New aromatherapy program initiated to help patients heal FORT WORTH, Texas – December 13, 2017 — Patients in the Cardiac Rehabilitation program at Texas Health Fort Worth are not losing much sleep over their recovery — thanks to Brenda McDonnell, B.S.N., R.N., CCAP, PCCN-K. McDonnell, who has been a nurse at Texas Health Fort Worth […]
New space offers more rooms, is phase one of bigger expansion FORT WORTH, Texas – December 7, 2017 – Growth is everywhere you look in North Fort Worth, and to respond to the ever-expanding population of young families and new businesses, Texas Health Alliance is doing a little growing of its own. The hospital today […]
American Heart Association welcomes Chinese STEMI delegates to North Texas DALLAS, Texas – December 7, 2017 – According to the American Heart Association, each year in the United States, approximately 250,000 people have a STEMI, or ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, caused by a complete blockage of blood flow to the heart that requires time-sensitive treatment. […]
New York, NY, Wednesday, December 6, 2017 – Viviane Tabar, MD, has been named the new Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). Dr. Tabar has been a vital faculty member at MSK for more than 15 years and is currently the Theresa C. Feng Chair for Neurosurgical Oncology […]
Texas Health Fort Worth becomes first hospital in Tarrant County to offer innovative technology FORT WORTH, Texas – December 1, 2017 — Paul Johnson suffered from a widow-maker, one of the most common and most lethal kinds of heart attack, last November. He now has a Bluetooth loop recorder that constantly monitors his heart rhythm, […]
Vancouver, BC – 16 Nov 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Vancouver-based company Fusion Genomics selected IBM’s cloud capabilities to help advance Fusion’s ability to detect pandemics before they happen. Fusion Genomics has developed disruptive DNA and RNA technology that it believes can positively identify infectious diseases and enhance the surveillance of emerging pathogens […]
Analytics platform to deliver real-time insights for improvement SALT LAKE CITY AND PHOENIX, November 15, 2017 – Health Catalyst, a leader in healthcare analytics, decision support and outcomes improvement, announced a multi-year agreement with Banner Health to implement the Health Catalyst Data Operating System (DOS™) across the health system’s enterprise, in conjunction with outcomes’ improvement […]
ST. LOUIS November 15, 2017 — Lumeris, the industry leader in value-based care solutions, today announced that the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded long-time Lumeris client Essence Healthcare 4.5 out of 5 stars in its annual quality assessment of Medicare Advantage plans. The St. Louis-based Essence Healthcare has earned a 4.5 […]
New York, NY, Wednesday, November 15, 2017 – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today the authorization of MSK-IMPACT™ (which stands for integrated mutation profiling of actionable cancer targets), a high throughput, targeted-DNA-sequencing panel for somatic mutations. Created by the Department of Pathology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), MSK-IMPACT is a […]
ABILIFY MYCITE (aripiprazole tablets with sensor) is a drug-device combination product comprised of Otsuka’s oral aripiprazole tablets embedded with an Ingestible Event Marker (IEM) sensor. The ABILIFY MYCITE System includes: ABILIFY MYCITE, the MYCITE® Patch (wearable sensor); the MYCITE APP (a smartphone application); and web-based portals for healthcare providers and caregivers1 The system records medication […]
