The American Physiological Society (APS) has set aside $50,000 in unrestricted grants to offer relief to physiology graduate students and post-doctorate fellows who suffered losses from the recent Hurricane Ike that slammed the coast of Texas.
This year's Drug Information Association (DIA) 2nd Annual Clinical Forum follows the success of the 2007 forum premier, which attracted more than 700 delegates from 20 countries.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) sponsors a five-day annual meeting, "Basic Perioperative TEE and Vascular Access Workshop," covering information and innovation in anesthesiology and aligned fields. The workshop will be held October 31-November 2 at the Hilton, Walt Disney Resort, Orlando, FL.
Modern Healthcare magazine recognized Baptist Health as the sole organization in northeastern Florida to receive a designation among its list ranking the "100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare." The complete list ranking will appear in the October, 27, 2008 edition.
In 1985, John B. Caswell, President and CEO, founded his management and personnel consulting company, Omnia Group, Inc. (Omnia), on distinctive management systems.
More than 10,000 radiation oncology professionals, including a host of top OEMs, took part in the 50th Annual American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) Conference last week in Boston. Highlights at a glance.
On Tuesday, October 14, ECRI Institute (ECRI) will hold "Engaging Physician Practices in Patient Safety and Risk Management: Strategies for Healthcare Systems," a web conference designed to help healthcare institutions align their affiliate practices with patient safety management.
Datascope Corporation, manufacturer of interventional and critical care cardiovascular devices, recently sold its Patient Monitoring Division to China-based Mindray Medical International, Ltd.
Just receiving clearance from the FDA, the newest entry in the Drager family of anesthesia machines, the Fabius MRI, is specifically designed to meet the requirements of an MRI environment.
How about celebrating your participation in a professional association conference with a hot air balloon ride? Reaching higher goes along with this year's AHRA leadership conference theme.
Healthcare of Today, Inc., developer of vertically-integrated companies within the healthcare industries, announces its acquisition of Training for Life Saving, LLC (TLS), a nursing education business located in Sunnyvale, CA. The company was acquired through Nurses of Tomorrow, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Healthcare of Today.
The 2008 World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) took place recently in Nice, France. The WMIC focused on the special sessions that comprehensively reviewed approximately 1,400 abstracts submitted from diverse nationalities of attendees.
Oculus Innovative Sciences (Oculus IS), an anti-infective company, is primed and soon ready to launch its Microcyn® Technology system of wound care in the U.S.
Boston will be the site of the Investment in Innovation (In3) East Conference where 57 start-up medical device companies are confirmed to present to an audience of senior business development and investment executives from worldwide leading medical technology and healthcare investment companies. Presenters will be seeking funding or strategic partnerships.
Professional Postgraduate Services® (PPS) introduces a web activity-based CME series featured on LegDisorders.com.
The Lucas Group, an executive recruitment firm, says the trend for hiring over the past four months has been for sales directors within high-tech medical device companies. Lucas Group reports that both companies and candidates are looking to recruiters as their choice for filling positions.
Navilyst Medical has introduced the first in a series of new corporate-branded products.
The National League for Nursing (NLN) 2008 Education Summit, "The Power of Diversity in Nursing Education: Embracing Differences in Heritage and Thought" will run September 17- 20 at the Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, TX. Members of NLN will gather at this sold-out event to discuss how to nurture diversity in classrooms, clinical settings, scholarship and curriculum.
Attendees participated in the Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (SMIT) 2008 Conference recently amid a Viennese campus of century-old trees, a 17th century university, and a new hospital facility. At the SMIT Conference, however, the program centered not on the old, but on innovation, specifically in image-guided interventional oncology, presented by an international forum.
Medicexchange.com, in collaboration with Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (LWW), a company associated with specialized healthcare publications, launched the first global bookstore specifically to meet needs of radiologists and medical imaging professionals.
Education Management Solutions, a provider of clinical skills training and evaluation software solutions, became part of the 2008 Philadelphia 100 list of fastest growing privately held companies. The Wharton Small Business Development Center (SBDC) with the Entrepreneurs Forum of Greater Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Business Journal (PBJ) awarded the honors.
Using robust interactive content that includes full 3D animations, iHealthSpot hopes to improve patient education in orthopedics and physical therapy (PT).
Move over traditional IT security and compliance professionals. "Ethical" hacking is now both an accepted industry term and a recognized profession to be showcased at ChicagoCon, an upcoming conference that will feature world-class security training and two days of preparation in this burgeoning highly lucrative field with implications for healthcare.
The Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation announced the premier international symposium on best and future practices for magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) will take place October 6-7 in Washington, DC.
