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Dynamic Health IT and Empower Systems Announce Meaningful Use and Gap Analysis Consulting Services
Healthcare Information Technology firm, Dynamic Health IT, and Electronic Health Record provider Empower Systems, have announced targeted consulting services designed to assist hospitals in reaching their ARRA/HITECH goals via gap analysis of Meaningful Use requirements. - January 15, 2011 - Empower Systems
New Cancer Treatment Techniques Offer Hope to Patients Fighting Deadly Tumors
The Integrative Cancer Therapies Fellowship with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M; www.worldhealth.net) announces that Dr. Mark Rosenberg, Medical Director of the Institute for Healthy Aging and Director of the Integrative Cancer Therapies Fellowship, will present preliminary findings of a novel technique for treating advanced-stage cancer. Dr. Rosenberg will be sharing his findings at the Fellowship in Integrative Cancer Therapies taking place March 10-13, 2011 in Boca Raton, FL - January 13, 2011 - A4M
Blueberry Health Site Launched
Blueberry Consultants has launched a new health division specialising in the development of effective and innovative solutions for the healthcare sector, building on the company’s experience and expertise in designing and implementing software systems for hospitals and clinicians. - January 06, 2011 - Blueberry Consultants
Intivia, Inc. Awarded Transcription Service Contract by GNYHA
GNYHA Enhances Transcription Service Options Through Contract with Intivia, Inc. - January 05, 2011 - Intivia Inc.
Urgent Cares of America Offers Free Flu Shots for North Carolina's Youth
Urgent Cares of America clinics are now offering free seasonal 2011 flu shots to all children and youth ages 4 years through college students. - January 03, 2011 - FastMed
Empower Systems and Metro South Medical Center Release iPhone/iPad App for Physician Use
Cutting-edge mobile technology enters a new arena. - December 23, 2010 - Empower Systems
North American Seminars Inc. Introduces a a New Online Physical Therapy Continuing Education Course, an Introduction to Wound Care for the Rehab Professional
North American Seminars Inc. introduces an evidence based online physical therapy continuing education course on wound management directed at the rehab professional in order to enhance their knowledge of wound care and its impact on the rehab treatment plan. - December 22, 2010 - North American Seminars
Women & Infants Holds 127th Annual Meeting
Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island held its 127th Annual Meeting on December 14th at the hospital with a standing-room-only audience of community leaders, physicians and hospital staff. Doug Jacobs of Providence, chairman of the hospital’s Board of Trustees, presided over the... - December 18, 2010 - Women & Infants Hospital
Balfour Beatty Construction to Deliver Florida Hospital as Part of Integrated Project Team
Balfour Beatty Construction, as part of an integrated team with HKS Architects and TLC Engineering, has been selected to provide design and construction services for Martin Memorial Health Systems’ new hospital in the Tradition development of Port St. Lucie, Florida. The team will deliver the... - December 16, 2010 - Balfour Beatty Construction
North American Seminars Inc Releases Its 2011 Physical Therapy Continuing Education Course Schedule
Looking for evidence based physical therapy continuing education courses? North American Seminars Inc has released its 2011 Live Course Dates. New Courses and approvals in Illinois, California, New York and twenty other states. The courses are offered in conjunction with the top medical facilities in the United States. - December 09, 2010 - North American Seminars
Walla Walla General Hospital Deploys Free Smartphone App, Connecting Users to Medical Information
Patients now have immediate, on-the-go access to symptom, disease, medical procedures and providers with the iTriage healthcare decision tool. - December 09, 2010 - iTriage, LLC
South Nassau Communities Hospital Names New Chief Nursing Officer
As chief nursing officer and senior vice president, Dr. Penque will oversee all nursing activities and work to insure the delivery of consistent, high-quality care that is in keeping with the overall mission, vision, and objectives of South Nassau. - December 09, 2010 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
MUMC Recognized for Improving Quality While Reducing Costs
Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, Georgia, has been recognized for quality performance in a nationwide hospital quality improvement project. The Premier, Inc. healthcare alliance QUEST: High-Performing Hospitals initiative is a voluntary, three-year program that includes 157 not-for-profit hospitals across 35 states. This is the second year in a row MUMC has received this recognition. - December 08, 2010 - Memorial Health
ChemDAQ Signs Host of Distributors
Seven new partners to market and sell Steri-Trac® Gas Monitoring System - December 08, 2010 - ChemDAQ, Incorporated
Medical Staffing Guru Absolutely Health Care Reaches Another Milestone
Absolutely Health Care, the niche medical services company behind the popular social network Medical Mingle, celebrates 15 years and hundreds of thousands of jobs found. - December 04, 2010 - Med Options
North Korea Attack Exposes Liability of Medical Tourism
High risk countries pose special liability to companies, investors, and company reserves. - December 02, 2010 - PHM International, Inc.
