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Logicworks, Orion partner to provide highest standard of security for organizations using HIE SaaS model

Orion Health, Inc., global leaders in Health Information Exchange solutions, announces today its partnership with Logicworks, a leading provider of high availability and private cloud hosting solutions, to provide the highest standard of security for organizations using the Orion Health Health Information Exchange SaaS model.

21 Feb 2011

ESMO creates new Community Oncology Working Group to ensure best standards of care

Receiving a cancer diagnosis is a devastating experience. Still under the shock of the bad news, patients must make many choices including who to turn to for advice and treatment, with the possibility to choose among a comprehensive cancer center, a university hospital or a community oncology hospital.

21 Feb 2011

Merge Healthcare's iConnect image interoperability platform to be showcased at HIMSS meeting

Merge Healthcare Incorporated, a global corporation dedicated to health IT interoperability solutions, will have a multi-faceted presence at the upcoming Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society meeting in Orlando February 20-24, 2011.

21 Feb 2011

Stanley Healthcare, InfoLogix provide hospitals with new ways to improve patient care, financial outcomes

For the first time, Stanley Black & Decker, which continues to grow its Stanley Healthcare Solutions platform, is showcasing its combined strengths with its recently integrated, wholly owned subsidiary InfoLogix, Inc. at the HIMSS11 Annual Conference and Exhibition.

21 Feb 2011

New study urges healthcare organizations to engage with emerging care delivery models

Released today at the 2011 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition, a new study from HIMSS Analyticstm, sponsored by NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. stresses the urgency for healthcare organizations to engage with emerging care delivery models, starting with an interoperability strategy.

21 Feb 2011

HealthPort announces participation in test phase of CMS esMD gateway services

HealthPort, an industry authority in the HIPAA-compliant transfer of protected health information and audit management technology, today announced its involvement as the largest health information handler approved to participate in the test phase of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' electronic submission of medical documentation gateway services for information exchange from healthcare providers.

21 Feb 2011

FRC condemns Obama administration's decision to eliminate conscience rights for medical professionals

Family Research Council condemned today's decision by the Obama administration to eliminate key provisions of a Bush administration regulation that enforced laws protecting the conscience rights of medical professionals who oppose abortion.

21 Feb 2011

HP announces new telehealth solutions to improve quality, efficiency of healthcare

HP today announced new product solutions and applications that help advance telehealth adoption and accessibility for healthcare organizations and patients nationwide, promoting improved quality and efficiency of healthcare.

21 Feb 2011

OBMLS launches two new online services for medical community

The Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision has launched two new online services providing simple government transactions for the medical community.

21 Feb 2011

New research suggests prevention of unwanted births may decline fertility rates

While many researchers generally credit the desire for smaller families for the decline in fertility rates in developing, low-income countries, new research suggests that prevention of unwanted births may actually be a larger factor.

21 Feb 2011

dbMotion announces contract awards with numerous healthcare organizations

dbMotion, an innovative provider of connected healthcare solutions, announced contract awards with numerous healthcare organizations including Orlando Health; University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio; Sharp Healthcare and Huntington Memorial Hospital in 2010, underscoring the company's accelerated growth among providers seeking to achieve genuinely connected healthcare.

21 Feb 2011

HHS overturns Bush 'conscience' rule for workers opposing abortion

The Obama administration on Friday rescinded most of a 2008 rule that granted sweeping protections to health care providers who opposed abortion, sterilization and other medical procedures on religious or moral grounds.

20 Feb 2011

Largest Medicare fraud case nets 114 offenders

In one of the largest healthcare fraud cases, the U.S. government last Thursday charged 114 doctors, nurses and other defendants with Medicare crime schemes that exceeded $225 million in false billings.

20 Feb 2011

Research cuts could mean ongoing cancer deaths

In a guest column for the New Jersey Star-Ledger, a former White House spokesman and Chief-of-Staff for the House Aging Committee and Health Subcommittee, Robert Weiner, a George Washington University breast cancer laboratory director and professor, Dr. Patricia Berg, and policy analyst, James Lewis assert that "as the government keeps funding two wars and ongoing tax breaks, curing diseases like cancer is being threatened in the budget debates underway.

19 Feb 2011

Canadian Cancer Society calls for legislation to ban cosmetic pesticides

With a new poll showing more than 70 per cent of British Columbians believe exposure to cosmetic pesticides increases their risk to cancer and threatens the environment, the Canadian Cancer Society wants all leadership candidates to pledge introduction of legislation banning cosmetic pesticides.

19 Feb 2011

Kresge Foundation awards $750,000 grant for East Cleveland Teen Collaborative

Cleveland Clinic, the City of East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, and a collection of local health and social service agencies are launching the East Cleveland Teen Collaborative, a partnership focused on reducing health disparities and improving health outcomes of East Cleveland youth.

19 Feb 2011

Steering more women toward careers in surgery: WIS Career Symposium

The 2nd Annual National Women In Surgery Career Symposium will be held March 4 to 6 at the Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach, featuring two of the few women chairs of academic surgery programs in the country as speakers.

19 Feb 2011

ICA launches innovative patient portal product at HIMSS11

Informatics Corporation of America (ICA), a leading provider of comprehensive Health Information Exchange (HIE) solutions to hospitals, integrated delivery networks (IDNs), communities and states, launches its innovative patient portal product at HIMSS11 Exhibition in Booth # 2837, February 20-24, 2011, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla.

19 Feb 2011

Watson's performance on Jeopardy! inspires 700% spike in volunteers for World Community Grid

Watson wasn't the only computer system that won this week when it competed successfully against two human champions on the Jeopardy! game show.

19 Feb 2011

2011 Clinical Congress of American College of Surgeons to take place in October, in San Francisco

The 2011 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons—one of the largest international meetings of surgeons in the world—will convene October 23-27, 2011, in San Francisco, CA. The San Francisco Hilton will serve as the headquarters hotel for the meeting, and the Moscone Convention Center will house the scientific panel sessions and courses, as well as all scientific and technical exhibits.

19 Feb 2011

Healthcare News

Logicworks, Orion partner to provide highest standard of security for organizations using HIE SaaS model

ESMO creates new Community Oncology Working Group to ensure best standards of care

Merge Healthcare's iConnect image interoperability platform to be showcased at HIMSS meeting

Stanley Healthcare, InfoLogix provide hospitals with new ways to improve patient care, financial outcomes

New study urges healthcare organizations to engage with emerging care delivery models

HealthPort announces participation in test phase of CMS esMD gateway services

FRC condemns Obama administration's decision to eliminate conscience rights for medical professionals

HP announces new telehealth solutions to improve quality, efficiency of healthcare

OBMLS launches two new online services for medical community

New research suggests prevention of unwanted births may decline fertility rates

dbMotion announces contract awards with numerous healthcare organizations

HHS overturns Bush 'conscience' rule for workers opposing abortion

Largest Medicare fraud case nets 114 offenders

Research cuts could mean ongoing cancer deaths

Canadian Cancer Society calls for legislation to ban cosmetic pesticides

Kresge Foundation awards $750,000 grant for East Cleveland Teen Collaborative

Steering more women toward careers in surgery: WIS Career Symposium

ICA launches innovative patient portal product at HIMSS11

Watson's performance on Jeopardy! inspires 700% spike in volunteers for World Community Grid

2011 Clinical Congress of American College of Surgeons to take place in October, in San Francisco

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

From Puberty to Menopause: Clue’s CEO, Audrey Tsang on the Power of Femtech

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