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Novant Health to Detail Pharmacist-Driven Post-Discharge Drug Therapy Management Effort for High-Risk Patients in February 3, 2016 Webinar
A February 3, 2016 webinar will explore Novant Health's clinical pharmacist-driven medication management effort that identifies patients at high risk for readmissions or ED visits related to adverse drug events. - January 13, 2016 - Healthcare Intelligence Network
BÜHLMANN Laboratories Opens North American Affiliate
BÜHLMANN Laboratories is proud to announce the availability of its products directly from its new North American affiliate, BUHLMANN Diagnostics Corp (BDC) in Southern New Hampshire. - January 11, 2016 - BUHLMANN Diagnostics Corp
Virtual Journals Changing the Scientific Publishing Landscape
ScienceOpen, the research and publishing network, has created a tool for researchers to create their own “best of” collections from among over 10 million articles across all publishers and journals. The ‘Collection” principle may change the way scientists access and prioritize academic literature in journals. - January 11, 2016 - ScienceOpen
Largest U.S. Sponsor of Medicare ACOs to Share Data Analytics Tactics for Accountable Care During January 27, 2016 Webinar
Collaborative Health Systems, the nation's largest sponsor of Medicare Shared Savings ACOs, will share how data analytics has improved accountable care results during a January 27, 2016 webinar sponsored by the Healthcare Intelligence Network. - January 07, 2016 - Healthcare Intelligence Network
Liz Allen Joins F1000 as Director of Strategic Initiatives
F1000, a provider of services to biomedical researchers to support the discovery, writing and publication of new scientific findings, has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Liz Allen as Director of Strategic Initiatives. Liz was formerly Head of Evaluation at the Wellcome Trust, one of the world’s largest biomedical research charities. - January 07, 2016 - Faculty of 1000
January 26 Webinar to Examine Physician Reimbursement in 2016: Workflow Optimization for Chronic Care Management and Advance Care Planning
Bon Secours Medical Group will describe its approach to chronic care management reimbursement and positioning for billable advance care planning in 2016 during a January 26, 2016 webinar sponsored by the Healthcare Intelligence Network. - January 05, 2016 - Healthcare Intelligence Network
2016 Healthcare Trends: Population Health Prevails in Pay-for-Value Realm
Population health management remains the most influential factor in healthcare business operations for the second consecutive year, according to a complimentary trends snapshot by the Healthcare Intelligence Network (HIN). - December 15, 2015 - Healthcare Intelligence Network
Richard N. Kocsis and George B. Palermo Comment on the Parallels Between the Obstacles to Space Exploration and Criminal Profiling
Academics Richard N. Kocsis and George B. Palermo have written a new article that compares the obstacles to space exploration with those facing criminal profiling. Entitled New Horizons, the piece is, from this month, available via the OnlineFirst facility of the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (Sage Publications). - December 12, 2015 - Richard Kocsis
Research Square Announces Video Summaries Solution to Help Researchers Communicate Their Work More Effectively
Research Square is partnering with MyScienceWork to offer engaging Video Summaries of research through the Polaris platform for universities and institutions. - December 11, 2015 - Research Square
WHO’s Estimates of the Burden of Disease Caused by Foodborne Chemical Toxins
Chemicals prevalent in the food supply can have a significant impact on the global burden of disease, a WHO Task Force shows with new research published in F1000Research. http://f1000research.com/articles/4-1393/v1 - December 05, 2015 - Faculty of 1000
Source Molecular Gives Teaser of Upcoming Field Filtration Kit
Filtering samples from water quality monitoring will be made easy with Source Molecular's Field Filtration kit. - December 05, 2015 - Source Molecular Corporation
BioSistemika Releases sciNote as the First Open Source Scientific Notebook Launched on Kickstarter
