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Get the latest news about hospitals, physician and dental clinics, psychiatric facilities, nursing homes and home healthcare agencies. News announcements also include information on management of medical laboratories that support healthcare facilities with services, such as blood analysis, pathology, urinalysis, medical x-ray and other diagnostic laboratories.
Technological Advances in MRI Safety
Kopp Development Inc., the world leading manufacturer of ferromagnetic detectors for MRI Safety, is proud to announce the release of a new entryway system; FerrAlert™ HALO II PLUS. This detection system dramatically reduces alarm fatigue by not alarming on the MRI door and ferromagnetic... - January 22, 2015 - Kopp Development Inc.
Hostirian Launches HIPAA Compliant Secured Cold-Row Containment Pods
Hostirian, a St. Louis Hosting and Services company has launched HIPAA Compliant Cold-Row Containment Pods. These pods provide a secured, managed location for customers who must comply with HIPAA and HITECH Act security standards. The pods provide a robust colocation environment maximizing your... - January 20, 2015 - Hostirian Business IT Solutions
South Nassau is a Top Performer in Use of Electronic Medical Records and Patient Safety
MU2 increases health information exchange between providers and promotes patient engagement by giving patients secure online access to their health information. Just 14.6% of hospitals in the U.S. have been able to attest for MU2 certification. - January 17, 2015 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
John Bentley is Now an Authorized Partner Provider of The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™ from Wiley
The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™ is a new facilitation program that helps professionals and their organizations learn how to work better and more effectively on teams, leading to a noticeable improvement in morale, productivity and results. - January 14, 2015 - Power 2 Transform
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System Hires New Chief Operating Officer
Lorrie Liang, a senior healthcare executive from Maryland, has been named Sarasota Memorial Health Care System's new Chief Operating Officer. Currently serving as vice president of the not-for-profit LifeBridge Health System/Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Liang will assume her new leadership role at Sarasota Memorial on Feb. 16, 2015. - January 08, 2015 - Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
Reversing Type 2 Diabetes and Curing Obesity with Naturopathy, Nirvana Naturopathy & Retreat is Using Natural Therapies to Keep Its Customers Healthy
Chronic disease like diabetes is becoming more prevalent, incurable and lifelong diseases. But Nirvana Naturopathy & Retreat is using healthy diet and naturopathic treatments like hydrotherapy, mud therapy and yoga to control blood sugar levels, so with patient blood sugar levels under control they can live a totally normal life. Nirvana Naturopathy & Retreat believe naturopathy treatments for diabetes is a major breakthrough and relief for those patients who are looking for alternate medicines. - January 07, 2015 - Nirvana Naturopathy & Retreat
PromptMed Urgent Care Opens in Waukegan, Illinois
PromptMed Urgent Care opens in Waukegan, IL located in the Grandview Court Shopping Center at 724 N. Green Bay Road, at the intersection of Grand Avenue near the town of Gurnee. - January 07, 2015 - PromptMed Urgent Care
"Strengthening The Hospital Infrastructure," '13, Ebook Published by Amazon Digital Services, Authored by Dr Joseph S Maresca
"Strengthening The Hospital Infrastructure" is an ebook about utilizing Information Technologies to operate hospitals and health care facilities with an optimal outreach into communities.The ebook utilizes accounting, organizational development techniques and advanced systems like artificial intelligence (AI) in the medical sciences. - January 06, 2015 - Dr Joseph S Maresca
Leading Theory of Constraints Experts Focus on Business, Industry, Government and Healthcare at the TOCICO Intensive How-to Labs Conference from February 9-12, 2015
The Theory of Constrains International Certification Organization (TOCICO) announces that a cadre of world leaders in the Theory of Constraints (TOC) will be facilitating Intensive How-To Labs focusing on business and industry as well as personal and organizational change. - January 05, 2015 - TOCICO
Joint Commission Names South Nassau Communities Hospital a “Top Performer on Key Quality Measures®”
