ECRI Institute Selects IntraLearn's LearningServer for SharePoint to Deliver Online Education to Healthcare Industry ECRI Institute has chosen the LearningServer for SharePoint Learning Management System to deliver hundreds of eLearning courses to thousands of users. ECRI Institute provides many services to the acute care and aging services healthcare industries, including education and training for physicians, nurses, other allied professionals, healthcare risk managers and patient safety officers. (PRWeb May 6, 2009)
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Source: www.prweb.comPhysical Therapy Is Effective For Management Of Low-Back Pain A new review article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons should help convince many patients with low back pain to consider physical therapy as a first line of treatment for their condition, according to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDNA Diagnostics Center Hires Marco Scarpetta as Laboratory Director DNA Diagnostics Center has appointed Marco Scarpetta as Laboratory Director. He brings 15 years of DNA testing experience and leadership in the forensic and paternity testing fields. DNA Diagnostics Center is one of the leading DNA testing laboratories worldwide. (PRWeb May 6, 2009)
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Source: www.prweb.comGuideline For Treating Chronic Non-Cancer Pain With Opioid Medications A national panel of pain management experts representing the American Pain Society (APS) and the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) has published the first comprehensive, evidence-based clinical practice guideline to assist clinicians in prescribing potent opioid pain medications for patients with chronic non-cancer pain. The long-awaited guideline appears in the current issue of The Journal of Pain, http://www.jpain.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comText Messages Could Help Tuberculosis Drug Compliance Use of mobile phone text-messaging (or short message service/SMS as it is also known) could help tuberculosis patients in the world's most remote locations adhere to their treatment. The promising early results of this strategy are discussed in the World Report in this week's edition of The Lancet, written by freelance journalist Eliza Barclay.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSome U.S. Residents Cut Back On Prescription Drugs To Save Money The New York Times on Wednesday examined how, as "people around the country respond to financial and economic hard times by juggling the cost of necessities like groceries and housing, drugs are sometimes having to wait." An analysis conducted recently by IMS Health found that U.S.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Study Sheds Light On Higher Adherence To HIV Drugs In Africa Than In North America Levels of near-perfect adherence to life saving antiretroviral drugs among African HIV patients should be understood as a means of preserving key social relationships, says a new study published in the open-access journal PLoS Medicine. In Sub-Saharan Africa, adherence to these anti-HIV drugs improves patients' health, which is also a strong predictor of adherence success in developed countries.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comThe Latest DRX9000™ Study Data Published In Peer-Reviewed Journal! A study titled, "Prospective Evaluation of the Efficacy of Spinal Decompression via the DRX9000™ for Chronic Low Back Pain" was published in the December issue of The Journal of Medicine. The study authored by Dr. John Leslie, Mayo Clinic, et al, was designed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the DRX9000™ in the treatment of chronic lower back pain. Patients enrolled in the study had suffered an overall average of 266 weeks of low back pain.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comUniversity of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago First Hospital to Install Innovative Shape-HF™ Cardiopulmonary Testing System New FDA-approved medical device "is specifically designed to objectively measure cardiopulmonary gas exchange in heart failure patients. It can make a dramatic difference in treating CRT patients." Dr. Abraham Kocheril, Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Electrophysiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago (PRWeb May 6, 2009)
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Source: www.prweb.comHR Policy Association and Kelsey National Join Forces on National Health Access Project The HR Policy Association and Kelsey National have partnered to offer affordable healthcare to millions of uninsured working Americans through the Association's National Health Access initiative. Uninsured workers include part-time, seasonal, and temporary employees, former employees who have exhausted their COBRA coverage as well as non-employee contractors affiliated with the firm, and spouses or dependents of these individuals. HealthInsurance.com offers these individuals free quotes from the nation's top insurers, allows them to compare benefits and rates side-by-side, and gives them the opportunity to apply online within minutes. (PRWeb May 6, 2009)
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