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KLAS Rates 9 Ambulatory EDI Claims Clearinghouse Vendors
KLAS addresses the question of whether an ambulatory EDI claims clearinghouse is simply a commodity, while researching the successes and struggles healthcare providers experienced when working with their clearinghouse service vendors. - June 05, 2008 - KLAS
KLAS Rates Eight Revenue Cycle Management Solutions
KLAS investigates hospital revenue cycle management and the ability of software solutions to keep up with healthcare provider needs. The report addresses perceptions in the marketplace rather than actual performance scores and contains opinions from more than 170 healthcare participants. - June 04, 2008 - KLAS
PMI Announces Its October 2008 Short Course
Porous Materials, Inc. readies for its October Short Course and is now accepting registrations. - June 04, 2008 - Porous Materials, Inc.
Talent Management Accelerated: i4cp Launches Exclusive New Program and Consortium
Exclusive new program for corporations designed to improve talent management initiatives across the enterprise. - May 29, 2008 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Coroners and Genealogists Join Forces in New Show to Tackle Quiet Epidemic of Unclaimed Persons
What happens to people when they die with no next of kin to claim their bodies? RootsTelevision.com, an online channel dedicated to all aspects of genealogy and family history, has launched a new show, Unclaimed Persons, to bring attention to this largely unknown epidemic. Coroners’ offices... - May 28, 2008 - RootsTelevision.com
Bauu Press Begins New Publishing Venture with the Release of Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources
Director of the Bauu Institute and Press, Dr. Peter N. Jones, celebrates the launch and publication of the Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources databank and community resource. - May 27, 2008 - Bauu Institute and Press
Trevigen Releases the First Standardized 3-D Culture Cell Harvesting Kit
Trevigen releases the first standardized kit for isolating cells from 3-D Culture for biochemical analysis. The Cultrex® 3-D Culture Cell Haversting Kit is based on a nonenzymatic approach which prevents biochemical degradation during processing and overcomes the problems associated with extracting cells from BME or Laminin I in 3-D Culture. - May 24, 2008 - Trevigen, Inc.
Bauu Press Publishes Book About Man Solo Hiking Across Weminuche Wilderness Area
Backpacker William Hood published a new book about his adventure solo hiking across the Weminuche Wilderness Area in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado. - May 19, 2008 - Bauu Institute and Press
Which P A C S Vendors Best Address Provider Need
KLAS’ PACS report for large hospitals found a significant range in healthcare provider scoring of their PACS solution. With more than 70 PACS solutions available in the marketplace today, data presented in this report represents the experiences of more than 600 healthcare professionals currently utilizing a PACS vendor. - May 19, 2008 - KLAS
Successful Clinical Implementation Team Building
Healthcare providers share insights with KLAS into how to fill implementation team gaps and build successful teams. They share what worked for them and offer advice on how to improve the process. - May 19, 2008 - KLAS
KLAS Investigates Revenue Cycle Management Solutions
KLAS drills down into hospital revenue cycle management and the ability of software solutions to keep up with healthcare provider needs. The report addresses perceptions in the marketplace rather than actual performance scores and contains opinions from more than 170 healthcare participants. - May 18, 2008 - KLAS
Integrated Service Solutions, Inc. Celebrates 10 Years in Business
Largest independent services provider celebrates ten years of servicing the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device sectors. - May 15, 2008 - Integrated Service Solutions, Inc.
Global Dialysis Care Products and Services Market to Top $69 Billion by 2010: Marketstrat
The world market for end-stage renal disease dialysis devices and services is expected to reach $64.5 billion by the end of 2008, according to a new report titled, “End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Dialysis Devices & Services Worldwide.” - May 12, 2008 - Marketstrat
Agilo for Scrum V.0.6 Released. Improved Sprint Backlog with Dynamic Hierarchy.
The Berlin based agile42 GmbH has released version 0.6 of the Open Source Tool Agilo for Scrum. - May 09, 2008 - agile42
Climate Change and Biofuels to Cause Further Hunger in Africa
International food prices have risen at unprecedented rates, main causes being below-normal harvests, growing cereal demand, and increasing use of crop land for biofuels. And climate change will worsen the situation for many sub-Saharan countries which are poor, already food insecure and with low capacity to adapt or finance food imports. These findings from IIASA's Agriculture Program will be presented by Mahendra Shah on 8th May 2008 at the UN Commission on Sustainable Development in New York. - May 08, 2008 - International Institue for Applied Systems Analysis
Is Digital X-Ray Worth the Effort?
