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Denty’s Launches Its 14th Dental Clinic in T Nagar, Chennai
Denty’s Dental Care is pleased to announce the opening of 5th dental clinic in Chennai & 14th clinic across PAN India. T Nagar, Chennai, TN on 11th Feb 2015 at 11am. - February 11, 2015 - Denty's
Don J. Schiller, MD, Celebrates 25 Years of Surgical Safety
Don J. Schiller, MD, FACS, one of the Pioneers of the Barnett Continent Intestinal Reservoir (BCIR) Surgery, is proud to announce his achieving 25 years of performing Continent ileostomy surgery with a flawless safety record without any patient mortalities and no malpractice lawsuits. This is a... - February 07, 2015 - Olympia Medical Center
Chi Solutions, Inc. Launches Fourteenth Annual Comprehensive Clinical Laboratory Outreach Survey
Chi Solutions conducts an annual survey of laboratory outreach programs to determine trends, performance, and challenges. - February 06, 2015 - Chi Solutions, Inc., an Accumen company
South Nassau Communities Hospital Nurse Practitioner Named a Healthcare Hero
A Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), Ms. O’Donnell is a primary care provider and preceptor, providing comprehensive health care at South Nassau. - February 01, 2015 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
South Nassau Issues RFP to Demolish Three Main Structures of Former Long Beach Medical Center
The demolition, slated for the spring, includes four hospital-owned properties located near the former medical center’s campus at 405, 416, 420, 426, and 430 East Bay Blvd. - January 30, 2015 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
CFO at South Nassau Communities Hospital Named a Long Island Business News CFO of the Year
As a result of Mr. Bogen’s financial acumen, South Nassau‘s Fitch bond rating was recently upgraded from BBB+ to A-. In addition, without investment income the operating profit for 2013 was approximately $5.7 million. - January 30, 2015 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
ASAlaser: New Challenges for 2015
For the new year, the company aims at strengthening the worldwide diffusion of MLS® Laser Therapy for the treatment of temporo-mandibular disorders and craniofacial pain, at introducing Hilterapia® in the U.S. and at consolidating the presence of the Veterinary line in the European and international markets. Among the other tools for its internationalization strategy, training will have a leading role. - January 27, 2015 - ASA srl
Min-Sheng to Host Two Metabolic Surgery Workshops in March 2015
Professor Wei-Jei Lee of Min-Sheng General Hospital in Taiwan will be conducting two "Must Attend" surgical worshops on Mini-Gastric Bypass and other metabolic procedures in March 2015. - January 25, 2015 - Min-Sheng Hospital
ABMRS to Offer Professional Credential in Magnetic Resonance Safety
The American Board of Magnetic Resonance Safety (ABMRS) has been formed, with its charter being to certify, via formally administered tests, the individuals whose charge it is to ensure the safety of magnetic resonance clinical and research environments. Certification categories will include the positions/titles of Magnetic Resonance Medical Director/Physician (MRMD), Magnetic Resonance Safety Officer (MRSO), and Magnetic Resonance Safety Expert (MRSE). - January 17, 2015 - American Board of MR Safety
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
Regional Parkinson's Symposium to be Held This Month in Southwest Florida
Professors and physicians from Yale, Harvard and the Southeastern Center for Parkinson Disease will gather in Sarasota, Florida, on Jan. 31, 2015 to share the latest findings on Parkinson's disease and its treatment. - January 11, 2015 - Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
Steven S. Sharfstein, M.D., Announces Retirement After 25 Years as Sheppard Pratt Health System President and CEO
Fifth President and CEO of Sheppard Pratt Health System announced intent to retire on July 1, 2016. - January 10, 2015 - Sheppard Pratt Health System
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
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
South Nassau Communities Hospital's MD is More than a Specialist in Pain Management
An anesthesiologist and chief of pain management at South Nassau for more than a quarter-century, Dr. Kirschen runs several interventional pain management clinics on Long Island using traditional and alternative medicine techniques. - December 31, 2014 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
Connecting ACOs, OSCs and Hospital Communities for IHI Triple Aim Goals
Carefluence addresses ACOs, OSCs and Hospital community interoperability to achieve IHI Triple Aim Initiative goals for population health, patient experience and reduced costs. - December 30, 2014 - Carefluence
