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Hospital fire kills a patient at Durham Regional
A fire at Durham Regional Hospital killed a patient early Tuesday morning. The fire, which occurred on the sixth floor, also injured three other people.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Combating frequent ER visitors goal of new grants in Cincinnati
Cincinnati is one of six communities splitting a $2.1 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to combat the cost of frequent emergency room and inpatient visits from only a handful of people, the Cincinnati Business Courier reports. The Health Collaborative in Cincinnati will receive $200,000 from the foundation. The so-called "super-utilizers" make frequent return trips to emergency departments or have repeated inpatient hospital stays, accounting for an unproportional amount of…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Evan Weese Source Type: research

Study: Many small biz owners don't understand health insurance requirements
More than two-thirds of small businesses aren't sure or think incorrectly they must provide health insurance to employees in 2014 or pay a fine, a new study shows, the Sacramento Business Journal reported Monday. Even more -- 78 percent -- said they were not familiar with health insurance exchanges and how they may impact their business, despite subsidies and tax credits offered by the Affordable Care Act.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Drayer Physical Therapy Institute moving location
The Drayer Physical Therapy Institute is moving to a new location in Beavercreek. Effective Saturday, the center is relocating to 2587 Commons Blvd., Suite 120, where it will share space with Bone and Joint Surgeons Inc., according to a news release from the company. Drayer has operated the center at 3224 Dayton Xenia Road since its opening in summer 2010. The center will hold a public open house from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 14 to show off the new location. Overall, Drayer owns or manages more…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Snapshot: Rainy day at the polls + Target debuts new gift cards + Apple sells 3 million iPads
Weather: Expect a rainy Election Day, with rain chances near 70 percent and temperatures reaching 79 degree (CF News 13) Today's talkers: Target debuts new gift cards with fun features (Orlando Sentinel) Fiscal cliff: Next president’s first big problem (CNN) Apple sells 3 million iPads over first weekend (Reuters) FDA chief will testify at first meningitis hearing (USA Today)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Berger becomes teaching hospital in Ohio University med school network
Berger Health System has joined a group of hospitals serving as living classrooms for third- and fourth-year medical students from Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, the system and school said. The university has no academic medical center attached to its Athens campus and for years has sent students to community hospitals for clinical training http://www.ohiocore.org through its Centers for Osteopathic Research and Education. With a satellite campus soon to open in Dublin,…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Carrie Ghose Source Type: research

Albany Medical Center earns $16 million in nine months
Albany Medical Center had net income of $16.2 million for the first nine months of the year, according to documents filed with bondholders. This put the Albany, New York academic health sciences center $5.5 million over budget, but still $1.9 million behind where it was on Sept. 30, 2011. Operating revenue for Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany Medical College and the Albany Medical Center Foundation totaled $715.3 million, about $43 million more than a year earlier. But expenses, including…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Barbara Pinckney Source Type: research

Conifer Health buys Dell's revenue management line
Conifer Health Solutions, the Frisco-based subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare Corp., has acquired Dell’s revenue cycle line of business for hospitals and healthcare systems. The acquisition extends Conifer’s capabilities, increases its clients to more than 500 health care entities and is expected to increase the annual patient revenue Conifer manages for its client hospitals to $21 billion, according to a news release from the company. When fully integrated, Conifer expects the business from Dell…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bill Hethcock Source Type: research

MSC sells business unit to Medical Implant Solutions
MSC Care Management has announced the sale of a surgical business unit to Medical Implant Solutions LLC. Jacksonville-based MSC sold S3 Strategic Surgical Solutions to St. Louis-based Medical Implant Solutions effective Nov. 1, according to a company news release. Terms of the deal were not available. Earlier this year, MSC bought Total Medical Solutions. MCS Care Management coordinates care for post-discharge and post-injury workers’ compensation insurers, third-party administrators and self-insured…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Michael Clinton Source Type: research

