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The Denver Post Names Swedish Medical Center a "Top Workplace"

The honor recognizes Colorado's best workplaces according to an anonymous survey of employees at the company. - May 11, 2021 - Swedish Medical Center

AVA Fundamentals of Peripheral Intravenous Vascular Access™ Addresses One of Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2021

The Association for Vascular Access and B. Braun Medical Inc. announced the US launch of the first of three online courses that will comprise a free comprehensive curriculum on the placement of peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) that is being offered to pre-licensure medical, nursing, respiratory therapy and other allied healthcare schools. Peripheral vascular harm was named to ECRI’s top 10 patient safety concerns in 2021. The curriculum includes infection prevention and legal issues. - May 07, 2021 - Association for Vascular Access (AVA)

MedShorts Announces Promotion of Blake Powers to President

MedShorts, an Orlando-based e-commerce software solution specializing in connecting pharmacies with pharmaceutical manufacturers to source short-dated and short-supply medications, announced the promotion of Blake Powers to President of the company. After serving as the company’s Chief Operating Officer over the past five years, Blake has advanced to leading the company at a time when hospitals face significant financial pressure to reduce costs within their facilities. - May 06, 2021 - MedShorts LLC

EligibilityAdvocates – New Patient Eligibility Service Powered by HealthWare Systems

HealthWare Systems has partnered with a new company, EligibilityAdvocates, which offers patient eligibility and out-of-state Medicaid billing services. The new organization is powered by HealthWare Systems’ revenue cycle technology solutions. EligibilityAdvocates’ on-site patient... - May 06, 2021 - HealthWare Systems

New York Health Welcomes Denise Abselet, DO Specialist in Geriatrics and Primary Care

New York Health (NYHealth) is proud to announce that board-certified internal medicine physician and geriatrician Denise Abselet, DO, has joined its team of physicians. She will be practicing at 701 Route 25A, Suite 2, Mount Sinai, NY... - May 04, 2021 - New York Health

Leapfrog Recognizes HealthONE Hospitals with an "A" for the Spring 2021 Safety Grade

Four HealthONE hospitals received an “A” grade in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing HealthONE’s achievements protecting patients from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national... - May 01, 2021 - HCA Healthcare Continental Division

Swedish Medical Center Nationally Recognized with an ‘A’ for the Spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade

Swedish Medical Center received an “A” grade in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing Swedish’s achievements protecting patients from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog... - April 30, 2021 - Swedish Medical Center

HealthONE Hospitals Named to the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals® List

Annual list recognizes excellence in clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, patient experience, and financial health. - April 30, 2021 - HCA Healthcare Continental Division

HealthONE, as Part of the HCA Healthcare Continental Division, Named to the IBM Watson Health 15 Top Health Systems List

Annual list recognizes excellence in clinical outcomes, operational efficiency and patient experience. - April 29, 2021 - HCA Healthcare Continental Division

ettain health and CloudWave Partner to Provide Healthcare IT Solutions

ettain health and CloudWave are pleased to announce the formation of a strategic partnership to provide a complete portfolio of consulting, talent, professional services, and IT solutions to the healthcare market. ettain health offers advisory, recruitment, and managed solutions for healthcare... - April 27, 2021 - CloudWave

Innovation and Value Initiative to Hold Second Methods Summit to Drive Patient-Centered Value Assessment

Summit will Address Priority Patient Inputs for Comparative Effectiveness Research and HTA. - April 27, 2021 - Innovation and Value Initiative

Avant Healthcare Professionals Publishes Results of 2021 Trends in Nurse Staffing Survey

Avant Healthcare Professionals, the premier staffing provider of internationally experienced nursing and allied health professionals, today announced it has released the results of its newly published 2021 Trends in Nurse Staffing Study. This survey was sent to a list of hospital executives across the U.S. with the title of CEO, CNO, and HR executive. The data and responses included in this survey provide insight into staffing trends and how hospitals plan to staff during the nursing shortage. - April 24, 2021 - Avant Healthcare Professionals

CTO, Rich Goldstein, Named 2021 Digi-Tech Innovator Honoree

Cancer Expert Now's Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Rich Goldstein, recognized as a 2021 Digi-Tech Innovator Honoree. - April 23, 2021 - Cancer Expert Now, Inc.

