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Founding Registry Partners voice strong support for the shared, open-access registry able to collect data on any disease San Mateo, CA (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 PatientCrossroads today announced that the CONNECT open-access patient registry is now available for patient communities and disease organizations – including patient advocacy groups, pharmaceutical companies and medical researchers – to join. Founding Registry Partner organizations, which collectively represent 70 diseases, have...

Recent AllMed webinar summarized recent National Cancer Care Network updates for breast, colon, lunch and thyroid cancer care, which featured changes and additions to screening, workup and treatment. Portland, OR (PRWEB) May 24, 2013 The NCCN Guidelines are “the backbone for determining medical care for patients with cancer,” according to Dr. Devon Webster, a medical oncologist and Associate Medical Director at AllMed Healthcare Management. During a recent webinar for health plan...

DURHAM, N.C., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parata Systems, a leader in pharmacy automation, announced today it has been recognized by Today's Caregiver magazine as a 2013 "Caregiver Friendly(®) Award" recipient. The awards recognize products, services, books and media created with the needs of caregivers in mind. Parata was recognized in the "Products" category for its Parata PASS(TM) (patient adherence strip system) packaging. Parata PASS organizes medications into a strip of unit-...

KIRKLAND, Wash., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EvergreenHealth was today announced as a recipient of Qualis Health's 2013 Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality. The award is in recognition of EvergreenHealth's program to reduce the occurrence of delirium among older hospitalized patients. Since 2002, Qualis Health Awards of Excellence in Healthcare Quality have recognized outstanding organizations in Washington State who demonstrate leadership and innovation in improving...

Private insurers rather than hospitals would reap the most savings by supporting programs to prevent these avoidable complications Johns Hopkins researchers report that hospitals may be reaping enormous income for patients whose hospital stays are complicated by preventable bloodstream infections contracted in their intensive care units. In a small, new study, reported online in the American Journal of Medical Quality, the researchers found that an ICU patient who develops an avoidable...

BRANFORD, Conn., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CAS Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CASM) (CASMED), a leader in medical devices for non-invasive patient monitoring, today announced that Thomas M. Patton, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 2(nd) Annual Marcum MicroCap Conference on Thursday, May 30, 2013, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. ET in the Estate 10 room and will be available via a live...

PITTSBURGH, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanne Finis, RN, MS, formerly executive director of solutions services for Joint Commission Resources (JCR), has joined TeleTracking Technologies as Vice President of Consulting Services. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130523/NE17696) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130304/NE68713LOGO ) In her former position with JCR, a non-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission, she led U.S. consulting services dealing with...

Truth About TMJ developed by David Spainhower is a new TMJ treatment book that provides people with TMJ treatment methods, and TMJ relief exercises. A full Truth About TMJ review on the site Vkool.com indicates if this book is worth buying. Seattle, Wa (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 Truth About TMJ developed by David Spainhower is a new TMJ treatment book that provides people with TMJ treatment methods, and TMJ relief exercises. In addition, the book introduces daily exercises, and techniques that...

Advanced patient communication technology helps providers improve patients’ drug adherence. (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 Poor adherence to appropriate medication therapy has been shown to result in not only medical complications and death (some 125,000 deaths in the U.S. every year are attributed to drug non-adherence), but increased health-care costs. It’s been estimated that between 33% and 69% of all medication-related hospital admissions are related to poor medication adherence — a...

BROSSARD, QC, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Hygie(®) is launching a new website www.hygie.com . With our new modern, user-friendly site, hygiene solutions for healthcare and home settings are just a few clicks away. The site is divided into two separate sections to meet the needs of two distinct audiences: healthcare professionals and consumers at home. We provide advice and expertise to optimize patient safety and protection while facilitating the tasks of workers in healthcare...