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Version 18 of Medisoft Medical Billing Software Now Available

Medisoft V18 popular medical practice management software for medical billing services and physicians, is now available says Harry Selent, President of www.MedicalBillingSoftware.com. He announced today the public availability of the new medical practice management software program version. - November 20, 2012 - MedicalBillingSoftware.com

Practice Velocity® Celebrates 10-Years of Serving Urgent Care Clinics

Practice Velocity Medical Software celebrating 10th Anniversary serving Urgent Care Clinics. - November 15, 2012 - Practice Velocity

People's Choice Hospital Announces Expansion of Consulting Services

The People’s Choice Hospital group recently announced a nationwide expansion of their healthcare information technology (HIT) consulting services. The goal of such an expansion is to provide hospital clients with time-sensitive Meaningful Use and EHR Certification guidance. As reimbursement... - November 07, 2012 - People's Choice Hospital

PIH Health Announces New Board of Directors Officers

PIH Health announced its Fiscal Year 2012-13 Board of Directors on Monday, October 1, 2012. The Board of Directors includes physicians and business and community leaders who meet each month to help guide the policies of PIH Health. The corporate PIH Health Board of Directors remains the same and... - October 31, 2012 - PIH Health

Innovation Direct™ to Target Manufacturers on Behalf of Overstreet Medical Glove Invention

An innovative new product designed to provide vital protection to health care professionals, the Overstreet Medical Glove, has been developed by Sonya Overstreet of Robbins, Illinois. The invention’s unique design insures that the user is thoroughly protected from contact with a... - October 28, 2012 - Innovation Direct, Inc.

Sensiotec Demos a Star Trek Tricorder Vital Signs Monitor

Sensiotec presents the Virtual Medical Assistant, the world's First Totally Contact-Free Cardiorespiratory Monitor to the 2012 Partners HealthCare Connected Health Symposium - October 27, 2012 - Sensiotec

Best in the Bay Veterinary Hospital Adds Talented New Veterinarian to Team

Renowned local veterinary hospital Bishop Ranch Veterinary Center & Urgent Care hires talented and experienced new doctor, Megan Armor, DVM, to large team of exemplary veterinarians. Dr. Armor brings her talent for treating ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, and other small mammals and pets to the team. - October 25, 2012 - Bishop Ranch Veterinary Center & Urgent Care

Sarasota Memorial Hospital Listed Among “America’s 100 Best Hospitals” for Stroke Care by HealthGrades & Awarded 5-Stars in Multiple Specialties

Sarasota Memorial Hospital was ranked among America’s top 100 hospitals for stroke care – also earning HealthGrades’ 5-star ratings in the treatment of stroke, heart attack, spine surgery and more than a dozen other specialties. The recognition is part of new findings released today in American Hospital Quality Outcomes 2013 national study, which finds patients treated at hospitals receiving 5 Stars for stroke care have a 75% lower risk of dying. - October 25, 2012 - Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

Practice Velocity Now Serving Customers in All 50 States

With the addition of Black Hills Urgent Care (BHUC) in Rapid City, South Dakota, Practice Velocity, LLC is now serving customers in all fifty states. Over 800 clinics currently utilize Practice Velocity’s software systems to keep their urgent cares running smoothly and efficiently across the... - October 24, 2012 - Practice Velocity

Intermedia Touch Creates State-of-the-Art Video Wall for Miami Children’s Hospital

This custom designed video wall allows doctors to conference with other healthcare professionals from around the world through pinpoint geo-targeting. It also provides a platform for social media tweets and posts, displays CNN news feeds, & provides relevant weather updates. - October 24, 2012 - Intermedia Touch

Cen-Med Enterprises Celebrates 20 Years in Business

Cen-Med is celebrating 20 years in the healthcare distribution and services business this year, at their national headquarters located in New Brunswick, NJ. - October 22, 2012 - Cen-Med Enterprises

Amazing Spaces® Storage Center Area Residents Donate Funds to Support Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston, Partner with Texas Self Storage Association

Leader in self storage, Amazing Spaces Storage Centers®, raises money from customers, associates, friends, and family members to benefit the Shriners Hospitals for Children, a world-class hospital system that saves and improves the lives of children regardless of their family's ability to pay. Houston local communities rose to the challenge to donate. - October 22, 2012 - Amazing Spaces Storage Centers

Bahamas Medical Center Opens in Nassau, Bahamas International Patient Center Aims to Provide Affordable Health Care to Serve Growing North American Medical Tourism Market

The Bahamas Medical Center, a newly opened, full-service hospital, aims to meet this growing need by catering to the unique needs of its international patients by providing the high-quality health care services of world-renowned specialists. - October 21, 2012 - Bahamas Medical Center

Captiva Spine’s TowerLOX™ Minimally Invasive Pedicle Screw System Receives Clearance from FDA

Captiva Spine, Inc., a medical device organization dedicated to developing and distributing spinal technologies (in the U.S. and globally), today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug administration (FDA) to market the TowerLOX™ Minimally Invasive Lumbar Surgery System. - October 18, 2012 - Captiva Spine, Inc

HyGreen Examines the Role of Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Associated Infections

Proper hand hygiene is the single most important evidence based practice to help reduce the incidence of healthcare-acquired infections yet there is a lack of proper hand hygiene before patient contact in a majority of health care facilities. - October 18, 2012 - HyGreen, Inc.

