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Future Genesis (FGen) Announces Deal with Biomedical Research Institute (BRI)
Future Genesis (FGen) has selected Rockville, MD Biomedical Research Institute (BRI) as its cryogenic laboratory. - June 12, 2014 - Future Genesis, Inc.
PrescribeWellness and Value Drug Company Partnership Will Drive Medication Adherence
PrescribeWellness Partners with Value Drug Company to Help Lead Higher Medication Adherence Through Proactive and Preventive Healthcare Measures PrescribeWellness, an industry leader in medication adherence solutions for community pharmacy, today announced its partnership with Value Drug... - June 12, 2014 - PrescribeWellness
Tusk Enterprises Hires a Chief Technology Officer
Tusk Enterprises and its Rhino Medical Services and Hospitalists Plus divisions serve more than 1,000 health care businesses, including some of the nation’s busiest hospitals. - June 12, 2014 - Tusk Enterprises
Strathmore’s Who’s Who Honors William N. Bryant as Professional of the Year
William N. Bryant, of Trumansburg, New York, has recently been recognized by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Registry for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of Therapy Services. - June 11, 2014 - Strathmore Who's Who
VersaSuite Announces Integration with IRIS™ Registry Link to Advance Clinical Data Sharing
VersaSuite is pleased to announce that it has successfully integrated with the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s IRIS™ Registry. The IRIS™ Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight) is the nation's first comprehensive eye disease clinical registry. The American Academy of... - June 11, 2014 - VersaSuite
The Health Briefs TV Show Airs on ABC WKEF-TV in June
Healthcare in Dayton, Ohio is a strong industry which usually lands the Midwestern U.S. city on the top heath surveys in the country. - June 11, 2014 - Health Briefs TV
PerformanceScrubs.com Announces the Opening of a New High-Tech Manufacturing Facility in Florence, Alabama
PerformanceScrubs.com, a Performance HealthCare Products company, today announced the forthcoming launch of its new high-tech clothing manufacturing facility in Florence, Alabama. The new facility brings jobs back to the United States through technical innovations that drive costs down, and speed... - June 10, 2014 - Performance Healthcare Products
Record-Breaking Whistleblower Attorney Takes on New Challenges: Traumatic Brain and Sprinal Cord Injuries
Record-breaking whistle-blower attorney Anthony J. Russo Jr. has partnered with successful board certified civil trial attorney Louis Battista in launching a new firm, Russo Battista Law Group that will primarily focus on catastrophic injury cases, including brain and spinal cord Injury cases. The new firm will go beyond the traditional legal scope of services employing a unique firm model, consisting of an in-house case management department to help clients navigate the complex system of care. - June 10, 2014 - Russo Battista Law Group
N-Style ID Announces New Medical Jewelry Engraving at No Cost
N-Style ID recently announced the addition of custom jewelry engraving to their services at no extra cost to consumers. - June 10, 2014 - N-Style ID
Free Wheelchair Mission Announces Four Containers of Wheelchairs Arrived for Bangladesh
Four containers (2200 individual units) of Free Wheelchair Mission’s wheelchairs arrived in Bangladesh. - June 10, 2014 - Free Wheelchair Mission
European Inventor Award Nomination for Thieme Author Professor Wieslaw L. Nowinski
Modern 3D brain models allow scientists to understand the complex structures of the human brain and improve diagnosis and operative planning. Prof. Wieslaw L. Nowinski’s brain atlases earned him a lifetime award nomination for the European Inventor Award 2014. The award is given by the... - June 10, 2014 - Thieme Publishers
The First Comprehensive Reference on NPH
"Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus," recently published by Thieme, covers everything practitioners need to know about this multi-faceted condition, from clinical characteristics and pathophysiology to signs and symptoms, radiographic findings, diagnostic tests and neurosurgical treatment... - June 09, 2014 - Thieme Publishers
SGS Announces EU to Amend General Safety and Performance Requirements on Medical Devices Concerning Hazardous Substances
On 12 March 2014, the EU Parliament completed a final vote on a proposal for a regulation regarding medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (1). An important revision concerns the use of phthalates in medical devices. - June 08, 2014 - SGS
Rule of Thought: Medical Tourism Association® to Address Strategies at EU Cross-Border Healthcare Symposium
The EU Healthcare Directive is the focus of a public policy event, June 18, 2014, in Brussels, Belgium. - June 08, 2014 - Medical Tourism Association™
Storage Made Easy Brings Private Enterprise File Share and Sync for Amazon S3 to AWS GovCloud
With the Storage Made Easy EFSS Cloud control platform now available for AWS GovCloud (US) Simple Storage users SME facilitates a full enterprise file share and sync type service with Amazon S3 Storage. - June 07, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
Dr. Daniel Krall, O.D. Interviewed for Eyecare Article
Dr Daniel Krall, O.D., Clinical Director of Linden Optometry, P.C. was interviewed for a vision care article in which he discussed specialty contact lenses for keratoconus patients. - June 07, 2014 - Linden Optometry, P.C.
