which affect 1.7 million people each year and kill 99,000, while adding $28 billion to the nation's overall health care bill, according to federal research. "But there are signs of improvement. Pennsylvania, which requires the most extensive reporting of hospital-acquired infections, saw the annual rate for all infections drop 8 percent, according to the most recent figures available from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council."

22 Jan 2010

A selection of today's opinions and editorials

We will ultimately have real health care reform in this country for a very simple reason: We have no choice and both Democrats and Republicans understand that. More importantly, the American people know it (Robert Laszewski, 1/22).

22 Jan 2010

NIH awards grants to develop new tobacco-related drug therapies

Four scientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center have been awarded more than $2.2 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to research the effects of nicotine and develop new tobacco-related drug therapies.

22 Jan 2010

Researchers produce DVD to help patients live with and manage neuropathic pain

Health professionals and patients can now go online for help and tips from a groundbreaking pain clinic, which halved referrals to hospital.

22 Jan 2010

Staff and volunteers report stories of hope amongst Haiti earthquake survivors

On Jan. 20, 2010, two healthy babies, one boy and one girl, were successfully delivered at the Canadian/Norwegian Red Cross field hospital in Port-au-Prince. They were born within 90 minutes of the magnitude 6 aftershock that struck earlier that morning.

22 Jan 2010

St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network takes major steps to reduce its carbon footprint

St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network has taken a major step towards reducing its carbon footprint. By purchasing 10 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources, the health system will realize an annual 2,900 ton reduction of carbon dioxide, a significant component of greenhouse gas.

22 Jan 2010

Study: Chinese anesthesiologists willing to help patients quit smoking, reduce tobacco-related deaths

The statistics are frightening: one-third of the world's smokers (300 million) live in China, and chronic diseases caused by smoking are a growing burden to public health there. Current projections estimate that the number of tobacco-related deaths in China will increase to 2 million annually by 2025.

22 Jan 2010

Pediatric hospitals can decrease bloodstream infections following low-tech rules

Pediatric hospitals can significantly decrease the number of bloodstream infections from central venous catheters by following some low-tech rules: Insert the catheter correctly and, above all, keep everything squeaky clean after that.

22 Jan 2010

Researchers show how MRSA transmission can be tracked in hospital settings

For the first time, researchers have shown how transmission of MRSA from one person to another can be precisely tracked in a hospital setting. The team have developed a remarkable new method that can 'zoom' from large-scale inter-continental transmission events to the much finer detail of person-to-person infection of MRSA within a single hospital.

22 Jan 2010

Hospital News and Research

MedeAnalytics: SJMC adds Payer Performance Analytics to its suite of MedeAnalytics solutions

SJRMC picks ProVation MD software for Gastroenterology and Cardiology

Echo Therapeutics announces the availability of independent research report

Autism Speaks: UC Davis study uncovers several clusters of elevated risk for autism in California

NJHA honors professionals and organizations for sustainable healthcare

NCMHD awards Weill Cornell Medical College $8M for establishing CEDREC in New York City

Health IT roundup: Provider-vendor relationships an issue, group uses racial info to customize care

Premier Purchasing Partners announces new agreements for energy efficiency services

A personal account of a heart attack survivor

Scientists map origin of MRSA, technology could help understanding of other diseases

Study shows certain heart medications may decrease risk of Parkinson's disease

Workers combat hospital infections

A selection of today's opinions and editorials

NIH awards grants to develop new tobacco-related drug therapies

Researchers produce DVD to help patients live with and manage neuropathic pain

Staff and volunteers report stories of hope amongst Haiti earthquake survivors

St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network takes major steps to reduce its carbon footprint

Study: Chinese anesthesiologists willing to help patients quit smoking, reduce tobacco-related deaths

Pediatric hospitals can decrease bloodstream infections following low-tech rules

Researchers show how MRSA transmission can be tracked in hospital settings

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