Sodexo has selected Xenex Healthcare Services as its preferred partner for the disinfection of Sodexo client facilities.

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) care model can increase the percentage of diabetes patients who achieve goals that reduce their sickness and mortality rates, according to study findings published in the June edition of the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.

Communications company Polyglot Systems and pharmacy management software developer CarePoint have joined forces to help healthcare providers communicate medication instructions to their patients more clearly.

Mayo Clinic has established an online social network to connect its patients and caregivers with others who share similar health interests.

Meaningful use turned one year old this week with little to no fanfare, perhaps because facilities and physicians are busy trying to comply. As a federally-mandated and subsidized program to move the nation toward EHRs, the success of meaningful use isnt assured, but its come a long way in a year. Much remains to be done; common complaints are 1) the rules as written dont allow enough time for organizations to implement and use health IT meaningfully, as defined by CMS; and 2) the registration/attestation/reporting processes need more work.

Healthcare software developer Extension is now offering context-aware clinical alerts and notification tools to the Android market.

Medical market research firm Kalorama predicted double-digit growth in the orthopedic biomaterials market through 2016, and estimated that the market represented 14 percent of 2010 global orthopedics sales, or about $5.8 billion, according to its recently published report Orthopedic Biomaterials, the World Market.

Changes in family history significant enough to alter screening recommendations are common in adults age 30 to 50, according to a multi-institutional study published in the July 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.