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K Streeters must choose sides as health debate nears showdown

Health industry lobbying groups are positioning themselves for the final battles over health reform, and that will mean formally choosing sides - for, or against - on Democrats' health-care overhaul, The Hill reports.

14 Oct 2009

Statewide H1N1 Vaccine Provider Registration System from Upp Technology

Supporting directives from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Upp Software, a business unit of Upp Technology, Inc., has developed, delivered and now offers a Statewide H1N1 Vaccine Provider Registration System to accommodate thousands of vaccine providers' ordering and reporting needs.

14 Oct 2009

Decision Resources: Rheumatoid arthritis drug market in India to grow up to $672 million in 2013

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that the rheumatoid arthritis drug market in India will more than double by 2013, growing from $296 million in 2008 to $672 million in 2013.

14 Oct 2009

Patients at highly rated hospitals have a 52% lower chance of dying: Study

The largest annual study of patient outcomes at each of the nation’s 5,000 nonfederal hospitals found a wide gap in quality between the nation’s best hospitals and all others. According to the study, issued today by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization, patients at highly rated hospitals have a 52 percent lower chance of dying compared with the U.S. hospital average, a quality chasm that has persisted for the last decade even as mortality rates, in general, have declined.

14 Oct 2009

LiveProcess receives patent for its "Networked Emergency Management System"

LiveProcess Corporation, the market leader in web-based emergency preparedness and incident management solutions for hospitals and healthcare organizations, announced today that the U.S. Patent Office (PTO) has issued U.S. Patent No. 7,596,608 to LiveProcess.

14 Oct 2009

Rapid rollout of H1N1 vaccines is effective in reducing infection rates according to simulation model

Early action, especially rapid rollout of vaccines, is extremely effective in reducing the attack rate of the H1N1 influenza virus, according to a simulation model of a pandemic outbreak reported in a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) www.cmaj.ca.

14 Oct 2009

MRI scans to become cheaper with the release of Hayek MRI-RTX

United Hayek Industries announced today the release of a new device, The Hayek MRI-RTX, making MRI scans significantly cheaper using synchronized respiratory and cardiac motion. The new device allows coronary MRAs to be performed in half the scan time with higher navigator efficiency.

14 Oct 2009

Is universal coverage goal 'slipping away?'

"As a key Senate committee prepares today to pass its plan to overhaul the nation's healthcare system, senior Democrats are acknowledging that it may be impossible to provide coverage to all Americans -- a central goal of President Obama and his congressional allies," The Los Angeles Times reports.

14 Oct 2009

News outlets examine East African drought

Sky News examines the drought in East Africa, focusing on its impact in Kenya. In "[o]ne of the worst-affected areas," 70 percent of the "herds of cattle and goats have died in the past year, threatening the survival of entire communities who depend on them for their food and income," according to Sky News (Hurd, 10/12).

14 Oct 2009

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office grants patent to Applied Technology Holdings

Applied Technology Holdings, Inc., revealed today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted its patent on a system for the gathering and processing of biometric and biomechanical body motion data.

14 Oct 2009

New ambulatory EMR and practice management solution from HMS

Healthcare Management Systems, Inc. ® (HMS) will launch a new, proprietary ambulatory electronic medical record and practice management solution called HMS Ambulatory EMR this month.

14 Oct 2009

Department of Veterans Affairs selects Aquilent for health IT support

Aquilent, the recognized leading provider of Web-based solutions shaping the next generation of technology for the federal government, today announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has chosen Aquilent for two health IT support contracts valued at more than $2.7M combined. Under the terms of the contracts, Aquilent will provide healthcare revenue data migration and health risk assessment solutions.

14 Oct 2009

States eye budget cuts and health reform

Pennsylvania's hospitals got a small piece of good news when an overdue budget came with smaller than expected cuts. But there and in other states, programs continue to find programs and budgets on the chopping block.

14 Oct 2009

BRIC nations spend $500 billion in 2009 for health care despite economic downturn

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, sustained economic growth since 2003 in Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) has enabled massive increases in health care expenditures with an astounding $500 billion spent in 2009 alone.

14 Oct 2009

Market Street's initiative to combat cold and flu season

As a complimentary service, Market Street pharmacies are expanding the grocer’s whole-health commitment to its guests by offering free antibiotics and prenatal vitamins to North Texans to help weather the cold and flu season through its “Free to Feel Better” program. Additionally, Market Street’s new partnership with Dallas-based MedicalEdge has transformed the Living Well ExpressCare Centers into more than just walk-in clinics.

14 Oct 2009

Webinars to discuss how MCA improves patient care

Calling all health IT professionals: something special is coming to HealthcareGoesMobile.com. The first Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA) Week is slated for Oct. 12-16, when this free healthcare technology Web community is dedicated to all things related to the MCA device. The MCA was specifically designed to streamline clinician workflows and improve interactions with patients at the point-of-care.

14 Oct 2009

AHF praises the California Governor for signing rapid HIV testing bill

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the operator of the largest non-government HIV testing program in California, today praised the California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signing Assembly Bill 221, legislation which updates and streamlines the training of counselors for rapid HIV testing by exempting persons administering finger stick rapid HIV tests from the requirement for certification as a limited phlebotomy technician (LPT).

13 Oct 2009

Meda Pharmaceuticals introduces Onsolis for treating breakthrough cancer pain

Meda Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced the launch of Onsolis(TM)(fentanyl buccal soluble film) in the U.S. for the management of breakthrough pain (BTP) in patients with cancer, eighteen years of age and older, who are already receiving and who are tolerant to opioid therapy for their underlying persistent cancer pain.

13 Oct 2009

Airwatch announces partnership with Mobile Device Management

AirWatch™, a leading provider of enterprise-wide Mobile Device Management (MDM) software, today announced a partnership with Homecare Homebase™. The partnership enables Homecare Homebase to license the AirWatch Mobile Device Management Solution under the name Device Link to its growing customer base of hospice and home healthcare agencies.

13 Oct 2009

PhysioNetics receives grant to continue development of 'gripper' for upper-extremity prostheses

A $750,000 Phase II grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow PhysioNetics, LLC to continue its development work on an innovative new “gripper” for upper-extremity prostheses.

13 Oct 2009