Astronauts on the International Space Station bade farewell to a Japanese cargo ship today (Sept. 12), ending Japan's latest delivery flight to the orbiting lab.
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50 Years Later: NASA Discusses Using Innovation and Ingenuity to do Big Things – Video
12-09-2012 15:03 Fifty years ago, President John Kennedy challenged us to go to the moon within the decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. As we remember Neil Armstrong this week -- the man who, with a single step realized the hopes of a president, this nation and the world -- we are recognizing the extraordinary achievements of the past five decades achieved by our nation's space agency and where the passion to explore will lead us in the future. President Barack Obama has set NASA on course toward an asteroid and to send humans to Mars within the next two decades. This goal is not without notable challenges, but using the knowledge, expertise and American ingenuity that has been the trademark of NASA scientists and engineers for the last half-century, NASA continues to make possible that which is seemingly impossible. At 3:00 pm EDT on Wednesday, September 12, NASA astronauts, scientists and engineers held a Google+ Hangout to talk about NASA's rich history of innovation and ingenuity and talk about NASA's future goals for scientific discovery and human spaceflight. During the event, we'll be joined by: - Dan Dumbacher, Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development in NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. He is the former Director of Engineering at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Previously, he was the deputy director of safety and mission assurance at Marshall. - Ron Garan, astronaut who ...
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NASA drone spies on tropical storm Nadine
Overnight, tropical depression 14 (TD14) gained enough intensity to earn the name Nadine, the 14th tropical storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. Our tropical weather expert, Brian McNoldy says he could only find two others years in 160 years of records in which the 14th storm formed sooner: 1936 and 2011.
Nadine is on a projected path that threatens no land area according to the National Hurricane Center, but a NASA field campaign is taking full advantage of this storm to get deeper insight into how hurricanes develop and intensify.
Flight path of NASA unmanned aircraft and its position over then tropical depression 14 (now Nadine) as of 5:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday. Its altitude at the time was 60,300 feet. (NASA)
Related: From tropical disturbance to hurricane: To be or not to be?
On Tuesday, NASA sent an unmanned Global Hawk into TD14/Nadine on a 26 hour mission to sample the storms environment. It is the longest continuous period a storm has ever been investigated, considerably longer than the capabilities of manned Air Force Hurricane Hunter planes. Climate Centrals Andrew Freedman put it this way: To put that [26 hour flight] in further perspective, the longest regularly scheduled passenger flight is between Singapore and Newark, N.J., which clocks in at a comparatively paltry 18 hours and 55 minutes.
One of two Global Hawks NASA is using to investigate tropical weather systems (NASA) The drone that gazed down on Nadine is one of two Global Hawks NASA will dispatch from Wallops Island, Va. to collect data on tropical systems through early October and again in 2013 and 2014.
The planes are operated from ground control stations at Wallops and Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The mission is formally known as the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3).
NASA video overview of HS3
Reaching altitudes as high as 60,000 feet, the Hawks can fly above the highest-penetrating storms, while its suite of cutting-edge instruments can sense the air all the way down to the ocean surface.
Link: An interactive view of the Hawk aircraft
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NASA Jumbo Jet Arrives in Fla. for Final Space Shuttle Ferry Flight
A NASA jumbo jet used to ferry space shuttles around the country has arrived in Florida, where for the last time it'll be paired with one of the winged spacecraft for a transcontinental trip.
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Operation Medicine Drop at the Dublin Peanut Festival Saturday
ELIZABETHTOWN - Operation Medicine Drop is coming to the Dublin Peanut Festival on Saturday.
The Bladen County Sheriff's and Health departments will be set up to accept any out-of-date or unused prescription or over-the-counter drugs, said Capt. Rodney Hester.
It's a chance for residents to safely dispose of the drugs, Hester said.
Unintentional poisoning from prescription medication is on the rise in North Carolina, Hester said.
Nearly 4,500 people in North Carolina have died from overdoses of prescription drugs since 1999, he said.
Flushing unused medication only works to contaminate streams and rivers, harming wildlife, according to information provided by agencies including Safe Kids North Carolina that sponsor the initiative.
Residents can bring prescription drugs to the Operation Medicine Drop tent at the festival between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Hester said.
The 20th annual Peanut Festival will kick off at 10 a.m. with a parade and offer day-long events including a car show.
