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Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center renews contract for Zix Email Encryption Services

Zix Corporation, a leading provider of email data protection, announces that Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has renewed its contract for Zix™ Email Encryption Services in a three-year agreement. A leading, fully integrated academic medical center, Wake Forest Baptist began using Zix Services in 2004 and continues to select ZixCorp based on its consistent leadership in email encryption and its dedication to ease of use.

3 Dec 2013

PES' ESRD Prevention Program effectively identifies patients with early stage renal disease

Patient Engagement Systems, a nationally recognized leader in developing technology to identify, and monitor individuals with chronic kidney disease, today introduced the Patient Engagement Systems' ESRD Prevention Program which uses proprietary technology including automated physician-patient engagement, analytics, and decision support tools to identify patients with undiagnosed chronic kidney disease and tools to monitor them in order to prevent or delay the progression to ESRD.

3 Dec 2013

First Edition: December 3, 2013

Today's headlines include coverage of the mixed reviews regarding healthcare.gov's "relaunch" as well as the White House strategy to move past the website's difficulties.

3 Dec 2013

Sound Physicians agrees to provide hospitalist services for John Peter Smith Hospital

Sound Physicians, a leading hospitalist organization focused on driving improvements in quality, satisfaction and financial performance of inpatient healthcare delivery, announced today an agreement to provide hospitalist services for John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas.

3 Dec 2013

Policy makers urge EU governments to address stroke prevention in national health plans

Coinciding with the World Health Organization (WHO) European Ministerial Conference on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases in Turkmenistan, MEPs, patient and physician representatives are today meeting at the European Parliament to highlight that urgent national action is required to prevent stroke.

3 Dec 2013

Toshiba launches single-panel RADREX-I wireless X-ray system

To offer healthcare providers affordable X-ray technology that performs efficient exams, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. is introducing a new single-panel RADREX™-i Wireless digital radiographic (DR) X-ray system (FDA cleared).

3 Dec 2013

UAB Medicine introduces Web-based learning and continuing medical education for physicians

UAB Medicine, in collaboration with BroadcastMed, Inc. has launched MD Learning Channel, an online resource that enables medical professionals worldwide to tap into the knowledge and expertise of University of Alabama at Birmingham physicians.

3 Dec 2013

Lung volume reduction surgery: A great option for patients with severe emphysema

Every time Susan Fischer sees someone lugging around an oxygen container, she wants to pull them aside and tell them, "It can get better."

3 Dec 2013

Microneedle technique may provide a painless way to deliver drugs, vaccines

Microneedles on a sticking-plaster-like patch may be the painless and safe way doctors will test for drugs and some infections in the future, thanks to work supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

3 Dec 2013

White paper discusses the effects of particle shape and size on the properties of medical materials

Ceram, the international materials technology company, has published a new white paper for the medical devices industry, ‘The Effects of Particle Size Distribution on the Properties of Medical Materials’.

3 Dec 2013

Viewpoints: Where's Obama's 'Mission Accomplished' banner?; health law critics overlooking those denied affordable care in the past

Great news: The White House says that Healthcare.gov and the 36 federally run insurance exchanges are finally good to go. The only thing missing from Sunday's relentlessly upbeat progress report was President Obama in front of a "Mission Accomplished" banner. Sunday's eight-page report was intended to meet Mr. Obama's deadline for fixing the site after its October 1 debut was a calamity. But the more important goal was political -- namely, claiming enough progress to prevent Democrats on Capitol Hill from joining the GOP demand for delaying the individual mandate to buy insurance or even the entire program (12/1).

3 Dec 2013

Consumers, employers face new round of health coverage challenges, decisions

News outlets offer consumer tips for using healthcare.gov and take a look at where things stand in terms of obtaining coverage as of Jan. 1.

3 Dec 2013

EMD Serono's TocopheRx to focus on development of oral FSH agonists for infertility treatment

EMD Serono, Inc., a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced today the creation of TocopheRx, a Boston-based spin-off company resulting from the Entrepreneur Partnership Program launched by Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, in April 2012.

3 Dec 2013

Siemens Healthcare to introduce new angiography system at RSNA 2013

At the 99th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, December 1-6 in Chicago, Siemens Healthcare (booth #1934, South Building/Lakeside Center at McCormick Place, Hall A) will introduce a new angiography system optimized for broad clinical utilization.

3 Dec 2013

Physicians voice concerns about what the health law will bring in January

News outlets report on some of the specific issues that are causing physician organizations to worry.

3 Dec 2013

Insurers worry about back end repairs to HealthCare.gov

The system that is supposed to deliver consumers' information to insurers still needs to be repaired -- with only 30 days to go before coverage is supposed to begin for many people. Meanwhile, Bloomberg News reports that insurers will initially estimate what they are owed by the government rather than have the government calculate the bill due to another software problem.

3 Dec 2013

Pfizer's Polish subsidiary acquires rights to Polocard from ZF Polpharma SA

Pfizer Inc. today announced that a wholly-owned Polish subsidiary of Pfizer has acquired the rights to Polocard, a low-dose aspirin (acidum acetylsalicylicum), and the leading over-the-counter brand for heart attack prevention in Poland, from ZF Polpharma SA.

3 Dec 2013

Administration officials give thumbs up to HealthCare.gov's technical fixes and capacity upgrades

The health law website reportedly now is operating 90 percent of the time, but more work still must be done, according to the Obama administration's Sunday progress report on their efforts to correct healthcare.gov's problems.

3 Dec 2013

Alliance HealthCare Services, ONRAD form strategic affiliation to provide quality services to customers

Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc., a leading national provider of radiology and radiation therapy services, and ONRAD, Inc., a full service radiology provider, have agreed to establish a strategic affiliation to develop and support opportunities to further enhance access to the quality services each company provides to its customers.

2 Dec 2013

Obamacare 'navigators' hope for do-over

The groups charged with helping people sign up for health coverage are looking for a fresh start after experiencing the same difficulties getting plan information as many consumers.

2 Dec 2013

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center renews contract for Zix Email Encryption Services

PES' ESRD Prevention Program effectively identifies patients with early stage renal disease

First Edition: December 3, 2013

Sound Physicians agrees to provide hospitalist services for John Peter Smith Hospital

Policy makers urge EU governments to address stroke prevention in national health plans

Toshiba launches single-panel RADREX-I wireless X-ray system

UAB Medicine introduces Web-based learning and continuing medical education for physicians

Lung volume reduction surgery: A great option for patients with severe emphysema

Microneedle technique may provide a painless way to deliver drugs, vaccines

White paper discusses the effects of particle shape and size on the properties of medical materials

Viewpoints: Where's Obama's 'Mission Accomplished' banner?; health law critics overlooking those denied affordable care in the past

Consumers, employers face new round of health coverage challenges, decisions

EMD Serono's TocopheRx to focus on development of oral FSH agonists for infertility treatment

Siemens Healthcare to introduce new angiography system at RSNA 2013

Physicians voice concerns about what the health law will bring in January

Insurers worry about back end repairs to HealthCare.gov

Pfizer's Polish subsidiary acquires rights to Polocard from ZF Polpharma SA

Administration officials give thumbs up to HealthCare.gov's technical fixes and capacity upgrades

Alliance HealthCare Services, ONRAD form strategic affiliation to provide quality services to customers

Obamacare 'navigators' hope for do-over

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Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Event guide: 3rd Measuring Patient Engagement Summit eBook

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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