The U.S. and Mexico signed a declaration adopting a set of technical guidelines outlining how information will be shared during public-health events and emergencies, according to an HHS news release. FULL STORY »
Piramal Healthcare, a Mumbai, India-based drugmaker, said it has agreed to acquire Decision Resources Group, a health information provider based in Burlington, Mass., from Providence Equity Partners for about $635 million. FULL STORY »
Even as Americans debate whether to scrap healthcare law and its promise of guaranteed health coverage, many far less-affluent nations are moving to provide medical insurance to all citizens. FULL STORY »
The U.S. outspends 12 other industrialized countries on healthcare, but does not provide superior care to those nations, according to a report from the Commonwealth Fund. FULL STORY »
BCS, a U.K.-based information technology advocacy organization, will collaborate with the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society on a project to introduce HIMSS' eight-stage electronic health-records adoption model to the U.K. FULL STORY »
Germany's Fresenius plans to take over Rhoen-Klinikum for 3.1 billion euros ($4.1 billion), making the healthcare conglomerate by far the largest private-sector operator of German hospitals. FULL STORY »
Water Street Healthcare Partners said it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Orthofix International's sports medicine business for $157.5 million in cash. FULL STORY »
A team of scientists departed Friday to study Mount Everest climbers in an effort to further knowledge of the cardiovascular system at high altitudes and help improve care for heart and lung patients. FULL STORY »
By Associated Press via Washington Post | April 16, 2012
India's Piramal Healthcare agreed to buy a portfolio of medical imaging molecules from Germany's Bayer Pharma including one designed to diagnose Alzheimer's that it says could yield $1.5 billion in revenue. FULL STORY »
No other country in the world can beat the U.S. in medical technology. No other country spends as much for it either.The mantra "Americans have the best medical care in the world" is frequently recited by U.S. policymakers and clinicians, according to a study published in the May/June issue of the journal Health Affairs that compares the quality of care in five English-speaking countries. But international data--limited though it is--places the U.S. in the bottom quartile of industrialized countries in terms of life expectancy and infant mortality, according to the report.The best... FULL STORY »
