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Merge Healthcare increases offer for AMICAS to $6.05 cash per share

Merge Healthcare Incorporated today announced its pending $6.05 cash per share offer for AMICAS, Inc.. Merge’s proposal, for an aggregate of $248 million, represents a 13% premium to the previously-announced offer for AMICAS from a newly-formed affiliate of Thoma Bravo, LLC for $5.35 cash per share. Merge’s current offer follows its offer of $6.00 cash per share that was made during the “go-shop” period contemplated by AMICAS’ merger agreement with Thoma Bravo.

23 Feb 2010

Somerset Hospital collaborates with Mckesson to automate pharmacy with PROmanager-Rx system

Somerset Hospital in Pennsylvania has joined with McKesson to automate its pharmacy using the new PROmanager-Rx™ system. The system will enable the 150-bed hospital to fully automate dispensing of tablets, capsules, and other oral solid medications that come directly from drug manufacturers in unit-dose, bar-coded form. Somerset, already a user of McKesson’s Paragon® community hospital information system, expects PROmanager-Rx to automate dispensing for approximately 80 percent of its daily scheduled patient doses.

23 Feb 2010

AMICAS issues statement on Merge Healthcare's views on acquisition proposal

AMICAS, Inc., a leader in image and information management solutions, today responded to a press release issued earlier today by Merge Healthcare Incorporated, regarding Merge's acquisition proposal. AMICAS Board of Directors has already considered and publicly rejected Merge's acquisition proposal.

23 Feb 2010

Centric Health Resources and CHT to create sustainable healthcare system for Americans

St. Louis-based Centric Health Resources, Inc. joined the Center for Health Transformation (CHT) a high-impact collaboration of private and public sector leaders committed to creating a 21st Century Intelligent Health System that saves lives and money for all Americans.

23 Feb 2010

ATR rates Obama's draft healthcare plan

Today, the White House released President Obama's draft healthcare plan.

23 Feb 2010

Hospital-acquired infections increase mortality rate and healthcare costs

Two common conditions caused by hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) killed 48,000 people and ramped up health care costs by $8.1 billion in 2006 alone, according to a study released today in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

23 Feb 2010

BCBSA’s statement on Obama's healthcare reform proposal

President Obama's proposal to establish a new Health Insurance Rate Authority ignores the unique cost drivers in each of the 50 state insurance markets. Several governors from both parties have recently expressed reservations about a one-size-fits-all approach to healthcare reform.

23 Feb 2010

Venza Group to demonstrate just-in-time healthcare solutions at HIMSS Conference

The Venza Group's Instructional Designers worked closely with client-side subject matter experts to create the eGuides, and the industry-leading Venza eGuide rapid development tool was used to build them. In the end, 69 eGuides totaling 571 screens and 1,071 steps were generated. The overall project was completed in a timely manner to the complete satisfaction of all concerned.

23 Feb 2010

PositiveID, RECEPTORS announce successful completion of rapid virus detection system Phase I development

PositiveID Corporation, in conjunction with its development partner RECEPTORS LLC, announced today that it has successfully completed Phase I development of its rapid virus detection system, a non-invasive, point-of-care test to test patient samples and identify various forms of influenza within minutes. Phase II of the development, which the Company expects to complete by the end of 2010, is planned to launch in February 2010.

23 Feb 2010

Acute stroke care and clinical outcomes improve substantially with stroke program

Acute stroke care and clinical outcomes have improved significantly at hospitals participating in the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines-Stroke program, according to a large study in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a journal of the American Heart Association.

23 Feb 2010

Health Net and Stanford University team up to provide healthcare benefits for students

Health Net of California, Inc. announced today a partnership with Stanford University to provide health benefits to the university’s undergraduate and graduate students, effective September 1, 2010.

23 Feb 2010

Omega Healthcare Investors declares net income of $16.2M for fourth-quarter 2009

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. today announced its results of operations for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. The Company also reported Funds From Operations available to common stockholders for the three months ended December 31, 2009 of $24.9 million or $0.29 per common share.