Dentistry of the Carolinas acquires University-area practice
Charlotte-based dental group Dentistry of the Carolinas has expanded its footprint in the local area with the acquisition of Perrino Dentistry. That practice, located in the University area, will take the Dentistry of the Carolinas name in early 2013. It focuses on general dentistry, with additional treatment for preventative, restorative and cosmetic cases. The office has eight employees. Dentistry of the Carolinas now owns and operates 11 offices that span six counties in North Carolina. The…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jennifer Thomas Source Type: research

BioMarin shares rise on data from late-stage rare disease trial
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. will seek regulatory approval early next year of a drug to treat a crippling, inherited disease, after a late-stage clinical trial showed that it hit its goal of helping patients walk farther. On the news, shares of the Novato-based drug developer (NASDAQ: BMRN) jumped 29 percent, or $10.84 per share, through mid-afternoon trading to $48.25. Although the disease -- called Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IVA, or MPS IVA -- affects just 3,000 patients, so-called orphan disease…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: research

St. Louis sees biggest growth in research funding
Over the past two decades St. Louis has seen the most dramatic increase in the amount of funding its research universities have attracted compared to other cities, according to a ranking put together by the Atlantic Magazine. The magazine compared research dollars that went to specific cities in 1992 and last year. While the top 10 cities remain largely the same, the magazine reported that St. Louis' ranking jumped 205 spots from 1992, to rank at No. 15 in 2011. "By comparison, the next highest…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Amir Kurtovic Source Type: research

WPS Health cutting 600 jobs
WPS Health Insurance of Madison said it is undergoing a restructuring that will result in the loss of about 600 jobs. The nonprofit health insurer said the moves result largely from the loss of a contract with TriWest Healthcare Alliance of Phoenix to administer benefits in 21 western states, as well as a failure to be awarded a contract to serve Medicare beneficiaries and providers in Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, a decision that WPS has protested. A ruling on the firm's protest is expected…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Humana expanding focus on government business
Humana Inc.’s focus on government-sponsored health care programs continues to drive the company’s profitability and growth. And that likely won’t change, considering the company’s latest announcements. Along with the company’s third-quarter earnings report , the company announced plans to acquire two companies with a focus on Medicare/Medicaid business. Those plans include an $850 million planned purchase of West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Metropolitan Health Networks Inc. (NYSE: MDF), which…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ed Green Source Type: research

Towers Watson acquires Yardley firm
Human resources consulting firm Towers Watson said Monday that it has completed its acquisition of Yardley, Pa.-based DaVinci Consulting Group, a boutique actuarial consulting firm that specializes in the long-term-care insurance market. The company announced its intent to acquire DaVinci business on Oct. 15. Towers Watson (NYSE, NASDAQ:TW) said it believes that DaVinci’s range of services for life insurance, health insurance and managed care products, including long-term care combination products…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jeff Blumenthal Source Type: research

Characteristics of Social and Administrative Sciences graduate programs and strategies for student recruitment and future faculty development in the United States
Conclusions: Findings allow SAS graduate programs to benchmark against other institutions with respect to their own achievement/strategies to remain competitive in student recruitment and development. Additional research is needed to determine the success of various recruitment strategies and identify potential new ones.
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - November 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Salisa C. Westrick, Khalid M. Kamal, Leticia R. Moczygemba, Michelle L. Breland, Pamela C. Heaton Tags: Research Briefs Source Type: research

Xperience Fitness opening new gyms in West Allis, Waukesha
Xperience Fitness continues its expansion in the Milwaukee area with a new 29,000-square-foot West Allis gym and a planned 40,000-square-foot location in Waukesha. Also this week, we have the results of a foreclosure auction on a downtown Milwaukee office and an Elm Grove building sale for a senior-housing development. With these new locations, Xperience will grow from 140 employees at the end of 2009 to more than 850, said Jamie Nelson, partner and founder of Xperience parent company Vertical…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sean Ryan Source Type: research

