Lexington Health Care Becomes Lexington Health Network, Now Offering a Full Continuum of Post-Hospital Care

LOMBARD, Ill., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lexington Health Care and its family of companies that include ten Lexington Health Care Centers, the Lexington Square Senior Residences, and Merit Home Health, Hospice and Private Duty Services has now been integrated into the new Lexington Health Network. As Chicagoland's leader in the provision of sub-acute and rehabilitative services ...

Covenant Hospice wins prestigious award

Covenant Hospice, based in Pensacola, Florida, has been chosen to receive an Excellence in Patient Care award given by outcomes firm Studer Group®. The not-for-profit organization will receive the award—which will be presented at the 8th annual...

Studies Examine Health Care Use, Quality

News outlets offered a variety of articles about health care use and quality. The New York Times: A new study finds "that more than half of the 354 million doctor visits made each year for acute medical care, like for fevers, stomachaches and coughs, are not with a patient's primary physician, and that more than a quarter take place in hospital emergency rooms...

Matt's TV Week in Review

As summer TV begins to hand off to the fall season, some thoughts and observations on a few of the shows and headlines that stood out. Instant Classic TV: I haven't been able to stop thinking about Sunday's episode of Mad Men , regarded by many as the high point of the season to date and a series peak as well, a blistering tour de force for Jon Hamm and Elisabeth Moss , who now have dynamite ...

Promedior Announces Initiation Of Phase 2a Of Anti-Fibrotic Therapeutic, PRM-151, In The Prevention Of Post-Surgical ...

Promedior, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company developing novel therapies to treat fibrotic and inflammatory diseases, announced that it has initiated a Phase 2a clinical study of PRM-151 to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of PRM-151 in preventing post-surgical scarring in glaucoma patients following glaucoma filtration surgery. There currently are no approved drugs for ...

First Patient Enrolled In 'CONNECT' Clinical Trial

Avinger, Inc., a medical device company focused on the development of innovative devices to combat peripheral artery disease, announces the enrollment of the first patient in the CONNECT (Chronic TOtal OcclusioN CrossiNg with thE WildCat CatheTer) clinical trial. The CONNECT trial is a prospective, multi-center, non-randomized study intended to evaluate the Wildcat Catheter's ability to cross ...

Skilled Healthcare Group to Host an Investor Conference Call on Monday, September 13, 2010

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (NYSE: SKH) announced today that it will host an investor conference call and webcast on September 13, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time (1:00 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the class action settlement that was announced on Tuesday, September 7, 2010. To participate in the call, interested parties may dial (866 ...