- Nancy McCleary
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U.S. Preventive Medicine Mission of Better Health through Preventive Care Is Reflected in New Institute of Medicine …
U.S. Preventive Medicine Mission of Better Health through Preventive Care Is Reflected in New Institute of Medicine ReportJacksonville, FL (PRWEB) September 12, 2012 The recently released Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report, "Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America," highlights the possible health care savings through primary, secondary and tertiary ...
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Noble Appointed Chair of Cedars-Sinai Department of Medicine
Newswise LOS ANGELES Sept. 11, 2012 Paul W. Noble, MD, an international leader in pulmonary medicine, has been named chair of the Department of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Noble comes to Cedars-Sinai from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., where he has been professor and chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine since 2006.
"We are pleased to welcome an outstanding clinician, scientist and educator of Dr. Noble's caliber to Cedars-Sinai," said Shlomo Melmed, MD, senior vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of the medical faculty at Cedars-Sinai. "His commitment to scholarly research resulting in improved treatments for patients is an excellent fit for our medical center's mission. Our strong Department of Medicine has long been a source of pride for Cedars-Sinai, and we are confident that the leadership reins are being placed into very capable hands."
Noble's clinical expertise and research focuses on unraveling mechanisms underlying chronic lung inflammation and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and developing novel treatments for these disorders. His research is heavily supported by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health.
Noble succeeds Glenn Braunstein, MD, who is stepping down after 26 years as chair of the Department of Medicine to a new role as Vice President for Clinical Innovation, leading an institution-wide initiative at Cedars-Sinai to implement best practices for integrated, accountable, coordinated care. Under Braunsteins astute leadership, the Department of Medicine consistently has been recognized as a national leader in patient care, research discovery and education and has attracted prominent researchers and physicians from around the nation and the world to Cedars-Sinai.
Noble is a prolific author, with his original research appearing in the highest quality peer-reviewed publications, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Science and Nature Medicine. A deputy editor of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Noble has been a leading contributor to discovery in lung disease.
Noble, 54, who earned his bachelors degree at Haverford College and his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine, completed his residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine at UC San Francisco and pulmonary and critical care fellowships at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and the National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine.
As an assistant professor of medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, he was founder and director of the Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic, before moving on to becoming professor of medicine and associate chief of pulmonary and critical care at Yale University School of Medicine, where he also formed an Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic. At Duke, he propelled his Division to the highest ranks in the nation for clinical care, research productivity and NIH funding.
An elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the American Association of Physicians, he has been a member of the editorial boards for the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology and the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. He also is a member of the scientific advisory board of the American Asthma Foundation.
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iTriage Adds Harvard Medical School as a Content Review Partner
Relationship expands trust in one of the leading consumer health care appsDenver, CO (PRWEB) September 12, 2012 iTriage® today announced that Harvard Medical School has completed an extensive review of its medical content and has extended its stamp of approval. iTriage’s core medical content – which includes information on conditions, medications and medical procedures – was developed by a team ...
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Sirius CEO expects Liberty would not keep him on
Sirius XM Radio Inc.'s CEO Mel Karmazin said Wednesday that he expects Liberty Media Corp. would not want to keep him on if the media conglomerate is successful in its bid to take control of the satellite broadcasting company.
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Libertarian Gary Johnson an ideal candidate
For most of us, this is either the first or second time we are voting for the president of the United States. While it is ultimately your choice who to vote for, there is one candidate who is being overlooked: the Libertarian candidate, Gary Johnson.
I am in no way insinuating that you need to vote for Johnson. Its your decision. I am, however, encouraging you to know about all the candidates running for the highest office of the United States. I am writing about Johnson because he is the only third-party candidate who will appear on the ballot in all 50 states this November.
Johnson was the governor of New Mexico from 1995-2003 and was known as Governor Veto. While in office he vetoed more than 750 proposed bills and cut taxes 14 times. He never raised taxes once. In 2003, New Mexico and three other states had a balanced budget.
Johnson strongly supports both the Constitution and civil liberties. Where does he stand on the issues? He would eliminate the IRS, audit the Federal Reserve, end the war in Afghanistan, reform health care, allow gays to marry, and legalize and regulate marijuana.
