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Physicians urge Senators to repeal Medicare cuts

The U.S. Senate's failure to act before today's 21 percent Medicare physician payment cut has put seniors at grave risk of reduced access to health care and choice of physician.

1 Mar 2010

Validus Medical Systems introduces bi-directional mobile software solution for hospital systems

Validus Medical Systems, Inc., a privately held healthcare IT firm founded by veteran entrepreneur David Kashtan (Network Alchemy, TGV Software), formally launched its breakthrough bi-directional mobile software solution for hospital systems. The Validus inTouchTM software system was developed by Kashtan, a team of leading physicians, software engineers, cloud computing experts, and network security specialists to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare.

1 Mar 2010

QuadraMed to showcase EHR and Smart Identity Management solutions at HIMSS Interoperability Showcase

QuadraMed® Corporation, a leading provider of healthcare technologies and services that help turn quality care into positive financial outcomes, will demonstrate its award-winning electronic health record (EHR) and Smart Identity Management solutions at the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference and Exhibition’s Interoperability Showcase. The event takes place March 1-4 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

1 Mar 2010

4medica's IHR to be demonstrated at HIMSS conference

4medica, the leading independent provider of Web-based connectivity between physicians and clinical laboratories, today announced the launch of its Integrated Health Record (IHR™), which includes modular components designed to enable hospitals and eligible providers to demonstrate “meaningful use” and qualify for federal government incentives in 2011.

1 Mar 2010

CellTrust to showcase secure mobile healthcare solution at HIMSS

CellTrust Corporation, the world's largest provider of SecureSMS for mobile phones, announced today its strategy to partner with Healthcare Provider Portals to bring secure mobile messaging solutions to companies across the healthcare industry, by the third quarter of 2010.

1 Mar 2010

Xerox to manage all document and business process needs within healthcare organization

The recent acquisition of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. makes Xerox Corporation the largest provider to manage all document and business process needs within a healthcare organization – from clinical and operational to financial and administrative.

1 Mar 2010

Lumetra PSO to distribute iSOFT’s AIMS incident management software in the U.S. market

iSOFT Group Limited, one of the world’s largest healthcare information technology companies, today announced a strategic partnership with Lumetra PSO, a US Government-backed Patient Safety Organization (PSO). Lumetra agreed to provide iSOFT’s AIMS incident management software to US healthcare organizations that are seeking to reduce the complexity and cost of their patient safety and risk management programs.

1 Mar 2010

First Edition: March 1, 2010

Today's headlines focus on Democratic vote-counting and what plans the future will hold for advancing health reform.

1 Mar 2010

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals' RECOTHROM solution receives Health Canada approval

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals announced today that RECOTHROM(R) (Thrombin alfa (Recombinant)), the first recombinant, plasma-free thrombin approved by Health Canada, is now available for use as a topical hemostatic solution. According to a recent clinical study, RECOTHROM(R) was found to successfully stop 80 per cent of surgical bleeding within three minutes and 95 per cent of bleeding within 10 minutes.

1 Mar 2010

Elsevier to present tactical solutions for advancing healthcare quality at HIMSS 2010

Advancing healthcare quality to help improve patient outcomes and economic efficiency continues to be a primary focus in 2010 for Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information. During HIMSS 2010 (Atlanta, GA, March 1-3), Elsevier Clinical Decision Support will feature solutions that directly impact the quality of care, including evidence-based clinical content and tools; interdisciplinary documentation, planning and guidelines; drug decision support; interactive skills and procedures; data mining and outcomes analysis; and eLearning.

1 Mar 2010

Alere Health's chief officer to discuss factors essential to create most effective health ecosystem

Noting that most people are struggling with information overload and confusion when it comes to the nation's disparate and complex healthcare system, Gordon Norman, M.D., chief innovation officer for Alere Health, LLC, will highlight a range of attainable solutions at the 10th annual Population Health & Disease Management Colloquium to be held February 28 – March 2 in Philadelphia.

1 Mar 2010

New Clinical Pharmacology Mobile for drug information and medication management reference

Gold Standard/Elsevier (http://www.goldstandard.com), a leading provider of drug decision support announced today the availability of Clinical Pharmacology Mobile, a mobile device-optimized web site offering users access to the features and functions of Clinical Pharmacology, an award-winning electronic drug information and medication management reference.

1 Mar 2010

Axolotl celebrates 15 years of software development and HIE implementation

Axolotl Corp., the nationwide leader in health information exchange (HIE) services and solutions, celebrates fifteen successful years of software development and HIE implementation. Since its founding in 1995, Axolotl has been providing advanced Clinical Networking™ solutions to meet the diverse and changing needs of physicians, hospitals, regional health information organizations (RHIOs) and statewide HIEs to achieve interoperability across entire medical trading areas.

