KEN in Medical News

Hospira Names Ken Meyers to Lead Human Resources

LAKE FOREST, Ill., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP ), a global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, announced today that Ken Meyers has been named senior vice president, Organizational Transformation and People Development. In this capacity, he ...

Veteran of the Beverage Industry, Ken Sadowsky, Joins Millennium Biotechnologies Board of Directors

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Millennium Biotechnologies Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MBTG) today announced that veteran beverage industry expert, Ken Sadowsky, has joined the Board of Directors. Mr. Sadowsky is currently the Executive Director of NIDA, an assoc...

Paul Capital Partners Promotes Ken Macleod To Partner

--Reflects Fund's Commitment to Meet the Financing Needs of European and Asian Healthcare Companies and Institutions-- NEW YORK, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul Capital Partners today announced that Ken Macleod, Ph.D., has been promoted to Partner. Based in Paul Capital's London offic...

Precyse Solutions Promotes Ken Lacy to Senior Vice President & CIO to Drive Advancement of PrecyseNet(TM), Precyse's Advanced Technology Solution

Lacy's health care industry expertise has led Precyse to a leadership role in Health Information Management and Technology that Reduces Operating Costs and Accelerates Revenues for Hospitals WAYNE, Pa., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Precyse Solutions, the leader in driving peak perfo...

Home Oxygen Community Applauds Senator Ken Salazar for Joining Bi-Partisan Effort to Formally Oppose Proposed Cuts to Medicare's Home Oxygen Benefit

Letter asks Senate Budget Leaders to Reject Oxygen Funding Reductions which could 'Jeopardize Care' and 'Make Benefit Reform Much More Difficult to Achieve' Letter Draws Widespread Support Among Home Oxygen Community WASHINGTON, March 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council for Qualit...

Casey Family Programs Hires Ken Patterson as Managing Director of Child and Family Services

Former Stanislaus County community services director joins national child welfare foundation SEATTLE, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Casey Family Programs has hired Ken Patterson as managing director of child and family services. The position will oversee Casey Family Program...

Kendle Appoints Ken Hintze, PhD, Vice President, Global Clinical Safety & Pharmacovigilance

Board Certified Toxicologist Brings Nearly Three Decades of Pharmaceutical Industry Experience and Leadership CINCINNATI, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kendle (Nasdaq: KNDL ), a leading, global full-service clinical research organization, today announced the appointment of...

Founder of Enron, Ken Lay Passes Away

Colorado: Ken Lay, the founder of Enron, who was admitted at the Aspen Valley Hospital with a massive coronary, passed away, in the early morning due to a heart attack//. The founder and the supposed mastermind behind the Enron scandal had succumbed to his illness just months before his impen...

Multi-state Medicare Fraud Crackdown Focuses Attention on Recovery Payoffs to Defray Health Reform Costs

...Nolan & Auerbach ( http://www.whistleblowerfirm.com ) represents whistleblowers in the healthcare industry. Both Ms. Auerbach and her partner, ken Nolan are available to discuss healthcare fraud, and emerging health reform trends, in further detail. To schedule an interview, contact Leslie Valenz...

Premier of Split Estate at DocuWeeks 2009 to Call National Attention to Urban Drilling in New York and Los Angeles

...to ranchers, farmers and Western families, the film features environmental health experts, industry spokespeople and national policy makers, including ken Salazar, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, and former U.S. Presidential Candidate John Kerry. The film is narrated by Academy Award-nominat...

Hamptons' Artists & Writers 61st Annual Charity Softball Game To Benefit Phoenix House - To be Held at Herrick Park, East Hampton, Saturday, August 15, 2009, 3 pm

...r will feature a lineup that includes: Alec Baldwin, Christie Brinkley, Carl Bernstein, Mort Zuckerman, Lori Singer, B. Smith, Dan Gasby, Greg Bello, ken Auletta, James Lipton, Jeffrey Lyons, Juliet Papa, Edward Nahem, Kim Stolz, Bonnie Bernstein, Mark Ciardi, Rod Gilbert, Mike Lupica, Bert Sugar, Richa...

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Announces Agreement with FDA on a Special Protocol Assessment for Phase 3 Trial of KRX-0401 (Perifosine) in the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma

...ts with less advanced myeloma." Ron Bentsur, Chief Executive Officer of Keryx, stated, "We'd like to thank the FDA and Drs. Paul Richardson and ken Anderson for their substantial input and guidance during this process. Achievement of this KRX-0401 SPA is a major developmental milestone for Keryx."...