The NIDCAP Federation International Releases a Podcast Series Called NICU Care with NIDCAP, Following World NIDCAP Day 2021

The NIDCAP Federation International releases a podcast series called NICU Care With NIDCAP following the celebrations of World NIDCAP Day 2021. In each episode, best practices are discussed to support the health and development of hospitalized newborns, infants and their families, and those that care for them, in intensive care nursery settings and beyond. - April 17, 2021 - NIDCAP Federation International

NozeSeal, LLC, Invention Helps Sleep Apnea Patients

NozeSeal, LLC announces the release of Trial Packs of the NozeSeal™ adhesive strip, an accessory that secures and seals a positive airway pressure (PAP) nasal pillow to a patient's nose. This inexpensive new product helps prevent air leaks, headgear discomfort, facial skin irritation, and hair damage, to deliver a great night’s sleep for those suffering from sleep apnea. Benefits include improved PAP comfort and efficacy and fits any commercially available nasal pillow. - April 15, 2021 - NozeSeal

Labor Savings in Pharmacy Scheduling - a StaffReady Case Study

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) relied on manual paper processes for their pharmacy scheduling and staff leave requests. The overall scheduling system was inefficient for management, inconvenient for employees, and lacked transparency in how shifts and PTO requests were distributed. StaffReady Scheduling gave the hospital pharmacy a cloud-based solution that made schedules easy to update and distribute while ensuring the scheduling process was equitable to all. - April 11, 2021 - StaffReady Software

HealthGuard Risk Management Achieves Open FAIR™ Training Accreditation Bringing Standardized and Quantified Risk Management Strategies to Healthcare Industry

Today, healthcare is not only dealing with these increased attacks, but doing so with resources that are already stretched thin and decision making capabilities that are insufficient for the modern risk landscape. HealthGuard’s Open FAIR™ accreditation compliments their mission to bring a consistent and standardized way to quantify risk across healthcare. - April 06, 2021 - HealthGuard Security

ASTA Releases Contactless Touch Screen for Safer and More Hygienic Touch Screen Experience During COVID-19 Pandemic

ALMEX System Technology Asia Sdn. Bhd. (hereinafter known as ASTA) is introducing the Non-Contact (Contactless) Touch Panel Monitor as a safer and more hygienic solution for touch screen monitors to prevent infections like COVID-19. The installation and usage is very simple and does not require any technical skills; can be utilized by almost any industry and business. - March 31, 2021 - ALMEX System Technology Asia Sdn Bhd

Longshore Capital and Revco Solutions Acquire ARMC Financial Services

Revco Solutions is pleased to announce the acquisition of ARMC Financial Services, a healthcare revenue cycle management company that specializes in insurance denial management - helping hospitals collect revenue that is improperly denied by insurance carriers. - March 31, 2021 - Revco Solutions

Katherine C. Baker, C.M.S. Honored as a Professional of the Year for Two Consecutive Years by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

Katherine C. Baker, R.N., C.M.S. of Midland, Texas has been honored as a Professional of the Year for two consecutive years, 2020 and 2021, by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for her outstanding achievements and high level of success in the field of healthcare. About Katherine C. - March 17, 2021 - Strathmore Worldwide

Best Health Care Website to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 25th Annual WebAward Competition

The Web Marketing Association will name the best healthcare websites of 2021 as part of their 25th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org. The WebAwards sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including healthcare, healthcare provider, medical, medical equipment, biotechnology and pharmaceutical websites. - March 16, 2021 - Web Marketing Association

David Zagzag, MD, Ph.D. Honored as a VIP Member for 2020-2021 by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide

David Zagzag, MD, Ph.D. of Rego Park, New York has been honored as a VIP Member for 2020-2021 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for his outstanding contributions and high level of success in the medical field. About David Zagzag, MD, Ph.D. David Zagzag, MD, Ph.D. is a... - March 11, 2021 - Strathmore Worldwide

Best Medical Website to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 25th Annual WebAward Competition

The Best Medical Websites of 2021 will be named as part of the 25th annual WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org. The WebAwards sets benchmarks fofr excellence for 96 industries, including healthcare, healthcare provider, medical, medical equipment, biotechnology and pharmaceutical websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for medical-related websites to enter to be judged is May 28, 2021. - March 11, 2021 - Web Marketing Association

CCS Facility Services First Company in the World to Earn GBAC STAR Service Accreditation

