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MGC Diagnostics Corporation to Report Second Quarter Fiscal 2013 Financial Results on Thursday, May 30, 2013

SAINT PAUL, Minn., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MGC Diagnostics Corporation (NASDAQ: MGCD) (formerly Angeion Corporation), a global medical technology company, today scheduled a conference call to discuss its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2013, ended April 30, 2013. The call will be at 4:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 30, 2013. The Company will report financial...

U.S. Physical Therapy to Present at the 38th Annual dbAccess Health Care Conference

U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. (NYSE: USPH), a national operator of physical and occupational therapy outpatient clinics (the “Company”), today announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Larry McAfee, will present at the 38th Annual dbAccess Health Care Conference on Wednesday, May 29, 2013. The presentation will cover an overview of the Company. The con...

Six Month Data Reported for WAVE I Study of Renal Denervation Therapy for Hypertension at EuroPCR Meeting in Paris

Kona Surround Sound® Technology Utilizes Externally-Delivered Ultrasound to Treat Drug-Resistant Hypertension Kona Medical announced that three and six month results from the WAVE I study were presented today at the late-breaking clinical trials session of EuroPCR in Paris by Robert Whitbourn, MD, of St. Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne, Austr...

Community Health Systems to Participate in Deutsche Bank 38th Annual Health Care Conference

Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) today announced that management will participate in the Deutsche Bank 38th Annual Health Care Conference to be held May 29-30, 2013, at The Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. The investor presentation will begin at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time, 12:30 p.m. Central time, on Thursday, May 30,...

Echo Therapeutics Announces Successful Unveiling of Symphony® CGM System

PHILADELPHIA, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Echo Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECTE), a company developing its needle-free Symphony® CGM System as a non-invasive, wireless, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring system, today announced the successful unveiling and demonstration of its Symphony CGM System during a live webcast following yesterday's annual stockholders meeting.  Addit...

TOPS Comprehensive Breast Center Study Validates the Benefits of New 3D Mammography Technology in Breast Cancer Screening

TOPS Comprehensive Breast Center Hosts First Large-scale U.S. Clinical Study on the Benefits of 3D Mammography (Breast Tomosynthesis) The first large-scale U.S. study comparing conventional 2D mammography screening exams alone versus 2D mammography with the addition of 3D mammography (breast tomosynthesis) technology has been completed at TOPS Comprehe...

The long road to ensuring patient safety in NHS hospitals

In 1995, 18 month old Joshua Loveday was scheduled to undergo a complicated “switch” heart operation at Bristol Royal Infirmary. But behind the scenes, desperate last minute attempts were being made...

A young woman presenting with severe headache

A 20 year old woman with a history of migraine with visual aura in the form of both positive (fortification spectrum) and negative features was admitted to hospital because of unilateral pulsatile...

MRI autopsies look accurate for infant and fetal deaths

Lancet2013; doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60134-8Researchers from two large hospitals in the UK have developed and tested a minimally invasive autopsy for childhood and fetal deaths based on postmortem...

Mercy Ships: 10 years of Focus on Safe Motherhood in Africa

Working with long-time partner Johnson & Johnson, Charity increases capacity to support African Healthcare Education on the Mercy Ship Around the world, health organizations are recognizing May 23rd as International Day to End Obstetric Fistula. This year, the date marks not only the 10th anniversary of the UNFPA’s Campaign to End Fistula, but al...

Cardiovascular Systems Presents New Late-Breaking Coronary Results at EuroPCR Conference

ORBIT II trial met primary endpoints treating patient population in which 99.3% of subjects had severely calcified lesions 30-day freedom from MACE rate of 89.8 percent Procedural success of 89.1 percent (including in-hospital MACE) New data shows:...

Need for Image Guided Minimally Invasive Ablative Treatments Featured Prominently at American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting

SAN DIEGO, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The need to add tissue preserving therapies to the prostate cancer treatment continuum was highlighted prominently at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA), in San Diego.  According to SonaCare Medical, a leader in minimally invasive high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) technology, the need for image-guided techn...

Senate Immigration Bill Would Ease Restrictions On Foreign Health Workers; Measure Advances To Increase Scrutiny On Compounding Pharmacies

On Capitol Hill, several legislative efforts are moving forward on health issues. Among them is an effort by the Massachusetts delegation to keep bonus Medicare payments for the state's hospital, while House Republicans are looking for another way to deal with bill to fund high-risk insurance pools.  Modern Healthcare: Immigration Bill Seeks To Ease Rules For Foreign Health Workers After 30 h...