23 Feb 2010

HSA Bank reports 7.6% increase in average balance carried into 2010

HSA Bank reported today that the average Health Savings Account (HSA) balance carried into 2010 grew by 7.6 percent over the balance carried into 2009. The average balance of these accounts grew even though the nation faced the uncertainty of a recovering global economy, ailing retirement accounts, unemployment and healthcare reform.

23 Feb 2010

Public option again gains steam; Cadillac tax would fall equally on non-union plans

The public option is gaining steam again, while a new study on the "Cadillac tax" suggests it would fall equally on union and non-union health plans.

23 Feb 2010

Healthcare Realty Trust reports increased revenues and net earnings for 2009 fourth quarter

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated today announced results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009. Funds from operations ("FFO," as defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, "NAREIT") per diluted common share for the three months ended December 31, 2009 totaled $0.35, compared with $0.49 for the three months ended December 31, 2008.

23 Feb 2010

Ritter Pharmaceuticals to discuss lactose intolerance and associated health risks at NIH Conference

Ritter Pharmaceuticals, a company dedicated to helping individuals live a healthier and happier life style through improved digestion, announced today that it will join the leading lactose intolerance experts around the country at the NIH Consensus Development Conference for Lactose Intolerance and Health in Bethesda, Maryland from February 22-24.

22 Feb 2010

OrbiMed announces next venture capital fund for investments in biopharmaceutical and medical device companies

OrbiMed, a leading investment management firm focused on the healthcare sector, is pleased to announce the launch of its next venture capital fund, Caduceus Private Investments IV, LP, with $550 million in limited partner commitments. Approximately 80% of the new fund’s capital is from returning investors, and the fund’s partners include some of the largest pension plans, endowments, foundations, and sovereign funds globally.

22 Feb 2010

Obama's health plan to target insurers' rates

President Obama will propose a regulatory crack down on insurers' rate hikes this morning, as the administration seeks to set the stage for a week-long push to reinvigorate the health care debate, The New York Times reports.

22 Feb 2010

GOP plans to attend health summit as Obama calls for compromise

President Barack Obama warned during the weekend that both Republicans and Democrats should be careful not to turn this week's health care summit into "political theater" but to work to find "common ground" on the issues, The Washington Post reports. "The Thursday event, scheduled to be televised live on C-SPAN, could prove a pivotal moment in the year-long effort to overhaul the health-care system.

22 Feb 2010

U.S. HealthWorks expands its footprint in Arizona by acquiring three healthcare centers

U.S. HealthWorks, a leading operator of occupational healthcare centers in the nation, today announced the acquisition of all three Tucson Occupational Medicine healthcare centers.

22 Feb 2010

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Merge Healthcare increases offer for AMICAS to $6.05 cash per share

Somerset Hospital collaborates with Mckesson to automate pharmacy with PROmanager-Rx system

AMICAS issues statement on Merge Healthcare's views on acquisition proposal

Centric Health Resources and CHT to create sustainable healthcare system for Americans

ATR rates Obama's draft healthcare plan

Hospital-acquired infections increase mortality rate and healthcare costs

BCBSA’s statement on Obama's healthcare reform proposal

Venza Group to demonstrate just-in-time healthcare solutions at HIMSS Conference

PositiveID, RECEPTORS announce successful completion of rapid virus detection system Phase I development

Acute stroke care and clinical outcomes improve substantially with stroke program

Health Net and Stanford University team up to provide healthcare benefits for students

Omega Healthcare Investors declares net income of $16.2M for fourth-quarter 2009

HSA Bank reports 7.6% increase in average balance carried into 2010

Public option again gains steam; Cadillac tax would fall equally on non-union plans

Healthcare Realty Trust reports increased revenues and net earnings for 2009 fourth quarter

Ritter Pharmaceuticals to discuss lactose intolerance and associated health risks at NIH Conference

OrbiMed announces next venture capital fund for investments in biopharmaceutical and medical device companies

Obama's health plan to target insurers' rates

GOP plans to attend health summit as Obama calls for compromise

U.S. HealthWorks expands its footprint in Arizona by acquiring three healthcare centers

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