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Secretary of Veterans Affairs launches HIT initiative to improve healthcare delivery

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki launched the "Veterans Health IT Innovation Initiative," an employee-based Health Information Technology (HIT) competition to spur VA's transformation into a 21st Century organization that is Veteran-centric, results-oriented, and forward-looking.

19 Feb 2010

New report shows dramatic rise in medical technology, pharmaceuticals and healthcare costs

Management of Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (Pinksheets: EHSI) stated that they were encouraged by a new report that parallels the company’s conclusions about the new potential for business in the current healthcare marketplace.

19 Feb 2010

BioSante Pharmaceuticals' LibiGel clinical update to be presented at 2010 ISSWSH annual meeting

BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc., will present a LibiGel clinical update at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), being held from February 18-20, 2010 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

19 Feb 2010

Health experts explore risk reduction and management strategies for lymphedema

There are no scientific studies showing that lymphedema can be prevented, but there are ways to lower your risk of developing this treatment side effect. During the 10th Annual Conference for Young Women Affected by Breast Cancer, we will explore the myths and recent scientific evidence about lymphedema, learn about risk reduction techniques and discuss approaches to lymphedema management, including exercise, physical therapy, lymphatic drainage, massage and other treatment methods.

19 Feb 2010

Physicians look toward profitable Medicare services; Former Virginia official tapped for a position at CMS

A study finds physicians veer toward more profitable services amid lower Medicare fees. Meanwhile, Humana tests a patient-centered medical home program in Florida and a former Virginia official is chosen to take on a top position at the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services.

19 Feb 2010

Some Dems say single health reform bill is close, GOP settles on summit strategy

News outlets report on party politics in advance of the president's health care summit.

19 Feb 2010

Beacon Partners continues to grow to meet the needs of healthcare industry

As the healthcare community continues to ready itself to make the most of the stimulus funds in accordance with the ARRA, healthcare management consulting firm Beacon Partners’ growth pattern continues with an aggressive hiring pattern to meet the needs of the healthcare industry.

19 Feb 2010

New resource for parents to combat childhood obesity

In October 2009, two national non-profit organizations teamed together to launch a free resource for parents to help them combat childhood obesity in their homes and communities.

19 Feb 2010

IMS Health launches IMS Aggregate Spend Compliance Services

IMS Health, the world’s leading provider of market intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, today announced the launch of IMS Aggregate Spend Compliance Services, a comprehensive set of solutions to help pharmaceutical and medical device companies comply with the growing number of federal and state transparency and marketing disclosure laws in the U.S., known as “aggregate spend” reporting regulations.

18 Feb 2010

GOP, Democrats staking out reform positions, strategies in advance of health summit

The Associated Press: The White House is preparing a bill "designed to win passage without Republican support if GOP lawmakers fail to embrace bipartisan compromises" during next weeek's White House health summit.

18 Feb 2010

Medical experts convene to discuss emotional and medical issues of young breast cancer survivors

One in eight women diagnosed with breast cancer is younger than 45 when diagnosed, yet their emotional and medical concerns are different than those of women over age 45, as is the impact of their diagnosis on family, friends, partners, colleagues and children.

18 Feb 2010

'Cadillac' tax would have non-union impact, analysis finds

"A proposed tax on high-cost ['Cadillac'] health insurance plans, an element of Democratic health-care legislation that has been strongly opposed by organized labor, would actually fall equally on nonunion plans, according to a new analysis. ... at least 80 percent of the workers whose plans would be subject to the tax in 2019 would be in nonunion jobs," according to Ken Jacobs of the University of California at Berkeley Labor Center and William H. Dow, professor of health economics at Berkeley and a member of President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers.

18 Feb 2010

Merge Healthcare passes interoperability tests at IHE Connectathon

As a part of its ongoing commitment to interoperability standards, Merge Healthcare, a leading health IT solutions provider, announced that it successfully passed interoperability tests at the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE), North American Connectathon event in Chicago, Illinois. During the testing, which connects vendor solutions to promote better electronic information exchange, Merge demonstrated interoperability with every vendor pairing, which included some of the largest companies in the world.

