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Majority of nurses experience workplace violence

Three-quarters of nurses providing private and public care experienced workplace violence, but only one in six incidents were formally reported, according to study published in the February issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

3 Feb 2010

MPR drug information now available for iPhone and iPod touch

MPR – the most widely used drug reference by clinicians – is now available as a free App for the iPhone and iPod touch. The MPR drug database is also available for free for BlackBerry, Palm, and Microsoft Mobile devices, as well as desktop and laptop computers running Microsoft XP and Microsoft Vista (www.empr.com/download).

3 Feb 2010

Health leaders discuss patient-centered e-health at half-day conference

A half-day conference, co-sponsored by Stevens Institute of Technology and the N.J. Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (NJHIMSS), will be held on the Stevens campus in Hoboken, N.J, Wednesday, February 3, in which thought leaders and innovators will share their insights and debate how

3 Feb 2010

NHSI achieves 100% provider adoption rate of HealthPort’s EMR technology

HealthPort, a top-25 company in the healthcare information technology industry, today announced that National Health Services, Inc. (NHSI), a 12-site Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with locations throughout Kern County, California, has achieved 100% provider adoption of HealthPort’s Electronic Medical Record (EMR) technology.

3 Feb 2010

Three year partnership between Dona Bertarelli's Ladycat and Go Red for Women ends

The three year partnership between Dona Bertarelli, her Decision 35 catamaran Ladycat (SUI10) and Go Red for Women, the international campaign of the World Heart Federation to raise public awareness of heart disease and stroke in women, ended successfully in December 2009.

3 Feb 2010

Cancer survivors become advocates for other cancer patients

Sociologists at Case Western Reserve University found that when passive cancer patients become survivors, they have plenty of bold advice to offer other cancer patients, according to a study in JAGS, the Journal of American Geriatric Society.

3 Feb 2010

GE Healthcare expands ecomagination product portfolio, adds Centricity Enterprise EMR solution

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, today announced that it has expanded its portfolio of ecomagination products aimed at helping healthcare companies and hospitals reduce cost and waste while positively impacting the environment. The GE ecomagination portfolio of more than 85 products now includes two new healthcare products and three product categories, including the Centricity Enterprise Electronic Medical Record (EMR) solution.

3 Feb 2010

Florida surgeon receives '2009 Country Doctor of the Year' award

For most of the last 30 years, a 90-mile strip of the Florida Keys was covered by one surgeon and one surgeon alone, Dr. Steven J. Smith, of Marathon, Florida. For two and a half decades, Dr. Smith covered two hospitals located over 40 miles apart, often making the drive between facilities three times daily, while being on call around the clock, 365 days a year.

3 Feb 2010

Banner Health to use Premier's Web-based labor benchmarking solution

Banner Health is expanding its relationship with the Premier healthcare alliance to include Premier’s OperationsAdvisor® (OA) Web-based labor benchmarking solution.

3 Feb 2010

Hypertension drug market to decrease through 2013 due to generic erosion and few emerging therapies

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, in addition to extensive generic erosion, the hypertension drug market will be constrained through 2018 by a pipeline containing very few emerging therapies with novel mechanisms of action. Gilead's darusentan was positioned to be the next emerging therapy with a novel mechanism of action to reach the hypertension market. However, following darusentan's failure to meet its primary endpoint in the recent DORADO-AC Phase III clinical trial, further development of the agent has been terminated.

3 Feb 2010

Tips to prevent heartburn

With the Big Game approaching, many football fans across the country are preparing for viewing parties, and the non-stop eating that comes with them. But favorite football foods like pizza, wings and nachos can trigger heartburn, which can end the evening long before the last touchdown.

3 Feb 2010

Survey reports high levels of satisfaction, awareness and use of Healthy Together program

The latest Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) EqualityCare Provider Satisfaction Survey reports high levels of satisfaction, awareness and use of the Healthy Together program. The program provides health coaching services that reinforce treatment delivered by Wyoming practitioners to Medicaid recipients, as well as educational and consultation services that support their practices.

3 Feb 2010

Chase HSA business has grown by 30% in 2009

Chase today announced that its Health Savings Account (HSA) business has grown by 30 percent over the last year, adding more than 115,000 accounts and $220 million in deposits. Chase now has more than 500,000 account holders who hold over $740 million in their HSAs.

3 Feb 2010

BioSpecifics Technologies' XIAFLEX receives FDA approval

BioSpecifics Technologies Corp., a biopharmaceutical company developing first in class collagenase-based products, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved XIAFLEX™, a novel, first-in-class, orphan-designated, biologic, for the treatment of adult Dupuytren's contracture patients with a palpable cord.

3 Feb 2010

One-third of doctors and diabetes patients prioritize health conditions differently

About one-third of doctors and their patients with diabetes do not see eye to eye on the most important health conditions to manage, according to a survey by the University of Michigan Medical School.

3 Feb 2010

Concuity wins contract to provide Revenue Recovery Services to one of East Texas' health care providers

Concuity, a Healthcare Division of Trintech, Inc., and a leading provider of Revenue Cycle Management technology and services, announced today that it has secured a contract to provide its Revenue Recovery Services to one of East Texas' preferred health care providers.

3 Feb 2010

Dayton Physicians select IntrinsiQ’s chemotherapy management system for improving patient care

Dayton Physicians LLC, one of Ohio’s leading multi-specialty cancer treatment centers, has selected IntrinsiQ’s IntelliDose® clinical software to manage complex chemotherapy treatment, safely and efficiently.

3 Feb 2010

Cognosante and Fox Systems announce merger

Fox Systems, a leader in Medicaid and HIPAA, and Cognosante, a leader in health information interoperability, today announced that the two companies have merged effective January 1, 2010. The combined company will be known as Cognosante, LLC, with Fox Systems operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cognosante.

3 Feb 2010

Associates at SJRMC's new hospital in Mishawaka now have access to on-site concierge service

Associates at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center’s (SJRMC) new hospital in Mishawaka, Ind., now have access to an on-site concierge service provided by Best Upon Request, a national organization based in Cincinnati.

3 Feb 2010

Tenet Healthcare signs multi-year agreement with MultiPlan

Tenet Healthcare Corporation today announced that it signed a multi-year agreement with MultiPlan, Inc., effective Jan. 1, 2010. The agreement includes participation in the PHCS (formerly Private Healthcare Systems) Network, the MultiPlan Network and, in select markets, PHCS Savility, which is MultiPlan’s newest primary PPO network.

3 Feb 2010