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Table of Contents . . . June 28th, 2005
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3M Health Information Systems - Web-Based software provides comprehensive hospital finance management
Reimbursement - Is your facility correctly coding OPPS claims?
Urban Institute - Higher Medicaid payments are good, but not great, says policy expert
AMERIGROUP Corp. - Illinois legislature adopts 2006 budget, modifies Medicaid managed care
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - Gastrointestinal endoscopy association introduces standards of practice
Amerigroup Corporation - Texas legislature adjourns after positive resolution of managed care issues
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Carbon monoxide prevents systemic effects in mice
Business Update - New company formed to commercialize insurance, healthcare solutions
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte - Researchers examine demographics of bariatric surgery outcomes
Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan - Findings advance knowledge in cervical cancer research
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Children in foster care may be underaccounted for in Medicaid
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte - Breast cancer cells analyzed, differential sensitivities elucidated
CuraGen Corp. - Single-dose phase I data on velafermin (CG53135) announced
Elekta, Inc. - Princess Margaret Hospital selects Synergy system
Emageon, Inc. - Real-time 3D medical imaging system enhanced
Erasmus Medical Center - Studies describe new findings in diabetic nephropathy research
Geneva University - Findings in cardiology provide new insights
Golden Rule Insurance Company - Insurance company says 40% of customers using health savings accounts
Gunma Cancer Center Hospital, Shiga - Implication of FRFH in elderly Japanese patients studied
Healthcare Coverage - Policy brief: Health insurance within reach of every Californian
Hemo Concepts, Inc. - School for integrated blood conservation opens
Hospital for Special Surgery - Hospital for Special Surgery awarded patent for new shoulder prosthesis design
Hospital of the Univ. of Technology Dresden - Activation of the RAS pathway predicted chemosensitive phenotype of AML blasts
Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm - MSCs inhibit lymphocyte proliferation by mitogens and alloantigens differently
IPC-The Hospitalist Company - Mary Jo Gorman, MD, now president-elect of the Society of Hospital Medicine
Illinois Association of Medicaid Health Plans - Doctors call on Illinois governor to reject Medicaid cuts
Intl. Agency for Research on Cancer, France - Health professionals should quit being passive about smoking
Ist Super Sanita, Rome - VRE outbreaks in Italy due to spread of a multidrug-resistant VREfm clone
Johns Hopkins University Hospital - Pars plana aspiration prevents positive vitreous pressure in triple procedures
KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore - Novel technique devised for localization of deep Norplant implants
Matritech - Data on bladder cancer detection test reported at urological association meeting
McKesson Corporation - Study shows nurses' opinions about medication safety
Medical College of Georgia - Benzodiazepines don't prevent postoperative alcohol withdrawal
Misonix, Inc. - Air pollution control company enters agreement with Univ. of Pittsburgh
Mt Sinai Hospital - Human kallikrein 5 studied, biochemical and enzymatic characterization reported
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei - Report summarizes clinical studies of QTc dispersion in dialysis patients
Ohio State University - Most heart failure cases discovered after hospital admittance
Picis - Anesthesia and critical care software developer expands in European market
Qindu Hospital, Xian - Composite scaffold anchors implants in tissue-engineered bone
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