Acuity in Medical News

TCS Healthcare Technologies Provides $5,000 Seed Money to Help Fund New CMSA Foundation

... Case Management Adherence Guidelines (CMAG) in acuity Advanced Care(TM)." Frater also extended CMSA's appreciation to TCS "for developing and supporting acuity AnyWare(TM), which is geared to independent and ... of products and services including: acuity Advanced Care, a comprehensive and integrated ...

New study indicates radiologists need standards to ensure optimal visual accuracy

... undergo a brief survey before undergoing visual acuity testing. "Of the 48 participating radiologists, ... eye examination," said Dr. Safdar. The visual acuity of the participants at any given measurement ... "Although the variation we found in visual acuity among radiologists is unlikely to have an ...

TCS Healthcare Technologies to Offer Interactive Text Messaging As Part of Its Care Management Software Platform

... on to the existing communication options that TCS acuity Advanced Care(TM) already supports." ... products and services including: acuity advanced care(TM), a comprehensive and integrated ... and Prevention/Wellness (PW) services; acuity AnyWare(TM), a web-enabled case management ...

Covidien announces milestone placement in remote respiratory monitoring

... is not at the bedside. "Today, higher acuity and more critically ill patients are being cared ... more intensive monitoring throughout the lower acuity areas of the hospital," said Douglas M. Hansell, ... factors often make monitoring outside the highest acuity areas of the hospital challenging. OxiNet III ...

Frost & Sullivan Discusses Impact of Economic Meltdown on the European High Acuity Monitoring Systems Markets

... Briefing Presentation on the European High acuity Monitoring Systems Markets to be held on ... monitoring systems, especially those in high acuity areas, are very well developed and have become an ... of the briefing include analyses of: high acuity systems market sizing, long term and short term ...

LifeCare Holdings, Inc. Announces Year-End Results

... with commercial payors, the treatment of higher acuity patients during the 2008 period, and an increase ... in bed capacity, the treatment of higher acuity patients, and increased benefit expenses. The ... inflationary increases, the treatment of higher acuity patients, and the increases in bed capacity. ...

Frost & Sullivan Says, Rising Awareness Boosts High Acuity Areas Monitoring Systems Market in Eastern Europe

... in order to succeed in the eastern European high acuity areas monitoring systems markets. The cost of ... ), Eastern European High acuity Areas Monitoring Systems Markets, finds that the ... with an overview of the eastern European high acuity areas monitoring systems markets, then send an ...

QLT announces interim results of radical study evaluating Visudyne combination therapy

... Mean visual acuity letter scores increased similarly in all ... During this six-month interim period, mean visual acuity (VA) in each group increased from baseline and ... At baseline, mean best corrected visual acuity letter scores ranged from 58 to 53 across ...

Long-Term Results of VisionCare's Implantable Telescope for End-Stage Macular Degeneration Published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology

... - Report shows three-line average visual acuity improvement maintained at ... II/III IMT002 trial showing substantial visual acuity improvement in End-Stage AMD patients. The study ... "The published data show improved visual acuity in end-stage AMD patients that was maintained ...

September Ophthalmology research highlights

... each had 10 or more large drusen and visual acuity of 20/40 or better in each eye at the study ... AMD patients. Of patients with GA who have visual acuity of 20/50 or better, about one-quarter become ... they would suffer significant loss of visual acuity within two years. This study was the first to ...

Because of Its Ability to Generate Higher Total Sales in the United States and Europe, Lucentis Will Earn Clinical Gold Standard Status by 2011 for the Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy

... Superior Efficacy to Avastin at Improving Visual acuity When Used with Laser Photocoagulation Would ... Demand to Be Driven by Agents that Improve Visual acuity also finds that a therapy that is more effective than Avastin at improving visual acuity when used in conjunction with laser ...

Acuity Workflow Solutions(TM) Enhances Medical Case Management Process:

... and CEO. "Kathy is a pioneer in standardizing acuity and caseload workflows for case and disease ... and case management firms to implement her acuity Workflow Solutions(TM). Among other benefits, she ... CM supervisors, and business managers. Craig's acuity Workflow Solution has improved both the ...

Early Screening Improves Outcomes for Kids With Amblyopia

... proportion of children failing to reach a visual acuity of 20/40 was significantly less among those ... screening for amblyopia consists of visual acuity screening (patients are asked to read letters on ... in the study. In conventional visual acuity testing, children need to be old enough to cover ...