Digital Radiography adoption continues to grow, despite CT and MR technology advances, due to its relatively low cost and frequency of use. KLAS investigates which vendors hit the mark for healthcare providers in this digital x-ray report. - May 05, 2008 - KLAS
Healthcare Providers Demand Feedback About Computed Radiography
Due to provider requests, KLAS investigates single-cassette computed radiography (CR) in this groundbreaking study to uncover the strengths and weaknesses of the marketplace. - May 05, 2008 - KLAS
Canadian Venture Development Company Achieves Key Milestone with Completion of Successful Commercial Pilot Program of Its MPowRx Anti-Snoring Appliance
Calgary based Tech Avenue Ventures Corp. announced today that it has concluded a successful commercial pilot program for its clinically proven MPowRx anti-snoring appliance in association with four dental clinics, in Calgary, Alberta, selected for their demonstrated leadership in adopting... - May 03, 2008 - Tech Avenue Ventures
EU Project CIDRE Starts Its 2nd Phase
After a successful review meeting at the European Commission in Brussels the EU project CIDRE has started the second half of its 18 month lasting project period within the eTEN programme “Deploying Trans-European e-Services for All” with an increased focus on the European authorities. - April 27, 2008 - TimeKontor AG
Dynastrosi Laboratories Announces the Promotion of Gordon Smith to Vice President
Dynastrosi Laboratories, Inc. (DLI) announced the promotion of Gordon Smith to Vice President of Product Design & Engineering. DLI provides engineering and design services for the aerospace, performance automotive, wind energy, and defense industries. The company's primary focus is in advanced composite products. Smith will oversee the design and engineering of all new products for which the company is responsible. - April 26, 2008 - Dynastrosi Laboratories, Inc.
IFIS to Launch New Version of FSTA Direct Database
The International Food Information Service (IFIS) announces the launch of their new online database interface, FSTA Direct v2, for May 2008. FSTA Direct v2 offers an improved way to search the FSTA – Food Science and Technology Abstracts® database. - April 25, 2008 - IFIS
Bauu Institute and Press Releases New Book on Potential Water Wars
Impending global water crisis depicted in debut novel about New Mexico and Texas. - April 23, 2008 - Bauu Institute and Press
MakroCare: Oracle Clinical Implementation
MakroCare announces the completion of Oracle Clinical implementation to strengthen its Clinical Data Management services. This implementation will help the company in creating a faster data management solution, which improves time lines and optimizes the cost of the clinical trial. MakroCare has... - April 23, 2008 - MakroCare
New Study Quantifies Work-from-Home Savings for Earth Day
Analysis of published research, released today, offers hope for Earth Day. The study shows that while less than 4% of the U.S. workforce currently work from home, 40% have jobs that would allow them to telecommute. According to the study, new teleworkers could annually save 625 million barrels of oil, reduce greenhouse gas pollution by 107 million tons of CO2, and save almost $43 billion at the pumps. Each worker would save 26 work-days and over $800, time and money wasted commuting. - April 21, 2008 - Undress4Success.com
i4cp Study Shows HR Pros Sing a Familiar Refrain: Where’s the Talent?
According to HR executives, the hunt for workforce talent is gaining in significance. In a recent study by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), HR professionals said that, while employers are increasingly driven to find and keep the best employees, the pool of high-performing talent is... - April 19, 2008 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
SEPI Engineering Group Inks Deal with Technology Associates
Sepi Asefnia, president of SEPI Engineering Group (www.sepiengineering.com), which provides civil engineering and planning services to private- and public-sector clients across the Southeast, has announced that the firm has signed an agreement with Technology Associates, a full-service technology... - April 17, 2008 - SEPI Engineering Group
HumanCentric Growth Leads to New Headquarters
As a result of recent successes, and the subsequent hiring of new employees, HumanCentric Technologies, Inc. has relocated its headquarters to a new location at 200 MacKenan Drive in Cary, N.C. - April 13, 2008 - HumanCentric
Center for Watershed Protection and UMUC Receive Maryland Distance Learning Association Award
At their annual conference last month, the Maryland Distance Learning Association awarded the creators of Environmental Management 360, "Introduction to Urban Watersheds" with Distance Learning Course of the Year. This recognition reflects the successful collaboration effort between the... - April 09, 2008 - Center for Watershed Protection
i4cp Study Finds, as E-Mail Use Grows, Few Companies Teach Employees How to Communicate
E-mail messages and electronic newsletters rule when it comes to internal communication in organizations today, according to a recent study conducted by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp). Yet, information overload is a major challenge, and the situation is likely to grow worse, with... - April 07, 2008 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Iopt.com Shows the Strategic Power of Data
The strategic value “I Opt” technology is demonstrated using the glass ceiling. - April 04, 2008 - Professional Communications Inc. (dba: iopt.com)
Coensys, Inc Announces Availability of Anylogic 6 Professional Edition
Anylogic™ 6 Professional Edition is now available in USA and Canada. The professional edition brings significant multi-paradigm simulation capabilities in a single tool. Anylogic allows modelers to develop system dynamics, discrete event, and agent based simulations in a single graphical environment. - March 31, 2008 - Coensys Inc.
Trevigen Launches LDEV Free Basement Membrane Extract
Trevigen launches LDVE Free Basement Membrane Extract within its Cultrex® product line of Cell Differentiation and Angiogenesis products. Basement Membrane Extract (BME) can be used for promotion and maintenance of a differentiated phenotype in a variety of cell cultures including primary... - March 29, 2008 - Trevigen, Inc.
