A comprehensive central repository of medical data could be an answer to the cost and quality problems plaguing US health care. Besides the medical histories of individual patients, the database would aggregate information spotlighting medical best practices and their impact on patient care as well as help researchers to identify...
* Participating in a trial can provide you with the newest treatments and drugs for everything from allergies to cancer; in some cases, you get paid too. "These studies gather data on the safety or efficacy of medical treatments or drugs before they're released to the public," says Annice Bergeris,...
FLEX has long touted the benefits of a lower-carb diet. We don't just believe in lower-carb dieting for losing weight, but for health benefits, too. Yet few experts in the science and medical community shared our view of low-carb diets. In fact, many claimed for years that following a low-carb...
The objective was to examine differences of dietary pattern, physical activity and energy balance in 240 college students with 137 of them enrolled in California State University, Los Angeles LA and the other 93 enrolled in China Medical University in Taichung, Taiwan TW. A three-day dietary record and a 24-hour...
Medicare Payments for Successful Electronic Prescribers, Reporting Quality Data are Important Steps Toward a Value-Driven Health Care System ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING Medicare is taking new steps to speed the adoption of electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) by offering incentive payments to physicians and other eligible professionals who use the...
The third largest public healthcare system in the United States doesn't let size stand in the way of personalized care. For Carolinas HealthCare System (2), the very best personal care begins with a virtual contact center from Nortel(1) (TSX: NT)(NYSE: NT) that directs each patient call to a person,...
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Tiburon, Inc. announced today that it has signed a $6.4 million contract to provide an integrated public safety system for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Tiburon, headquartered in Pleasanton, CA, is an industry-leading provider of automated public safety and justice systems to meet the demanding and complex needs of...
JACKSON, Mich. -- As part of their ever-evolving product line, Anesthesia Business Consultants, LLC ABC is proud to announce the addition of an EMR created specifically for Pain Management - F1RSTEMRP. As an integrated expansion to F1RSTAnesthesiaTM, their current billing and practice management technology, F1RSTEMRP was created with...
The EchoCRT Study Will Investigate the Life-Saving Benefits of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure Who Currently Do Not Receive Device Therapy BERLIN, Germany & LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. -- BIOTRONIK announced today the enrollment of the first patient into the EchoCRT Echocardiography guided Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy...
Tight glucose control doesn't significantly reduce the risk of in-hospital death among critically ill patients. But, it is associated with an increased risk of hypoglycemia abnormally low blood sugar, according to a study that challenges the common practice of tight glucose control for this group of patients. Currently, many...
MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XTENT, Inc. today announced that the positive one-year follow-up data from the CUSTOM II trial was published in the most recent issue of the peer-reviewed journal, EuroIntervention. The lead author of the article was Dr. Pieter R. Stella, M.D., of...
Company to present data from landmark SYNTAX clinical trial NATICK, Mass., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation today announced the schedule of the Company's major events and press announcements at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2008, which runs from August 30 to September 3...
Franek Technologies, the leader in certifiedCategory III-3 Laboratory Battery Backup Power Protection Systems(LPS/UPS), has made available at www.franek.com/html/uc_irvine.htm , acourse titled "Power Protection of Mission Critical Medical and LaboratoryEquipment." The course was originally developed and presented by Raymond L.Hecker, A.E., M.B.A., Vice President and General Manager of FranekTechnologies at...
Uninsured Americans will spend $30 billion out of pocket for health care, and receive $56 billion in uncompensated care in 2008, new research shows. Uncompensated care is defined as health care that is received but not paid for by the uninsured or a health insurer. In a report appearing in...
LISLE, IL, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SXC Health Solutions, Corp. ("SXC" or the "Company") , a leading provider of technology and pharmacy benefits management services, announces that it has expanded the scope of services delivered to the Employee Benefits Division EBD of the State of Arkansas, to include enhanced...
More than 75 leading experts to share research data, clinical experience on use of magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery -- novel, non-invasive alternative to traditional surgery and radiotherapy for serious medical conditions CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation is pleased to announce...
- Results published in Vascular Medicine - FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vermillion, Inc. , a molecular diagnostics company, announced the publication of data supporting its peripheral artery disease PAD diagnostic program. The results were published in the August, 2008 issue of the peer-reviewed journal, Vascular...
LAWRENCE, Mass., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NxStage Medical, Inc. , a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today announced that the interim quality of life analysis from the FREEDOM study will be presented during the American Society of Nephrology Renal Week 2008 Annual Meeting taking place November 4-9, 2008,...
First Commercial License in Three Fields of Use SEATTLE -- Visualant, Inc. (OTCBB:VSUL), a technology company developing powerful spectral data-based security, diagnostic and quality control solutions, today announced the signing of a Letter of Intent with RATLAB LLC. The agreement advances the historic strategic relationship between the two...
LONDON, August 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The medicated pain relief plaster, Versatis is now approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium SMC for restricted use within NHS Scotland for patients suffering pain following shingles(1) http://www.scottishmedicines.org.uk/smc/5850.html. This reversal of the previous SMC decision (issued in February 2007) for Versatis (5% lidocaine medicated...
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