South Nassau is one of 1,224 hospitals in the U.S. to earn the distinction of Top Performer on Key Quality Measures. The ratings are based on an aggregation of accountability measures data reported to The Joint Commission during 2013. - December 21, 2014 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
YES! Launches Gonna BEAT This Thing to Bring Awareness to Advanced Cancer
Local Stage IV Melanoma Survivor, Melissa Hadley, Featured in “Gonna BEAT This Thing” Awareness Campaign Video to Inspire Those Living with Terminal Cancer - December 18, 2014 - Say YES to Hope
Urgent Care X-Ray Image Database is First of Its Kind
The Institute of Urgent Care Medicine has partnered with Teleradiology Specialists to produce the only comprehensive online database of urgent care X-ray images. - December 17, 2014 - The Institute of Urgent Care Medicine
Chi Solutions, Inc. and Mount Carmel Health System Announce Partnership to Provide Comprehensive Laboratory Outreach Services
Chi Solutions, Inc. & Mount Carmel Health System have partnered to offer a highly-competitive clinical laboratory service to market-at-large physicians. - December 17, 2014 - Chi Solutions, Inc., an Accumen company
Baptist Health to Start Providing Patients with Upfront Estimates
Baptist Health selected PMMC, a leading provider of revenue cycle management solutions, for its estimation solution that will create accurate estimates for their patients with an upfront summary of their financial responsibility. Baptist Health is the leading healthcare provider in central Alabama... - December 15, 2014 - PMMC
Catherine M. Chastain Recognized By Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Catherine M. Chastain of Helotes, Texas has been included in the Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the medical field. About Catherine M. Chastain Ms. Chastain has almost 30 years experience in healthcare. She is a Family... - December 05, 2014 - Strathmore Worldwide
Donna Stelly Recognized by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Donna Stelly of Arnaudville, Louisiana has been included in the Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of healthcare. About Donna Stelly Ms. Stelly has over 15 years experience in the healthcare field. She is the HR... - December 05, 2014 - Strathmore Worldwide
South Nassau Communities Hospital Honors Assemblyman, Cardiologist
Mr. and Mrs. Weisenberg were the Carnation Ball’s co-honorees and Dr. Kramer was the recipient of South Nassau’s prestigious Mary Pearson Award. - December 05, 2014 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Only Hospital in Pennsylvania to be Awarded Coveted 2014 Leapfrog Top Hospital Distinction
Recognition Highlights the Nation’s Premier Hospitals for Safety and Quality - December 04, 2014 - St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Block Imaging Introduces Service Window
Service Window is a one-stop online hub for diagnostic imaging equipment owners to track all of their system’s upkeep. Digital copies of field service reports, real time case notes, equipment uptime tracking, and a service representative message board are a few of the features Service Window will offer to increase communication with imaging facilities and simplify access to important details of equipment service coverage. - December 03, 2014 - Block Imaging
"Status Quo" May Cost Bergen County / NJ Residents on Medicare More Out of Their Pocket for 2015
PAAD - Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled Income limit: less than $26,130 (single), less than $32,037 (married); Senior Gold - Income limit: between $26,130 and $36,130 (single), between $32,037 and $42,037 (married); Patient Assistance Program Eligibility Criteria and Medicare Part D http://www.rxassist.org/docx/medicare-and-paps - November 28, 2014 - Absolute Insurance Management, LLC
St. Christopher’s Physician Receives 2014 APA Miller-Sarkin Mentoring Award and Co-Leads Multi-Center Collaborative
Nancy Spector, MD, ambulatory pediatric attending physician and pediatric residency program director at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and professor of pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine, has been awarded the Miller-Sarkin Mentoring Award by the Academic Pediatric... - November 26, 2014 - St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Laurel A. Dolejs Recognized by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Laurel A. Dolejs of Bedford, Ohio has been included in the Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of healthcare. About Laurel A. Dolejs Ms. Dolejs has over 30 years experience in the healthcare field. She is currently... - November 25, 2014 - Strathmore Worldwide
