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Assured Pharmacy launches new website

Assured Pharmacy, a pharmacy service healthcare organization operating a chain of specialty pharmacies providing advanced prescription medication fulfillment solutions to sufferers of chronic pain, is pleased to announce the launch of its new website: www.assuredrxservices.com.

7 Jun 2010

First Edition: News coverage on Dems' health reform campaign; Medicare fees; Medical marijuana

In his latest Kaiser Health News column, done in collaboration with The New Republic, Jonathan Cohn writes: "Will health care reform reduce spending on health care too little? Or too much? Over the last several days, one respected authority made a version of the former argument while another made a version of the latter--offering a reminder of why reform is so complicated and why the new law, for all its imperfections, is still an important step forward" (Kaiser Health News).

7 Jun 2010

Oslo University Hospital, Induct announce long term strategic partnership Agreement

Oslo University Hospital and Induct Software AS, "The Open Innovation Company," today announced a long term strategic partnership Agreement under which the parties will work together to help Oslo University Hospital achieve its goal of becoming the world leader in healthcare innovation.

7 Jun 2010

Sentrx achieves Gold Partner status in OPN

Sentrx, a leading provider of drug safety services to the life sciences industry, has achieved Gold Partner status in the Oracle PartnerNetwork. Sentrx will provide life sciences companies with support for Oracle clinical solutions, emphasizing its expertise in drug safety systems, safety data management and adverse event reporting software, processes and consulting expertise.

7 Jun 2010

UBMD selects Allscripts EHR solution to help its physicians enhance quality of patient care

Allscripts announced today that UBMD has selected the Allscripts Electronic Health Record solution to help its 450 physicians enhance the quality of patient care, improve patient communications, and better manage the cost of care delivery.

7 Jun 2010

Watermark Medical completes $15M equity investment from CA Technologies

Watermark Medical, Inc., a privately-held medical products and services company currently servicing the sleep-disordered breathing market, today announced the completion of a $15 million equity investment from CA Technologies. This equity investment in Watermark Medical represents CA Technologies' entry into the emerging Software-as-a-Service -based healthcare cloud market.

7 Jun 2010

SEMHIE wins $3M contract for Social Security Administration's electronic medical records initiative

The Southeast Michigan Health Information Exchange announced today that it has won a $2,988,000 contract for an electronic medical records initiative from the Social Security Administration. This award comes to SEMHIE in partnership with its fiduciary, Southeastern Michigan Health Association and its project partners CNSI, The Object Management Group™, Computer Sciences Corporation and Oracle/Sun Microsystems.

7 Jun 2010

Elsevier, InfoDesk partner to co-develop federated drug pipeline intelligence solution

Elsevier, a world-leading healthcare and scientific publisher, announced today that it has reached an agreement with Tarrytown, New York based InfoDesk to co-develop a federated drug pipeline intelligence solution for pharmaceutical and life science companies. The combination of Elsevier's business intelligence expertise and InfoDesk's technological know-how paves the way for the development of a powerful search and delivery tool that will increase productivity and improve the quality of results, securely inside or outside of a customer's firewall.

7 Jun 2010

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust implements Lorenzo Regional Care Release 1.9

CSC announced today that Lorenzo Regional Care Release 1.9 went live on June 1, 2010 at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, with the implementation completed on June 3, 2010.

7 Jun 2010

CompuMed, CSHC partner to promote CardioGram and CardioGramKids ECG for school health centers

CompuMed, Inc., a telemedicine and medical informatics company, has partnered with the nonprofit California School Health Centers Association to promote CompuMed's CardioGram and CardioGramKids electrocardiogram telemedicine technologies for use in school health centers throughout California.

7 Jun 2010

MKMG implements CoActiv Medical's EXAM-VAULT QUAD-REDUNDANT ARCHIVING solution

Mount Kisco Medical Group (MKMG), the largest multi-specialty medical group in New York state, has selected CoActiv Medical's EXAM-VAULT® QUAD-REDUNDANT ARCHIVING® solution for the storage of its multi-modality imaging exams.

7 Jun 2010

HP Enterprise Services signs seven-year agreement with NASCO

HP Enterprise Services today announced it has signed a seven-year agreement with Atlanta-based National Account Service Company LLC to enable the health insurance claims processor to expand its membership while lowering costs.