There are several issues that voters frequently ask about, but I will touch on a few that have been getting a lot of attention this election season.
First is Johnsons plan to fix the spending deficit. In an interview with Rebecca Costa on The Costa Report, Johnson said, I promise to submit a balanced budget for 2013 and veto any expenses that exceed revenue. Believing with those two promises kept, spending will be lower than any other scenario you could possibly come up with.
What would he do to health care? Johnson says he would repeal the Affordable Care Act. He believes that with fewer government mandates and regulation, health care will be competitive and more affordable for Americans.
Johnsons stance on civil liberties is as follows: Government must be neutral on personal beliefs, Johnson said. He would allow anyone to marry whomever he or she chooses. The government must not impose their values upon marriage.
Johnson encourages everyone to visit the website iSideWith.com. He is certain that many people are more of a libertarian than they might think. In my opinion, this is a great resource to learn about all the candidates in the election.
Johnson also disapproves of critics who say that voting for a third party is a wasted vote. What is more than a wasted vote, when you vote for someone you dont agree with? Youre a making a judgment that you are voting for the lesser of two evils. How about you vote for someone you believe in?
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Libertarian Gary Johnson is ideal candidate
For most of us, this is either the first or second time we are voting for the president of the United States. While it is ultimately your choice who to vote for, there is one candidate who is being overlooked: the Libertarian candidate, Gary Johnson.
I am in no way insinuating that you need to vote for Johnson. Its your decision. I am, however, encouraging you to know about all the candidates running for the highest office of the United States. I am writing about Johnson because he is the only third-party candidate who will appear on the ballot in all 50 states this November.
Johnson was the governor of New Mexico from 1995-2003 and was known as Governor Veto. While in office he vetoed more than 750 proposed bills and cut taxes 14 times. He never raised taxes once. In 2003, New Mexico and three other states had a balanced budget.
Johnson strongly supports both the Constitution and civil liberties. Where does he stand on the issues? He would eliminate the IRS, audit the Federal Reserve, end the war in Afghanistan, reform health care, allow gays to marry, and legalize and regulate marijuana.
There are several issues that voters frequently ask about, but I will touch on a few that have been getting a lot of attention this election season.
First is Johnsons plan to fix the spending deficit. In an interview with Rebecca Costa on The Costa Report, Johnson said, I promise to submit a balanced budget for 2013 and veto any expenses that exceed revenue. Believing with those two promises kept, spending will be lower than any other scenario you could possibly come up with.
What would he do to health care? Johnson says he would repeal the Affordable Care Act. He believes that with fewer government mandates and regulation, health care will be competitive and more affordable for Americans.
Johnsons stance on civil liberties is as follows: Government must be neutral on personal beliefs, Johnson said. He would allow anyone to marry whomever he or she chooses. The government must not impose their values upon marriage.
Johnson encourages everyone to visit the website iSideWith.com. He is certain that many people are more of a libertarian than they might think. In my opinion, this is a great resource to learn about all the candidates in the election.
Johnson also disapproves of critics who say that voting for a third party is a wasted vote. What is more than a wasted vote, when you vote for someone you dont agree with? Youre a making a judgment that you are voting for the lesser of two evils. How about you vote for someone you believe in?
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Commitment 2012: Randy Brock discusses health care – Video
11-09-2012 07:50 Vermont gubernatorial candidate Randy Brock sits down with NewsChannel 5's Bridget Shanahan to discuss his views on health care and his campaign.
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Ernst & Young LLP health care report explores collaboration as key to a patient-centric system
NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As the US health care industry continues its transformation to a patient-centric system, health care providers face a new imperative to collaborate with other entities to deliver quality care and improved outcomes with greater efficiency at lower costs. Whether driven by financial pressures, demands to improve quality of care or new payment and delivery models focused on quality outcomes, health care organizations are faced with challenges that require collaboration with others. These and other observations were released today in New horizons: collaboration, Ernst & Young LLP's annual publication for the US health care provider industry.
"The forces at work today are unprecedented," said Jon Weaver, Provider Care Sector Leader, Ernst & Young LLP. "Collaboration with stakeholders to share knowledge, pool resources and synergistically enhance patient care has become a common theme. We are in a time when silos are being razed, connections made, and shared purposes linked."
