After the overwhelming success and popularity of the sold-out 2010 inaugural conference, Food for your Whole Life is back this year with an exciting lineup of renowned researchers and experts who will provide attendees with inspiring, insightful ideas and current, necessary information on health. The 2012 Food for your Whole Life health symposium will emphasize the effects of foods and food-based dietary patterns on health for the general population and specific groups while sharing new research and theories on nutrition. Attendees will leave with a sense of empowerment that will enable them to create better environments all around them and ultimately make healthy choices more attainable.
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Joerns Healthcare has launched the Dolphin Fluid Immersion Simulation® system that more effectively prevents and treats pressure-related injuries than other surfaces. This patented technology simulates the effect of floating in water for patients on hospital beds, stretchers, and in wheel chairs. The Dolphin technology continually adjusts to the patient’s body, promoting tissue perfusion and oxygenation, and minimizing injury related to compromised blood flow. The Dolphin is also proven to accelerate healing of advanced stage or multiple pressure ulcers, muscle flaps, skin grafts, burns and other wound conditions.
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare today announced the launch of Quit.com, a total quit-smoking online resource to help smokers quit their cigarette addictions and stay smoke-free. Every smoker is different; therefore every smoker’s approach to quitting may need to be different. Quit.com houses personalized tools in a central, online location to help smokers navigate quitting smoking, no matter where they may be in their quit journey.
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Emdeon Inc., a leading provider of revenue and payment cycle management and clinical information exchange solutions, today announced the launch of Emdeon EDGE™, an integrated, technology-enabled solution that includes complete payment integrity and cost containment services designed to help detect improper healthcare claims and prevent inaccurate payments.
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Over 10,000 patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, policy makers and the general public from 136 countries have signed the world's only Global Atrial Fibrillation Patient Charter calling for government action to help prevent millions of people from dying or becoming disabled by a stroke caused by Atrial Fibrillation (AF).
People can learn about AF and stroke, and read and sign the Charter, which is available in 22 languages, on the Campaign website,www.signagainststroke.com.
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Columbus businessman Scott Ressmeyer and 11 friends have started their 2013 Scott’s Ride for Miracles, a 21-day, 9,000-mile, 48-state motorcycle trek to raise awareness and money to benefit Children’s Miracle Network at The Medical Center in Columbus, Ga. The Miracle Send-Off Ceremony was held at 11:30 a.m. Friday morning, then at noon, the riders revved up their Harley engines and roared out of The Medical Center.
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A recent Harris Interactive survey on the attitudes of the American public towards healthcare acquired infections (HAIs) revealed that almost one quarter (24%) of U.S. adults or someone they know have had an infection as a result of a stay in a hospital; and that 37% are most concerned about the spread of germs and bacteria in hospitals, as compared to other public places.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), nearly 2 million people acquire infections while in U.S. hospitals each year; and almost 100,000 die as a result.
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Emdeon Inc., a leading provider of healthcare revenue and payment cycle management and clinical information exchange solutions, today announced a collaboration with Atigeo™, a compassionate technology company that turns science into products and services for a wiser world. Together, Emdeon and Atigeo plan to explore the use of intelligent analytics layered on top of petabytes of healthcare data to improve health outcomes.
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New research has revealed that the use of Antimicrobial Copper surfaces in hospital rooms can reduce the number of healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) by 58% as compared to patients treated in Intensive Care Units with non-copper touch surfaces. In the United States, 1 out of every 20 hospital patients develops an HAI, resulting in an estimated 100,000 deaths per year. Although numerous strategies have been developed to decrease these infections, Antimicrobial Copper is the only strategy that works continuously, has been scientifically proven to be effective and doesn’t depend on human behavior, according to a recently published study in the SHEA Journal of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
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Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. [http://www.upsher-smith.com] today announced that subscribers to Epilog.us can now access the latest information related to Practice Management & Epilepsy at http://www.Epilog.us. Led by Dr. Aatif Husain, Director of the Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, Professor of Medicine, Division of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, and Dr. John Stern, Co‐Director of the Seizure Disorder Center and Professor of Neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, areas of focus include: the importance of billing code accuracy; commonly utilized billing codes in epilepsy and neurology; and epilepsy quality measures from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN).
To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/58062-upsher-smith-epilog-us-practice-management-epilepsy-resources-available
Emdeon Inc., a leading provider of healthcare revenue and payment cycle management and clinical information exchange solutions, today announced the expansion of Emdeon Clinical Exchange™, its technology-enabled solution designed to improve business and clinical outcomes and care continuity.
Emdeon Clinical Exchange encompasses products and services that are designed to unite healthcare communities. Today, hospitals, physicians, labs, payers and pharmacies use Emdeon’s leading healthcare information network to securely exchange health information over six billion times annually. These healthcare stakeholders are demanding greater connectivity to each other and the ability to facilitate comprehensive, end-to-end clinical information exchange.
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Today, Bayer HealthCare LLC, the makers of One A Day® Women’s Multivitamins, along with Feeding America®, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity, and nine-time Grammy Award winner Sheryl Crow kick off year two of their Nutrition Mission with the announcement of a donation program and grant opportunity to benefit Feeding America’s network of more than 200 community food banks that help distribute over 3 billion pounds of food to Americans annually.
To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/61524-sheryl-crow-and-one-a-day-women-s-nutrition-mission-with-feeding-america
