Cogent Healthcare is a leading provider of hospitalist programs. Its
focus is to relentlessly improve the care and efficiency of hospitalized
patients by reducing variations in care, establishing best practices,
identifying and removing barriers to efficient care and measuring
outcomes. To this end, the company provides a comprehensive System of
Care to its hospital partners that supports its hospitalists in Read the rest of this entry »

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec 11, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
Based on its recent
analysis of the heart-health supplements market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes
SourceOne Global Partners with the 2008 United States Frost & Sullivan Product
Innovation Award for methodically readying Cholesstrinol(TM) (a platform for
its multiple proprietary heart healthy combinations) products and formulas for
the marketplace. From establishing conclusive scientific Read the rest of this entry »

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All
statements other than statements of historical fact contained herein,
including, without limitation, statements regarding the company’s future
financial position, business strategy, budgets, projected revenues Read the rest of this entry »

Partners officials and industry allies say Partners should not be blamed for medical inflation, a national problem. And they say that their rise to power gave Massachusetts a needed counterforce to insurance companies that underpaid hospitals and doctors through much of the 1990s.
Previous Spotlight Team articles examining Partners, the parent of Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, looked at how the healthcare system Read the rest of this entry »

, even if they have a family history of the disease, a new study finds.
Writing in the December issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, researchers said the findings might help doctors better reach those men most in need of the screening.
Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer deaths among men, and those who have had a close relative with the disease are more than twice as likely to get it. But if it is caught early enough, Read the rest of this entry »

With a team of professional game designers at Vivity Labs, award-winning
neuropsychologist, Dr. Paul Nussbaum, an adjunct Associate Professor in
Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,
designed the fun and casual games found on Fit Brains. Research has
shown that the brain begins to slow down as early as age 25, but with
regular brain exercise, it can create new neural connections Read the rest of this entry »

Mercy Health Partners is among the nation’s best hospitals for vascular surgery and its coronary interventions shared top honors in Michigan with the Detroit area’s William Beaumont Hospital, according to ratings by an independent health care assessment firm.
The 2009 ratings by Colorado-based HealthGrades ranked Mercy’s three Muskegon hospitals — Mercy, Hackley and Muskegon General — among the nation’s best in several categories. Mercy also owns Read the rest of this entry »

Phoenix has become the second city in Arizona to grant hospital-visitation rights to unmarried gay or straight couples who live together.
The City Council on Wednesday unanimously voted to create a domestic-partner registry, following in the footsteps of Tucson, which launched a similar program in 2003.
The registry guarantees only that domestic partners have the right to visit each other in Phoenix hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers Read the rest of this entry »

People who use Google Health will now be able to automatically stream data from medical devices – such as those used to monitor glucose levels and blood pressure – into their personal health records.
In a partnership announced Thursday, Google Health users will be able to use IBM software to connect their personal medical devices to their health record. That will allow patients to exchange the data with their doctors or other authorized parties Read the rest of this entry »

“The state of Connecticut is facing a critical choice,” Hogan said during a meeting at the Legislative Office Building. “There is no such thing as maintaining the status quo.”
Plans for the proposed merger were revealed during a presentation by the independent Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, which the legislature commissioned to monitor plans for the Health Center’s future.
The partnership would create a “University Hospital,” Read the rest of this entry »