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'Big Data' technology accelerates download of any changes observed to more than six million healthcare practitioners (HCPs), improving business decisions centered on critical provider data. KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Market Science (HMS), a leading supplier of provider data and end-to-end solutions that address data management, regulatory compliance and market intelligence, today announced daily refreshes for more than six million healthcare...
Molecular switch promises new targets for diagnosis and therapy Fetal alcohol syndrome is the leading preventable cause of developmental disorders in developed countries. And fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), a range of alcohol-related birth defects that includes fetal alcohol syndrome, is thought to affect as many as 1 in 100 children born in the United States. Any amount of alcohol consumed by the mother during pregnancy poses a risk of FASD, a condition that can include the...
[Watch Video: 2 Studies Reveal Genetic Variation That Drives Human Evolution] April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online New light has been shed on a genetic variation that may have played a key role in human evolution by two studies published by an international group of researchers this week in the journal Cell. To understand a gene variant that might have helped humans adapt to humid climates, the research team used an animal model, along with whole-genome sequencing...
HMS-Healthcare Margin Specialists provide consulting services to increase operating margins of healthcare facilities including Skilled Nursing Centers, In-Home Care operations, Continuous Care Retirement Communities and various medical facilities. HMS is unique as it operates on a no risk contingency fee model partnering with companies to improve income and reduce supplier and service expenses. HMS measures and validates improvements in income and expenses for all of their clients. HMS is...
Findings answer puzzling question of how cells know when to progress through the cell cycle It's a longstanding question in biology: How do cells know when to progress through the cell cycle? In simple organisms such as yeast, cells divide once they reach a specific size. However, determining if this holds true for mammalian cells has been difficult, in part because there has been no good way to measure mammalian cell growth over time. Now, a team of MIT and Harvard Medical School...
A new Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Brigham and Women's Hospital study has discovered that some types of antipsychotic medication present more of a risk of death in older dementia patients than others. According to MedPage Today North American Correspondent Michael Smith, Dr. Krista Huybrechts of the Boston hospital and colleagues looked at six medications used to treat dementia in more than 75,000 nursing home residents over the age of 65 who had started using the drugs between 2001...
Researchers from MIT, Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have developed a new device that they say will make it easier to find specific cells in complex mixtures such as blood samples -- a discovery that could make it easier to diagnose and treat diseases. "Researchers have used a number of techniques to sort cells based on differences in size, density or electrical properties," Anne Trafton of the MIT News Office said in a Wednesday report. "However,...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The General Dynamics C4 Systems JTRS HMS Rifleman Radio (AN/PRC-154) and the General Dynamics Itronix GD300 wearable computer deployed this month to Afghanistan with elements of the 75th Ranger Regiment. The Rangers are equipped with the Rifleman Radio for intra-squad communications and with the GD300, running the Tactical Ground Reporting (TIGR) tactical 'app,' to send text messages, situation reports and other information to...
The Dependent Eligibility Audit services from HMS were selected for this exclusive endorsement following an extensive due diligence process. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) December 12, 2011 The American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced it has exclusively endorsed Dependent Eligibility Audit services from the Employer Solutions group of HMS (“HMS Employer Solutionsâ€), a wholly owned subsidiary of HMS Holdings Corp. AHA Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of the AHA, awards the AHA...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Diversified Service Options (DSO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Inc. and the holding company for First Coast Service Options (FCSO), announces its agreement to acquire Highmark Medicare Services Inc. (HMS), a subsidiary of Highmark Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pa. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111208/FL19718LOGO-a ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111208/FL19718LOGO-b ) "HMS is an...
