WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama and his team have signaled that they plan to work jointly with Congress to overhaul the healthcare system, rather than produce a separate White House bill that would be sent to Capitol Hill, according to people involved in healthcare strategy discussions.
The Obama team is determined to avoid the mistakes of the early 1990s, when the Clinton White House created a healthcare policy team that had more than Read the rest of this entry »

ROCKVILLE, Md — October 10, 2008 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new use for antihemophilic factor recombinant (Kogenate FS) to reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes and prevent joint damage in children with haemophilia A.
“Administering [the drug] to children with haemophilia A on a daily basis before a bleeding event occurs will reduce bleeding into joints and help prevent joint damage, a major cause of disability Read the rest of this entry »

Nashville, Tenn.
, a developer of medical event reporting systems, have announced a joint venture to develop software that is designed to improve hospital patient safety with more disciplined process improvement.
The new system, known as the Medical Event Reporting System, or MERS, will be deployed by GE Healthcare specialists to drive process and cultural changes that could help to prevent adverse medical events.
in Nashville.
The MERS software, Read the rest of this entry »

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Stroke Program has been certified as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.
This distinction, awarded to centers that pass a rigorous on-site review and a thorough examination of program and patient-care data, recognizes a center’s commitment to following national standards and guidelines that can significantly improve outcomes Read the rest of this entry »

The Joint Center’s recent report, Health Care Proposals of the 2008 Democratic and Republican Presidential Nominees: Implications for Improving Access, Affordability and Quality for America’s Minorities, was issued by the think tank’s Health Policy Institute (HPI) in partnership with Drexel University’s School of Public Health and Health Management Associates, a leading health care research and consulting firm. The report was generously funded by Read the rest of this entry »

Established in 1995, the Women’s Health Empowerment Program (WHEP) is an
innovative overseas public education movement that encourages the early
detection of breast cancer — when it is treated more easily. The Program
builds leadership, creates new services (such as support groups and hotlines),
strengthens doctor-patient communication, and facilitates partnerships among
government agencies, NGOs and the medical and health community. WHEP projects
have Read the rest of this entry »

Washington, D.C. – infoZine
– Hemophilia A is a rare, hereditary, bleeding disorder in which a protein needed to form blood clots, factor VIII, is missing or its level is reduced. The disorder affects about 15,000 individuals in the United States, nearly all of whom are male.
“Administering Kogenate FS to children with hemophilia A on a daily basis before a bleeding event occurs will reduce bleeding into joints and help prevent joint damage, a Read the rest of this entry »

Pioneering Hip Joint From B. Braun Medical Set To Increase UK Market Share
A pioneering hip joint targeted at the growing number of younger patients requiring hip replacement surgery is set to take a substantial market share in the UK.
Sheffield based B. Braun Medical’s Metha Total Hip Replacement (THR) prosthesis uses ceramic contact surfaces and offers long-term benefits over metal-on-metal re-surfacing procedures, often used in the UK for early Read the rest of this entry »

Who: President and CEO of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Ralph B. Everett, Esq.; The Honorable Lois M. DeBerry, Speaker Pro Tempore (invited), Tennessee General Assembly; Dr. Wayne J. Riley, President and CEO of Meharry Medical College; and Dr. Bob Fisher, President of Belmont University will give opening remarks. Presenters and panelists will represent: the Joint Center Health Policy Institute, Drexel University’s School of Read the rest of this entry »