Knowmedge Launches Internal Medicine Flashcards Platform
Knowmedge announces a new flashcards platform featuring over 4,000 high-yield flashcard questions for Internal Medicine. - December 25, 2014 - Knowmedge
Future Pet Partners Therapy Dog Kai Makes Holiday Debut
Meet Kai, a handsome boy and a future Pet Partners therapy dog. Pet Partners will follow his growth on their Facebook page during his first year as he progresses toward becoming a Pet Partners therapy dog. It is appropriate to begin Kai's story on Christmas Day since his name is Norse for... - December 23, 2014 - Pet Partners
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
ASAlaser 2014: Between Positive Budget and New Projects
Sales growth, encouraging percentages for the installation of their devices, opening new markets for Human and Vet sector: the year that is closing is a solid springboard to dive into a 2015 full of goals to reach. - December 20, 2014 - ASA srl
mumms® Hospice Software Honored as One of New Orleans’ Best Places to Work
mumms Software, a leading provider of hospice and palliative care software and a proud New Orleans company, was honored recently as one of New Orleans CityBusiness’ 2014 Best Places to Work. mumms placed third out of 35 honorees in the small business category, which recognizes outstanding... - December 18, 2014 - mumms Software
mumms® Hospice Software to Host Silver Conference in New Orleans on June 4th and 5th, 2015
Hospice and palliative care providers will learn all about working with Hummingbird, the revolutionary hospice software from mumms® - December 17, 2014 - mumms Software
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
South Nassau Communities Hospital Provides Free CT Scans for Participants of Cancer Screening Study
Participants selected for the study will receive two screening CT scans, done one year apart, free of charge. - December 14, 2014 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Adopted by Carefluence
Comet-IS is pleased to announce that it has adopted HL7’s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) into its Carefluence platform offering. FHIR is the newest standard specification framework for exchanging healthcare information electronically to address healthcare information interoperability between dissimilar computer systems. - December 14, 2014 - Carefluence
mumms® Software’s Built-In Cap Report Tool Helps Hospices Avoid Exceeding Medicare's Cap Limitations
New revisions by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will require hospices to calculate and return hospice cap overpayments within a narrow window beginning this year. Hospices that do not complete this process within the CMS time restrictions will risk suspension of all Medicare... - December 11, 2014 - mumms Software
Promoting Telemedicine in Florida
ABISA, LLC Chief Executive Officer Nick Hernandez is working with state legislators and other healthcare colleagues to increase access to healthcare by means of telemedicine throughout Florida. In November, Hernandez met with Florida state representatives and others in Tallahassee over a two-day... - December 09, 2014 - ABISA
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
South Nassau Communities Hospital's Home Health Care Program Earns Elite Ranking
South Nassau’s Certified Home Health Agency offers short-term, acute care, and long-term home care services. - December 04, 2014 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
Metabolic Medical Institute Hosts Medical Students at Its Live Integrative Medicine Event
The Metabolic Medical Institute (MMI) was pleased to host several local medical students at its Live Integrative and Metabolic Medicine Courses in Miami, FL on October 31, 2014. These courses are part of an Integrative Medicine Graduate Certificate program offered through MMI’s partnership... - November 20, 2014 - Metabolic Medical Institute
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
South Nassau Communities Hospital Receives $29,900 Gift in Support of Cancer Services for Underserved Women
This is the seventh consecutive year that LI2DAY has supported the program for a combined total of $203,400. - November 16, 2014 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
Metabolic Medical Institute Concludes Successful Integrative Medicine Education Event in Miami, FL
Medical professionals from all over the nation gathered at The Fontainebleau Hotel this weekend for The Metabolic Medical Institute’s (MMI) Integrative and Metabolic Medicine Courses. The event offered an invaluable forum for practitioners to network, learn and share the latest studies and... - November 07, 2014 - Metabolic Medical Institute
