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University of Miami Hospital selects ADP solution for human capital management

ADP, a leading provider of human resources, payroll and benefits administration services, today announced that the University of Miami Hospital, the flagship hospital of UHealth – University of Miami Health System, has selected an integrated, outsourced solution from ADP to more efficiently manage the majority of its critical human capital management needs.

2 Apr 2011

CCC collaborates with Accenture to help students be successful in job pursuits

The City Colleges of Chicago, the largest community college system in the state of Illinois and one of the largest in the nation has joined forces with Accenture, a global management consulting, technology and outsourcing company, to ensure students are "job ready" when they graduate.

2 Apr 2011

NeoStem revenues increase 13% for the year ended December 31, 2010

NeoStem, Inc., an international biopharmaceutical company with operations in the U.S. and China, is today providing unaudited results for 2010 and an update of recent activities.

2 Apr 2011

Scientists celebrate successful start up of pioneering EMMA accelerator

A brand new technology that promises a range of applications from treating cancer to powering safer nuclear reactors has reached another world first in its development. This milestone was confirmed yesterday, 31 March 2011, at the Science and Technology Facilities Council's Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire.

2 Apr 2011

South Los Angeles celebrates opening of new Kaiser Permanente medical facility

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa joined other local community leaders including Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, and Los Angeles City Councilmembers Bernard C. Parks and Jan Perry to celebrate the opening of the Kaiser Permanente South Los Angeles Medical Offices.

2 Apr 2011

Encouraging early data from HCV vaccine phase I trial presented at International Liver Congress

Early data from phase I trials of an HCV vaccine presented today at the International Liver CongressTM show encouraging results, with high immunogenicity and good safety profile.

2 Apr 2011

Champions enters exclusive license agreement with BCCA for Irinophore C

Champions Biotechnology, Inc. announced today that it has exercised an option to license Irinophore C, a liposomal formulation of Irinotecan, from the BC Cancer Agency in British Columbia, Canada.

2 Apr 2011

Lindt USA announces winners of 2011 Lindt Unsung Heroes of Autism

To help kick off National Autism Awareness Month, premium Swiss chocolatier, Lindt USA announces today the 2011 Lindt Unsung Heroes of Autism honorees: Kerri Duncan of Springfield, Mo., Connie Erbert of Wichita, Kan., and Bonnie Gillman of Tustin, Calif.

2 Apr 2011

Minnesota medical spending reached $17.4 billion in 2010

Health costs per person in Minnesota rose only 2.6 percent in 2010, about half the national average. Key factors in controlling costs were innovations by Minnesota's health plans – for example, more effective management of care for those with chronic diseases – and reduced demand for health care in a slow economy.

2 Apr 2011

Select Data achieves task of creating SmartScribe EMR product

Select Data has achieved the task of creating a true electronic medical record that not only meets the meaningful use guidelines set forth by the Affordable Care Act while exceeding those requirements through the use of a paperless chart. The combination of the two creates the only solution in the home health industry to make an office truly paperless with all charting and documentation.

1 Apr 2011

ACADIA extends collaboration agreement with Allergan for drug discovery platform

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company utilizing innovative technology to fuel drug discovery and clinical development of novel treatments for central nervous system disorders, today announced that it has extended its drug discovery and development collaboration with Allergan, Inc.

1 Apr 2011

3M announces acquisition of Zargis Medical assets

3M announced today it has acquired certain assets of Zargis Medical Corp., maker of the only FDA-approved diagnostic software to classify suspected systolic and diastolic heart murmurs.

1 Apr 2011

HLS receives state permission to build new rehabilitation hospital in Ocala, Florida

HealthSouth Corporation today announced that it has received permission from the state to proceed with building a comprehensive physical rehabilitation hospital in Ocala, Fla.

1 Apr 2011

VA to deploy Open Source version of VistA

The Department of Veterans Affairs today released a draft Request for Proposal aimed at forming an Open Source community around its ground-breaking VistA (Veterans Integrated System Technology Architecture) electronic health record system.

1 Apr 2011

UHS acquires Emergent Group and PRI Medical

Universal Hospital Services, Inc., a leading provider of medical equipment management and service solutions, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Emergent Group Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, PRI Medical Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of mobile medical lasers and surgical equipment.

1 Apr 2011

eGlobalTech receives HRSA contract to support enterprise-wide Call Center Study

eGlobalTech announced today that it has been awarded a prime contract with the Health Resources and Services Administration to support an enterprise-wide Call Center Study.

1 Apr 2011

FDA approves Medtronic's InterStim Therapy to improve bowel control

Medtronic, Inc. today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of InterStim Therapy for Bowel Control. InterStim Therapy, previously available to treat the symptoms of overactive bladder and non-obstructive urinary retention, is now also approved for the treatment of chronic fecal incontinence in patients who have failed or are not candidates for more conservative treatments.

1 Apr 2011

CPRIT awards $12.6M grant to Gulf Coast Consortia to develop new cancer treatments

The Gulf Coast Consortia has been awarded a grant of more than $12.6 million from the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas to launch a collaborative program that brings together researchers with the common purpose of developing new cancer treatments.

1 Apr 2011

AngioScore launches AngioSculpt PTA Scoring Balloon Catheters for treatment of PAD

AngioScore, Inc., a developer of novel angioplasty catheters for use in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, today announced the launch of new, longer AngioSculpt PTA Scoring Balloon Catheters for the treatment of peripheral artery disease.

1 Apr 2011

Zynx Health responds to proposed regulations issued by CMS

Zynx Health, the market leader in providing evidence-based and experience-based clinical decision support solutions, today announced its response to the proposed regulations governing Accountable Care Organizations issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

1 Apr 2011