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Hospital Business Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . October 23rd, 2005

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Immune Deficiency Foundation - IVIG therapy patient advocates unite to pursue Medicare reform

Information Technology - Tech firm wins $384M contract to support U.S. CMS

Ingen Technologies, Inc. - OxyAlert maker considers acquisition

Iris International, Inc. - Agreement signed with MedAssets for automated urinalysis systems

Johns Hopkins University - Chemoendocrine therapies compared for treatment of breast cancer

Medicare - Banker's Fidelity Life Insurance to offer Medco Medicare Prescription drug plan

Medicare - Cigna to serve as a national Medicare Part D prescription drug plan provider

Transition Therapeutics Inc. - Diabetes-, Alzheimer-focused company reports fiscal 2005 year end financial results

Alfred Hospital, Prahran - VentrAssist LVAD shows promise for permanent implantation

Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen - Dendritic cells in prostate cancer not impaired in T-cell stimulation

CardioDynamics - Study: ICG identifies patients at risk for heart failure-related events

Centene Corp. - Enrollment period for Georgia Medicaid contracts extended

Ceregene - Phase I clinical trial of gene therapy for Parkinson begins

Charles Perrens Hospital, Bordeaux - Interferon-induced mood disorder derives from overlapping conditions

Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London - Hepatitis C coinfection heightens vulnerability to AIDS-defining events

Children's Hospital Boston - Optimal management of esophageal coins in children has been clarified

Children's Hospital Boston - Surveillance data suggest that preschoolers drive flu epidemics

Children's Memorial Medical Center, Chicago - Updates on pediatric renal cell carcinoma discussed

Churchill Hospital - Rosiglitazone causes changes in adiponectin receptor expression

Collaborations - Agreement expanded with St. Anthony Hospital to New Women's Health Center

DR Systems, Inc. - North Carolina medical center signs PACS system $1 million contract

Dictaphone Corporation - Houston hospital to implement speech recognition solution

Duke University Medical Center, Durham - New book explains age-old mystery of geometrical illusions

Erasmus Medical Center - Sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents in diabetes investigated

Facet Solutions, Inc. - Anatomic Facet Replacement System implantation completed

General Hospital, Padua - HAART considered first-line treatment for most HIV/AIDS patients developing KS

Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen - Impact of organ motion on intestine doses and complication risks examined

Hospital General Gregorio Maranon, Madrid - HIV-1 gp120 induces COX-2 expression in neuroblastoma cells via NF-kappaB/AP-1

Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio - Abnormal glycemic metabolism in essential hypertension examined

Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto - Mutational analysis of a nucleosidase autoinducer-2 biosynthesis investigated

Information Technology - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center purchases decision support system

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine - Racial disparities explored in osteoporosis screening

Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital - Time of CCB administration did not affect 24-hour BP control

Kawasaki Medical University, Okayama - Predictive factors delineated for recurrence after curative resection

King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam - Cutaneous HIV manifestations predict underlying immune status

Lariboisiere Hospital, Paris - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of thrombosis

Laval Hospital Research Center, Ste-Foy - Study examined protective effect of alcohols against Ca2+ overload

Leiden University Medical Center - PAI-1 promoter haplotype and BMI affect PAI-I concentrations

London Regional Cancer Center - Methadone used in management of intractable neuropathic noncancer pain

Lund University Hospital - Evidence for single-step mechanism in origin of childhood ALL revealed

Massachusetts General Hospital - MGH investigations will focus on the impact of the stem cell environment

Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh - Footwear alterations, bracing may have a role in knee OA treatments

Mergers & Acquisitions - Community Health Systems signs definitive agreement to acquire Bradley Memorial

Middlesex Hospital, London - Distribution of saline during radiofrequency ablation mapped by CT

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