House Tri-Committee Bill Would Hurt Patients and Kill Jobs

... WASHINGTON, July 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Senior Vice President ken Johnson released the following statement after the Energy and Commerce Committee mark-up of the House Tri-Committee bill: "PhRMA remains commit...

Insurance Department Releases Report on Executive Compensation at State's Largest Blues' Plans

...ommensurate with the rank of Highmark and IBC among Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans. For example, in 2007 the $3.6 million compensation of Highmark's ken Melani was the fifth highest among all Blue plan CEOs, while Highmark was the fourth largest Blue. The $2.6 million compensation of IBC's Joseph Frick...

Report Shows New York City Companies Playing Key Role In Development of New Medicines for Wide Range of Diseases

...l research and biotechnology companies in developing new and more effective treatments for a wide range of diseases," said PhRMA Senior Vice President ken Johnson, who provided an overview of the report. "If we are going to cure cancer in our lifetime, as President Obama has challenged us to do, it will ...

Schedule of Upcoming Luncheons at the National Press Club

...nt Nick Jonas, singer/songwriter and member of the Jonas Brothers TOPIC: The fight against juvenile diabetes September 28, 2009 ken Burns, Documentary Filmmaker TOPIC: TBA ...

SpeechEasy Seeks Proposals For Future Research Studies

...e evaluation of the submitted proposals, and the selection of final grant recipients. The first RFP was created and publicized in July 2008, with Dr. ken Logan from the University of Florida selected as the award recipient. Dr. Logan is currently initiating his research, entitled the "Effect of Co...

Claricode Launches Medical Software Scholarship Program with a Notable Judging Panel of Industry Experts

...News, NHINWatch.com, MobileHealthWatch.com, and Healthcare Finance News. ken Tubman is the CEO of Claricode, a growing company specializing in the custo...al software and healthcare IT, then we will have been successful" said ken Tubman, CEO of Claricode, "I'm looking forward to seeing the benefits ...

PFCD Urges Congress to Address Real Cost-Driver in Health Reform in Light of New CBO Statement

...ry, but do not adequately address rising health care costs nor provide the financial and structural means to sustain a reform of this magnitude," said ken Thorpe, Ph.D., PFCD Executive Director. "We must focus on disease prevention and wellness in order to reduce unnecessary -- and often preventable -- c...

Maryjane A. Wurth Named New President of Illinois Hospital Association

...tate (HANYS), has been selected as the new president of IHA. Wurth succeeds ken Robbins, who has served as IHA president since 1983 and will retire later t...inue IHA's role as a premier advocate for hospitals," said Wurth. "I salute ken Robbins for his outstanding leadership, and I'm excited about leading the o...

-Contrave(R) Obesity Research Phase 3 Program Meets Co-Primary and Key Secondary Endpoints; Exceeds FDA Efficacy Benchmark for Obesity Treatments-

...t Contrave has the potential to help obese patients, even those with diabetes, to initiate and sustain weight loss and improve their health," said Dr. ken Fujioka, Lead Investigator, Director of Nutrition and Metabolic Research, Scripps Clinic. "These results mark the beginning of an exciting new era in...

Camp High Harbour Response to Flu Outbreak Includes SpectraSan 24 Disinfectant

...at, pink eye, etc. This has been a life-changer. Please feel free to share my name for any other camp directors inquiring about the product." -- ken O'Kelley, Executive Director "The EPA believes, based on available scientific information, that the currently registered Influenza A virus p...

Prominent Health Experts Who Support Public Insurance Option Available for Interview

... , co-director, Institute for America's Future -- John Holahan , director, The Urban Institute's Health Policy Center -- ken Jacobs , chair, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment and UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education -- Timothy Jos...

El Camino Hospital Los Gatos Celebrates Opening With the Community

...ram, Stanford Hospital and chairman, El Camino Hospital board of directors; ken Graham, chief executive officer, El Camino Hospital; and Eric Pifer, M.D., ...ldn't be more pleased to open this sister site to El Camino Hospital," said ken Graham. "We intend to retain the hospital's reputation as a focal point of ...

CBCA Administrators, Inc. Announces Partnership with Bravo Wellness

...mbers to always do the right thing for their health; our clients need a way to encourage compliance and offer rewards for healthy behavior," said ken Di Bella, President and CEO, CBCA. "Bravo Wellness achieves a measurable ROI with their incentive programs." By partnering with Bravo We...

National Business Coalition on Health Announces Conference Speakers for November 8-10 Annual Conference

...grated Benefits Institute -- Jamie Robinson, Kaiser Permanente Distinguished Professor of Health Economics, University of California Berkeley -- ken Shachmut, Executive Vice President, Safeway Health LLC -- Janet Tomcavage, Vice President of Medical Operations, Geisinger Health Plan -- Cristie ...