Sheppard Pratt Health System and Lieber Institute for Brain Development Bring Shared Vision to New Joint Venture Research Entity
New joint venture to translate scientific advances in genetics and brain research into clinical practice. - November 06, 2014 - Sheppard Pratt Health System
Coastal Urgent Care Opens New Facility in Thibodaux
Providing convenient, quality care in a clean family-friendly environment. - November 01, 2014 - Coastal Urgent Care
South Nassau Communities Hospital's Chief Finance Officer Named to Prestigious List of Hospital CFOs to Know
Resources used to develop the list include input from industry experts, research by Becker’s editorial team, and supporting nomination documents. - November 01, 2014 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
Pain Management & Hydrotherapy Pool Now Available in Texarkana
On Monday, HealthCARE Express in Texarkana officially welcomed Mohammed Khan, M.D. (“Dr. Mo”), to their staff. Specializing in interventional pain management, Dr. Mo is able to provide treatments to patients suffering from pain that has only been available in bigger cities like... - October 26, 2014 - HealthCARE Express
ASAlaser at MEDICA 2014: Internationalization, Innovation and Growth
Meeting international distributors, building new partnerships and presenting the entire range of products: these are the main goals of the company on the eve of its 31st participation at the German fair (Düsseldorf, 12-15, November 2014). The exhibition will also be the occasion to give visibility to the new corporate image. - October 26, 2014 - ASA srl
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
Dublin, 8th November 2014: Individual, Free-of-Charge Meetings with the Chief Plastic Surgeon
The chief plastic surgeon from one of the best Polish plastic surgery clinics is visiting Dublin in November 2014. - October 13, 2014 - Nina Manduk MediConsult
Calling All Future Nurses
The Right Solutions is offering three $500 scholarships to high school seniors and college students enrolled in a nursing program. - October 13, 2014 - The Right Solutions
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
South Nassau Communities Hospital's Gamma Knife Treats Brain Metastses in one Session
Despite its name, the Gamma Knife is not an actual knife, but a stereotactic radiosurgery device that has become a well-accepted standard of care for the minimally invasive treatment of inaccessible or inoperable brain abnormalities. - October 11, 2014 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
Senior Nurse Practitioner at South Nassau Awarded Prestigious AANP Fellowship
Established by the AANP in 2000, the Fellows of the AANP (FAANP) impact national and global health and enhance the mission of the AANP by engaging recognized nurse practitioner (NP) leaders who make outstanding contributions to clinical practice, research, education, or policy. - October 09, 2014 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
Medical Director of Ruxton House to Become Medical Director of the Retreat at Sheppard Pratt
Thomas Franklin, M.D., to take the helm of nationally renowned residential psychiatric unit. - October 09, 2014 - Sheppard Pratt Health System
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
Island Medical Management Chooses ActionCue Clinical Intelligence Healthcare Management Software
Island Medical Management has chosen Prista Corporation’s ActionCue® Clinical Intelligence application for use in all of Island Medical facilities nationwide to integrate and standardize their Risk, Quality and Performance Improvement programs. - October 05, 2014 - Prista Corporation
Umran Javaid HAAPIN Founder and Team Climb Ben Nevis
The HAAPIN team climbed Ben Nevis the highest mountain in the UK. They made it to the top and were feeling really great. Umran Javaid said "We love helping people around the world, we will be doing many more activities like this in the future and everyone is welcome to join us." HAAPIN... - October 02, 2014 - HAAPIN Worldwide
Sheppard Pratt Health System Raises Nearly $40,000 with First Sheppard Pratt Stride
First year of annual family-friendly walk surpasses expectations with 350 participants and funds raised to support patients and students. - October 02, 2014 - Sheppard Pratt Health System
Unmatched Faculty Lecturers and Cutting Edge Education Presented This Past Weekend at Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School
Over 100 elite healthcare practitioners from all specialties, both international and domestic, convened at Harvard Medical School’s Joseph B. Martin Conference Center September 20-21, 2014 for the Healthy Aging Therapeutics Symposium. This one-of-a-kind academic event featured the... - September 28, 2014 - Metabolic Medical Institute (MMI)