Jackson Memorial Hospital and Jackson North Medical Center Recognized

The Get With The Guidelines�-Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award has been presented to Jackson Memorial Hospital for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for the treatment of stroke patients. Jackson North Medical Center was awarded with the Get With The Guidelines�-Stroke Silver Quality Achievement Award.

The clinical protocols established by Get With The Guidelines Stroke helps hospital teams provide the most up-to-date, research-based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. Jackson Memorial and Jackson North earned the awards by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a designated period. These measures include aggressive use of medications and risk-reduction therapies aimed at reducing death and disability and improving the lives of stroke patients.

"Jackson is dedicated to improving the quality of stroke care and its proven successes are recognized year-after-year by The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association," said Carlos A. Migoya, Jackson Health System president and CEO.

Frost's OPKO Buy Israeli Medical Device Firm  

Brian Bandell | SFBJ

Miami based Opko Health, led by billionaire entrepreneur Dr. Phillip Frost, acquired Israeli medical device company Inspiro Medical.

The Miami-based biotech and pharmaceutical company (NYSE: OPK) did not disclose the financial terms of the deal, although they will likely be revealed later in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Inspiro is developing a dry powder inhaler to deliver both small molecule drugs and larger molecules to treat respiratory diseases.

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