RootsTelevision.com Wins Four Telly Awards in Its First Year
RootsTelevision.com, an online channel dedicated to all aspects of genealogy and family history, has been recognized in the 29th Annual Telly Awards for four of its original productions. Selected from more than 14,000 shows were "DNA Stories: A Tale of Two Fathers" (documentary),... - March 28, 2008 - RootsTelevision.com
I2R Clinches Best Contributing Organisation Award in China’s WPAN Standards Development
A*STAR’s Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) has been awarded the “Best Contributing Organisation Award” by the Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN) Working Group of China’s National Information Technology Standardisation (NITS) Technical Committee for significant... - March 28, 2008 - Institute for Infocomm Research
IFIS Launch Flexible Information Service for the Food Industry
Leading food science publisher IFIS (International Food Information Service) has launched a range of services specifically designed to meet the information needs of food corporations in a flexible and cost-effective way. - March 27, 2008 - IFIS
Stay Flexible or Risk Losing Your Professionals
New i4cp Study Says “Flex Work” Boosts Morale, Retention. - March 24, 2008 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
PMI Unveils New Capillary Flow Porometer
While similar to their other Capillary Flow Porometers, this new CapFlow has unique features which their other machines do not have. - March 19, 2008 - Porous Materials, Inc.
Center Completes the Wetlands and Watersheds Article Series with Article 5: "The Next Generation of Stormwater Wetlands"
"The Next Generation of Stormwater Wetlands" is the latest and final release of the six-part Wetlands & Watersheds Article Series from the Center for Watershed Protection. This article provides information about a new generation of stormwater wetlands with improved performance... - March 16, 2008 - Center for Watershed Protection
Who Says Quality Isn’t Rewarded?
i4cp study shows most companies strive for and reward quality improvement. - March 14, 2008 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
The Business Knowledge Gap
i4cp study shows that nearly 30% of corporate participants feel a lack of business acumen among managers has a great impact on organizations. - March 12, 2008 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
KLAS Delivers Report on Labor and Delivery IT Solutions
KLAS’ Labor and Delivery report investigates L&D vendor solutions; which vendors are making the most progress toward integration, what functionality is most important to providers, and how satisfied providers are with current vendor offerings? - March 09, 2008 - KLAS
Center for Watershed Protection Releases Urban Stream Repair Practices for Free Download
The Maryland-based non-profit continues to release its watershed restoration guidance for free to communities nationwide. Urban Stream Repair Practices is the fourth manual of the series to be available for free download. - March 08, 2008 - Center for Watershed Protection
Trevigen Launches Anti-8-oxo-dG Monoclonal Antibody (Clone 2E2)
DNA damage caused by oxidative radicals is associated with aging, inflammation, carcinogenesis, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. When exposed to oxidative radicals, 8-hydroxy-2’-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dG) is formed and can serve as a sensitive indicator of physiological and... - March 06, 2008 - Trevigen, Inc.
KLAS Investigates CPOE Offerings and Technology Leaders
KLAS measured the depth of CPOE adoption in this sixth and most recent study to find out provider satisfaction with the vendor offerings and the depth of usage in this growing area. - February 24, 2008 - KLAS
KLAS’ Ambulatory EMR Perception Report Probes Providers for Market Insights
Providers shared their thoughts and perceptions with KLAS about their near-term plans for EMR purchasing, key criteria for selecting an EMR and which vendors they would consider if making that purchasing decision today. - February 24, 2008 - KLAS
EGS India Releases Product Design Newsletter for February 2008
Articles on Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing, FEA, SolidWorks Tips for AutoCAD users, FEA using Cosmos Works and Tradeshow participation - February 23, 2008 - EGS Computers India Private Limited
Dynastrosi Laboratories Announces New Website Launch
Advanced composites company celebrates launch of new website. - February 23, 2008 - Dynastrosi Laboratories, Inc.
Trevigen Launches High-Throughput PARP/Apoptosis Assays
Trevigen launches High-Throughput PARP/Apoptosis Assays ideal for measuring the activity of PARP in 96-well plates. Cell extracts can be obtained using their newly-developed, higher-throughput procedure before, during and after apoptosis induction. During apoptosis, PARP-1 which catalyzes the NAD... - February 20, 2008 - Trevigen, Inc.
KLAS’ Single Sign-On Study Uncovers Driving Forces in Adoption
KLAS found that Single Sign-On is more of a when than an if technology, even if the only push toward adoption is meeting the requirements of HIPAA, JCAHO and other patient safety initiatives. Most healthcare providers report their vendors perform well. However, with adoption being a matter of time, providers in the process of selecting an SSO solution often wonder what the differences are among vendor offerings, what advice other providers offer when making an SSO decision. - February 18, 2008 - KLAS
Leatt Corporation Releases Un-Audited Financial Statements for FY 2007
Leatt Corporation (Gray Market: LEAT.), a Nevada, USA corporation headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa and the developer of the Leatt-Brace™, a Neck Brace System designed to help prevent potentially devastating motor sport injuries to the cervical spine (neck), today announced that its... - February 07, 2008 - Leatt Corp