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Rodman & Renshaw announces Healthcare Reform Panel Discussion

Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc., a leading full service investment bank for growth oriented companies today announced that on Thursday, February 3rd, 2011, Rodman will host a Healthcare Reform Panel Discussion

25 Jan 2011

eCareSoft introduces eCS Inpatient EHR V1.2 for hospitals

eCareSoft recently launched eCS Inpatient EHR V1.2, the first advanced electronic health records solution for small and medium hospitals. eCS's uniqueness is the tight linkage of electronic health records, clinical and financial management systems into a single web-based software solution.

25 Jan 2011

Triad alcohol prep pads with ARIXTRA Starter Kits not to be used

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has become aware of a United States market recall of all lots of alcohol prep pads, swabs and swabsticks manufactured by the Triad Group and marketed under various brand names. The Triad Group recall has been initiated due to concerns about potential microbial contamination of the alcohol products with Bacillus cereus that could potentially lead to life-threatening infections.

25 Jan 2011

APIC announces initiative to eliminate central line-associated bloodstream infections

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology today announced a major initiative to eliminate one of the most preventable and deadly infections that patients can acquire in healthcare facilities: central line-associated bloodstream infections, which kill 30,000 people in the U.S. every year.

25 Jan 2011

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and Coca-Cola enter global partnership

Coca-Cola Hellenic has welcomed the opportunity to build upon its disaster response programme and community development projects across its 28 countries following the signing of a partnership agreement between the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC).

25 Jan 2011

Allina Hospitals, NextGen Healthcare enter partnership to foster better patient care coordination

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today announced that it has partnered with Allina Hospitals & Clinics to foster better patient care coordination among physician practices of all sizes in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin.

25 Jan 2011

Kira For Women introduces two new products for menopause, PMS

Natural women's health brand, Kira For Women, is launching two new products - Kira PMS Relief and Kira Menopause Relief.

25 Jan 2011

BD and Rady Children's announce innovative environmentally-friendly solution to dispose sharps wastes

BD, a leading global medical technology company, and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego today announced that they have implemented an innovative pilot program at the Hospital that is designed to safely divert a significant percentage of BD sharps waste from landfills and utilize the recycled materials.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 25 Jan 2011

Government's health care fraud prevention and enforcement efforts recover over $4 billion in FY 2010

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.S. Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli today announced a new report showing that the government's health care fraud prevention and enforcement efforts recovered more than $4 billion in taxpayer dollars in Fiscal Year (FY) 2010.

25 Jan 2011

m2m, HP collaborate to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Africa

Today at the Digital Life Design conference, HP and mothers2mothers (m2m), a South Africa-based nongovernmental organization, announced a new collaboration that will use the power of technology to help prevent the transmission of HIV from HIV-positive pregnant mothers in Africa to their children.

25 Jan 2011

Despite congressional policy clashes, state-level innovation could be marked by bipartisan cooperation

Meanwhile, in other health reform policy news, Arizona tries a new work-around related to federal Medicaid rules, conservative think-tanks develop policy alternatives for the "repeal-replace" environment and the Administration weighs in regarding an ongoing Michigan challenge to the health law.

25 Jan 2011

IHS wins Best in KLAS award for clinical implementation supportive work

Innovative Healthcare Solutions, a provider of healthcare information technology consulting services, announced today that it has received the Best in KLAS award for the professional services market segment, Clinical Implementation – Supportive, from KLAS Enterprises.

25 Jan 2011

Strong opposition to 'prescription-only' measures for OTC medicines with pseudoephedrine

More than 300 million Americans get the common cold, and up to 70 million get the flu annually. But for the 60 million people who also have asthma and allergies, a cold or flu can pose even greater risks. Together, these respiratory diseases take a devastating toll on public health, costing billions of dollars in direct medical expenses, reducing quality of life, lowering workplace and school performance, and can even be life-threatening to high-risk populations, such as asthma patients.

25 Jan 2011

Niteo's SmartPredict Healthcare to be showcased at IT Healthcare Summit

Niteo Partners, an NEC company, today announced SmartPredict™ Healthcare – the latest iteration of Niteo's award-winning SmartPredict solutions. SmartPredict Healthcare brings cutting edge performance dashboards, data integration and predictive analytics to the healthcare industry in order to improve patient satisfaction, track meaningful use compliance metrics, and improve operational outcomes.

25 Jan 2011

SDI releases 2011 rating of top 100 integrated healthcare networks

SDI announced today the release of the SDI 2011 Top 100 IHNs, the 14th edition of its annual assessment of the 100 most integrated healthcare networks (IHNs). SDI's report, regarded as the nation's premier rating system, evaluates IHNs on their performance and degree of integration.

25 Jan 2011

East Liverpool City Hospital, Foundation Radiology Group enter imaging services agreement

Foundation Radiology Group, the premier provider of diagnostic imaging professional services for community hospitals, is pleased to announce its exclusive imaging services agreement with East Liverpool City Hospital located in East Liverpool, Ohio.

25 Jan 2011

Fixed Phage to develop products based on Strathclyde's technology for tackling infections

A new company has been launched to commercialise an award-winning technology, developed at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, for tackling bacterial infection and contamination, including superbugs such as MRSA.

25 Jan 2011

Researchers find White-Hispanic disparities in receiving immunization against flu, pneumonia

Seniors of Hispanic descent are far less likely to become immunized against the flu or pneumonia compared to similar White seniors, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

25 Jan 2011

UAE Oasis Hospital to implement Quantros suite of patient safety and compliance solutions

Quantros, a leading provider of clinically-focused data management and decision support solutions for the healthcare industry, has partnered with Oasis Hospital, the first private hospital in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) to receive Joint Commission International accreditation, to implement the Quantros suite of patient safety and compliance solutions.

25 Jan 2011

RemitDATA launches TITAN to solve healthcare transparency problem

RemitDATA, an expert in reimbursement, productivity and utilization solutions in outpatient healthcare, today launched TITAN, a new, data-rich solution that provides a real-time, transparent view of essential business metrics.

25 Jan 2011

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Rodman & Renshaw announces Healthcare Reform Panel Discussion

eCareSoft introduces eCS Inpatient EHR V1.2 for hospitals

Triad alcohol prep pads with ARIXTRA Starter Kits not to be used

APIC announces initiative to eliminate central line-associated bloodstream infections

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and Coca-Cola enter global partnership

Allina Hospitals, NextGen Healthcare enter partnership to foster better patient care coordination

Kira For Women introduces two new products for menopause, PMS

BD and Rady Children's announce innovative environmentally-friendly solution to dispose sharps wastes

Government's health care fraud prevention and enforcement efforts recover over $4 billion in FY 2010

m2m, HP collaborate to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Africa

Despite congressional policy clashes, state-level innovation could be marked by bipartisan cooperation

IHS wins Best in KLAS award for clinical implementation supportive work

Strong opposition to 'prescription-only' measures for OTC medicines with pseudoephedrine

Niteo's SmartPredict Healthcare to be showcased at IT Healthcare Summit

SDI releases 2011 rating of top 100 integrated healthcare networks

East Liverpool City Hospital, Foundation Radiology Group enter imaging services agreement

Fixed Phage to develop products based on Strathclyde's technology for tackling infections

Researchers find White-Hispanic disparities in receiving immunization against flu, pneumonia

UAE Oasis Hospital to implement Quantros suite of patient safety and compliance solutions

RemitDATA launches TITAN to solve healthcare transparency problem

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