CCS Facility Services is honored to announce that the company is the first to earn GBAC STAR™ Service accreditation from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council. - March 09, 2021 - CCS Facility Services

Jason Amada's 5 Tips to Become a Successful Medical Rep

Jason Amada is a New York-based medical sales representative who started his career in the field of Finance. In 2019, he made the switch to medicine and considers it to be one of the best decisions of his life. His long-lost love for medicine was realized with his career transition. He has been... - March 04, 2021 - Jason Amada: Medical Sales

Georgetown Home Care Announces Lowest Readmission and Rehospitalization Rate in Company History for 2020

Rates significantly lower than US national averages; Year over year decrease of 32% for readmissions; Success with every partner it works with - March 02, 2021 - Georgetown Home Care

"Vaccinate With Love (Dedicated to Dr. Osterholm)," by Peter Lake, Generating Unexpected Response from Listeners

People have responded to Peter Lake's call to action in his new release "Vaccinate With Love (Dedicated to Dr. Osterholm") in an unexpected way. They have taken videos of themselves holding up signs saying "Vaccinate With Love" and expressing their support of frontline healthcare workers. - February 27, 2021 - Peter Lake

Fusion Marketplace Launches as a Traveler-First Driven Community

Fusion Marketplace launched on Wednesday, February 10. Fusion Marketplace believes that what’s best for Healthcare Travelers is best for all Staffing Agencies. - February 24, 2021 - Fusion Marketplace

Tigerlily Foundation Joins AACR and 130 Other Organizations in Heartfelt Letter to President Biden

Tigerlily Foundation, a national breast cancer organization, is banding together with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and 130 organizations, cancer centers and other institutions in soliciting the support of President Biden regarding the COVID-19 pandemic vaccination schedule... - February 20, 2021 - Tigerlily Foundation

seca Corporation Awarded Patient Scales Sole-Supplier Contract with Premier Inc.’s SURPASS and ASCEND Purchasing Programs

seca Corporation, the world's market leader in medical measuring and weighing announced today that it has been awarded a contract with Premier’s highly committed ASCEND (Accelerated Supply Chain Endeavor) program in the category of Patient Scales. In addition, seca was the only supplier of... - February 20, 2021 - seca Corporation

Tigerlily Foundation Launches a New Web Series, BREATHE Tv on Facebook Live

Tigerlily Foundation in partnership with Puma Biotechnology, Inc. is excited to announce the launch of BREATHE Tv. BREATHE Tv is a sacred space, an educational and inspirational breast cancer lifestyle television series that brings together patients and providers in a space of purpose, while... - February 20, 2021 - Tigerlily Foundation

“Vaccinate with Love (Dedicated to Dr. Osterholm)” Receives Doctor’s Recommendation to be an Official Vaccination Anthem

Member of President Biden’s COVID-19 Advisory Board and Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, Dr. Michael Osterholm, Muses Over Peter Lake’s New Release on the Osterholm Update: COVID-19 podcast. He voiced that “The message Peter has in this song is just inspiring. In fact, I wish it would become an anthem for getting people vaccinated.” - February 20, 2021 - Peter Lake

Hospitals Choose CloudWave for Multi-Cloud Solutions

CloudWave’s OpSus Managed Services and Edge Architectures Offer Integrated Cloud Solutions to Healthcare Organizations - February 17, 2021 - CloudWave

Riem Badr, MD, FCAP Named Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Services

New York Cancer & Blood Specialists (NYCBS), one of the Nation’s leading oncology practices, has named board-certified hematopathologist Riem Badr, MD, FCAP, the chief of Pathology and Laboratory Services. https://nycancer.com/blog/2021/02/16/riem-badr-md-fcap-named-chief-pathology/ Dr. - February 16, 2021 - New York Cancer & Blood Specialists

“Vaccinate With Love (Dedicated to Dr. Osterholm)” by Peter Lake Will Benefit Families of Frontline Workers

Peter Lake releases his new song “Vaccinate With Love (Dedicated To Dr. Osterholm).” Despite being a catchy song that stands on its artistic merit, this song is released specifically for a more altruistic purpose: to benefit families of frontline workers who have sadly perished due to COVID-19 and inject more empathy into people’s hearts and minds during such a difficult time. Therefore, 100% of the streaming royalties from the song will be donated to the Frontline Families Fund. - February 16, 2021 - Peter Lake

Giraffe Products Ltd. Introduces New Mask That Claims to Kill COVID-19

A new 4 layer, food grade face mask is now available that claims to kill COVID-19. - February 14, 2021 - Giraffe Products Ltd.