New horizons builds upon Ernst & Young's industry knowledge by featuring insights from in-depth interviews with the following industry leaders:
The report explores new forms of collaboration taking place in the health care sector and examines areas where stakeholders can focus their energies, including:
"As we enter a new era of health care delivery, boundaries between industry stakeholders are continuing to dissolve, leading to exciting improvements in the delivery of patient care," said Jim Costanzo, National Practice Leader, Health Care Advisory Services, Ernst & Young LLP. "With the market and regulatory forces driving the industry toward an outcome-based care delivery model, the highly fragmented majority of health care providers and insurers are seeking ways to work collaboratively."
About Ernst & Young's Provider Care practiceErnst & Young's provider care practice is helping the nation's leading health care providers (including hospitals, health systems, managed care organizations, home health companies and post-acute care facilities) navigate market changes, government activities and care delivery innovations. For more information, please visit http://www.ey.com/US/en/Industries/United-States-sectors/Health-Care.
About Ernst & YoungErnst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide, our 152,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. We make a difference by helping our people, our clients and our wider communities achieve their potential.
Ernst & Young refers to the global organization of member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. For more information about our organization, please visit http://www.ey.com.
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NRF Warns of ‘Regulatory Train Wreck’ with Health Care Regulations
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The National Retail Federation told a congressional panel today that the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury have used too much informal guidance and not enough formal rulemaking in developing regulations to implement the new health care reform law, complicating retailers and other employers ability to plan for what will be required in 2014. NRF is concerned that the situation is the latest example of regulatory uncertainty that is hampering businesses attempts to expand and create jobs.
Our nation cannot afford for the ACA to stumble out of the starting gate, NRF Vice President and Employee Benefits Policy Counsel Neil Trautwein said. A cascade of last-minute regulations will create confusion and thus could encourage more employers to back out of coverage. We are trying to help prevent what threatens to become a regulatory train wreck.
Trautwein is scheduled to testify at a hearing being held this afternoon by the House Ways and Means Committees Health Subcommittee on implementation of health care exchanges and other provisions that will be required under the Affordable Care Act beginning in January 2014.
Trautwein said retailers typically plan health care benefits for their employees six to nine months in advance, meaning that details of the 2014 requirements need to be known no later than the end of the first quarter of 2013. Retailers would like to have regulations in place this year, and are greatly concerned that fast-approaching deadlines for key issues might not be met.
Federal agencies have been working hard and fairly cooperatively with business groups, Trautwein said. But rather than issuing formal proposed rules and seeking comments as is normally done under the Administrative Procedures Act, the Administration has issued bulletins, guidance and frequently-asked-questions documents that are welcome but do not make up for the lack of good and fair regulations, he said.
NRF is concerned that the lack of formal regulations is slowing down creation of health care exchanges, which would be established in each state as a new marketplace for health care coverage. In particular, the basic level of coverage that would be required in policies offered through the exchanges and small group plans has yet to be determined because HHS has not yet said what will be included in the essential health benefits package required by the law.
NRF has backed repeal of the Affordable Care Act, arguing that it emphasizes mandates that drive up costs for employers more than steps to make health care more affordable. In the meantime, however, NRF has encouraged fair and effective implementation of the law, and has worked with its member companies and a wide variety of coalitions on compliance. The complexity of the law and the number of coalitions focused on varies issues led NRF to form the Employers Health Care Clearinghouse to coordinate the work of the groups.
As the worlds largest retail trade association and the voice of retail worldwide, NRF represents retailers of all types and sizes, including chain restaurants and industry partners, from the United States and more than 45 countries abroad. Retailers operate more than 3.6 million U.S. establishments that support one in four U.S. jobs 42 million working Americans. Contributing $2.5 trillion to annual GDP, retail is a daily barometer for the nations economy. NRFs Retail Means Jobs campaign emphasizes the economic importance of retail and encourages policymakers to support a Jobs, Innovation and Consumer Value Agenda aimed at boosting economic growth and job creation. http://www.nrf.com
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Military Update: TRICARE networks eyed to improve veterans' access to care
By Tom Philpott For The Times
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has proposed opening military TRICARE networks of civilian health-care providers to veterans who cant get timely mental health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
TRICARE networks currently exist to provide health care to military personnel and retirees, their families and survivors.
