Hospital Business Week

Information Technology - MedCom System to process benefit eligibility for New York-based medical center

Johns Hopkins Medical Inst. - Test for blood proteins detects ovarian cancer

Karolinska Hospital & Institute - DLEU2 is an antisense regulator of human and murine RFP2/LEU5 genes

Long Island Jewish Medical Center - gamma Synuclein stimulates hormone-responsive mammary tumorigenesis

Medical Equipment - Hospital equipment companies catering to obese patients see booming business

Mergers and Acquisitions - Nursefinders, Inc., acquired by Gryphon Investors

Mt. Sinai Medical Center - Rapid steroid withdrawal is appropriate for HCV-positive kidney recipients

Newcastle Mater Misericordiae Hospital - Spiders given a bad rap

Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Medication reconciliation, pharmacist involvement reduce medication errors

Omnicell PharmacyCentral - Overlake Hospital Medical Center purchases pharmacy automation system

Per-Se Technologies - North Dallas Pathology chooses information technology solution

PharmaCare - Pharmaceutical care management company rolls out generic sampling program

Prana Biotechnology Limited - Biotechnology added to drug watch list, settles patent litigation, names CEO

Priory Hospital, Kent - Researcher looks back on his original description of bulimia nervosa

Quantum Group, Inc. - Consolidation of south Florida Renaissance Health, management company completed

Queen Elizabeth Hospital - Disease severity differs in North American and United Kingdom liver recipients

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital - Skin cancer responsible for high costs, morbidity in Australia

Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast - Clinical trials support regimen of fibrinolytic and GPIIb/IIIa receptor blocker

Science Institute Public Health, Brussels - Molecular typing of A. flavus hospital outbreak show single contamination source

Service d'Hygiene Hospitaliere, Besancon -  Enterobacter cloacae emerging as a common pathogen in neonatal units

Sharp Grossmont Hospital, California - San Diego emergency and critical care center set to open

Siemens Medical Solutions, - New study aimed at preventing heart disease in pediatric lupus patients

St. James's University Hospital, West Yorkshire - Hypertonic saline-induced sputum and cough swab samples have clinical value

Stanford Univ. Medical Center - Findings may shed light on common, deadly birth defect