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Keneally promises billions for hospital & healthcare upgrades

Hospital upgrades with more beds and an expansion of the nursing and medical workforce may be a reality in the near future thanks to the Keneally government’s $2.3 billion pitch. Premier Kristina Keneally pledged the total spending package of $4bn would deliver “improvements right across the health system” and give patients the care they needed, promptly. She spoke at the launch at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney’s west saying, “This is about strengthening our health system to deal with challenges of an ageing population, growing levels of chronic disease and rising health costs.”

9 Mar 2011

Alliance fourth quarter revenue decreases to $117.7 million

Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc., a leading national provider of outpatient diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy services, announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010.

9 Mar 2011

Economic benefits of enabling people to age at home

There are a number of studies that look at the economics of technologies to enable people to age at home rather than in some other kind of accommodation. In 2010, CSES contributed an economic analysis for the ATSE report written by Greg Tegart drawing in part on these studies and using Australian data on demographic trends and healthcare costs.

9 Mar 2011

M-3 Information introduces new behavioral health website to improve quality of care

The evidenced-based behavioral health portal, allows patients to take the screen using the Apple iPad; provides the clinician immediate clinical decision support at the point of care.

9 Mar 2011

LUMEDX implements HealthView Chest Pain Management solution at Methodist hospitals

LUMEDX Corporation, a leading provider of fully integrated, vendor-neutral cardiovascular imaging and information systems, announced today that it has begun implementing the HealthView Chest Pain Management solution at five Methodist Healthcare facilities in San Antonio, Texas.

9 Mar 2011

CareView executes agreement with Health Management Associates

CareView Communications, Inc., an information technology provider to the healthcare industry, announced today the execution of an agreement with Health Management Associates, Inc., whose corporate offices are located in Naples, Florida.

9 Mar 2011

U.S. Bank introduces two enhanced offerings for healthcare providers

U.S. Bank's healthcare payments division today introduced two enhanced offerings—Payment Navigator and Payment Consolidator—that help healthcare providers improve revenue cycles and streamline complex payment processes, at a time when providers face unprecedented challenges getting paid for their services.

9 Mar 2011

Grace CHC secures $150,000 in state Medicaid EHR incentives

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today announced that Gray, Ky.-based Grace Community Health Center, has secured in excess of $150,000 in state Medicaid incentives by demonstrating its recent selection of the company's certified electronic health records solution.

9 Mar 2011

Innovative interprofessional training for students can improve healthcare for patients

The University of Leicester, De Montfort University and University of Northampton are celebrating a major milestone in innovative interprofessional training for health and social care students, which will lead to improved healthcare for patients.

9 Mar 2011

RainDance, 454 Life Sciences collaborate to launch core ADME gene screening research panel

RainDance Technologies, Inc., and 454 Life Sciences, a Roche Company, today announced a collaboration for the development and commercialization of a targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) solution for the simple and cost-effective investigation of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME).

9 Mar 2011

The American Journal of Medicine focuses on the continuing healthcare reform debate

As the debate about healthcare in the United States rages, four insightful articles in the March 2011 issue of The American Journal of Medicine strive to add reasoned arguments and empirical research findings to the dialog.

9 Mar 2011

Touro Infirmary implements Centricity Perinatal

Touro Infirmary implemented Centricity Perinatal in the NICU in December 2010, completing its roll out to all perinatal units, with the goal of providing the most up-to-date and innovative care available. The site chose the scalable system as a key to further customization and to enhance the ability to implement changes quickly as patient care situations evolve.

9 Mar 2011

Merck to present VICTRELIS phase III study data against HCV at EASL annual meeting

Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced that several new data analyses from Phase III studies of VICTRELIS, its investigational oral hepatitis C protease inhibitor, will be presented at The International Liver CongressTM / 46th European Association for the Study of the Liver annual meeting.

9 Mar 2011

Department of VA selects Harris to partipicate in Mentor-Protege Program with 7 Delta

Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been selected by the Department of Veterans Affairs to participate in the Mentor-Protege Program with 7 Delta, Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business.

9 Mar 2011

Health care reform changes make colonoscopy more affordable

To encourage adults age 50 and older to get a colonoscopy, experts at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center highlight resources and health care reform changes that now make this lifesaving exam more affordable.

9 Mar 2011

Trade name ‘The Stem Cell Group’ registered for Celulas Genetica

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. announced today that it registered a trade name, "The Stem Cell Group," for use in marketing and branding its subsidiary company, Celulas Genetica.

9 Mar 2011

SMArt platform to support flexible health IT environment, promote innovation

Through a grant from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School have developed a first-of-its kind platform architecture to support a flexible health information technology environment and promote innovation.

9 Mar 2011

Health law policy disputes central to congressional spending fight

As lawmakers tussle over how much spending should be cut in this year's budget, these key policy questions related to the health law and other regulatory issues are a flashpoint. In addition, House Republicans are stepping up their strategies to defund the overhaul.

9 Mar 2011

GRACE model improves health and reduces Medicare costs in high risk seniors

The March 2011 issue of the journal Heath Affairs highlights an evidence-based model of geriatric care management developed, implemented and tested by researchers and clinicians from Indiana University, the Regenstrief Institute and Wishard Health Services.

9 Mar 2011

HHS unveils format for consumer notices of insurance rate increases

Meanwhile, in other policy news related to the health law, Stateline examines how, for some states, waivers really are a big deal.

9 Mar 2011

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Keneally promises billions for hospital & healthcare upgrades

Alliance fourth quarter revenue decreases to $117.7 million

Economic benefits of enabling people to age at home

M-3 Information introduces new behavioral health website to improve quality of care

LUMEDX implements HealthView Chest Pain Management solution at Methodist hospitals

CareView executes agreement with Health Management Associates

U.S. Bank introduces two enhanced offerings for healthcare providers

Grace CHC secures $150,000 in state Medicaid EHR incentives

Innovative interprofessional training for students can improve healthcare for patients

RainDance, 454 Life Sciences collaborate to launch core ADME gene screening research panel

The American Journal of Medicine focuses on the continuing healthcare reform debate

Touro Infirmary implements Centricity Perinatal

Merck to present VICTRELIS phase III study data against HCV at EASL annual meeting

Department of VA selects Harris to partipicate in Mentor-Protege Program with 7 Delta

Health care reform changes make colonoscopy more affordable

Trade name ‘The Stem Cell Group’ registered for Celulas Genetica

SMArt platform to support flexible health IT environment, promote innovation

Health law policy disputes central to congressional spending fight

GRACE model improves health and reduces Medicare costs in high risk seniors

HHS unveils format for consumer notices of insurance rate increases

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