Big pharma screening collections: more of the same or unique libraries? The AstraZeneca-Bayer Pharma AG case.
In this study, the screening collections of two big pharmaceutical companies (AstraZeneca and Bayer Pharma AG) have been compared using a 2D molecular fingerprint by the nearest neighborhood approach. Results revealed a low overlap between both collections in terms of compound identity and similarity. This emphasizes the value of screening multiple compound collections to expand the chemical space that can be accessed by high-throughput screening (HTS). PMID: 23127858 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Drug Discovery Today - November 3, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Kogej T, Blomberg N, Greasley PJ, Mundt S, Vainio MJ, Schamberger J, Schmidt G, Hüser J Tags: Drug Discov Today Source Type: research

Barshop Institute wins financial backing for Alzheimer’s research
In this study, biologist Qitao Ran will study ways to improve the mitochondrial…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 2, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: James Aldridge Source Type: research

Novant Health seeks to grow in Georgia
Winston-Salem-based Novant Health plans to expand its holdings in Georgia, reports Georgia Health News. Novant made news in Georgia healthcare recently when the nonprofit company struck a partnership deal with Memorial Health in Savannah. “We’re very interested in Georgia,’’ Mark Billings, president of Novant Health Shared Services, told GHN. “We’ve had a number of CEOs in Georgia reaching out to [Novant] in the last few months.’’ Novant already operates 20 medical imaging centers…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 2, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

ED GOLDMAN: She won't let her body define her
“I feel like I’m Superman, suddenly surrounded by Kryptonite,” says Francie Dillon, the multiple award-winning educator, singer and storyteller in explaining what it’s like to find herself with an apparently neurological condition that renders her sometimes weak and sometimes stammering — and has yet to be diagnosed. This evening at 5:30, a bazillion of her friends and fans, including Mumbo Gumbo and the Jazz Report, will hold a concert on her behalf at Fairytale Town, the Land Park children’s…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 2, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ed Goldman Source Type: research

Wash U receives $5.3 million grant to study urinary tract infections
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine were awarded a $5.3 million grant from divisions of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the ways age and gender influence susceptibility to one of the most common bacterial infections, urinary tract infections (UTIs), the university reported. Scott Hultgren, the Helen L. Stoever professor of molecular microbiology and director of the Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research, will be the lead team trying to identify the…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 2, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Samantha Liss Source Type: research

Sobieski Vodka to donate $250,000 to Audie Murphy Fisher House
Sobieski Vodka has agreed to become the title sponsor of the 2012 Gala & Golf Event benefiting the Audie Murphy Fisher House project in San Antonio. The JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa, in partnership with the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, is hosting the Celebrate America’s Military Week program. The gala will be held on Friday, Nov. 9. During the event, representatives for the vodka will give Fisher House a check for $250,000, which represents the culmination of…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 2, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: James Aldridge Source Type: research

Obama cheers jobs gains; Romney cites 7.9% unemployment
Today's jobs numbers gave both presidential candidates something to talk about, but this last report before Election Day probably helped President Barack Obama the most. The economy added a better-than-expected 171,000 jobs in October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the unemployment ticked up a decimal point to 7.9 percent, staying below the symbolically important 8 percent threshold. "This morning we learned that companies hired more workers in October than at any time in the…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 2, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Kent Hoover Source Type: research

Assisted Living Concepts posts loss
Assisted Living Concepts Inc. reported a net loss of $4 million, or 18 cents per share, in the third quarter, compared with net income of $5.8 million, or 25 cents per share, in the third quarter of 2011. Excluding one-time items, the Menomonee Falls-based company’s pro forma loss was 4 cents per share, which fell 7 cents short of analyst estimates, according to streetinsider.com. Assisted Living Concepts (NYSE: ALC) said its revenue in the third quarter decreased by $3 million to $55.6 million.…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 2, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Rich Kirchen Source Type: research

ASRT donates $10,000 for Sandy disaster recovery efforts
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists is donating $10,000 to the American Red Cross for disaster relief efforts on the East Coast following the devastation from Hurricane Sandy. “Many of our members have contacted ASRT, asking how they can help with the recovery efforts on the East Coast,” ASRT President Donna Thaler Long said. “We believe the best way to assist is by financially supporting organizations such as the Red Cross, which are providing immediate assistance with shelter,…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 2, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Damon Scott Source Type: research