BIO-IT company BioSistemika LLC believes that laboratories deserve reliable and easy-to-use software at affordable prices, that's why they created sciNote – an open source electronic laboratory notebook (ELN). They decided to launch sciNote via a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, which... - November 27, 2015 - BioSistemika LLC
New Study Finds Complete Remission Rates for Almost All Late-Stage Cancer Types, Regardless of Treatment, Are Equally Low
Complete Responses (CRs) are dramatic, highly desirable situations for patients where all cancer disappears. A meta-analysis of CR rates from chemotherapy treatment of common types of late-stage cancer during a six-year period shows that CRs have, however, remained surprisingly low despite extensive efforts to improve them. - November 27, 2015 - Faculty of 1000
Geosyntec Recommends Use of Validated Lab in MST Study Design
Source Molecular Corporation outlined its laboratory's capabilities in microbial source tracking at a brown bag event sponsored by Geosyntec Consultants in California earlier this month. - November 26, 2015 - Source Molecular Corporation
Uploads on Biomedical Authoring Platform F1000Workspace Exceed 1m References
One million references have been loaded on to F1000Workspace – a research collaboration, reference management and authoring platform for scientists – since it was launched just six months ago. F1000Workspace is a suite of tools designed to assist biomedical researchers when writing... - November 26, 2015 - Faculty of 1000
Bioo Scientific Launches Completely Gel-Free or Low Input Small RNA Library Prep Kit
Bioo Scientific recently launched the NEXTflex™ Small RNA-Seq Kit v3, which improves small RNA analysis by making the library prep protocol completely gel-free or allowing for low-input small RNA library preparation. This kit also reduces the biases associated with small RNA sequencing by... - November 25, 2015 - Bioo Scientific
The MaxSignal Colistin ELISA Test Kit Can Help Prevent the Antibiotic Apocalypse by Keeping Last Resort Drugs Out of the Food Supply
Colistin resistance likely emerged after the drug was overused in farm animals. Colistin is intended to be used by physicians as a drug of last resort to treat Gram-negative superbug infections, but has been overused in agriculture. Bioo Scientific’s MaxSignal® Colistin ELISA Test Kit is the only commercially available ELISA optimized for the screening of colistin in poultry and other meat samples and eggs, to prevent the spread of colistin resistance by keeping colistin out of the food supply. - November 25, 2015 - Bioo Scientific
F1000 Announces Appointment of Rebecca Lawrence as Managing Director
F1000, a provider of services to biomedical researchers to support the discovery, writing and publication of new scientific findings, has announced the appointment of Rebecca Lawrence as Managing Director. Lawrence was previously Managing Director of F1000 Research Ltd, the publishing arm of... - November 20, 2015 - Faculty of 1000
Walkway Safety Professional Course Launches December 14th for Building Service Contractors
Many building service contractors (BSCs) aren’t aware that they can be increasing the risk of slips and falls with how they clean, that they could be cleaning better and faster, and are missing out on revenue from offering increasingly in demand walkway safety services. To provide BSCs with... - November 18, 2015 - Substratum Group
New Metrics on Value-Based Healthcare: Adopters Report Healthy Savings, Prevention Gains
Seventy-one percent of healthcare companies employ value-based reimbursement strategies, with one-fifth reporting savings of up to $500,000 annually, according to new market metrics from the Healthcare Intelligence Network (HIN). - November 17, 2015 - Healthcare Intelligence Network
BUHLMANN Laboratories Announces New, Direct US Affiliate
BÜHLMANN Laboratories is proud to announce the establishment of its North American affiliate, BUHLMANN Diagnostics Corp (BDC) in Southern New Hampshire. - November 16, 2015 - BUHLMANN Diagnostics Corp
Solar Causing Three Times the Power Plant Cycling of Wind
New research by Renewable Impacts LLC, covering CAISO power plant cycling, revealed that solar was more responsible for power plant cycling causality than wind by a factor of three. - November 16, 2015 - Renewable Impacts LLC