After a rigorous selection process, the U.S. Army has chosen iCRco, a California-based provider of digital x-ray imaging solutions, as its provider for troops injured in battle.
With the launch of www.medical-dictionaries.org, professionals or laypersons can check the definition of today's medical terminology.
Retina Implant, AG, a German medical device company which makes a new kind of retinal prosthesis, has chosen OpenClinica to manage its clinical trials. The OpenClinica system will capture and manage electronic data for all trial sites.
Dr. Robin Cook, best-selling author of more than 25 medical thrillers, will speak to participants of the Fourth Annual Oncology Congress (Congress). The event will be held September 25-28 at the Hilton, San Francisco.
Don't look now, but advertisers can read your brain, literally. Neuroscience techniques are being applied to marketing methods to tap a consumers' unconscious buying behaviors in "neuromarketing."
The Drug Information Association (DIA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold two critical path workshops in Bethesda, MD. Both sessions will include a focus on key transporters, current and future technical challenges, drug development and FDA examples.
Due to escalating changes to codes, procedures and technologies, including those of Medicare and Medicaid, demands have become complex for professionals working in the interventional radiology and cardiology specialties. The American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) have introduced a new certification program to address these challenges, the Certified Interventional Radiology Cardiovascular Coder (CIRCC).
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) conducted a survey that showed 73 percent of certificate R.T. education programs have articulation agreements in place. These agreements between institutions officially allow the transfer of all credits from a specified program toward a college or university degree program. Of the remaining 27 percent, half indicated progress toward such an arrangement.
So, what's in your closet? The burgeoning field of interactive textiles and flexible wearable systems could be the star of your wardrobe in the next few years.
From March through June, staff from Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) visited five large zonal laboratories across Africa, including Tanzania, Namibia and Sub-Saharan areas. The goal was to improve the quality of laboratories in fighting infectious diseases such as HIV, STIs, malaria and tuberculosis.
Ampronix, a leader in the medical imaging field, will host the California Medical Instrumentation Association (CMIA) August 21.
Log into http://www.medpagetoday.com (Medpage) and find a spectrum of news articles categorized by medical specialty, with many available for CME credit. The CME news is peer-reviewed under the direction of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
OEMs ensure comprehensive, world-class medical care for the Olympic athletes in Beijing.
The HealthStream Learning Center(HLC), which provides learning solutions for hospital-based healthcare professionals showcasing patients' experiences, professional challenges and medical community relationships, recently earned a peer review designation after scrutiny from the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA).
New guidelines adopted by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Board of Directors put the kibosh on pharmaceutical companies' offering logo-inscribed goodies such as pens, mousepads and other products to promote their drugs.
Accu-Screen, Inc., a leading company in employment background screening, says its records on resume falsification spike during recessions, with 43 percent of all resumes and job applications showing false data.
Professionals can turn more and more to podcasts for career development options. The American Institute for Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) has used them for its members, and its newest podcast inventively stages a mock malpractice trial.
What happens when GE Healthcare and University of Phoenix collaborate? The result is 43 courses in GE Healthcare Clinical Systems that now provide college credit as electives and many are applicable to undergraduate degrees.
Thanks to Medicexchange.com's launch of a nuclear medicine and molecular imaging online community, medical imaging professionals can click to keep abreast of scientific and clinical developments in their field.
This fall, the Medtrade show will host a general session on the state of the homecare industry, moderated by Tyler J. Wilson, president of the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare).
Kroll Fraud Solutions, a leading risk consulting company, launched "Handling Sensitive Patient Information in the Healthcare Workplace," an online resource intended to teach healthcare professionals how to reduce risk with data security in their organizations.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the launch of The FDA Commissioner's Fellowship Program, a two-year program planned to draw top scientists, engineers and health professionals. The new program will train participants in the factors involved in safety and regulatory decisions that drive the agency and encourage them to make their career at the FDA.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) published a Request for Applications (RFA) to initiate research and interventions on behalf of advancing talented women in leadership positions and from underprivileged backgrounds in biomedical, behavioral science and engineering careers. Funding of approximately $3 million is expected to provide up to eight awards in 2009.
Among 105 course offerings and panel discussions at the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Annual Convention, the subject of a nursing shortage was missing.
Confirma, known for computer-aided-detection (CAD) operating systems for breast MRI, supports professional development with educational grants, hands-on training and online courses. Currently, the company has expanded its CME-accredited educational programs as a result of an increase in demand for breast MRI. CAD course online July 22.
Embryome Sciences, a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc. announced the launch of Embryome.com and the International Embryome Initiative, a collaborative to create the world's first systemic map of all cell types derived from human embryonic stem cells.