EndoSoft Exhibits Meaningful Use Certified Software Solutions Live at ACG Annual Meeting

EndoSoft Exhibits Meaningful Use Software at the ACG Annual Meeting on October 21st -23rd in Las Vegas, Nevada - October 18, 2012 - EndoSoft

HyGreen to Demonstrate Its Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring System at IDWeek, October 17-21, 2012

HyGreen, Inc. announced today that it will showcase its electronic hand hygiene monitoring system, HyGreen®, at IDWeek to be held October 17 – 21 in San Diego, CA. - October 17, 2012 - HyGreen, Inc.

VersaSuite Receives CCHIT Clinical Research Certification

VersaSuite 8.0 is the first ever product to receive CCHIT’s add-on Clinical Research Certification. - October 16, 2012 - VersaSuite

New Jersey Law Firm Assists Victims During Fungal Meningitis Outbreak From Tainted Epidural Steroid Injections

New Jersey personal injury lawyer Scott Grossman is currently investigating the current Fungal Meningitis outbreak in New Jersey and in several other states and is making himself available to victims for consultation. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that... - October 15, 2012 - The Grossman Law Firm, LLC

Linda Ann Myers, M.D. Recognized by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

Linda Ann Myers, M.D., of Washington, DC has been included in the Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of healthcare. About Linda Ann Myers Dr. Myers has over 20 years experience in the healthcare field. She is an... - October 11, 2012 - Strathmore Worldwide

Emergency Blood Drive to be Held by South Nassau Communities Hospital

Much of today's medical care depends on a steady supply of blood from healthy donors. - October 11, 2012 - Mount Sinai South Nassau

AcuteCare Telemedicine Partner Taylor Regional Hospital Embraces Technology for Better Care Standard

AcuteCare Telemedicine (ACT) partner Taylor Regional Hospital in Hawkinsville, GA is on the cutting edge of revolutionizing healthcare in underserved areas in rural parts of the Southeastern US. Lacking the fiscal and logistical resources to implement the comprehensive services found at larger... - October 06, 2012 - AcuteCare Telemedicine

VersaSuite Attains CCHIT Enterprise Certification

VersaSuite 8.0 is the only single product to earn the advanced level Enterprise Certification after achieving the prerequisite Inpatient, Ambulatory and Emergency Department Certifications. - October 03, 2012 - VersaSuite

VersaSuite Receives CCHIT Emergency Department Certification

VersaSuite 8.0 achieves more 2011 CCHIT certifications than any other Hospital Information System (HIS) or Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution. - October 02, 2012 - VersaSuite

SIMUL8 Corporation to Develop Landmark Lean Healthcare Product

SIMUL8 will work with healthcare organizations in the US and UK to develop a healthcare improvement product that puts the power of simulation and lean into the hands of nurses to improve patient care. - September 30, 2012 - SIMUL8 Corporation

Walden Behavioral Care Expands Worcester Clinic

Will Showcase Expansion at Open House - September 30, 2012 - Walden Behavioral Care

CEO's 40 Years of Leadership to be Celebrated by South Nassau Communities Hospital

Proceeds from the 2012 Carnation Ball will benefit The Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center at South Nassau Communities Hospital. It is a recipient of honors, including the ACS Commission on Cancer’s Outstanding Achievement Award. - September 29, 2012 - Mount Sinai South Nassau

5K Run/Walk & Multi-Cultural Health Fair at South Nassau Communities Hospital is Healthy Way to Start the Day

This year’s event is highlighted by a first ever US Coast Guard display and demonstration on boating safety as well as the return of live entertainment featuring local and regional singing and dancing groups. - September 22, 2012 - Mount Sinai South Nassau

Virtua, Phoenixville Among the Latest Cancer Centers to Implement Polaris’s Oncology Distress Management System

Virtua Fox Chase Cancer Program and The Cancer Center at Phoenixville Hospital are now using Polaris Oncology to help assess for and manage the psychosocial distress of their cancer patients. - September 22, 2012 - Polaris Health Directions

US News & World Report Awards High Ranking to South Nassau Communities Hospital

The U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals ranking is one of many honors that South Nassau has received within the past year. - September 22, 2012 - Mount Sinai South Nassau

MD Now Urgent Care is Expanding and Now Opening in Deerfield Beach, Florida

MD Now Urgent Care is opening in Deerfield Beach located at the west end of the Deerfield Mall at 4036 W Hillsboro Blvd, on Hillsboro Boulevard just west of Powerline Road on Friday, September 21st 2012. - September 21, 2012 - MD Now Urgent Care

NewProductHelp.com Authors Impressive Online Presentation for Ostomy Designs Invention

Angela D., Texas resident and inventor, recently contracted South Florida invention assistance leader NewProductHelp.com to create a dynamic online presentation for her Ostomy Designs invention. A simple yet eye catching new twist on a commonly used medical accessory, the Ostomy Designs features a... - September 21, 2012 - New Product Help, Inc.