AngioDynamics—a Business Review Achiever Award winner
AngioDynamics Inc. just sewed up an acquisition and executive hires that cap some major reconstructive work, directed by president and CEO Joseph DeVivo. AngioDynamics is the Capital Region’s second-biggest homegrown public company. DeVivo sought to return the business to its core DNA: designing and producing catheters to treat blood clots or livers, implants to deliver chemotherapy and lasers that remove varicose veins. DeVivo spent a combined $370 million this year to buy two competitors, an…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 2, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

UNM Children’s Hospital lands $200,000 from Smith’s
Smith’s Food and Drug has donated $200,000 to the University of New Mexico Children’s Hospital Pediatric Charity Care Fund. The contribution will be used to assist families whose children need special care but whose income does not qualify them for assistance. The funds come from contributions from Smith’s employees, customer donations and from Smith’s annual vendor golf tournament. The UNMCH is New Mexico’s only dedicated children’s hospital providing neonatology and pediatric care.…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 2, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Damon Scott Source Type: research

Banner Health buys Phoenix hospice for $3.7 million
Banner Health has acquired the Phoenix-area operations of Odyssey Hospice for $3.7 million, a move that propels the nonprofit health care provider’s goal of expanding its hospice services, according to a company statement Thursday. All Odyssey patients, facilities and 130 employees throughout Maricopa County will merge into the Phoenix-based Banner Hospice operation starting Dec. 1, the statement said. That transition includes both of Odyssey’s in-patient hospice facilities, one in Mesa and…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Kristena Hansen Source Type: research

MAP Pharmaceuticals loses $12.6 million in September quarter
Mountain View's MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc. lost $12.6 million in the September quarter. The company (NASDAQ: MAPP) earned $8.2 million a year earlier in the same quarter, when it got a $20 million milestone payment in August from Allergan Inc. In the third quarter, MAP Pharmaceuticals had revenue of $878,000, down from $20.8 million a year earlier, when it got that milestone payment. Its research and development expenses were higher in the most recent quarter -- $7.9 million vs. $6.7 million a year…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Steven E.F. Brown Source Type: research

X-Spine lands FDA approval for two spinal implants
X-spine Systems Inc. has received FDA approval for two spinal implants, advancing the company as a full-line spinal system provider. The Miamisburg-based company, which manufactures spinal implants and instruments for use in spinal surgery, gained federal approval for its Fortex CoCr Rod System and Certex Cervico-thoracic Fixation System. The Fortex CoCr adds strength and functionality to the original Fortex system with a cobalt chromium fixation rod, and the Certex system expands X-spine’s product…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Laura Englehart Source Type: research

University Health System, other South Texas providers seeking project funding
Hospitals and other health care providers from 20 South Texas counties are collaborating on a plan to seek funding for 70 proposed projects they contend would improve the quality of medical care and the health of families in the region. The projects would be funded under a portion of the state’s Medicaid waiver approved by the federal government nearly a year ago. The stakeholders must have their finalized plan to the Texas Department of Health and Human Services by Dec. 31. San Antonio’s…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: W. Scott Bailey Source Type: research

AtriCure hires Carrel as CEO
AtriCure Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRC) has named Michael Carrel as its CEO. The appointment is effective immediately. Carrel was CEO of Minnetonka, Minn.-based Vital Images, a publicly traded medical imaging software company (Nasdaq: VTAL), from 2008 until it was sold to Tochigi, Japan-based Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. in 2011. He stayed on as CEO of the new business unit within Toshiba until 2012, when the integration was completed. “Mike is an industry veteran with an excellent track record for growing…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: James Ritchie Source Type: research

PharMerica 3Q profit falls
PharMerica Corp.'s third-quarter net income rose to $6 million, or 20 cents per share, from $4.8 million, or 16 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue for the quarter fell to $442 million from $518.7 million a year earlier, according to a news release. Louisville-based PharMerica (NYSE: PMC) provides institutional pharmacy and hospital pharmacy management services nationwide. The company's earnings missed analysts' expectations. A consensus of analysts surveyed by research firm Thomson Financial…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: David A. Mann Source Type: research