Two days after Romneys pledge, President Barack Obama signed an executive order with several new initiatives to improve access to mental health-care services for veterans, service members and their families.
One initiative directs the VA and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish at least 15 pilot programs involving community-based health providers to expand mental health services in areas not well served by the VA.
Another establishes an interagency task force on military and veterans mental health co-chaired by the VA, the Department of Defense and HHS.
Not mentioned is an initiative to allow the VA to refer veterans in need of immediate mental health care to the TRICARE network, but Rep. Jeff Miller, a Florida Republican and chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, said the Romney idea has real merit.
The former Massachusetts governor unveiled it in a speech last week to the American Legion conference in Indianapolis.
Miller, during an interview, suggested Romneys notion is a reasonable step on a path Miller wants to travel giving veterans more access to private sector health care, at the VAs expense, rather than forcing them to commute long distances to a VA facility or to endure long delays to get a VA appointment.
Romneys idea, Miller said, would swiftly address the VAs shortage of providers of mental health care to treat post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury and the epidemic of suicides among veterans by immediately doubling the number of available mental health-care providers.
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RxAnte Closes Series A Financing
MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --RxAnte, Inc., a health care improvement company providing a new and innovative approach for improving medication adherence, announced today that it has raised a Series A financing led by Aberdare Ventures with additional support from the West Health Investment Fund. The financing will be used to further develop RxAnte's proprietary technologies, commercialize its current offerings, and expand the company's impact on the quality of medication use.
"Adherence to prescribed medicine is a critical issue for a variety of health care organizations, and one of the biggest opportunities to improve health care," said Dr. Josh Benner, Founder and CEO of RxAnte. "RxAnte has pioneered a promising new approach to getting the right adherence interventions to the right patients at the right time. In collaboration with Aberdare and West Health, we're excited to expand our offerings and help more organizations achieve higher quality care at lower cost."
RxAnte uses its patent-pending analytics platform to predict medication adherence for individual patients, target interventions to those most likely to benefit, and monitor and manage programs over time. The RxAnte system reveals which patients respond best to interventions, helping organizations improve the cost-effectiveness of their adherence improvement efforts.
"We are elated to be teaming up with RxAnte," said Paul Klingenstein, Managing Partner at San Francisco-based Aberdare Ventures. "Drug adherence is a simple way to improve care for individuals and get more for our health care dollars. RxAnte has developed a set of superb data tools to accomplish these goals. It is exactly what our health care system needs, and the kind of thing we are trying to do at Aberdare."
RxAnte is currently working with major health plans, providers, care management organizations and pharmaceutical companies to help improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their adherence efforts.
"Through targeted investments in companies focused in advancing cost-effective models of care, West Health can impact the cost of health care externally," said Nicholas J. Valeriani, chief executive of San Diego-based West Health. "RxAnte highlights the kinds of new approaches to medication adherence that have great potential to disrupt the current delivery model and lower the cost of health care."
About RxAnte RxAnte is a health care improvement company that provides a new and innovative approach for driving medication adherence by helping organizations target, manage, and evaluate their adherence support initiatives. The company's patent-pending predictive analytics and decision support solutions turn ordinary claims data into actionable insights and management recommendations that help health care organizations deliver the right intervention to the right patient at the right time. For more information, please visit http://www.rxante.com.
About Aberdare Ventures Formed in 1999, Aberdare Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm investing in health care innovation, often at the earliest stages. Aberdare invests in visionary entrepreneurs and technologies that are transforming global inefficiencies in health care with new biological, engineering, and information technologies. Eight investment professionals oversee a committed capital base in excess of $400 million in aggregate. The firm has attracted and partnered with many superior early stage companies, repeatedly backing start-up enterprises that have grown to values exceeding $1 billion.
Historical successes have included Pharmion, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, and Ablation Frontiers. More recently, Aberdare has been among the first to focus on the transformational opportunities created at the intersection of emerging information technologies with health care, and has established a leadership position in this ecosystem. In addition to the investment in RxAnte, existing commitments to Aviir, Clovis Oncology, Elation EMR, goBalto, Jiff, Omada Health, mc10, and Sonitus reflect this strategy.