ReproTech Ltd., to Build Wildfire and Earthquake-Resistant Storage Room in New Nevada Location
New Nevada cryostorage and office location for ReproTech. - June 07, 2014 - ReproTech, LLC
Dr. James Michael Muzzi Offering Free Dental Implant Consultations During Their "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Dental Implants But Were Afraid to Ask" Event
Dr. James Michael Muzzi and Dr. Jenna Polinsky will be offering free dental implant consultations on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 from 9:00am to 6:00pm at Dr. Muzzi’s office located at 614 2nd Avenue, Suite 2D, New York, NY 10016. - June 06, 2014 - Dr. James Michael Muzzi
Shohet Ear Associates to Offer Free Seminar on "Single-Sided Hearing Loss" and Hearing Aid Advice in Seal Beach
Shohet Ear Associates is offering a free seminar on “Single-Sided Hearing Loss.” Conducted by Cheryl Tanita, AuD, the seminar will highlight the latest technologies designed to help people with single-sided hearing loss to hear better. The seminar will be held on Saturday June 28, from... - June 06, 2014 - Shohet Ear Associates
American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine Launches New Urgent Care Medicine Buyer’s Guide
American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine has launched a new Buyer’s Guide, an online solutions guide showcasing vendors, service providers and educational sources. - June 06, 2014 - American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine
Small Clinics Providing Ambulatory Care Services Could Reduce Emergency Department Misuse in the UAE
Patients with minor ailments advised not to abuse emergency department resources. - June 06, 2014 - Informa Life Sciences
Medical Port Creates a New Product Designed for Non-Habitual Residents; the NHR Card
Medical Port | Premium Medical Tourism Facilitator, in a joint effort with its partners, has launched a new product that gives its subscribers exclusive and immediate access to a set of services in the fiscal, healthcare, customer care and leisure areas with specially conceived benefits and offers to the cardholders. - June 05, 2014 - Medical Port | Premium Medical Tourism Facilitator
Medicom Health Interactive Places in Top International Award – 2014 Summit Creative Award
Medicom Health Interactive is named a Silver winner in the 2014 Summit Creative Award® competition for its development of the EVALIA® Weight-Loss Surgery Profiler. - June 05, 2014 - Medicom Health Interactive
Reproductive Tissue Storage Facility Ready for Hurricane Season
Cryostorage facility offers peace of mind to its clients in hurricane prone areas. - June 05, 2014 - ReproTech, LLC
Applied Clinical Trials Announces First Annual Clinical Trials Outsourcing Quality Assessment
Applied Clinical Trials Announces First Annual Clinical Trials Outsourcing Quality Assessment Will conduct the first comprehensive in-depth analysis of outsourced clinical research quality. - June 05, 2014 - CRO Analytics
Colliers International Revealed New Report on Dubai’s Healthcare Industry at Hospital Build & Infrastructure 2014
The report analysed the key demand and supply, risk and success factors shaping the healthcare sector in Dubai. - June 05, 2014 - Informa Life Sciences
UAE Hospitals Took Home Three Awards at the Middle East Hospital Build & Infrastructure Awards 2014
Hospital Build & Infrastructure Awards 2014 recognise Middle East healthcare pioneers - June 05, 2014 - Informa Life Sciences
HealthPERX Adds Video Consult Kiosks to Its Telehealth Platform
Telehealth is a rapidly growing industry. HealthPERX offers a unique telehealth program in which companies and employees have access to licensed, board certified doctors in every state 24/7 who can diagnose, treat and prescribe when necessary. Now HealthPERX can bring telehealth kiosks on site to businesses, allowing their employees the ability to video consult with doctors while at work, reducing absenteeism and healthcare costs dramatically. - June 04, 2014 - HealthPERX
Clubhouse International Celebrates 20 Years of Success in Changing the World of Mental Health
Clubhouse International (www.clubhouse-intl.org), a global non-profit, non-governmental organization that helps communities around the world create sustainable solutions for mental illness, celebrates the 20th Anniversary of its founding today. Joel Corcoran, Executive Director of Clubhouse International, marked the occasion by acknowledging the dedication of the organization’s staff, many volunteers, and the organization’s member Clubhouses to changing the world of mental health. - June 04, 2014 - Clubhouse International