New York Cancer & Blood Specialists Improve Patient Quality of Life with Supportive and Palliative Care Services; Palliative Care Division Will Expand Patient Care

New York Cancer & Blood Specialists (NYCBS), one of the Nation’s leading oncology practices, announced it will provide full-time Supportive and Palliative Care services throughout its cancer centers on Long Island and New York... - February 12, 2021 - New York Cancer & Blood Specialists

Four HealthONE Hospitals Named Among Healthgrades 2021 America’s 250 Best Hospitals

The Medical Center of Aurora, Rose Medical Center, Sky Ridge Medical Center and Swedish Medical Center among the top five percent of U.S. hospitals for clinical outcomes. - February 11, 2021 - HCA Healthcare Continental Division

Clients Discover a Fresh Health Care Experience at Bellingham Respiratory Care and Equipment Company

Respiratory therapist Kelly Maycumber and Amrit Kaur prioritize patient care and provide state-of-the-art equipment and service at AFresh Respiratory Therapy Services & Equipment in Bellingham, Washington. - February 10, 2021 - AFresh - Respiratory & Home Medical Equipment

Arizona Blood and Cancer Specialists and OneOncology Open New Oro Valley Office

Arizona Blood and Cancer Specialists (ABCS) and their partner, OneOncology, are proud to announce the addition of their new office located at 10370 N. La Cañada Drive, Suite 150, Oro Valley, AZ 85737. Physicians at this new site include Y. Haroon Ahmad, MD and Sivamurthy Kyathari,... - February 08, 2021 - OneOncology

Swedish Medical Center Names Jaya Kumar, MD, New Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Kumar joins Swedish from Medical City McKinney, part of HCA Healthcare's Medical City Healthcare, where she served as the Chief Medical Officer. - February 06, 2021 - Swedish Medical Center

OrthoNeuro to Open New Office on Dublin Campus Of Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

OrthoNeuro President, Larry T. Todd, Jr. DO, announced today that the practice will open a new office on the Dublin Campus of Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OUHCOM). The office is slated to open in early spring and will house a physician office and physical therapy clinic. - February 03, 2021 - OrthoNeuro

New York Cancer & Blood Specialists Announces Richard Zuniga, MD as Chief of Research

New York Cancer & Blood Specialists (NYCBS), one of the nation’s leading oncology practices, announces Richard Zuniga, MD, as the Chief of Research. https://nycancer.com/blog/2021/02/02/chief-of-research/ Dr. Zuniga is a board-certified hematologist and oncologist at NYCBS. Before... - February 03, 2021 - New York Cancer & Blood Specialists

CloudWave Acquired by Abry Partners

Abry Partners’ Investment in Cloud Services Provider Positions Company for Expansion and Growth in the Healthcare Market - February 01, 2021 - CloudWave

Linshom Announces European Patent Coverage for the Linshom Continuous Respiratory Monitor

Linshom announced today receipt of patents in five European countries including Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Great Britain. This adds to and expands the current Linshom patent portfolio held in the United States, Canada, Japan, Mexico and China. The lack of a simple, portable and inexpensive... - January 28, 2021 - Linshom

HCA/HealthONE's North Suburban Medical Center Announces New Director of Women’s and Children’s Services

North Suburban Medical Center recently announced the appointment of Mary Taylor, MSN, RNC, CNS, to director of Women’s and Children’s Services. Taylor brings more than 30 years of experience in healthcare and nursing leadership and a strong record of accomplishments. In her new role,... - January 27, 2021 - HealthONE North Suburban Medical Center

Carisk Partners Appoints Alana Letourneau, MD, MBA to Chief Clinical Strategy Officer

Carisk Partners (Carisk), a specialty risk transfer and care coordination company, is pleased to announce the promotion of Alana Letourneau, MD, MBA to Chief Clinical Strategy Officer, effective immediately. Dr. Letourneau will continue to report to Joseph Berardo, Jr., CEO, Carisk. With this... - January 20, 2021 - Carisk Partners

Swedish Medical Center Bringing World-Class Cardiology Care to Greenwood Village