HMP Metrics™ Announced on Becker’s Hospital Review E-Weekly
Becker’s Hospital Review, a well-known healthcare publication, has announced HMP Metrics™ Reports on its weekly e-newsletter. This weekly publication summarizes the top news stories within the healthcare industry, and is published by the popular Becker’s Hospital Review, a... - December 01, 2010 - Healthcare Management Partners
NCH Partners with iTriage to Give Mobile Consumers Quick Access to Healthcare Information
Chicago area residents now have immediate on-the-go access to NCH facility and medical information in the palm of their hands - November 26, 2010 - iTriage, LLC
CyraCom Awarded Multi-Year Contract with CHCA
CyraCom to provide industry leading language services to CHCA member hospitals. - November 14, 2010 - CyraCom International
Saint Joseph Health System, Jewish Hospital, U of L Approve Letter of Intent
Letter of Intent Agreed to for Statewide Healthcare Network - November 13, 2010 - Saint Joseph Health System
Alpine Hematology-Oncology Selects Rabbit Healthcare Integrated Systems
"We chose Rabbit because it is oncology-specific, for the efficiencies it will bring, and because the design compliments our current paper-based system which will shorten the learning curve for our users. As a vendor, Rabbit has transitioned many medical practices from paper to electronic health records, and brings the implementation expertise that will support our goals. We’re looking forward to a mid-January Go Live date.” - Steven Schiff, M.D., Alpine Hematology Oncology, Reno, Nevada - November 12, 2010 - Rabbit Healthcare Systems
Becker's Hospital Review, Named Media Partner at Knowledge Congress' The Impact of New Federal Tax Requirements on Hospitals
The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Becker's Hospital Review will be a media partner at the Knowledge Congress’ upcoming webcast entitled: “The Impact of New Federal Tax... - November 03, 2010 - The Knowledge Group
EasyMed Services Inc. to Begin Clinical with the University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland
EasyMed Services Inc. announces that it has been approved to begin a clinical trial in the Division of Primary Care Medicine of the University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland starting November 1, 2011. - October 27, 2010 - EasyMed Services Inc
Houston Area Residents Partner with Texas Self Storage Properties, Including Amazing Spaces® Storage Centers to Support Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston
Houston, Spring, and The Woodlands communities joined Amazing Spaces® Storage Centers to show how easily an individual can “Make a Difference” in a child’s life. The Texas Self Storage Association launched the “Make a Difference” state-wide campaign to emphasize... - October 26, 2010 - Amazing Spaces Storage Centers
Former VP of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Joins MedVoy
MedVoy announced today that they have added Lew Emanuelson to its advisory board to support and develop strategies for the employer benefit marketplace. This will enable MedVoy’s partners to draw from a new pipeline of patients to increase revenue streams, while also fulfilling MedVoy’s mission of connecting patients to domestic and international healthcare providers that administer the highest quality of care and accessibility at an affordable cost. - October 25, 2010 - MedVoy, Inc.
Women & Infants Offers State's First Women's Robotic Surgery Program
Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island announced its plans to expand the surgical options available to its patients with the installation of a da Vinci® Surgical System and the creation of the region’s first dedicated women’s robotic surgery program. “Women &... - October 25, 2010 - Women & Infants Hospital
Voicebrook to Exhibit at 2010 Pathology Visions Conference
Company to discuss challenges, opportunities for VoiceOver® speech recognition, system integration capabilities in Digital Pathology workflow. - October 22, 2010 - Voicebrook, Inc.
Memorial Health Rated Savannah’s Top Hospital
Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) is rated No. 1 in Georgia for stroke care and is also among the top 10 percent nationally for stroke care and gastrointestinal medical services. The findings are based on analysis conducted by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. - October 22, 2010 - Memorial Health
AAAASF Elects Harlan Pollock, M.D. as New Board President
The American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc. (AAAASF) announces that Harlan Pollock, M.D., has been elected AAAASF’s new board president. He assumes the post after serving as vice president for the board of directors and performing many roles and... - October 20, 2010 - AAAASF -American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc.
ThinIdentity Changes Its Name to Aventura
Denver-based healthcare company ThinIdentity announced that they have changed the name of the company to Aventura in order to reflect a major shift in their approach to the hospital market. According to Aventura’s CEO, Howard Diamond, “Doctors and nurses sign up for an incredible adventure. But we are forcing them to spend way too much time struggling with computers. Our mission is to give them back their time to work with patients and to think critically about patient care." - October 19, 2010 - Aventurahq Inc.