Charles Stiefel Named Vice Chair of Duke Medicine Board of Visitors
Victor Dzau, M.D., Chancellor of the Duke University Health System, appointed Charles Stiefel as Vice Chair of the Board of Visitors and member of the 3-person Executive Committee. The Board of Visitors assists the chancellor for health affairs, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, and the... - November 23, 2014 - Charles Stiefel Philanthropy
Flagler Hospital and BayView Healthcare Collaborate for Better Patient Care
Use of Avancen MOD Corporation’s Innovative “Medication on Demand” Device Allows Hospital and Skilled Nursing Facility to Collaborate to Improve Patient Pain Management. - November 19, 2014 - Avancen MOD Corporation
Park Place International Named a 2014 Top Place to Work by The Boston Globe
Park Place International (PPI), a provider of technology solutions for the MEDITECH Healthcare Information System (HCIS) and the healthcare enterprise, is proud to announce their recognition on the Boston Globe’s annual list of Top Places to Work. This honor recognizes PPI for creating a... - November 14, 2014 - CloudWave
Boston Area Firm Selected as One of 20 Most Promising Healthcare Consulting Firms
Recon Strategy makes it to CIO Review’s top Healthcare Consulting Providers list for its health care strategy services. The firm has its headquarters in Kendall square, Cambridge. - November 13, 2014 - Recon Strategy
Eminent Spine Releases Updated King Cobra® and Copperhead® White Paper
Eminent Spine has released an updated white paper by Dr. Stephen Courtney. The study validates the extensive research and development by Eminent Spine providing safe and effective spinal products. The study of 180 patients and 196 plates and 1,320 cervical screws and 679 PEEK cervical cages,... - November 12, 2014 - Eminent Spine
Eminent Spine Black Diamondback Rattlesnake™ Successfully Implanted
Eminent Spine is proud to announce that spinal surgeon Dr. Stephen Courtney in Plano, TX performed the company’s first lateral lumbar plate surgery - the “Black Diamond Rattlesnake™.” The surgery was performed on October 27, 2014. Dr. Courtney has successfully implanted the... - November 12, 2014 - Eminent Spine
Strathmore’s Who’s Who Honors Glenn Ekblad as Professional of the Year
Glenn Ekblad, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, has recently been recognized as a Professional of the Year by Strathmore’s Who’s Who for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of Preventative Medicine. - November 12, 2014 - Strathmore Who's Who
Microsoft ERP Reseller InterDyn BMI Announces New Development in Kronos Relationship
Leading Microsoft Dynamics reseller InterDyn BMI announced a new development in its relationship with Kronos Incorporated. InterDyn BMI now provides customers of both Kronos and InterDyn BMI with modules offering two-way integration between Microsoft Dynamics ERP applications and the Kronos... - November 11, 2014 - InterDyn BMI, A Columbus Company
Amazing Spaces® Storage Centers and Area Residents Raise Over $5,000 to Support Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston
Amazing Spaces Storage Centers and Houston area communities have joined forces in helping raising money for the Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston by participating in the Texas Self Storage Association's "Starfish: Make a Difference" campaign". This year, Amazing Spaces and the community raised more money than ever before - donating a total of over $5,000! - November 08, 2014 - Amazing Spaces Storage Centers
Charles E. Cox Has Recently Been Recognized by America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals
Charles E. Cox, of Tampa, Florida, has recently been recognized as the Bio of the Month for April 2015 in America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of Surgical Oncology. - November 08, 2014 - America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals
Tusk Enterprises Launches Primary Care Division
Tusk Enterprises and its Rhino Medical Services and Hospitalists Plus companies serve more than 1,000 health care businesses, including some of the nation’s busiest hospitals. Rhino’s new primary care division focuses on placements of primary care physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. - November 07, 2014 - Tusk Enterprises
VoiceOver® Solution is the VA’s Choice for Speech Enabled Pathology Reporting
Voicebrook addresses pathologist needs in a unique and complex reporting environment. - November 05, 2014 - Voicebrook, Inc.
