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Heart Failure Programs Take Aim at Readmits
Pharmacy Practice News image Hollywood, Fla. and Las Vegas—As part of the requirements of the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) started imposing potential reimbursement penalties on hospitals based on their 30-day heart failure (HF) … Collaboration may improve medication adherenceModernMedicine |
A kidney for Kelly
Six months after transplant, ‘everything is fine’ It started with a mouse. A mouse was drowning in the basin of a toilet, struggling to get his head above the water. Carla Wensky saw the small rodent and didn’t hesitate — she rescued him. She then realized that if she couldn’t watch this little mouse die, how could she watch her friend die? Her friend Kelly Eckerdt had a kidney disease, and …
Researchers Create Synthetic Stool That Cures C. Diff
Canadian scientists have created an artificial stool that cures bouts of Clostridium difficile (C. diff). This toxin-producing bacterium causes serious intestinal infections responsible for the deaths of some patients.
Smart Strategies for Savings Presented at ASHP Meeting – Pharmacy Practice News
Smart Strategies for Savings Presented at ASHP MeetingPharmacy Practice NewsThe cost for inpatient rituximab (Rituxan, Genentech) alone decreased from baseline by more than $250,000 in FY10 and by $150,000 in FY11. The driving force behind the savings …
How are patients managing with the costs of care for chronic kidney disease in … – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
How are patients managing with the costs of care for chronic kidney disease in …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Chronic kidney disease (CKD) poses a financial burden on patients and their households. This descriptive study measures the prevalence…
Donor revealed, local girl to receive kidney transplant
The road has been long for Stacy Schwerin and her daughter Jessica, but they are finally getting a gift of a lifetime.
Proteo, Inc. / Proteo Biotech AG: FDA grants Proteo Orphan Drug Designation to … – PharmaLive (press release) (subscription)
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Proteo, Inc. / Proteo Biotech AG: FDA grants Proteo Orphan Drug Designation to …
PharmaLive (press release) (subscription) In addition, Proteo’s licensing and development partner, Minapharm Pharmaceuticals SAE, has initiated a Phase II clinical trial on the use of Elafin for kidney transplantation patients. This trial is concerned with the prevention of acute organ … |
China to combat blood donation certificate trade – China Daily
China to combat blood donation certificate tradeChina DailyThe ministry is looking into media reports that blood donation certificates can be purchased in the southern metropolis of Guangzhou for 3,000 yuan ($480), according to MOH spokesman Deng Haihu…
Texas Children's Hospital earns certification from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for all solid-organ …
HOUSTON, Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston announced that it has recently earned a national certification from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for heart, liver and lung transplants. Additionally, the hospital has been recertified by the agency for kidney transplants. For more information about Texas Children’s transplant program …
Citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are queued on a kidney transplant operation in Tajikistan
Citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are queued for a kidney transplant operation in Tajikistan. This was during a press conference in Dushanbe, said the Health Minister of the Republic of Nustratullo Salimov , reports the “Avesta”.