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Issue: #31 |
March 31, 2009 |
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Welcome!
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Til next week!
Melba Romero
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S.A. Healthcare & Bioscience Magazine |
KCI Announces Plans to Optimize Operations |
 Kinetic Concepts Inc., San Antonio, TX - March 30, 2009Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE:KCI) announced today cost reduction initiatives to improve the company's cost structure and maximize its growth potential. The initiatives will enhance the company's potential to increase shareholder value and improve operational efficiency and effectiveness by streamlining its organizational structure and workforce and evaluating expenditures. Full Story. |
U.S. Hospital Use of Electronic Health Records Abysmally Low, Says New Study |
 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Boston, Mass. - March 25, 2009Contrary to conventional wisdom, only a tiny fraction of U.S. hospitals have full health information technology (HIT) systems in place to improve how they deliver care, says a new study published in the March 26 online edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. A survey of nearly 3,000 hospitals shows that less than 2 percent use comprehensive electronic health records (EHRs), and about 8 percent use a basic EHR in at least one care unit that includes physician or nurse notes. Full Story. |
Next Generation of Award-Winning EZ-IO Vascular Access System Showcased at EMS |
 Vidacare, San Antonio, TX - March 26, 2009Vidacare, the leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of intraosseous technology with its award-winning EZ-IO Vascular Access System, has introduced a next-generation power-driver and needle set to their line of vascular access products for medical use. In use by over 50 percent of all ambulances in the United States, the EZ-IO System uses its patented power driver and bevel-tipped needle sets for quick and controlled access to the interior bone for the infusion of vital fluids and medications in seconds. The EZ-IO System is available when traditional vascular access is difficult or impossible. Full Story. |
AdnaGen AG and OncoVista Innovative Therapies Inc., Announce the Issuance in the US of a Key Patent Related to Technology for the Detection and Analysis of Circulating Tumor Cells |
 OncoVista Inc., San Antonio, TX - March 26, 2009AdnaGen AG, a molecular diagnostics company, and subsidiary of OncoVista Inc., (OTCBB:OVIT.OB), focused on the detection and molecular analysis of tumor cells from the blood of cancer patients has been issued a core-patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Full Story. |
Do Restrictions On Residents' Work Hours Harm Patient Care? |
 By Patricia I. Carney, MD, - Medical Economics - March 30, 2009For those physicians outside of academic medicine, the concept of "work-hour restrictions" may sound like a dream come true-or a nightmare. Or maybe a little of both. As of July 2003, residents may not be on duty more than 80 hours per week. They cannot work for longer than 24 hours, but do have an additional 6 hours to go to lectures or to the clinic (the 24 schedule). They must have 10 hours off between shifts and must have 24 hours away from the hospital every week. Full Story. |
BME Appointment of Keith M. Peeples as Vice President, Sales & Marketing |
 BioMedical Enterprises, Inc. (BME), San Antonio, TX - March 30, 2009BioMedical Enterprises, Inc. (BME), a rapidly growing medical device company focused on the clinical development of orthopaedic memory metal implants, announced today that it has appointed Keith M. Peeples as its Vice President, Sales and Marketing. Full Story. | |
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