Pozen VP of development retiring
Chapel Hill pharma Pozen (Nasdaq: POZN) is losing its vice president of development after just more than a year on the job. Tomas Bocanegra, who led development of Pozen’s lead drug candidate, a low ulcer form of aspirin, was an exec at Daiichi Sankyo Pharma Development before moving to Pozen last July. According to security filings released Thursday, Bocanegra is retiring. The company will pay Bocanegra a total of $147,412 in nine bimonthly installments starting on Nov. 15. Additionally, Bocanegra…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Lauren K. Ohnesorge Source Type: research

Underwood-Memorial, South Jersey make marriage official
South Jersey Health System Inc. and Underwood-Memorial Health System signed a final merger agreement Thursday that officially joins the two South Jersey health-care organizations. Vineland-based South Jersey health and Underwood-Memorial Health System, which operated Underwood-Memorial Hospital in Woodbury, N.J., began merger discussions last May. “We are very excited about the merger and confident that uniting as one health system will enable us to enhance the quality, accessibility and convenience…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John George Source Type: research

UnitedHealthcare exec gives insight into open enrollment
Editor’s note: The following is a Q&A with Garland Scott, CEO for UnitedHealthcare of the Carolinas, regarding open enrollment. Also known as benefits enrollment, it is the time of year when employees review and select their health insurance and other employer-provided benefits for the following year. Here are some things to keep in mind when reviewing your plan this month. Q: How can employers make the open-enrollment process easier on employees? What can employees do to make things easier…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jason deBruyn Source Type: research

OSI Systems wins $2 million hospital contract
OSI Systems Inc. said its healthcare division, Spacelabs Healthcare, has been awarded a $2 million contract to provide patient monitoring and connectivity systems. Hawthorne-based OSI (Nasdaq: OSIS) said the contract was with a "prominent Southeast U.S. medical center," which it didn’t name. "Spacelab’s patient monitoring products are feature rich and utilize the latest technology, offering several options for hospitals to consider when upgrading patient monitoring infrastructure,” OSI Systems…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

Sandy deals blow to Twin Cities med-tech startup on the edge
Hurricane Sandy delayed a lot of East Coast meetings, but this was one Andrew Weiss and his med-tech startup couldn’t afford to miss. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday told Weiss, CEO and president of CoAxia Inc., that it would have to postpone a panel meeting focused on his company’s device due to the looming storm. The panel was set to convene Thursday at a Hilton Hotel in Gaithersburg, Md., which is located north of Washington, D.C. How important was the meeting? Weiss’ company,…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Katharine Grayson Source Type: research

2012: The year of appropriateness
Traditionally, as each year comes to a close, we take a look back at the most dominating events that will most likely prove impactful for years to come. For the interventional cardiology field 2012 was a transitional year with respect to innovative technologies and matured pharma in clinical use. Nearly 10 years after the first percutaneous aortic valve replacement was performed by Dr. Alain Cribier, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with the Edwards Sapien valve was approved for marketing in the US for treatment in inoperable patients with aortic stenosis. In 2012 we witnessed continued growth in evidence-base...
Source: Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine - November 1, 2012 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ron Waksman Tags: Editorial Note Source Type: research

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Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Frontmatter Source Type: research

Developing a Model for Monitoring and Regulating Illegally Distributed Medicinal Products with Steroid: A Case of FDA Region 5 in Thailand
Due to irrational use and illegally distribution of medicinal product with steroid as unsafe products wide spreading in various areas of Thailand, it is needed to understand current situation and propose a new strategy to tackle the problem effectively and actively. A group of regulators in Region 5, which consists of area in Samutsongkram Province, Samutsakorn Province, Petchaburi Province and Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, decided to conduct a study as R to R (Routine work to Research) with an aim to identify its pathways and to develop a new model for monitoring and regulating steroid illegal distribution, including esta...
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: P. Tongyoung, S. Limsatchapanich, N. Tomacha Tags: Online Abstracts Source Type: research