Positive results from Visudyne(R) combination therapy study reported at Annual Macula Society Conference

... the first six months to gain similar visual acuity compared to Avastin monotherapy. In addition, 30% ... treatments while maintaining or improving visual acuity in patients with CNV secondary to AMD. At six ... the Visudyne combination therapy gained visual acuity with half the number of treatments required with ...

Community First Health Plans Selects TCS Healthcare Technologies' Care Management Software System

... TCS' acuity to Support Health Plans Next Generation of Care ... that it has selected TCS Healthcare Technologies, acuity advanced care(TM) (ACUITY) to support its ... programs. Purchasing and implementing TCS's acuity care management application is the next logical ...

Test for visual acuity could aid detection, rehabilitation of AMD

... in Computer-Based Test to Measure Optimal Visual acuity in Age-Related Macular Degeneration, ( ... four features known to improve visual acuity into their computer-based evaluation method: high ... experiments: the first measured the best-eye acuity of 24 AMD patients using the ETDRS charts and ...

Scientists identify brain circuits used in sensation of touch

... areas of the brain that govern tactile spatial acuity (perception). Such collaboration, explains Dr. ... cortex that not only predict individuals' acuity but also predict the magnitude of neural ... "In better performers, the paths predicting acuity converge from the left somatosensory cortex and ...

Early treatment of children with bilateral amblyopia essential, according to multisite study

... university-based sites. After one year, visual acuity measured with both eyes open had improved an ... the traditional Snellen eye chart. Average visual acuity improved from 20/63 to 20/25, and most children ... or better. Those children who started with visual acuity of 20/100 or worse showed the greatest ...

TCS Healthcare Technologies Announces Full Integration of Case Management Adherence Guidelines into Acuity Advanced Care(TM) System

... (CMAG) and related reports into the acuity advanced care(TM) System (ACUITY). TCS is also ... is making by fully operationalizing CMAGs within acuity and into their clinical content." Peter Moran, ... that "the goals for incorporating the CMAGs into acuity are to support CMSA in their initiative to ...

Researchers Produce First Nationwide Study of Homeless in ERs

... and Underserved. "The thing that surprised me the most was that acuity levels -- how sick the person was -- and hospital admissions rates were ... of insurance status, use of ambulance transport, hospital admission rate, acuity level and other factors." Two-thirds of the homeless patients were ...

MedCath Corporation Reports Third Quarter Earnings

... Corporation (Nasdaq: MDTH ), a healthcare provider focused on high acuity healthcare services, predominately the diagnosis and treatment of ... headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is a healthcare provider focused on high acuity services with the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease being ...

QLT Announces Second Quarter Results for 2009

... monotherapy with respect to the mean change from baseline in visual acuity (VA) and to evaluate the proportion of patients with a treatment-free ... and the differences were statistically significant. The visual acuity results do not permit determining whether the vision outcomes with ...

TCS Healthcare Technologies to Offer Remote Hosting Options for Acuity Advanced Care(TM)

... TCS Founder and CEO, notes, "For the past year, Wizmo has been hosting acuity AnyWare, a care management software application developed by TCS and ... organizations. We are now pleased to offer TCS' enterprise solution, acuity Advanced Care(TM), which is used by larger health care organizations ...

QLT announces 12-month results from Novartis sponsored MONT BLANC study evaluating standard-fluence Visudyne(R) combination therapy

... monotherapy with respect to the mean change from baseline in visual acuity (VA) and to evaluate the proportion of patients with a treatment-free ... patients treated with Visudyne combination therapy had non-inferior visual acuity to patients treated with Lucentis monotherapy," said Bob Butchofsky, Chief ...

Jeff Hinton to Leave MedCath

... Corporation (Nasdaq: MDTH ), a healthcare provider focused on high acuity healthcare services, predominately the diagnosis and treatment of ... headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is a healthcare provider focused on high acuity services with the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease being ...

QLT announces positive results from the evaluation of Visudyne(R) combination therapy

... Visudyne followed by Lucentis (P=.04) While the mean visual acuity (VA) may appear to have improved similarly across all treatment groups, ... completed 12 months of follow-up. At baseline, mean best corrected visual acuity letter scores ranged from 58 to 53 across treatment groups. About ...