Professional Staffing Group, LLC Wins American Staffing Association National Communications Award

Professional Staffing Group, LLC, headquartered in Jackson, MS, won the Excellence Award - Company Newsletter category in the 2012 American Staffing Association VOICE Awards competition. This national annual awards program recognizes the best ASA member communications campaigns in 16 categories,... - September 19, 2012 - Professional Staffing Group, LLC

South Nassau Communities Hospital Selects New Radiology Services Partner

Radisphere will collaborate with South Nassau’s medical staff to provide timely and accurate diagnoses. Radisphere’s radiologists are board certified, located in the United States and have either academic or fellowship experience. - September 19, 2012 - Mount Sinai South Nassau

New Pilot Program Delivers Valuable Training That Improves Patient Focused Care, Disease Prevention and Wellness

The National Institute of Whole Health (NIWH), a provider of nationally accredited Whole Health Education® professional development programs and continuing education courses for nurses and credentialed health care professionals, has partnered with Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, a member of Partners HealthCare, in a 12 month Whole Health educational pilot program with Spaulding nurses from across their 6 facility multi-level network. - September 16, 2012 - National Institute of Whole Health

Magnatek is Participating in IFSO 2012 in New Delhi

Magnatek Enterprises is participating in IFSO 2012. International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity & Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) 2012 being held at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi, India on September 11-15, 2012. The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders... - September 09, 2012 - Magnatek Enterprises

ALPCO Adds an FDA Registered ELISA for West Nile Virus

ALPCO announces the addition of two FDA Registered ELISAs for the measurement of West Nile Virus. - September 05, 2012 - ALPCO

Patient First Has Earned Urgent Care Center Accreditation for Its Two New Clinic Locations

Urgent Care Center Accreditation ensures the provision of quality healthcare and the principles of professionalism. - September 01, 2012 - American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine

MUMC to Participate in National Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Clinical Trial

Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) is participating in a clinical trial that may redefine the surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis. The study focuses on a new concept in spine surgery called facet joint replacement. The clinical trial is evaluating the safety and effectiveness of an investigational device called the ACADIA Facet Replacement System. MUMC is the only hospital in Georgia and one of only 30 in the U.S. participating in this clinical trial. - August 22, 2012 - Memorial Health

New York Foundling Hospital Awards Security Contract to POM Technologies

Healthcare Security Specialist to Deliver Integrated Security System - August 22, 2012 - POM Technologies

Funds Raised Donated to Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care – Catherine McAuley MERCY Foundation Haiti Relief Effort

Practice Velocity clients have donated a total of $11,000 during two events hosted by Dr. David Stern at the 2012 Urgent Care Association of America Spring Conference in Las Vegas, NV to be donated to the Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care – Catherine McAuley MERCY Foundation Haiti Relief Effort. - August 21, 2012 - Practice Velocity

Eye Doctor at South Nassau Communities Hospital Named to Prestigious Guide of Top Ophthalmologists

Consumers’ Research Council of America is an independent research company based in Washington, DC, that evaluates professional services throughout America. - August 19, 2012 - Mount Sinai South Nassau

Market Introduction of New ICD-10-CM/PCS TurboCoder for Medical Coders

EIS released new ICD-10-CM/PCS TurboCoder for Medical Coders and HIMs. The new ICD-10-CM/PCS TurboCoder is a fast and easy-to-use productivity tool with powerful search capability that gives Coders the information they need fast and accurately. - August 18, 2012 - Eurofield Information Solutions LLC

Physicians Immediate Care LLC Selects Practice Velocity® as Its Provider of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Practice Management Software

Physicians Immediate Care LLC has selected Practice Velocity’s Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Practice Management software systems for the 20 urgent care clinics it manages that operate under the trade name “Physicians Immediate Care.” The announcement of the selection of... - August 08, 2012 - Practice Velocity

Compass Health Systems Unveils New Interviews and Presentation Video

Compass Health Systems was created by Healthcare Professionals for Healthcare Professionals. Call them today. - August 03, 2012 - Compass Health Systems, LLC

A Nationwide Study Conducted by Catalyst Healthcare Research Finds Innovative Ways for Physician Practices to Improve the Patient Experience

A national study conducted by Catalyst Healthcare Research finds 10 innovative ways to improve the patient experience in the doctor’s office. - August 01, 2012 - Catalyst Healthcare Research

Medicare Study: Sarasota Memorial Hospital (Sarasota, Fla.) Listed Among Nation’s Top Two Hospitals for Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Pneumonia Care

Newly-released data from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted on the government’s Hospital Compare website this month reveals mortality and re-admission rates for more than 4,600 hospitals nationwide. Sarasota Memorial Hospital was one of just two hospitals singled out for demonstrating the lowest (best) readmission rates in the nation for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia patients. - July 29, 2012 - Sarasota Memorial Health Care System