US-based health care services company Cardinal Health has announced the launch of its surgical gloves portfolio in sustainable, half-fold packaging. The portfolio includes the Protexis powder-free and Triflex powdered surgical gloves. The ...
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Computerworld - Federal investigators Thursday released a report charging that the Medicare electronic medical records (EMR) program lacks effective fiscal oversight. The report, issued by the Inspector General's office of the Department ...
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There's been a lot of buzz lately about the safety of energy drinks and shots. Following reports of harmful reactions and even deaths possibly associated with the products, two U.S. senators recently released a letter from the FDA stating ...
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GroupOne Health Source has entered into a collaboration agreement to provide its EHR medical billing services to 80 healthcare providers of US-based St.Joseph Health System. GroupOne provides medical billing services to users of the ...
US-based health care contracting services company Novation has announced partnership with healthcare sustainability leaders in an attempt to cut down excess packaging and cardboard in the US hospitals. To help its members with the change, ...
The humble cubicle is many things today: A symbol of the workplace, a place where many Americans transact their working hours, and the butt of jokes and parody. But believe it or not, it was invented in 1967 as an alternative to rigid, ...
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Walgreens and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will colloborate to develop medication therapy management (MTM) program to improve outcomes for HIV patients. The multi-year program will study the impact of MTM ...
Sanofi vaccines division, Sanofi Pasteur, has begun shipping of the first lots of Fluzone vaccine to US health care providers following Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensure of the 2012-2013 formulation. The shipment represents ...
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Mylan has unveiled Atorvastatin calcium tablets of strengths 10mg, 20mg, 40mg and 80mg in Belgium, France, the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands. The generic version of Pfizer's Lipitor is indicated to prevent cardiovascular disease and ...
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Uluru said that the first shipment of Altrazeal has been received by its marketing partner in Australia. Altrazeal, a wound treatment technology, has shown clinical and economic advantages in a number of chronic and acute wounds, which ...
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Hemispherx Biopharma has filed an amended NDA with ANMAT (Administracion Nacional de Medicamentos, Alimentos y Tecnologia Medica) for the use of Alferon N injection to treat Hepatitis C patients in Argentina. ANMAT has previously approved ...
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Agntech has agreed to distribute Revolutions Medical's safety blood drawing device in Brazil,following the certification from the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency(Anvisa). The device,RevVac auto-retractable vacuum safety syringe,uses ...
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Stellar Pharmaceuticals has entered into a collaboration agreement to promote Pfizer's absorbable Gelfoam haemostatic device in Canada. Under the agreement, Stellar will act on behalf of Pfizer in the promotion, sales and marketing of ...
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CooperSurgical, a provider of various products for use by women's health care clinicians, has launched a new version of its Carter-Thomason Port Closure system. The new Carter-Thomason II system featuring an advanced Suture Passer is ...
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William Beaumont Hospital, a three-hospital regional health system, has purchased BSD Medical's MicroThermX Microwave Ablation system. The MicroThermX system, which features a microwave generator, single-patient-use disposable antennas, ...