Kaiser Permanente Project Proves Electronic Health Information and Care Coordination Improve Chronic Disease Management

...ients, our specialists can proactively find and recommend treatments for patients who could really use their help." The paper was co-authored by ken Forbes, a care management analyst with the Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute. About Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Kaiser Permanente ...

Kaiser Permanente Project Proves Electronic Health Information and Care Coordination Improves Chronic Disease Management

...ients, our specialists can proactively find and recommend treatments for patients who could really use their help." The paper was co-authored by ken Forbes, a care management analyst with the Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute. About Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Kaiser Permanente ...

Carriage Services Announces Second Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule

...ries in 11 states. Contacts: Terry Sanford, SVP & CFO Carriage Services, Inc. 713-332-8400 ken Dennard / ksdennard@drg-e.com Kip Rupp / krupp@drg-e.com DRG&E / 713-529-6600 ...

Health Club Media Network Acquires the Alloy Fitness Network

...imes. "We're thrilled to add the Alloy Fitness Network's vibrant and valuable array of clubs to our continually growing health club base," said ken Williams, HCMN's CEO. "The market's interest in our health club media and marketing network continues to grow among agencies and their brand clients. ...

General Dynamics Awarded $9 Million Contract for U.S. Army Medical Command Lean Six Sigma Support

...egy and Innovation. "General Dynamics is thrilled to provide its Lean Six Sigma experience and expertise to the U.S. Army Medical Command," said ken Hess, vice president and general manager at General Dynamics Information Technology. "We will lend our organizational capabilities, traditionally used...

New Support Program Assists College Students

... talk. We see our program as an additional safety net supporting students and parents as they go through these tumultuous transitional years," states ken Larsen, AffinityCare, Inc. President. ...

Sharp HealthCare and Anakam(R) Partner to Protect Patients' Health Information

...on the portal. With Anakam as a partner, we are able to provide that level of trust while complying with key federal requirements like HIPAA," stated ken Szymanski, Sharp Vice President, Business Systems. With the Anakam Identity Suite(R), Sharp not only improves the assurance that the right indiv...

Healthcare Organizations Rely on SciQuest To Optimize Supply Chains and Generate Savings

...009). The Current Recession in U.S. Hospitals. Thomson Reuters Center for Healthcare Improvement. SciQuest media contact: ken Phillips Davies Murphy Group 781-418-2437 sciQuest@daviesmurphy.com ...

State Experts Discuss Health Care Reform Efforts and Lessons at PFCD Event

...e across the nation, state level reform efforts can offer important insights about navigating the politics and process while forming the policy," said ken Thorpe, Ph.D., PFCD Executive Director, who moderated the event. "These reform efforts show that by focusing on core elements to improve the health of...

BenefitMall Hosts New World of Healthcare Forum to Empower Partners to Find Solutions for Volatile Healthcare Industry

...including, Janet Trautwein , Executive Vice President and CEO of NAHU, Mike McCallister , CEO of Humana, Brian Sassi , President of WellPoint, and ken Fasola, former President of Secure Horizon. "Through the New World of Healthcare Forum, we will unite the very best of our carrier and broke...

More Than 300 Economists Declare Health Insurance for All Key to Economic Recovery

... -- Economist Jonathan Gruber and health care experts Jacob Hacker and ken Jacobs joined Institute for America's Future co-director Roger Hickey an...Berkeley School of Law Center on Health, Economic and Family Security, and ken Jacobs , chair of the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, ...

Clarient Launches New Gene Mutation Test to Help Select Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

...ear's ASCO meeting concluded that lung cancer was not just one single disease but a number of diseases that could be separated by tumor biology," said ken Bloom, M.D., Clarient's Chief Medical Officer. "One of the biggest and most exciting findings focused around the use of EGFR mutation to identify pat...

Kimberly-Clark Teams Up With Sports Legends to Launch 'The Depend Campaign to End Prostate Cancer'

... Brand unveils four-month awareness campaign featuring Len Dawson, ken Griffey Sr., Jim Colbert, Joe Cortez and Rod Woodson to support partnership...e, including golf's Jim Colbert, former baseball star and ZERO board member ken Griffey, Sr., Pro Football Hall of Famer Len Dawson and World Boxing Hall o...

VirtualHealth and Silk Partner to Provide Physicians with Revenue Recovery Solutions

...hich will provide 5-8 times multiples in the market or higher for companies on this model versus a traditional license revenue only companies." ken Barnes, MOS President was quoted as saying, "This new partnership finally gives MOS the diversity it has needed to be a major competitor in the health...