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, David K. Kim, M.D. to Join OrthoNeuro in July
OrthoNeuro announced today that Dr. David Kim will join their multi-specialty physician group on July 14th, 2014. Dr. Kim is a fellowship-trained orthopedic spine surgeon who specializes in minimally invasive approaches to the neck and low back. Dr. Kim worked in private practice specializing in... - June 04, 2014 - OrthoNeuro
Fall Marathon Training Indianapolis - National Institute for Fitness and Sport (NIFS)
Have you ever thought about completing a marathon for the first time or wanted to train with others for a race? NIFS has developed a new running program just for you. - June 04, 2014 - NIFS
VersaSuite Exhibits at The Indiana Rural Health Association’s 17th Annual Conference - June 10 and 11, 2014 "All Aboard for Rural Health"
Who: VersaSuite, a leading EHR/HIS solution provider, today announced it will be exhibiting at The Indiana Rural Health Association’s 17th Annual Conference. What: The Indiana Rural Health Association’s 17th Annual Conference. To make an appointment with VersaSuite, send a request to... - June 04, 2014 - VersaSuite
HealthCARE Express Little Rock Announces Ribbon Cutting on July 1st
HealthCARE Express, the largest urgent care and occupational medicine clinic in the four states area, will hold a ribbon cutting at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 1. The walk-in clinic will open its doors on Monday, June 30th at 9222 Stagecoach Road in Little Rock, and will service the Benton, Bryant,... - June 04, 2014 - HealthCARE Express
Dr. Timothy A. Grubb, DDS Recognized by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Dr. Timothy A. Grubb, DDS of Tucker, Georgia has been designated as a Professional of the Year in the Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of dental healthcare. About Dr. Timothy A. Grubb, DDS Dr. Grubb has over 40... - June 03, 2014 - Strathmore Worldwide
Innovation Direct™ Leading the Way in Marketing for Prescrip-Medi Card Invention
An innovative new product designed to serve as a vital and essential medical information tool, the Prescrip-Medi Card, has been developed by Jeanette Diaz of Margate, Florida. The invention's unique design provides its users with a safe, secure, and convenient method of having access to their... - June 03, 2014 - Innovation Direct, Inc.
Jacobi Medical Center Renames Its Burn Unit: The Stanley M. Levenson Burn Unit
MediaMed announces that Jacobi Medical Center has renamed its Burn Unit in honor of Dr. Stanley M. Levenson, the first physician in recorded history to successfully treat a patient with skin burns covering more than 50% of the body. Dr. Levenson was also the first clinical investigator to show that smoke contains lethal chemicals that deprive the lungs of oxygen and lead to death thereby revolutionizing the treatment of burn victims afflicted with thermal and smoke inhalation injuries. - June 02, 2014 - Stephanie C. Tardieu
Elite Medical Scribes to Display at the American Association of Orthopaedic Executives Annual Conference
Elite Medical Scribes, the national leader in scribe training, staffing, and management, will attend the American Association of Orthopaedic Executives (AAOE) Annual Conference May 31-June 3 at the Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. Elite Medical Scribes utilizes innovative software and... - June 02, 2014 - Elite Medical Scribes
Global Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices Market is Expected to Reach USD 21.6 Billion in 2019
Transparency Market Research has published a new report titled "Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019" to its report store. - June 01, 2014 - Transparency Market Research
PAML Launches Consumer Marketing Campaign
Targeted marketing effort for consumer laboratory testing will touch over 1.7 million consumers throughout Washington and Montana. - May 31, 2014 - PAML
SATA CommHealth Sends World No Tobacco Day Message with a Different Focus
It highlights the other joys of life and staying smoke-free while offering smokers a complimentary spirometry. - May 31, 2014 - SATA CommHealth
QA Consulting, Inc. Receives ISO 13485:2003 and ISO 9001:2008 Certification
QA Consulting, Inc., a medical device consulting firm, has received ISO 13485:2003 and ISO 9001:2008 certifications. QA Consulting’s achievement is the result of implementing a vigorous quality management system designed to govern their consulting and contract manufacturing services. These... - May 30, 2014 - QA Consulting, Inc.
