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Accenture Innovation Center for Health launched to tackle challenges facing the global health industry

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today launched the Accenture Innovation Center for Health in response to the growing global demand for insights into and strategies to confront the top health issues and challenges affecting citizens worldwide. The center serves as the focal point for Accenture’s thought capital and proven assets for tackling the most pressing challenges facing the global health industry.

28 Oct 2009

North Dakota congressional delegation praised for recognizing seniors’ care needs as priority in final bill

With North Dakota seniors facing cuts of up to $75 million in their Medicare-funded nursing home care over the next ten years as a result of pending health reform legislation in Congress, North Dakota and national long term care leaders conducted a North Dakota media teleconference today to praise the North Dakota congressional delegation for recognizing the specific concerns of seniors and caregivers, and ensuring the leadership in their respective chambers clearly understand why seniors' care needs must be a priority in a final bill.

28 Oct 2009

Design of a consultation room can improve the quality of a visit to the physician's office

The design of a consultation room can improve the quality of a visit to the physician's office. A collaborative research study developed by Nurture by Steelcase and Mayo Clinic, was conducted to understand the extent to which a consultation room designed to support present-day clinical encounters could affect the consultation between patients and clinicians.

28 Oct 2009

New CCS guidelines and position papers for physicians and nurse practitioners

Several new guidelines and position papers offering the most up to date information to ensure that clinicians practice evidence-based medicine were released at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2009 this week.

28 Oct 2009

In healthcare fraud prevention, public sector leads the charge

MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of Datamonitor's new report, "Running in the Never-ending Race Against Healthcare Fraud (Strategic Focus)," to their collection of Healthcare market reports.

28 Oct 2009

NSF awards $3 million grant for establishing a Partnership in Research and Education in Materials

Professor Morris is principal investigator on a new, five-year $3 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that establishes a Partnership in Research and Education in Materials (PREM) at CCNY in collaboration with the University of Chicago's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. The "overarching goal of the partnership is to develop methodology for description of material dynamics" as an emerging branch of materials science.

28 Oct 2009

NMHIC appointed as New Mexico's official health information exchange

Maggie Gunter, PhD, president of the New Mexico Health Information Collaborative (NMHIC), announced today that the organization has been appointed as the state's official health information exchange (HIE) by New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.

28 Oct 2009

NYPNU serves a 10-day strike notice to Lenox Hill Hospital

The New York Professional Nurses Union (NYPNU) members voted overwhelmingly to strike at Lenox Hill Hospital and Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. Today, NYPNU has served Gladys George, President/CEO of Lenox Hill Hospital, with a 10-day strike notice and set a strike deadline of Monday, November 9.

28 Oct 2009

Provisions in health care bill may transform nation's largest abortion chain into quasi-government status

The Senate version of America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 may transform the nation's largest abortion chain into a quasi-government entity for sex education.

28 Oct 2009

UHC: Implementation of patient- and family-centered care improves quality of care for patients

Understanding the needs of patients and their families has several advantages for health care providers, including enhancing safety and helping to stem the increasing costs of medical errors and malpractice litigation. In fact, many academic medical centers are turning to implementation of patient- and family-centered care (PFCC) to improve the quality of care for patients.

28 Oct 2009

First Edition: October 28, 2009

The news of the day again seems to focus on Senate Democrat's public option as well as the politics, strong-arming and vote-counting that it has caused.

28 Oct 2009

Elderly patients have critical view of meeting with doctors; good doctor-patient relationship can increase faith in health care system

Elderly patients are often critical towards the meeting with the doctor. Hierarchical structures, time pressure and traditions in the health care sector make these patients and their relatives passive when facing the doctor and his or her position of power. This is shown in a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

28 Oct 2009

Simbionix launches advanced simulator for GI endoscopy and flexible bronchoscopy training

Simbionix, the world's leading developer of medical simulation systems, introduces it's new advanced simulator, the GI-BRONCH Mentor, a comprehensive solution for virtual reality training of GI Endoscopy and Flexible Bronchoscopy.

