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Aperture Health, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Triad Therapeutics, Inc.

/PRNewswire/ -- Aperture Health, Inc. (OTC APRE.PK) announced that it has completed the acquisition of Triad Therapeutics, Inc., ("Triad") a homecare infusion therapy and nursing provider in New Jersey serving the tri-state area.  As a result, Triad has become a wholly owned subsidiary of Aperture Health, Inc., and will remain as the operating company for the combined business.

Triad provides specialized home healthcare services to patients requiring intravenous therapy including antibiotics, pain management, hydration, immunoglobulins, steroids, total nutritional solutions, and IV catheter insertions and maintenance. The Company provides a complete solution to patients including the preparation and delivery of sterile compounded IV medications, supplies and equipment, along with specialized nursing care and teaching of the patient and/or caregivers on the administration of therapies as prescribed by a physician.

Triad is a fully JCAHO accredited home IV therapy company, achieving this "gold standard" status in 2007. The company has built a well respected reputation in its industry for its therapy expertise and commitment to care for its patient clients. The company services clients throughout the states of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, providing opportunity for organic growth. Triad's full time marketing and sales personnel continuously represent the company in the core services areas, growing and maintaining the company's referral source base. Patient referrals are made from physicians, hospitals, insurance companies, veterinarians and hospice care providers that have established a professional rapport with Triad.

Sowing the Seeds: CHRISTIAN WRITER'S BLOG CHAIN — QUEST

Today is our monthly turn in the hot seat of the Christian Writer’s Blog Chain. The topic for this month is Quest, and as usual, I’ll be looking at it through the lens of writing and the writing life. We authors know all about quests because the fundamental principle of all writing is that there is something the character doesn’t have, desperately wants, and intends to get.  The story then details their quest to achieve this elusive goal. Sometimes that goal can be as grandiose as the Holy Grail, Solomon’s Lost Mine, or a Ring of unbelievable power. At other times it can less concrete, such as the triumph of good over evil. It can be as mundane as finding a suitable marriage partner or catching the dastardly villain who killed dear old Mrs. McTavish. It is against this backdrop of an overarching quest that our characters and subplots come to life....

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ACP - Pressroom - Common Clinical Situations Physicians and ...

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“Appropriate Use of Screening and Diagnostic Tests to Foster High Value, Cost-Conscious Care” is an opinion article published by a group of physicians from the American College of Physicians (ACP). The authors reviewed the evidence and identified 37 common clinical situations relevant to internal medicine in which screening and diagnostic tests are often used in ways that provide little or no benefit to patients.

“We hope to promote thoughtful discussions among physicians, patients, and other stakeholders about common clinical scenarios in which there are opportunities to improve the quality of care for the benefit of patients,” said co-author Steven Weinberger, MD, FACP, executive vice president and CEO of ACP. “Wasteful and duplicative practices that do not improve patient health -- and might even cause harm -- are unfortunately all too common and an important component of escalating, unsustainable health care costs.”

Physicians, other health care professionals, and members of the public can complete a brief web survey on www.annals.org to indicate whether they agree that each of the items represents low value care. Survey respondents can also indicate clinical situations that they would add to the list

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