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Northrop Grumman introduces mobile application for veterans to access personal EHRs

Northrop Grumman Corporation has introduced a mobile application available to U.S. military veterans that enables secure access to health information and records from a mobile device.

21 Feb 2011

Passport introduces eCare NEXT intelligent revenue cycle platform

Passport Health Communications Inc., the Patient Access Experts, has introduced eCare® NEXT, an intelligent revenue cycle platform that automates the typically inefficient and often incomplete patient and payer data verification workflow within hospitals. The software can be implemented at any point in the access management workflow (e.g., scheduling, pre-registration or admission).

21 Feb 2011

Sarasota Memorial selects Meru for pervasive wireless coverage to healthcare industry

Meru Networks, Inc., the leader in virtualized 802.11n enterprise wireless networking, today announced that Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, the second-largest acute care public medical center in Florida, selected Meru for pervasive wireless coverage throughout their 806-bed facility.

21 Feb 2011

'Experience station' program offers rheumatologists to gain insight into patients' everyday challenges

Pharmaceutical companies are focusing on more unique approaches in the development of educational and experiential solutions for their health care customers at medical conferences, according to Joe Scrocco, chief executive officer of OneWorld, Inc., a leading pharmaceutical consulting firm.

21 Feb 2011

NextGen Healthcare unveils new innovations to enhance providers' performance at HIMSS conference

At the 2011 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition, NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. and leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today unveiled several new innovations to help providers advance collaborative care and clinical integration across the continuum.

21 Feb 2011

NCPA, NACDS explain importance of pharmacies in Medicaid program

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association have sent a joint letter to every Governor and State Medicaid Director, explaining the importance of pharmacies in Medicaid, offering recommendations, and expressing a desire to work together to cut costs without endangering Medicaid beneficiaries' access to pharmacy prescription drug services.

21 Feb 2011

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

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Northrop Grumman introduces mobile application for veterans to access personal EHRs

Passport introduces eCare NEXT intelligent revenue cycle platform

Sarasota Memorial selects Meru for pervasive wireless coverage to healthcare industry

'Experience station' program offers rheumatologists to gain insight into patients' everyday challenges

NextGen Healthcare unveils new innovations to enhance providers' performance at HIMSS conference

NCPA, NACDS explain importance of pharmacies in Medicaid program

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

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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

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