Frederick L. Brancati, M.D., M.H.S., professor of medicine and epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and director of Hopkins' division of general internal medicine, was named Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine by the Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees.

Medical technology provider Carl Zeiss Meditec has been awarded the NorthFace ScoreBoard (NFSB) Award(SM) from the Omega Management Group Corp. in recognition of achieving excellence in customer service and support in 2011. This is the ninth straight year that the company has been honored with this award.

CSOS, China's first emergency assistance specialist with a global servicing capability and hospital network, announced today that it has been in full compliance with international emergency medical service (EMS) protocols as an initiative to promote best emergency care practices and medical excellence for government agencies, insurance companies, institutional clients and ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Nearly one in three women who have breast cancer surgery will need to return to the operating room for additional surgery after the tumor is evaluated by a pathologist. A new service at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center cuts that number ...

A new project developed and launched by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) aims "to address the debilitating effects of neglected tropical diseases [NTDs] in Ghana," the Global Network for NTDs' "End the Neglect" blog reports.

(University of Michigan Health System) A new service at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center drastically cuts the number of repeat breast cancer surgeries by having pathologists on-site in the operating suite to assess tumors and lymph nodes immediately after they are removed.

PointRight Inc. announces its new loss evaluation service, ClaimAnalytics, which applies predictive data analytics to measure, assess and proactively defend litigation risk for long-term care providers and their insurance carriers. ClaimAnalytics is a defined loss evaluation service that documents the history of care for any claim and provides insight to ...

A small study of Latina women with young children led by a researcher at Johns Hopkins Children's Center shows moms value a pediatrician's empathy and warmth far more than their ability to speak Spanish or other conveniences. A report on the findings is published online in Maternal and Child Health ...

The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues posted on its website*, hundreds of supporting documents related to its investigation into the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) studies conducted in Guatemala in the 1940s. The documents include a spreadsheet that Commission staff painstakingly created to document the research subjects ...

The Massachusetts General Hospital Pathology Service has chosen Corista's Digital Image Management Platform (DP3) to support its goal of providing clinical review of pathology cases with a digital platform. This new capability will allow MGH clinical experts to extend their reach to remote patients and their physicians for second opinions ...

This week it was revealed in the UK's House of Commons that an NHS Director has written to Professor John Ashton, an NHS employee, formerly North West Regional Director of Public Health, stating that it was "inappropriate" Ashton signed a letter underlining his personal worries regarding the Government's Health ...

U.S. Forest Service research and funding have led to the development of a free software application that will help people identify and control destructive invasive plants in Southern forests and grasslands.