28 Oct 2009

Fall sports season is one of the most difficult times of the year to maintain a fitness regimen: Survey

According to a new survey conducted by 24 Hour Fitness – the largest privately owned U.S. fitness chain and a leading health club industry pioneer – the fall sports season is one of the most difficult times of the year to maintain a fitness regimen. And even though the results show that people are inspired by their favorite sports and athletes, that inspiration is not translating into action for most Americans.

28 Oct 2009

Patient self-referral to physiotherapy proven to be safe, and results in better health outcomes

Today in Washington, DC, physiotherapists from around the world heard that direct patient access and self-referral to physiotherapy improves public health. Patient self-referral and direct access is proven to be safe, and results in better health outcomes, more timely care, higher patient satisfaction, and lower costs.

28 Oct 2009

Not enough communication between drug companies and payers before Phase 3, says study

Not enough communication takes place between drug companies and payers before Phase 3, according to a new study from Cutting Edge Information (http://www.cuttingedgeinfo.com/market-access/). The study finds that drug companies contact payers an average 2.4 times in all of Phase 2.

28 Oct 2009

Debilitating muscle weakness can linger long after hospital discharge

After decades of focusing on the management of respiratory failure, circulatory shock and severe infections that lead to extended stays in hospital intensive care units, critical care researchers are increasingly turning attention to what they believe is a treatable complication developed by many who spend days or weeks confined to an ICU bed: debilitating muscle weakness that can linger long after hospital discharge.

28 Oct 2009

Critical illness insurance, an additional layer of financial protection

As breast cancer awareness month winds to a close and pink ribbons symbolizing the brave fight against this disease take their place on survivors' dressers, the fight continues. Putting the spotlight on this devastating disease has made people think about their own mortality and what would happen if they were diagnosed with a critical illness, says Frank N. Darras, America's top Long Term Disability Lawyer.

28 Oct 2009

Vascular surgeons are endovascularly-trained and have better safety records

Vascular surgeons have the highest market share and the lowest overall mortality and morbidity rates for peripheral arterial interventions (PAI), when compared to interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists who also perform this procedure.

28 Oct 2009

MEDNETWorld.com, Bostech announce a managed service HIE solution for NHIN connectivity

MEDNETWorld.com, a leader in Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) connectivity and Health Information Exchange (HIE) solutions and Bostech, the healthcare interoperability experts behind ChainBuilder Connect, today announced a managed service HIE solution for Nationwide Health Information Network, or NHIN, connectivity.

28 Oct 2009

Healthcare News

Accenture Innovation Center for Health launched to tackle challenges facing the global health industry

North Dakota congressional delegation praised for recognizing seniors’ care needs as priority in final bill

Design of a consultation room can improve the quality of a visit to the physician's office

New CCS guidelines and position papers for physicians and nurse practitioners

In healthcare fraud prevention, public sector leads the charge

NSF awards $3 million grant for establishing a Partnership in Research and Education in Materials

NMHIC appointed as New Mexico's official health information exchange

NYPNU serves a 10-day strike notice to Lenox Hill Hospital

Provisions in health care bill may transform nation's largest abortion chain into quasi-government status

UHC: Implementation of patient- and family-centered care improves quality of care for patients

First Edition: October 28, 2009

Elderly patients have critical view of meeting with doctors; good doctor-patient relationship can increase faith in health care system

Simbionix launches advanced simulator for GI endoscopy and flexible bronchoscopy training

Fall sports season is one of the most difficult times of the year to maintain a fitness regimen: Survey

Patient self-referral to physiotherapy proven to be safe, and results in better health outcomes

Not enough communication between drug companies and payers before Phase 3, says study

Debilitating muscle weakness can linger long after hospital discharge

Critical illness insurance, an additional layer of financial protection

Vascular surgeons are endovascularly-trained and have better safety records

MEDNETWorld.com, Bostech announce a managed service HIE solution for NHIN connectivity

Precision in every drop: Inside Hamilton’s syringe technology

Exploring the Future of Neuroscience Drug Discovery

Genomic conservation in Thailand's mangroves

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