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First national centralized application service for students applying to RN programs launched

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) announces the launch of NursingCAS, the first national centralized application service for students applying to all types of registered nursing (RN) programs. Similar to services already in place for medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and other health professions, NursingCAS provides individuals with a convenient way to apply to nursing programs nationwide while serving as an important mechanism to fill vacant seats in schools of nursing.

2 Apr 2010

MEDecision to examine patient centered medical home concept in a complimentary webinar

MEDecision, Inc., a leading provider of collaborative healthcare management solutions, will examine the patient centered medical home concept and how it correlates to care management processes that have evolved within the payer space in a complimentary webinar titled "The Patient Centered Medical Home and Evolving Care Management Processes" on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time (9:30 a.m. Pacific Time).

1 Apr 2010

Experts to discuss employee health care benefits in BNA Tax & Accounting webinar

When President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, he ushered in dramatic health care reforms unparalleled since the days of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal. On April 8, two of the nation's foremost employee benefits and health care law experts from Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Bruce Fried and Martin Moderson, will present a BNA Tax & Accounting webinar, Health Care Reform – Preparing Employers and Health Plans, directed to professionals who advise employers large and small on employee health care benefits or work with ERISA or non-ERISA health plans.

31 Mar 2010

gloStream launches gloDNA 100% Stimulus Guarantee

gloStream, maker of gloEMR and gloPM – the only electronic medical record software and practice management applications with Microsoft® Office built right in – today announced the gloDNA 100% Stimulus Guarantee.

31 Mar 2010

Hacker Group formalizes dedicated health insurance marketing practice

Hacker Group, one of the largest direct/digital marketing agencies in the West, today announced that it has formalized a dedicated health insurance marketing practice within the agency. Following years of real world experience within the industry, Hacker Group formed HealthHG to address the highly specialized and complex needs of health insurance marketing.

29 Mar 2010

Free online seminar to help small businesses better cope with current Healthcare Reform legislation

Extensis Group, LLC, in cooperation with the Marquis Agency, will present a free online seminar or webinar on April 12th to help the region's small businesses better cope with the current turmoil and confusion surrounding the recently passed Healthcare Reform legislation.

27 Mar 2010

Abbott/Eisai's Humira termed as most efficacious therapy for psoriasis

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that surveyed dermatologists view Abbott/Eisai's Humira as the most efficacious therapy for the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis. Thirty-two percent of surveyed dermatologists selected Humira as the most efficacious, followed by Centocor Ortho Biotech/Merck/Mitsubishi Tanabe's Remicade. The current sales leader Amgen/Pfizer/Takeda's Enbrel was selected as the most efficacious therapy by only 23 percent of dermatologists surveyed.

24 Mar 2010

ACS webinar on chemistry for food safety

Scheduled for Thursday, April 1, 2 - 3 p.m. Eastern Time, the free webinar will feature Walter Hammack with the Florida Department of Agriculture, as he discusses the various chromatographic tools, methods and regulations for food safety. His topic: "How Chemistry is Keeping Your Food Safe -Application of Ultra High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (UHPLC) in a Food Safety Laboratory."

24 Mar 2010

Comprehensive community-based solution to help achieve 'meaningful use'

Navigating the Challenges of Meaningful Use to Identify Benefits, March 31, 2010, 2 p.m. CT, a Webinar hosted by Informatics Corporation of America, will explore how to practically implement a community-wide solution that assists its healthcare participants to achieve the proposed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s criteria for meaningful use and bridge gaps in the adoption of electronic health records by its provider community.

19 Mar 2010

APCER Pharma to manage pharmacovigilance strategies for six global pharmaceutical companies

APCER Pharma announced that in the past three months it has further expanded its customer base and operations. APCER is a leading global provider of comprehensive drug safety, regulatory services and risk management programs for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and consumer products companies.

18 Mar 2010

Half of all NeeS dossiers rejected for poor formatting and inability to meet basic validation standards

The French health authority has revealed that it is rejecting half of all NeeS (non-eCTD electronic submissions) dossiers because they have been poorly formatted and do not meet basic validation standards. This is costing pharmaceutical companies time and money, as they re-work the submission format, and incur delays in getting their submissions reviewed and approved. Two-thirds of all electronic submissions to AFSSAPS currently are in the NeeS format.

17 Mar 2010

Aegis Health Group releases PRISM software to help hospital leaders improve physician relationships

Aegis Health Group, the nation's leading healthcare business development company, announces new software to help hospital leaders improve physician relationships, track referral patterns, better manage physician issues, and gain market intelligence. PRISM™, Aegis' proprietary physician relationship management software, is a browser-based database and contact-management program that can be customized to fit the unique needs of each hospital.

16 Mar 2010

FDA invites "Little Women" to present research on dangers of HPV vaccines

Called the "Little Women," six women who have spent the past three years listening, documenting and researching parental concerns about Gardasil have been invited to formally present their information to the FDA on March 12. FDA participants include the Office of Communication, Outreach and Development/Center of Biologics (CBER), Office of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, and Office of Vaccines Research and Review.

9 Mar 2010

Leadership challenges and best practices in dealing with FDA’s REMS

Three pharmaceutical executives with extensive experience in dealing with the FDA’s Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) will share their thoughts and practices at an open industry webinar at 12 noon EST on Wednesday, March 10, sponsored by ParagonRx.

6 Mar 2010

Conifer Health Solutions to explain how hospital can improve its revenue cycle yield and increase patient satisfaction

How does a hospital improve its revenue cycle yield and increase patient satisfaction during the Patient Access process at the same time? Two senior leaders from Conifer Health Solutions will explain how to accomplish both goals simultaneously during an upcoming executive webinar, “Maximizing Yield: Enhancing the Patient Experience through Patient Access Process Improvement and Innovation.”

2 Mar 2010

Aetna Foundation announces two grants to eliminate health and health care disparities

The Aetna Foundation today announced two grants totaling $250,000 as part of its continuing efforts to establish racial and ethnic equity in health and health care. The elimination of health and health care disparities is one of three primary focus areas of the Aetna Foundation’s grant-making.

26 Feb 2010

AcademyHealth launches Minority Scholars Program to encourage students in health services research

AcademyHealth announced today the launch of a new initiative to encourage students and fellows from minority populations underrepresented in the field of health services research (HSR) to explore opportunities in the field, particularly in regard to disparities research.

26 Feb 2010

Inquisit partnership enables Alsius expand educational programming and increase webinar attendance by 940%

Through a partnership with Inquisit, Amerinet’s strategic education partner, Alsius Corporation (recently acquired by ZOLL Medical Corporation) was able to expand educational programming related to its innovative products and increase attendance to its webinars by 940 percent.

18 Feb 2010

AppSec's whitepaper provides database assessment solutions for enterprise organizations

Application Security, Inc., the leading provider of database security, risk and compliance solutions for the enterprise, today announced the availability of a FREE whitepaper that simplifies the selection process for a database vulnerability assessment solution.