New Drug-Eluting Stent Wins FDA OkayMedPage TodayThe FDA has approved Promus Element Plus, a platinum-chromium coronary stent that elutes everolimus, manufacturer Boston Scientific announced. According to the company, the product uses a proprietary all…
Chainwide, Prime has high heart failure rates – California Watch
Chainwide, Prime has high heart failure ratesCalifornia WatchCalifornia Watch examined three years' worth of state Medicare billing data showing that Chino Valley Medical Center owned by Prime Healthcare Services had the highest rate in the state o…
How we calculated hospitals' heart failure rates – California Watch
How we calculated hospitals' heart failure ratesCalifornia WatchAcute heart failure is a growing problem among seniors. Do some California hospitals report more of this potentially deadly condition than others? To find out, California Watch analyze…
Heart failure cases surge among Prime hospital's Medicare patients – California Watch
California WatchHeart failure cases surge among Prime hospital's Medicare patientsCalifornia WatchFrom 2008 through 2010, Chino Valley Medical Center in San Bernardino County claimed that 35.2 percent of its Medicare patients were suffering from ac…
Top Healthcare Stocks in Citigroup's Q3 Portfolio – Wall St. Cheat Sheet
Top Healthcare Stocks in Citigroup's Q3 PortfolioWall St. Cheat SheetThe Company's products and experimental therapies address cancer, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis, organ transplant rejection and psychiatri…
Santa Fe senior on organ donor awareness mission – News Chief
Santa Fe senior on organ donor awareness missionNews ChiefDecision: Donation is a DVD with accompanying materials developed by the US Department of Health and Human Services for the purpose of educating High School students about organ donation. Includ…
SMH earns AHA's 'Get With The Guidelines' – Slidell Sentry News
SMH earns AHA's 'Get With The Guidelines'Slidell Sentry NewsSlidell Memorial Hospital has earned the Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Silver Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The recognition was awarded…
Medicare report: Baptist gets poor ratings in four of six key categories – Winston-Salem Journal
New Haven IndependentMedicare report: Baptist gets poor ratings in four of six key categoriesWinston-Salem JournalNC Baptist Hospital performed worse than the national average in four of six categories identified by the federal government as key measur…
Why I'm canceling my organ donation card – Ha'aretz
Why I'm canceling my organ donation cardHa’aretzIf – heaven forbid – a Haredi man is in need of an organ donation, and the rabbi confirms that prayers will not be adequate and that modern medicine can be allowed to intervene, this yeshiva student w…
Heart patients prefer longevity over quality of life – msnbc.com
Zee NewsHeart patients prefer longevity over quality of lifemsnbc.comSwiss researchers who surveyed more than 500 elderly heart failure patients found three quarters wouldn't trade a longer life with symptoms for a shorter life without them, and th…