18 Feb 2010

Patterson reports consolidated sales of $820,084,000 for third-quarter of fiscal 2010

Patterson Companies, Inc. today reported consolidated sales of $820,084,000 for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 ended January 23, an increase of 1% from $811,023,000 in the year-earlier quarter. Net income of $56,049,000 or $.47 per diluted share rose 6% from $52,807,000 or $0.45 per diluted share in the third quarter of fiscal 2009.

18 Feb 2010

Emtec to demonstrate thin client solution at HIMSS 2010 Conference and Exhibition

Emtec, Inc., a systems integrator, announced today that it will demonstrate its thin client solution for healthcare in the Avnet booth #7467 at the HIMSS 2010 Conference and Exhibition. This solution integrates the ThinIdentity™ virtual desktop infrastructure solution, smart card technology and stateless thin-client computing based on the Sun Microsystems™ Sun Ray virtual display client.

18 Feb 2010

Preferred Homecare implements Authentidate Holding's Inscrybe Healthcare web-based service

Authentidate Holding Corp., a worldwide provider of secure Health Information Exchange, workflow management services and telehealth solutions, today announced that Preferred Homecare, a leading provider of comprehensive home healthcare products and services, selected Authentidate's Inscrybe® Healthcare web-based service to further enhance the management of critical business workflows.

18 Feb 2010

Ventas reports 7.8% increase in normalized FFO for year ended December 31, 2009

Ventas, Inc. said today that normalized Funds From Operations (“FFO”) for the year ended December 31, 2009 increased 7.8 percent to $409.0 million, from $379.5 million for the comparable 2008 period.

18 Feb 2010

Gentiva Health Services announces fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2009 results

Gentiva Health Services, Inc., a leading provider of home health and hospice services, today reported fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2009 results.

18 Feb 2010

Phase 2 study results: VEGF Trap-Eye improves vision in patients with DME

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Bayer HealthCare AG announced that VEGF Trap-Eye showed positive results in a Phase 2 study in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME).

18 Feb 2010

Inquisit partnership enables Alsius expand educational programming and increase webinar attendance by 940%

Through a partnership with Inquisit, Amerinet’s strategic education partner, Alsius Corporation (recently acquired by ZOLL Medical Corporation) was able to expand educational programming related to its innovative products and increase attendance to its webinars by 940 percent.

18 Feb 2010

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Secretary of Veterans Affairs launches HIT initiative to improve healthcare delivery

New report shows dramatic rise in medical technology, pharmaceuticals and healthcare costs

BioSante Pharmaceuticals' LibiGel clinical update to be presented at 2010 ISSWSH annual meeting

Health experts explore risk reduction and management strategies for lymphedema

Physicians look toward profitable Medicare services; Former Virginia official tapped for a position at CMS

Some Dems say single health reform bill is close, GOP settles on summit strategy

Beacon Partners continues to grow to meet the needs of healthcare industry

New resource for parents to combat childhood obesity

IMS Health launches IMS Aggregate Spend Compliance Services

GOP, Democrats staking out reform positions, strategies in advance of health summit

Medical experts convene to discuss emotional and medical issues of young breast cancer survivors

'Cadillac' tax would have non-union impact, analysis finds

Merge Healthcare passes interoperability tests at IHE Connectathon

Patterson reports consolidated sales of $820,084,000 for third-quarter of fiscal 2010

Emtec to demonstrate thin client solution at HIMSS 2010 Conference and Exhibition

Preferred Homecare implements Authentidate Holding's Inscrybe Healthcare web-based service

Ventas reports 7.8% increase in normalized FFO for year ended December 31, 2009

Gentiva Health Services announces fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2009 results

Phase 2 study results: VEGF Trap-Eye improves vision in patients with DME

Inquisit partnership enables Alsius expand educational programming and increase webinar attendance by 940%

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