Congressman Sires Returns to the Honorary Committee for the 6th Annual NJ Walks for TS at Mendham
The event will take place Saturday, Nov. 14th to benefit education programs. - November 13, 2015 - New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
NJ Walks for TS Honorary Committee Welcomes Congressman Leonard Lance
The event will take place November 14th to benefit education programs. - November 13, 2015 - New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
Congressman Frelinghuysen Joins 6th Annual NJ Walks for TS at Mendham Honorary Committee
The event will take place this Saturday, Nov. 14th and is open to the public. - November 13, 2015 - New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
Atlantic Health Neuroscience Institute Continues Its Support of NJ Walks for TS at Mendham
Sixth annual 5k walk/run is November 14th. - November 13, 2015 - New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
Asurion Returns as Presenting Sponsor of 6th annual NJ Walks For TS at Mendham
The 5K walk/run will take place Saturday, November 14 at Mendham Boro Park. - November 13, 2015 - New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
Successful Atlanta 8.5K Closes Event Season
Walkers and runners at the Nov. 7 Starry Night Atlanta 8.5K raised more than $120,000 to benefit the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. More than 600 supporters gathered for the evening 8.5K at Centennial Olympic Park to honor local children with brain tumors, our Stars: Andrea, Anna, Ascher,... - November 12, 2015 - Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
New Acid Catalyst Offers Significant Cost Reductions with Increased Stability
An exciting new acid catalyst from PhosphonicS could help significantly reduce costs and minimise losses in the Pharmaceutical and Chemical industries. The recently launched Phos-Cat4 has been specially designed to be just as effective as the rest of the PhosphonicS acid catalyst range but offer... - November 12, 2015 - PhosphonicS
Infrasense Completes Infrared Scanning of 11 Bridge Decks in Michigan
Infrasense recently completed high-speed infrared thermography scanning of 11 bridge decks for the Michigan DOT. The infrared and video data collected for each of the 11 decks was analyzed to quantify and map overlay debonding, rebar-level delamination, patching, and spalling. - November 12, 2015 - Infrasense, Inc.
Bioo Scientific Showcases Amplicon Panels and Solutions for Liquid Biopsy Analysis at AMP 2015
At the upcoming Association of Molecular Pathologists (AMP) 2015 Annual Meeting in Austin, TX, Bioo Scientific is launching library preparation solutions ideal for the reduced bias and increased sensitivity, flexibility and speed needed by molecular pathologists for next-generation sequencing applications. These include the NEXTflex Amplicon Panels, the NEXTflex Amplicon Studio service, and the new NEXTflex BRCA1 and BRCA2 Panels. - November 07, 2015 - Bioo Scientific
WDHA 105.5 FM Returns to NJ Walks for TS at Mendham
The 6th annual advocacy walk is Nov. 14th. - November 07, 2015 - New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
Fannin Innovation Studio Forms Molecular Therapeutics Company Exotect, LLC.
Researchers behind Exotect LLC have honed in on a novel molecular pathway that controls the overproduction of mucus during asthma attacks. More than 25 million people suffer with asthma, a chronic disease in which airways become inflamed, swell and produce excess mucus making it difficult to breathe. - November 07, 2015 - Fannin Partners, LLC
Source Molecular Connects with Stormwater Managers at 11th CASQA Conference
Source Molecular helps educate stormwater professionals in California about microbial source tracking and how it can identify the source of fecal contamination. - November 06, 2015 - Source Molecular Corporation
Zenalux Announces Grants from the National Institute of Health for Cancer Screening
Zenalux Biomedical, Inc., a leader in biophotonic diagnostics, has been awarded a grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to further develop the Zenascope® to screen for cancer by employing imaging and reducing operator error. Zenalux is also participating in an Academic Industry... - November 06, 2015 - Zenalux Biomedical, Inc.
