Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Deploys Perceptrak(R) by Cernium

RESTON, Va., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Cernium, the leading developer of video analytics-enabled products, announced today that Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions has selected and deployed Perceptrak, Cernium's server-based enterprise video analytics software solution. Perceptrak will as...

European Health Care Institutions Forced to Select Lower-Priced Interventional Cardiology Devices

WALTHAM, Mass., July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, the ongoing economic crisis is putting pressure on publicly-funded health care systems across Europe, intensifying the decline of interventional card...

American Cancer Society awards 143 research grants to investigators at 83 institutions nationwide

The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 143 national research and training grants totaling more than $51 million in the second of two grant cycles for 2009. The grants go into effect beginning July ...

Bank of America Names Richard H. Vitale Leader of Not-for-Profit Healthcare and Institutions Practice

DALLAS, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank of America Dallas Market President Richard Holt announced today that Richard H. Vitale has been named to manage Bank of America's Not-for-Profit Healthcare and Institutions Practice for North and Central Texas. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bi...

American Cancer Society awards research grants to 116 investigators at 75 institutions nationwide

The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 116 national research and training grants totaling more than $54 million in the first of two grant cycles for 2009. The grants are the first under a new reali...

American Cancer Society awards research grants to 133 investigators at 84 institutions nationwide

ATLANTAApril 14, 2008 The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 133 national research and training grants totaling more than $54 million in the second of two grant cycles for 2008. Of the grants, 118...

America's Top Pediatric Medical Institutions Unite to Drive Increased Federal Investment in Pediatric Research

New Legislation Would Create and Fund Innovative National System for Coordinating Research, Help Address Under Funding of Children's Health Research WASHINGTON, March 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In an unprecedented step, nine of the nation's leading pediatric medical research institution...

Siemens Soarian Health Information Management is Widely Adopted by Leading Healthcare Institutions in 2007

Leading Healthcare Institutions Embrace Technology That Enables Free Flow of Patient Documentation Throughout the Enterprise MALVERN, Pa., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Siemens Medical Solutions ( http://www.usa.siemens.com/healthcareit ) is fulfilling the demand for a workflow-ori...

American Cancer Society awards research grants to 109 investigators at 77 institutions nationwide

ATLANTAOctober 04, 2007 The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 109 national research and training grants totaling more than $52.6 million in the first of two grant cycles for 2008. Of the grants, ...

Additional Top Tier Institutions Implement Mediware's HCLL(TM) Transfusion Management Software

LENEXA, Kan., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mediware Information Systems (Nasdaq: MEDW ) announced today that University of Louisville Hospital and Decatur (Ill.) Memorial Hospital have implemented and are live using Mediware's HCLL(TM) Transfusion Management software system. More than 3...

Senseless Budget Cuts Will Gut California's Cost Efficient Home Care Program and Force Seniors and People with Disabilities Out of Their Homes and into Institutions

SEIU Launches Month of Protests, 48-Hour Vigil, Class Action Suit and Ad Campaign with Affected Californians, Families and Caregivers LOS ANGELES and SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Seniors, people with disabilities and the people who provide the care that permits them...

Access to environmental research in developing nations grown to 1,500 institutions

Amsterdam, 14 May 2009 Research4Life today announces that the Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE) program has registered 1500 institutions since its launch in 2006, an increase of nearly 700 percent. This means that scientists, researchers and environmental policy-makers in 1,500 ...

Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. Announces the Sale of Approximately 3.3 Million Shares of Global Med Common Stock Held by SingXpress Ltd., an Asian Company, to Five American Institutions

DENVER, March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. ("Global Med" or the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: GLOB), an international e-Health, medical information technology company, announced the sale yesterday, March 25, 2008, of approximately 3.3 million shares of Global...

India to Upgrade 13 Medical Institutions to Provide Quality Medical Education

In a bid to upgrade tertiary healthcare infrastructure and provide quality medical education, the government will upgrade 13 institutions in the country// at a cost of Rs.15.6 billion, it was announced Thursday. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs c...