Fighting "Brain Fog": How the Right Hormones Can Improve Mental Sharpness for Women

... the hormones produced by the ovary- have been shown to have promote mental acuity over the short and long term. In fact, recent clinical studies have shown ... stuck around the abdomen." The new findings on women's mental acuity were garnered from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) , ...

MedCath Corporation Reports Second Quarter Earnings and Provides Update to Internal Assessment

... Corporation (Nasdaq: MDTH ), a healthcare provider focused on high acuity healthcare services, predominately the diagnosis and treatment of ... headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is a healthcare provider focused on high acuity services with the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease being ...

LifeCare Holdings, Inc. Announces First Quarter Results

... the percentage of our revenues generated from commercial payors, a higher acuity level of the patients treated in the 2009 period, and the marginal ... was primarily attributable to increases in operating capacity, the higher acuity of the patients during the 2009 period, and annual inflationary increases. ...

David Covert to Join MedCath as Senior Vice President, Operations

... Corporation (Nasdaq: MDTH ), a healthcare provider focused on high acuity healthcare services, predominately the diagnosis and treatment of ... headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is a healthcare provider focused on high acuity services with the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease being ...

The Ensign Group Reports First Quarter 2009 Earnings of $0.38 per Share; Reaffirms 2009 Guidance

... day, as the company's overall patient base continued shifting to a higher acuity mix; Consolidated EBITDAR improved 22.4% to $21.1 million in the ... has been heavily driven by the ongoing shift to higher skilled mix and acuity in Ensign's patient base, rather than by market basket adjustments. ...

MedCath Corporation Announces Delay in 2nd Quarter Earnings Announcement and Filing of Form 10-Q

... (Nasdaq: MDTH ), (the "Company") a healthcare provider focused on high acuity healthcare services, predominately the diagnosis and treatment of ... headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is a healthcare provider focused on high acuity services with the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease being ...

Test allows early detection of vision problems in infants with hemangiomas of eyelids

... had had any clinical evidence of amblyopia. However, the vernier acuity measurements identified early visual abnormalities in the eyes with ... amblyopia necessary?" The new results show that vernier visual acuity measurements are a promising tool for early detection of "amblyopia-like ...

TCS Healthcare Technologies Offers Health IT Solutions That Support Health Care Reform

... further that TCS's suite of care management software services, including acuity Advance Care(TM) and acuity AnyWare(TM), support a number of the key public policy aims of the newly ...

MedCath Corporation Reports First Quarter Earnings

... Corporation (Nasdaq: MDTH ), a healthcare provider focused on high acuity healthcare services, predominately the diagnosis and treatment of ... headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is a healthcare provider focused on high acuity services with the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease being ...

State Budget Proposal Hurts Ability to Care for Most Vulnerable Ohioans

... rate has increased (16% vs. 6%). During the same five-year period, the acuity of SNF patients rose steadily," Melamed indicated. "Higher acuity means patients have more care needs, which in turn means it is more ...

MedCath Corporation Announces Completion of Sale of Equity Interest in Joint Venture

... Corporation (Nasdaq: MDTH ), a healthcare provider focused on high acuity healthcare services, predominately the diagnosis and treatment of ... headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is a healthcare provider focused on high acuity services with the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease being ...

Ellex Announces Six-Month Results on Retina Regeneration Therapy

... hard exudates also decreased in more than half of the treated eyes. Visual acuity results: At six months, 43 percent of eyes had an improvement of two or ... showed an improvement of one to two lines of visual acuity. The visual acuity remained stable in 15 percent of eyes and deteriorated in 14 percent of ...

Kids' Eye Injuries From Golf Clubs Rare But Severe

... to the optic nerve in three eyes. "At the initial examination, visual acuity was 20/20 in four eyes (36 percent), 20/25 to 20/80 in three eyes (27 ... of one year), two eyes (18 percent) had no light perception, visual acuity was 20/70 in one eye (9 percent) and 20/20 or better in eight eyes (73 ...

MedCath Corporation Reports Third Quarter Earnings

... Corporation (Nasdaq: MDTH ), a healthcare provider focused on high acuity healthcare services, predominately the diagnosis and treatment of ... headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is a healthcare provider focused on high acuity services with the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease being ...