About the West Health Investment FundThe West Health Investment Fund's mission is to lower health care costs by investing in innovative patient-centered solutions that deliver the right care at the right place at the right time. This fund, seeded with $100 million from pioneering philanthropists Gary and Mary West, strategically provides capital to early stage mission-aligned companies. The Investment Fund is unique in its philanthropic nature as it commits any returns made from investments to medical research and other charitable activities. The West Health Investment Fund is part of West Health, which also includes the West Health Institute, West Health Policy Center, and West Health Incubator. For more information, find us at http://www.westhealth.org and follow us @westhealth.
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West Health Investment Fund invests in GlySens and RxAnte
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --The West Health Investment Fund, West Health's fund focused on lowering health care costs, has announced it participated in the recent venture financings of GlySens, Inc. and RxAnte, Inc., two startup companies with innovative technologies that could lower the cost of health care. Financial terms of the investments were not disclosed.
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"Through targeted investments in companies focused in advancing cost-effective and cost-saving models of care, West Health can impact the cost of health care externally," said Nicholas J. Valeriani, chief executive of West Health. "These two innovative companies highlight the kinds of new approaches to diabetes treatment and medication adherence that have great potential to disrupt the current delivery model and lower the cost of health care."
San Diego-based GlySens is developing an implantable, long-term continuous glucose monitoring sensor designed to provide a wireless means to track glucose levels and improve the lives of people with diabetes. The sensor resides completely under the skin and transmits glucose measurements wirelessly to a convenient external display device, so patients may control their blood sugar levels more effectively. The American Diabetes Association reports that in the United States alone, diabetes and its complications are estimated to be responsible for more than $117 billion in direct medical costs.
Virginia-based RxAnte is a health care improvement company that provides a new and innovative approach for driving medication adherence by helping organizations target, manage and evaluate their adherence support initiatives. By using predictive analytics, RxAnte's service helps identify the most effective outreach method to ensure that patients take their medicines as directed by their health care professional.
"Patients get no benefit from drugs they do not take, complex regimens they cannot follow or care they cannot afford," said Dr. Joseph Smith, chief medical and science officer of West Health. "These investments reflect our commitment to increasing the efficiency of health care delivery while decreasing the burdens of complexity and cost."
The $100 million West Health Investment Fund was launched in October 2011 to provide venture capital for companies with cutting-edge health care technologies and services that offer the potential to lower the cost of health care. The Fund is unique in its philanthropic nature as it commits any returns made from investments to medical research and other charitable activities.
ABOUT THE WEST HEALTH INVESTMENT FUND
The West Health Investment Fund's mission is to lower health care costs by investing in innovative patient-centered solutions that deliver the right care at the right place at the right time. This fund, seeded with $100 million from pioneering philanthropists Gary and Mary West, strategically provides capital to early-stage mission-aligned companies. The Investment Fund is unique in its philanthropic nature as it commits any returns made from investments to medical research and other charitable activities. The West Health Investment Fund is part of West Health, which also includes the West Health Institute, West Health Policy Center and West Health Incubator. For more information, find us at http://www.westhealth.org and follow us @westhealth.
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Press Freedom Run opens registration
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
REGISTRATION for the Cebu Press Freedom Fun Run on Sept. 22 is now open.
The fun run has two distances, 3K and 5K, and will be held at the Cebu Business Park. Gun start for both distances is at 6 a.m. at the area fronting the Cebu City Sports Club.
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The fun run, sponsored by Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines Inc., with the support of Cebu Holdings Inc., is exclusive to members of the Cebu media. It is one of the highlights of the 18th Cebu Press Freedom Week on Sept. 16-22.
Registration is free. Forms are available at the newsrooms of Cebu Daily News (look for Raffy Escoton), The Freeman (Divine Ngujo) and Sun.Star Cebu (Hanz Llerin).
The top three finishers in the mens and womens categories in each distance will receive cash prizes and medals.
The race bib and running shirt will be distributed between 4:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. on Sept. 22, Saturday, at the Cebu City Sports Club.
Since the number of runners is limited to 250, only those who have registered and who show up on race day can claim their race pack. Registration is until Sept. 19, Wednesday, 5 p.m.
The Think Tankers, the group organizing the 100K series and the All-Women Ultra Marathon (Awum), is helping the convenors in the Cebu Press Freedom Fun Run. (PR)
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