The TOCICO Focuses on Breakthrough Solutions in the Healthcare Industry in Its Upcoming 2 and 4 Day Intensive How-to Lab Series
The TOCICO is pleased to announce that Alex Knight, a world Leader in applications of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) in the Healthcare Industry will facilitate an Intensive 2 Day How-To Lab in Scottsdale, Arizona in February, 2015. Alex has helped healthcare professionals and organizations worldwide find breakthrough solutions to many of the most vexing problems in the healthcare industry. - November 01, 2014 - TOCICO
I-Assist Guided Verilast Knee Replacement - Knee Replacement That Lasts for 30 Years
The I-Assist tool allows the full survivorship potential of the Verilast CR Oxinium™ knee to be harnessed in primary and difficult cases. Young patients can return to their normal lives without the fear of a redo or revision surgery later on in their lives. - November 01, 2014 - Knee India
Bruce H. Levin, Has Been Named Man Professional of the Year 2014 by America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals
For his achievements and accomplishments in the field of Pain Medicine, Dr. Bruce H. Levin has been named Professional of the Year 2014. - October 31, 2014 - America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals
South Nassau Communities Hospital Closes Acquisition of LBMC Assets
The APA closing took place shortly after a Letter of Understanding (LOU) with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was executed.The APA closing took place shortly after a Letter of Understanding (LOU) with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was executed. - October 23, 2014 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
Sphere3 Partners with Rauland - Responder Integration Improves Collaborative Communication Among Care Team, Patients
Rauland-Borg is a respected leader in the design, communication, workflow and life-safety solutions for hospitals. Rauland is the largest national vendor of nurse call systems. The Rauland-Borg relationship opens a national landscape for Sphere3. The integration with Sphere3 allows for improved response to patient needs and patient safety, while in the hospital. Sphere3 has an ever expanding presence regionally, with key locations in Kansas City, Lawrence, Virginia, and Denver. - October 22, 2014 - Sphere3
Hoag Health Center - Huntington Beach Becomes City’s First LEED Silver Certified Health Care Building
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is proud to announce that the Hoag Health Center - Huntington Beach is the first health care building in the city to receive LEED silver certification, a designation that identifies the health center as a leading example of sustainable design. LEED, which stands... - October 16, 2014 - Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Chi Solutions, Inc. and Viewics, Inc. Partner to Provide Chi IQ™ By Viewics – A Comprehensive Laboratory Benchmarking Solution
Chi IQ™ By Viewics is a web-based benchmarking solution designed for hospital and independent laboratories which provides accessible, accurate, and actionable intelligence to improve cost and productivity, outreach, quality, utilization and service performance. - October 12, 2014 - Chi Solutions, Inc., an Accumen company
AABC-The American Association of Bariatric Counselors Receives Accreditation
AABC, Providers of Bariatric Education and Certification for Licensed/Certified Health & Education Professionals, Receives Accreditation from The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. - October 08, 2014 - American Association of Bariatric Counselors
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Selects PMMC ESTIMATOR PRO to Better Serve Patients
PMMC, a leading provider of healthcare revenue cycle solutions, was selected by Lake Charles Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, LA to generate accurate estimates for their patients based on visibility into existing payer and patient contracts. - October 08, 2014 - PMMC
Pharma Compliance Group, LLC Launches LongitudeRX, a Premier Prescription Analysis Software
Pharma Compliance Group LLC announces the launch of its proprietary prescription analysis software LongitudeRx. LongitudeRx assists pharmacies, distributors and manufacturers in the analysis of their controlled substance distribution, inventory and dispensing. - October 01, 2014 - Pharma Compliance Group, LLC
Voicebrook Announces Participation at 2014 Southeast Chairs and Administrators Conference
Company to demonstrate how its solutions address pathologist needs in a complex academic reporting environment. - September 26, 2014 - Voicebrook, Inc.
PerformanceScrubs.com Announces Partnership with the Tennessee Nurses Association
PerformanceScrubs.com, a Performance HealthCare Products company, today announced a partnership with the Tennessee Nurses Association (TNA) to offer their members discounts and to aid in fundraising for their organization. Through this cooperative effort, the Tennessee Nurses Association will work... - September 25, 2014 - Performance Healthcare Products
Park Place International Achieves SSAE 16 Standards Certification for OpSus Cloud Services
Rigorous third-party review underscores Park Place International’s commitment to providing the highest levels of security and operational controls to OpSus Cloud Services customers. - September 22, 2014 - CloudWave
High-Energy Gourmet Lunch Served to Hospital Marketers at SHSMD 2014
Baldwin Publishing sponsors the networking lunch at SHSMD 2014, serving gourmet dishes from the award-winning Health eCooking® recipe collection. - September 18, 2014 - Baldwin Publishing
Mazree Adds ROi to Its Network Aimed at Improving Supplier Communication in Healthcare
ROi (Resource Optimization & Innovation), widely considered one of the most advanced and integrated provider-owned supply chain organizations in health care, has joined Mazree (www.mazree.com) to enhance collaboration and communication with their suppliers. - September 15, 2014 - Mazree
InterDyn BMI Wins Two Microsoft “Partner of the Year Awards”
InterDyn BMI has won the Microsoft FY14 U.S. ERP SMB Customer Adds Partner of the Year and the FY14 Microsoft Dynamics GP U.S. New License Partner of the Year Awards. The Company was honored among top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in selling sales of customer-focused solutions... - September 12, 2014 - InterDyn BMI, A Columbus Company