7 Jun 2010

SunTech Medical named Rookie Vendor of the Year

SunTech Medical was named 'Rookie Vendor of the Year' at Medline Industries, Inc.'s annual meeting for their HealthCare sales division in Montgomery, Texas. SunTech supplies Medline with the 247 Diagnostic Station, a blood pressure device that can also serve as a vital signs monitor, which Medline distributes to nursing homes and hospitals across the United States.

7 Jun 2010

Medivo announces acquisition of PWN

Medivo, a provider of virtual healthcare services for individuals and organizations, announced today the acquisition of Physicians Wellness Network LLC, a leading provider of compliance services for online wellness screening tests.

7 Jun 2010

Arrhythmia Alliance launches 'Know Your Pulse' global awareness campaign on World Heart Rhythm Week

Arrhythmia Alliance, the Heart Rhythm Charity, announced today the results of a survey conducted in Europe that showed a large number of respondents ignore basic measures to check for potential cardiac arrhythmias, or heart rhythm disorders. To raise awareness of the importance of pulse checking and to inform people about how to take their pulse, the Arrhythmia Alliance will open 2010 World Heart Rhythm Week (7-13 June) with the launch of the global awareness campaign 'Know Your Pulse'.

7 Jun 2010

Immersion signs non-exclusive, worldwide license agreement with Simbionix USA

Immersion Corporation, the leading developer and licensor of haptics technology, and Simbionix USA Corporation, the world's leading provider of simulation and training products for medical professionals and the healthcare industry, today announced that the companies have entered into a new license agreement and have successfully settled litigation that was pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

7 Jun 2010

Strained relationship with parents following stroke increases depression in daughters: Study

Adult daughters caring for a parent recovering from stroke are more prone to depression than sons, Marina Bastawrous today told the Canadian Stroke Congress, co-hosted by the Canadian Stroke Network, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and the Canadian Stroke Consortium.

7 Jun 2010

TransMedia to publicize Protectus Automatic, Self-Sheathing Safety Syringe

Protectus Medical Devices, Inc. has retained TransMedia Group to publicize the first automatic, self-sheathing syringe designed to eliminate accidental needle stick injuries that claim the lives of medical professionals and force the industry to spend billions of dollars testing and treating victims for blood borne diseases.

7 Jun 2010

Economic, clinical benefits of HyperQ stress test presented at International Congress on Electrocardiology

BSP Biological Signal Processing Ltd., develops and markets innovative systems for non-invasive diagnosis and monitoring of Ischemic Heart Disease based on its proprietary HyperQ technology. BSP recently presented the results of a study on the economic and clinical benefits of the HyperQ stress test in the diagnosis and management of coronary heart disease at the International Congress on Electrocardiology on June 4th, 2010.

7 Jun 2010

Telemedicine holds key to rehabilitation of people with stroke: Researcher

Telemedicine holds the key to the rehabilitation of people with stroke living in northern, rural, remote Canadian communities, rehabilitation researcher Esmé French told the Canadian Stroke Congress today.

7 Jun 2010

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Assured Pharmacy launches new website

First Edition: News coverage on Dems' health reform campaign; Medicare fees; Medical marijuana

Oslo University Hospital, Induct announce long term strategic partnership Agreement

Sentrx achieves Gold Partner status in OPN

UBMD selects Allscripts EHR solution to help its physicians enhance quality of patient care

Watermark Medical completes $15M equity investment from CA Technologies

SEMHIE wins $3M contract for Social Security Administration's electronic medical records initiative

Elsevier, InfoDesk partner to co-develop federated drug pipeline intelligence solution

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust implements Lorenzo Regional Care Release 1.9

CompuMed, CSHC partner to promote CardioGram and CardioGramKids ECG for school health centers

MKMG implements CoActiv Medical's EXAM-VAULT QUAD-REDUNDANT ARCHIVING solution

HP Enterprise Services signs seven-year agreement with NASCO

SunTech Medical named Rookie Vendor of the Year

Medivo announces acquisition of PWN

Arrhythmia Alliance launches 'Know Your Pulse' global awareness campaign on World Heart Rhythm Week

Immersion signs non-exclusive, worldwide license agreement with Simbionix USA

Strained relationship with parents following stroke increases depression in daughters: Study

TransMedia to publicize Protectus Automatic, Self-Sheathing Safety Syringe

Economic, clinical benefits of HyperQ stress test presented at International Congress on Electrocardiology

Telemedicine holds key to rehabilitation of people with stroke: Researcher

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