Senate Immigration Bill Would Ease Restrictions On Foreign Health Workers

On Capitol Hill, several legislative efforts are moving forward on health issues. Among them is an effort by the Massachusetts delegation to keep bonus Medicare payments for the state's hospitals, while House Republicans are looking for another way to deal with a bill to fund high-risk insurance pools. In addition, a Senate measure is advancing that would increase scrutiny On compounding phar...

HHS Report Finds Uptick In Doctors' Use Of Electronic Health Records

Also in the news, the Pentagon is in search of a new system for veterans' health care while San Francisco is "leading the way" in new health data applications. USA Today: Incentives Push Doctors To Electronic Medical Records More than half of doctors' offices and 80 percent of hospitals that provide Medicare or Medicaid will have electronic health records by the end of the year, the Department of...

Mission Health Ranks Among Nation's Best For Both High-quality Patient Care and a Valued Work Culture

ASHEVILLE, N.C., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mission Health is among the top healthcare institutions recognized nationally for extraordinary dedication to two vital aspects of modern healthcare – providing high-quality, innovative patient care, while at the same time keeping its more than 9,500 valued employees "engaged, healthy and motivated." The annual Becker's Hospital Review and B...

State Highlights: Conn. Democrats Eye Shifting $400M In Medicaid Money

A selection of health policy stories from California, Connecticut, American Samoa, Georgia, Oregon and West Virginia. Los Angeles Times: Geography Has A Role In Elective Surgery Decisions, Study Finds Geography plays a role in whether patients in California have elective operations such as joint replacement, weight loss surgery and gallbladder removal, according to a new study. The California Heal...

Highlights: Geography's Role In Elective Surgeries In Calif.; Conn. Democrats Eye Shifting $400M In Medicaid Money; HHS Says Cedars-Sinai Has $2.2M In Billing Errors

A selection of health policy stories from California, Connecticut, American Samoa, Georgia, Oregon and West Virginia. Los Angeles Times: Geography Has A Role In Elective Surgery Decisions, Study Finds Geography plays a role in whether patients in California have elective operations such as joint replacement, weight loss surgery and gallbladder removal, according to a new study. The California Heal...

Cross Country Healthcare to Present at Jefferies Healthcare Conference

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (Nasdaq:CCRN) announced today that it is scheduled to make a presentation on Thursday, June 6, 2013, at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time at the Jefferies Healthcare Conference being held at the Grand Hyatt New York hotel in New York City. Cross Country Healthcare’s presentations will be webcast and accessible to the public...

HHS-CCSC awards honor efforts to eliminate health care-associated infections

BOSTON, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Critical Care Societies Collaborative (CCSC), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),  announces recipients in the 2013 National Awards Program to Recognize Achievements in Eliminating Health Care-Associated Infections (HAIs).  Eight hospitals and health care facilities were honored for successful and sustained...

New collaboration between U-M Health System and St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor offers region specialized geriatric care

ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a joint effort to improve health outcomes for the region's older adult patient population, the University of Michigan Health System and St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor will collaborate to open a medical care unit specializing in geriatric care. The new UM-SJMAA Acute Care for Elders (ACE) unit brings together the area's foremost geriatr...

Covered California Announces Plans and Rates for 2014

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Covered California™ today announced 13 diverse health insurance plans that will offer in 2014, affordable, quality health care coverage to millions of Californians.  The plans reflect a mix of large non-profit and commercial plan leaders, along with well-known Medi-Cal and regional plans. The tentative selection of health plans is...

New Pathian Optimal Building Pressure Control (POBPC®) Process Proven to Help Companies Reduce Overall Energy Usage by up to 30 Percent

CINCINNATI, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pathian, an energy consultancy specializing in the optimization of complex mechanical systems for large and multi-unit facilities, announced that its Pathian Optimal Building Pressure Control (POBPC®) process has proven to help hospitals reduce their overall energy usage by 25–30 percent. Recently, five of its customers received national recognit...

Saddleback Memorial Surgeon First on the West Coast to Perform Single-Site Robotic Hysterectomy

LAGUNA HILLS, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills, CA recently became the first hospital on the West Coast to perform a hysterectomy using single site robotic technology. This new surgical option provides women with a state-of-the-art, minimally invasive approach to gynecological surgery. Marc Winter, M.D., a highly regarded Ora...

Biogen Idec Appoints Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas Chief Scientific Officer

– Addition of Renowned Scientist Underscores Commitment to Vibrant and Innovative Scientific Research – Biogen Idec (NASDAQ:BIIB) today announced that Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas, Ph.D., has been named the company’s Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). Dr. Artavanis-Tsakonas had served as interim CSO while on sabbatical from Harvard Medical Schoo...