CORRECTING and REPLACING Medstat Receives Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant to Study Technology Designed to Improve Cancer Treatment.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers CORRECTION...by Medstat ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 2003 In BW5653, (MI-MEDSTAT) Medstat Receives Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, charitable organization devoted exclusively to health care issues. It was established in 1936 by Robert Wood Johnson (1893–1968), board chairman of the Johnson & Johnson medical products company. Grant to Study Technology Designed to Improve Cancer Treatment, David Wilkins' phone number should read xxx 734-913-3397 (sted 734-913-8020). The corrected release reads: MEDSTAT RECEIVES ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION GRANT TO STUDY TECHNOLOGY DESIGNED TO IMPROVE CANCER TREATMENT Medstat, a business of the Thomson Corporation (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :TOC)(NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TOC), announced today that it has been awarded a $496,330 grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The grant supports a three-year study to evaluate the effectiveness of notebook-sized, touch-screen computers and specialized software that allow cancer patients to learn about and report on pain, fatigue, depression, and other cancer-related problems. Research has shown cancer symptoms and chemotherapy-induced side effects Side effects Effects of a proposed project on other parts of the firm. are frequently under-diagnosed and under-treated because patients lack information about the success of interventions and physicians lack detailed, real-time assessments of patients' symptoms. Medstat will use its expertise in data analytics and health outcomes research to assess whether the use of this technology improves symptom identification, health outcomes, and quality of life. Using the study enrollees and a control group's patient surveys, nurse assessments, and medical record reviews, Medstat researchers will measure symptom screening rates, patient satisfaction with diagnosis and treatment, the severity of symptoms and quality of life, cost effectiveness of the selected intervention, patient knowledge of symptom management, and patient exposure to the technology and cancer information. "It's gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to conduct work for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that leverages Medstat's core expertise in outcomes research to estimate the value of more fully integrating technology into treating disease, " said Medstat Senior Vice President of Research William D. Marder, PhD. The grant was awarded under the foundation's Health e-Technologies program. Medstat's proposal was one of eight clinical outcomes evaluation projects -- selected from 406 applications -- to be funded. Medstat undertakes a broad research program for public and private sector clients including the agencies in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS , private foundations and coalitions, and pharmaceutical firms. Tami L. Mark, PhD, associate director at Medstat, is the Robert Wood Johnson Robert Wood Johnson was the name shared by members of the family that descended from the President of Johnson & Johnson:
Medstat is a healthcare information company that provides market intelligence and benchmark databases, decision support solutions, and research services for managing the cost and quality of healthcare. The company applies these capabilities to improve policy and management decision making for employers, government agencies, health plans, hospitals and provider networks, and pharmaceutical companies. Medstat is a business within the Thomson Corporation. The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2002 revenues of $7.8 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information, software applications and tools to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate training and assessment, scientific research and healthcare. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Toronto stock exchanges Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. (TSX:TOC)(NYSE:TOC). |
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