Fifth-Grader is Stepping Up Awareness Efforts
Hilldale Elementary School student and his family are giving back, supporting other families affected by Tourette Syndrome in their community. - November 05, 2015 - New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
Intratec Discloses Pricing Data of 50+ Chemical Commodities
The online database offered by Intratec provides up-to-date and consolidated pricing data of more than 50 chemical commodities & utilities, across several world regions. - November 05, 2015 - Intratec Solutions
Young Magician Wants to Make Tourette Syndrome Disappear for All
Teaneck boy is named to Youth Committee for NJ Walks for TS at Mendham. - November 05, 2015 - New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
PBTF, ABC2 Cofund Pediatric Brain Cancer Screening Research
The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation and ABC2 (Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure) are working together to fund the development of immunosignature-based blood tests for detecting, classifying and monitoring pediatric medulloblastoma over time. - November 04, 2015 - Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
DNAe Secures £25 Million ($38 Million) Bank Facility to Fund Development of Pioneering Point-of-Need IVD for Serious Blood Infections
DNAe, the inventors of semiconductor DNA sequencing technology, have secured a bank facility of £25 million ($38 million) to fund the final development stages of DNAe Diagnostics’ revolutionary point-of-need test for serious blood infections. This will include clinical trials targeted for 2016 and product launch in 2017. - November 04, 2015 - DNA Electronics
Trends Shaping the Healthcare Industry in 2016: Healthcare Publisher to Present Annual Strategic Planning Session on November 12, 2015
A publisher pioneer of healthcare strategic planning will present its twelfth annual roadmap for healthcare executives during a November 12, 2015 webinar. - October 29, 2015 - Healthcare Intelligence Network
The Polyarc™ Reactor Wins Gulf Coast Conference’s 2015 New Product Showcase Award for Best New Product
ARC’s Polyarc™ reactor was recognized as the Best New Product for its novel design and universal application to scientists using gas chromatography (GC) with flame ionization detectors (FID). - October 29, 2015 - Activated Research Company
Fannin Innovation Studio’s Atul Varadhachary Appointed to Jones Health Care Advisory Board
Diverse group of industry leaders to enhance Rice University’s Health Care Initiative. - October 24, 2015 - Fannin Partners, LLC
Patient Engagement Infographic: Portals, EHRs Elevate Satisfaction, Quality and Care Plan Adherence
A new infographic from the Healthcare Intelligence Network highlights tools and tactics helping healthcare organizations to boost patient engagement and some challenges of encouraging individuals to invest in self-care. - October 23, 2015 - Healthcare Intelligence Network
Carver County Replacing Paper with Mobile App for Social Workers
Carver County Community Social Services (CCCSS) invested in new technology to help children and families receiving services from social workers who have to manage overwhelming paperwork requirements. To better serve the community, CCCSS is replacing its cumbersome paper-based processes with a... - October 23, 2015 - Northwoods
Bioo Scientific Releases Low-Input, High Multiplexing Library Prep Solution for SeqCap Target Capture
Bioo Scientific is releasing the new NEXTflex™ Rapid Pre-Capture Combo Kit, a complete low-input library prep solution with the ability to multiplex up to 96 samples, containing the library prep reagents, barcodes, blockers and post-capture amplification reagents required for SeqCap target capture with Roche NimbleGen’s SeqCap EZ solution-based capture system. With this kit, libraries can be constructed from 10 ng of input DNA in only 2 hours. - October 21, 2015 - Bioo Scientific
Intratec Free Tool Facilitates Industry Investment Relocation Studies
The leading advisory firm is offering a unique, easy-to-use online tool to convert chemical plant investment estimates from USA to other countries. - October 21, 2015 - Intratec Solutions
95% of Employers Will Use More Non-Traditional Skilled Workers Than Ever Before
New research from i4cp suggests fewer traditional employees in the future. - October 19, 2015 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
F1000Research Celebrates Major Milestone with Publication of 1,000 Articles Since Launch
F1000Research, the open science publishing platform for life scientists which was launched in 2013, has reached a fitting milestone with the publication of its 1,000th article. - October 18, 2015 - Faculty of 1000
Art Now Has a Platform for Artists, Art Lovers, Galleries, Museums, Journalists, Collectors and Travelers
Artchyls allows artists to have an information base and strong contacts. Art lovers can meet artists, search information, discover museums or galleries in cities they visit and localize artwork around them. - October 12, 2015 - Artchyls