1 Mar 2010

Axolotl to demonstrate Elysium Open Access platform during HIMSS 2010

Axolotl Corp., the most experienced health information exchange (HIE) solutions and services company, today announced that it will be demonstrating its standards-based service-oriented architecture (SOA) platform — Elysium Open Access, with live third party applications – in operation today. Elysium Open Access is a core part of Axolotl’s Elysium® Exchange HIE suite.

1 Mar 2010

Determining personal risk for genetic disorders essential

Genetic diseases affect an estimated 12 million Americans, yet according to a survey of 1,000 people conducted by the Genetic Disease Foundation (GDF), while two-thirds of those surveyed were willing to and saw the benefits of undergoing genetic testing, close to 80 percent had never talked to their physician about genetic screening – an inconsistency that can have serious implications on a person's overall health and the health of their immediate family members.

1 Mar 2010

arGEN-X SIMPLE Antibody platform delivers multiple, diverse, ultra-potent functional antibodies

SIMPLE Antibody(TM) Platform Delivers Unprecedented Choice of Ultra-Potent Functional Antibody Leads Against Challenging Soluble and Cell Surface Targets. - ARGX-109, a Fully Human mAb Targeting Autoimmune, Inflammation and Oncology Indications, Enters Preclinical Development in Less Than 12 Months From Start of Discovery.

1 Mar 2010

JACI supplement supports the importance of small airways in asthma management

Increasing evidence supports the importance of small airways in the diagnosis and treatment of asthma; however, focused areas of discussion and critical review of this topic have been lacking. To foster a better understanding of the role of small airways in asthma management, Teva Respiratory, a subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., will be providing reprints of a special supplement entitled "Small Airway Involvement: A Key to Asthma" from the December issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at their exhibit (Booth #724) at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting being held Feb. 26-March 2, 2010 in New Orleans, La.

1 Mar 2010

Pharmacist workforce: Work characteristics and contributions

Results released today from the Pharmacy Manpower Project’s 2009 National Pharmacist Workforce Survey indicate shifts in the pharmacy profession toward more patient care. This 2009 report also provides insight into how the nation’s current economic situation has influenced the dynamics of the U.S. pharmacy workforce as nearly a quarter of pharmacists are practicing part-time and more are working past retirement age. This study is the third in a series of surveys commissioned by the Pharmacy Manpower Project, Inc. (PMP) since 2000 and has been highly anticipated throughout the industry.

1 Mar 2010

Using genetic engineering techniques in pigs, scientists create new model of diabetes

The incidence of diabetes is rising worldwide. Using genetic engineering techniques in pigs, scientists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich have created a new model of this metabolic disorder, which recapitulates many features of the disease, and promises to contribute significantly to improvements in diagnosis and therapy.

1 Mar 2010

New method using SGR to calculate rate of tumour growth developed

When treating cancer, it is an advantage to know the rate of growth of the cancer tumour. The standard method currently used to determine tumour growth, however, is erroneous. This is the conclusion of scientists at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, who have developed a new model.

1 Mar 2010

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Physicians urge Senators to repeal Medicare cuts

Validus Medical Systems introduces bi-directional mobile software solution for hospital systems

QuadraMed to showcase EHR and Smart Identity Management solutions at HIMSS Interoperability Showcase

4medica's IHR to be demonstrated at HIMSS conference

CellTrust to showcase secure mobile healthcare solution at HIMSS

Xerox to manage all document and business process needs within healthcare organization

Lumetra PSO to distribute iSOFT’s AIMS incident management software in the U.S. market

First Edition: March 1, 2010

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals' RECOTHROM solution receives Health Canada approval

Elsevier to present tactical solutions for advancing healthcare quality at HIMSS 2010

Alere Health's chief officer to discuss factors essential to create most effective health ecosystem

New Clinical Pharmacology Mobile for drug information and medication management reference

Axolotl celebrates 15 years of software development and HIE implementation

Axolotl to demonstrate Elysium Open Access platform during HIMSS 2010

Determining personal risk for genetic disorders essential

arGEN-X SIMPLE Antibody platform delivers multiple, diverse, ultra-potent functional antibodies

JACI supplement supports the importance of small airways in asthma management

Pharmacist workforce: Work characteristics and contributions

Using genetic engineering techniques in pigs, scientists create new model of diabetes

New method using SGR to calculate rate of tumour growth developed

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