Carteret General Hospital Online with HospitalPortal.NET™
Intranet Centralizes Access for North Carolina Hospital. - October 14, 2010 - HospitalPortal.net
Bay Area House Call Dentists Provide Dental Care to Senior Homes
San Francisco-based home care dentists delivers crucial services to patients who can’t travel. - October 07, 2010 - Blende Dental Group
ChemDAQ Partners with Four New Distributors
Sterilant gas monitoring company increases access to Steri-Trac® system for large markets across the country. - October 07, 2010 - ChemDAQ, Incorporated
Block Imaging Parts & Service, Inc. Announces ISO Certification
Block Imaging Parts & Service, Inc., the fastest growing worldwide provider of medical imaging parts and services, announced today receipt of the ISO 9001:2008 quality management system standard certification. The recommendation for ISO 9001 certification comes after Block recently completed... - October 01, 2010 - Block Imaging
Physical Therapy Continuing Education Courses in New York State
Physical Therapy Continuing Education Courses presented in New York State by North American Seminars, Inc meet the re-licensure requirements of New York licensed physical therapists and physical therapy assistants. - September 25, 2010 - North American Seminars
Voicebrook to Exhibit at CAP ’10 The Pathologists’ Meeting™
Voicebrook Licenses CAP electronic Cancer Checklists, Offering New VoiceOver® Template Options -- Voicebrook’s VoiceOver® to be Included on the CAP Diagnostic Work Station - September 24, 2010 - Voicebrook, Inc.
Bayshore Home Health Launches Bridging the Gap One-on-One on First National Seniors Day
Bayshore Home Health, Canada’s largest provider of home and community health care services, is inviting elected officials to meet with local seniors for a cordial, thought-sharing series of lunches across its network of 50-plus branches. The initiative, called Bridging the Gap One-on-One... - September 22, 2010 - Bayshore Home Health
Announcing Hospital iPad Toolkit
Easily build custom iPad and iPhone applications for health care. Access hospital or clinic data, scheduling, inventory, and more. Build quickly and deploy without app store or licensing, to unlimited devices. Enter data, manage operations, print reports, GPS-driven optimization, and more. Great way for IT departments to connect mobile tools to Health Information Systems. - September 18, 2010 - iOptimal
Voicebrook to Exhibit at Pathology Informatics 2010
Voicebrook to demonstrate new synoptic template feature for VoiceOver® Enterprise - September 14, 2010 - Voicebrook, Inc.
Cincinnati Based Smith & Schaefer Reveals Completion of The Christ Hospital 3 South Unit
The Christ Hospital opens doors of spine, orthopedic and ear, nose, throat unit - September 04, 2010 - Smith & Schaefer
Hospital Information Systems (HIS) Market to Reach $18 Billion in 2016, According to Report Posted at MarketResearch.com
This study focuses on Hospital Information Systems (HIS) as part of the Electronic Medical Records (EMR) market. - September 03, 2010 - MarketResearch.com
EMP Announces: Dr. Gregory Oswald Named Medical Director at Parma ED
Emergency Medicine Physicians (EMP) is pleased to announce that effective August 1, 2010, Gregory Oswald, MD became Medical Director at Parma Community General Hospital in Parma, Ohio. - August 29, 2010 - Emergency Medicine Physicians (EMP)
IAHSS Survey Reveals Healthcare Statistics
A new survey of healthcare security executives by the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety (IAHSS) reveals increases in reported violent crimes in hospitals in 2009 compared to similar crimes reported in a survey five years ago. - August 18, 2010 - International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety
Saint Joseph-London Prepares to Move Hospital One Patient at a Time
With support from surrounding counties’ EMS teams, patients will transfer to the new replacement hospital every three minutes - August 18, 2010 - Saint Joseph Health System
Smith & Schaefer Provides Flexible Solution for Medical Facilities
Cincinnati based healthcare furniture dealer offers Herman Miller Healthcare’s COMPASS - August 11, 2010 - Smith & Schaefer
Forth Valley Acute Hospital Selects Garran Lockers to Provide a Locker System Operated by ID Cards
Garran Lockers have been selected to provide 1280 staff locker compartments and a centrally controlled electronic locker management system at the newly built Forth Valley Acute Hospital in Scotland. - August 05, 2010 - Garran Lockers
MUMC in Savannah Named ‘Most Wired’ for 11th Year
Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, Georgia, has been named one of the nation’s Most Wired hospitals for the 11th consecutive year. The annual survey examined 1,280 of the nation’s hospitals on their use of Internet technologies in four focus areas: business and administrative management, clinical quality and safety, care continuum, and infrastructure. - July 22, 2010 - Memorial Health
VersaSuite Fully Supports and Welcomes Final Rule for "Meaningful Use" of Electronic Health Records
VersaSuite reiterates its Certification Guarantee to exceed "Meaningful Use" requirements. - July 17, 2010 - VersaSuite
Hanu Surgical Devices’ ROTIGS Intubation Medical Device by Inventor Dr. Brad Napier Demonstrates How Creatively Combining Known Concepts Is Key to Innovation
Honolulu Dr. Brad NaPier, Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon, invents new medical tracheal intubation device that showcases the process of new product innovation by creatively combining known concepts. - July 16, 2010 - Hanu Surgical Devices
Veinlite® by Translite LLC Introduces New Veinlite® EMS Tools with Vein Imaging
Veinlite® by Translite LLC is introducing the new EMS Tool for vein imaging and its new convenient functionalities for all emergency services applications. - July 16, 2010 - TransLite LLC