Amity Institutions To Launch Short-term Professional Courses In Oman

India's leading private sector educational group Amity Institutions have decided to launch short-term professional courses in Oman as part of its plans to set up academic and training infrastructure in the Gulf countries//. This is being undertaken by them in an effort to expand the educational fac...

Private Unaided Institutions in Peril

The reservations are slowly thought to be extended to all the private unaided colleges offering professional courses. The decision taken by the Maharashtra government has worried the managements of these private institutions. // They say that reservations are already present in all private unaided...

Nigerian Health Authority Crackdown On Sub-Standard Health Institutions

The Lagos State Government has picked around 1,065 illegal health institutions found to be violating various health laws . Accordingly, it will be moving in to arrest and prosecute the operators of these institutions. In an effort to wipe out sub-standard hospitals, clinics and chemist shops...

OBC Creamy Layer May Be Dropped from Reservations in Institutions

New Delhi: The socially and economically advanced among the other backward classes (OBCs) may not get //the benefits of the new educational quota policy as the government prepares its case to urge the Supreme Court to lift its stay on the new policy. "My team of lawyers will find it very hard t...

Rajasthan Impose Ban on Soft Drinks in Educational Institutions

Rajasthan Friday banned the sale and consumption of soft drinks in educational institutions in the state.// "We have imposed a ban on soft drinks in all educational intuitions in the state from Friday," Rajasthan Education Minister Ghanshyam Tiwari told IANS here. The decision applies ...

Outcry Against Mental Health Institutions

The report of the Mental Health Council of Australia, last October, which revealed the pathetic state of the country’s mental health system, the Council //of Australian Governments (COAG) commissioned a taskforce to present a report with proposed solutions by July. However mental health exper...

Rajasthan Plans To Run Christian Institutions

The Rajasthan government is planning to run all educational and charitable institutions operated in the state by the Emmanuel Society, a Christian mission whose head was // detained in connection with a controversial book. The society runs and maintains schools, hospitals and orphanages in the ...

LCA Announces More Requests for Bids on Lung Cancer Research Programs Funded Through the Department of Defense

...n/prnh/20081016/LCALOGO ) The solicitation invited researchers to compete for $10.5 million available for collaborative research at multiple institutions that will speed new developments in early detection and treatment from the laboratory to the patient. Also available is $1.2 million to cover t...

Patient Safety Technologies Reports Second Quarter Results

...enues," stated Steven H. Kane, Chief Executive Officer of Patient Safety Technologies. "An increasing number of the nation's most prestigious medical institutions are adopting the Safety Sponge((TM)) System as the solution to the problem of retained surgical sponges. We see our unique technology progressing towa...

US Oncology Reports Second Quarter Operating Results

...lity to obtain additional financing on acceptable terms, the instability of capital and credit markets, including the potential that certain financial institutions may be unable to honor existing financing commitments, the Company's ability to implement strategic initiatives, the Company's ability to maintain goo...

BioMed Realty Trust Commemorates Five-Year Anniversary as a Public Company

... to see healthy capital raising activity from our mid-stage and early-stage tenants as well." One-half of BioMed's top ten tenants are research institutions or A-rated public companies, including Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Children's Hospital Boston, Genzyme Corporation, Centocor, Inc. (a Johnso...

Orphanage Receives Nearly $1 Million from Private Donor

...ole Child International is committed to the application of the most advanced knowledge and sophisticated research to childcare in orphanages and other institutions on a global scale. Contact: Karen Gordon, Founder Whole Child International 310-820-0018 http://www.wholechild.org ### Read the full st...

US Oncology Announces Retirement of R. Dale Ross and Appointment of Bruce Broussard as Chairman of the Board

...lity to obtain additional financing on acceptable terms, the instability of capital and credit markets, including the potential that certain financial institutions may be unable to honor existing financing commitments, the Company's ability to implement strategic initiatives, the Company's ability to maintain goo...

4th Annual Case for Inclusion Report Ranks All 50 States on Community-Based Support

...uch money is still spent isolating people in large institutions and waiting lists for services are increasing over...re are 1,536 fewer Americans living in large state institutions (more than 16 beds). However, there remain 169 large institutions (4 fewer) housing 36,175 Americans. Nine sta...