ProPatient Learning Revolutionizes Patient Education with Interactive Online Learning
Veteran medical entrepreneurs David Hadden and JoAnne Schaberick launch a new start-up called ProPatient. ProPatient uses virtual doctors and patient advocates to guide patients through learning scenarios, enabling them to take full advantage of their health care resources. - May 29, 2014 - ProPatient
R4 Alliance Programs of Excellence Unite to Better Serve Our Veterans
R4 Alliance is a membership of programs of excellence providing therapeutic and community based Recreation services to Our Military Family. They are focused and committed to achieving the highest quality services through collaborative efforts in Research, education, standards of excellence, economic viability, and continuum of care across our service community. They believe these services are essential to the holistic Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Our Military Family. - May 29, 2014 - R4 Alliance
Dr. Clayton Lawrence Honored by the Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
The Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce announced Dr. Lawrence as one of the honorees for its 38th Annual awards gala. - May 29, 2014 - LEAP LLC
23 Year Old Internet Entrepreneur Launches New Healthcare Venture
Jay Kaplan, a recent graduate of Goizueta Business School at Emory University, and native Washingtonian, has launched a new healthcare internet start-up called Future Genesis (FGen for short). The private company was funded by former executives of another DC based healthcare start-up, Audax Health, which was recently acquired by United Healthcare’s Optum division. - May 29, 2014 - Future Genesis, Inc.
VersaSuite Exhibits at the Association for Healthcare Foodservice 2014 Annual Conference
Who: VersaSuite, a leading EHR/HIS solution provider, today announced it will be exhibiting at the Association for Healthcare Foodservice 2014 Annual Conference. What: The Association for Healthcare Foodservice 2014 Annual Conference. To make an appointment with VersaSuite, send a request to... - May 29, 2014 - VersaSuite
Fertility Preservation Options for Cancer Patients discussed at MN Metro Oncology Nursing Society Event
New Brighton Community Center in New Brighton, MN was the setting for a presentation entitled Fertility Preservation for the Oncology Patient. This program strives to promote education and extend access to fertility preservation services. - May 29, 2014 - ReproTech, LLC
"Is It Just My Genes?" New Book Release by Murphy & Nicole LLC
A new book, "Is It Just My Genes" was just released through www.freemindbooks.com. The book discusses the root causes of mental illness, such as bipolar and schizophrenia and also depression and anxiety. The book is a unique perspective coming from a successful bipolar woman and electrical engineer. - May 27, 2014 - Murphy & Nicole LLC
Expert Management Strategies and Treatment Guidelines for Tumors of the Nose, Sinuses and Nasopharynx
"Tumors of the Nose, Sinuses and Nasopharynx," recently published by Thieme, incorporates the newest techniques for evaluation and treatment, including endoscopic approaches to the skull base, and offers a wealth of evidence-based data and analysis. For all members of the... - May 27, 2014 - Thieme Publishers
American Venous Forum - Fall 2014 Fellows Course in Venous Disease
The American Venous Forum is inviting Fellows to attend the Fall Fellows Course in Venous Disease. The Fellows Course is December 5-7, 2014 at University of Texas Medical School at Houston in Houston, TX. Please visit www.veinforum.org for more information and to register. This course is funded by educational grants through the American Venous Forum Foundation. - May 26, 2014 - American Venous Forum