Protecting Children's Health from Television Advertising of Food
To examine the food advertising on children's program television based on Notification of the Public Relations Department Announcement on “Criteria and duration of time for commercials and business services on radio and television that may have an impact on children”, dated 18 January 2008, and to recommend a policy proposal to regulate food advertising on children's program in Thailand.
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: S. Sukamolson, V. Kulsomboon, W. Sriviriyanuparp Tags: Online Abstracts Source Type: research

Appropriateness of Antibiotic Use in Enteric Fever In-patients of Two Tertiary Care Hospitals in Western Nepal: A Cross-sectional Study
The study was carried out to study the antibiotic use in in-patient with Enteric Fever and assess their appropriateness. A cross-sectional study was carried out in two tertiary-care hospitals viz. Manipal Teaching Hospital (MTH) and Western Regional Hospital (WRH) in western Nepal between Aug-September 2010. Data regarding antibiotic use was collected from patient file and appropriateness in this study was assessed by researcher using Medication Appropriateness Index (MAI) criteria which include indication, effectiveness, dosage, correct directions, practical directions, drug-drug interactions, drug-disease interactions, ...
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: K. Alam, P. Mishra, N.K. Angsulee Tags: Online Abstracts Source Type: research

The Development of National Health Consumer Protection Indicators
The aim of this study is to develop the National Health Consumer Protection Indicators (NHCPIs) in order to identify consumer protection problems and quantify the change of health consumer protection system in Thailand based on the goals of health consumer protection system appeared in the Health Constitution established by National Health Commission.
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: V. Kulsomboon, W. Sriviriyanuphap, U. Maleewong Tags: Online Abstracts Source Type: research

Safety Situation in Free Lead of Cold Water Dispenser and Stainless Noodle Pot in Ubon Ratchathani School after the implementation of Health Consumer Protection Educational Program
This study aimed to investigate the safety situation in the free lead of the cold water dispenser and stainless noodle pot in Ubon Ratchathani School, after the implementation of a health consumer protection educational program of Regional Medical Science Center and to explore the successful factors for the risk management in consuming food, water or free lead products including cooking utensils.
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: P. Luangsaengthong, S. Liangkobkit, W. Kittiwongsunthorn, V. Kulsomboon, W. Sriviriyanuparp Tags: Online Abstracts Source Type: research

Pattern of Use and Cost of Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients Using the NHSO Cancer Protocol in Thailand
This study was intended to explore the patterns of chemotherapy in breast cancer patients and compare the actual expenses of chemotherapy with indicated costs of NHSO Cancer Protocol.
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: C. Ketkaew Tags: Online Abstracts Source Type: research

Intelligent Queue Management System Improving Patient's Safety and Education
(1) Develop a fast, comfortable and correct medical queuing system complete with infotainment; (2) Provides patient queuing information, hospital news or rules, and health promotion programs with infotainment; (3) Supply all patients with useful health knowledge that would eventually lead them, along with the doctors, towards medication goals.
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: L. Pat, S. Manorom, T. Kanika, E. Pimpinun, S. Sunisa Tags: Online Abstracts Source Type: research

The Quality Assurance of Vaccine and Cold-chain Management (QAVM) Project in Angthong, Thailand
To investigate exposure of inappropriate temperatures in vaccine cold-chain management, identify problems and find solutions to enhance quality assurance of vaccine and cold-chain management.
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: L. Wirasathien, S. Pumtong, P. Limdul, P. Duangchan, N Yoopan Tags: Online Abstracts Source Type: research

Explanatory Model of Chronic Kidney Disease from the Perspectives of Patients and Healthcare Providers: Case Study in Chaiyaphum Hospital, Thailand
To explain the explanatory model of chronic kidney disease and images of patients with chronic kidney disease from the perspectives of patients and healthcare providers. The purposive sampling technique was used to select 30 chronic kidney disease patients and 5 healthcare providers during May till July 2011. In-depth interview was used to elicit data form key informants.
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: S. Direksri, K. Chanthapasa Tags: Online Abstracts Source Type: research