$10 Million in Startup Funding Approved for Maryland Health Information Exchange

...ation exchange. Today's announcement is the culmination of a number of years of planning and collaboration among a range of private health care institutions and state officials. Three years ago, executives from Erickson Retirement Communities and the state's three largest hospital systems -- Johns Hopkins...

$1 million grant to RI Hospital M.D. for primary care melanoma screening training program

...University Dermatology, adds, "We've developed a diverse team from multiple institutions with expertise and experience in the early detection of melanoma to develop...ed, Weinstock and the researchers will work with primary care physicians in institutions within a cancer research network beginning in Detroit and California. The m...

NCCN Updates Infection Guidelines to Include Information About H1N1 Virus (Swine Flu)

...xpert judgment by multidisciplinary panels of physicians from NCCN Member institutions . The most recent version of this and all the NCCN Guidelines are availabl...oncology practice so patients can live better lives. The NCCN Member institutions are: City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Dana-Farber...

GenVault's GenSolve(TM) Reagents Enable State-of-the-Art Genomic Analysis of Dried Blood Spots

...lutions for genomic medicine, discovery and identification. Today, GenVault is empowering over 150 pharmaceutical companies, medical centers, academic institutions and law enforcement agencies to more fully leverage the rapidly growing genomics industry. As a scalable, reliable and environmentally friendly altern...

DEET in Bug Spray Tied to Neural Damage in Mice

...combination," Schettler said. "This shows that when you combine chemicals, you can get unpredictable results." The authors, from different research institutions in France, say this is the first time a molecular target for DEET has been identified. Interestingly, the class of drugs known as cholinesterase in...

The Advisory Board Company Reports Fiscal Year 2010 First Quarter Results

... Mr. Musslewhite concluded, "Our membership today faces unprecedented complexity. In addition to weathering the effects of the broader economy, these institutions must also track the health care reform debate and prepare for the implications of a range of possible outcomes. Each day, our network of more than 13...

Omaha School of Massage Therapy Adds Healthcare Programs, Joins Herzing University, and Changes Name

... the community that caught the attention of Herzing University . "The Omaha School of Massage Therapy stood out as a shining star among educational institutions in Nebraska," said Renee Herzing, President of Herzing University. "Not only has the school been recognized as a leader in massage education, but the ...

Mobile Surgery International Assembles Team of Nationally Recognized Orthopedic Surgeons

...ge pricing for surgical episodes. Specific procedures can be carried out at institutions in Florida, Kansas, Trinidad, and Mexico. Relationships with additional surgical specialists and host institutions are under development. In March, 2009 Mobile Surgery International ...

LSTM leads project to develop HIV/AIDS strategy for Libya

...and 2010, The International Health Group of LSTM in partnership with Libyan institutions and Harvard University's Biostatistics Department (HUBD), will produce upda...ctors of the community. A skilled and diverse team will work with Libyan institutions to: formulate a national HIV strategy that addresses Libya's priority is...

Despite Attacks, A.L.L. Calls on Catholic Organizations to Condemn 'Obamacare'

...h the Obama administration. Their primary concern is universal health care, while the preborn and the elderly are left behind as collateral damage. As institutions rooted in Catholic social teaching, these groups should be at the forefront of the fight against the injustice of rationed care for the poorest of the...

Researchers Identify New Method to Selectively Kill Metastatic Melanoma Cells

...: cgenova (at) cell (dot) com. About the VCU Massey Cancer Center: The VCU Massey Cancer Center is one of 65 National Cancer Institute-designated institutions that leads and shapes America's cancer research efforts. Working with all kinds of cancers, the Center conducts basic, translational and clinical canc...

Boldly Going Virtual - Leading Physical and Online Event Experts Present Live Video Webcast

...learning solutions for a wide range of distinguished clients, including several Fortune 1000 corporations, charities, B2B publishers, higher education institutions and health care organizations. For more information on Stream57, please call 212-909-2550 or visit www.stream57.com . ...