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WhiteGlove House Call Health adds parts of Guadalupe County to its San Antonio service area

WhiteGlove House Call Health, Inc., (www.whiteglove.com) a new provider choice in medical care that offers affordable, high-quality routine care at the home or work, announced today that it has added parts of Guadalupe County to its San Antonio service area.

27 Jan 2010

New disease management initiative in Colorado aims to treat low back pain and improve patient outcomes

HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that by increasing the role of the primary-care physician, the recently launched Colorado Low Back Collaborative (CLBC) aims to treat lower back issues with a more holistic view, and ultimately improve patient outcomes while lowering costs associated with the care of low back pain.

27 Jan 2010

New technology allows faster and more accurate diagnosis of brain aneurysm

Preventing deadly ruptures of the blood vessels in the brain is the aim of a new Mayo Clinic project to help radiologists detect aneurysms with far greater speed and accuracy.

27 Jan 2010

MMR Information Systems announces the opening of MMR University

MMR Information Systems, Inc., which provides MMRPro, a professional, integrated end-to-end document management system for the healthcare vertical (www.mymedicalrecordsmd.com), as well as consumer-controlled Personal Health Records (PHRs) (www.mymedicalrecords.com) and electronic safe deposit box storage solutions (www.myesafedepositbox.com), has announced the opening of MMR University to educate resellers, distributors, doctors, hospitals, and other potential customers about MMRPro.

27 Jan 2010

Hospital MRI Center selects Merge Healthcare to provide radiology information system

Tri Hospital MRI Center of Port Huron, Michigan has selected Merge Healthcare to provide a radiology information system (RIS) that includes integrated business workflow from scheduling through billing.

27 Jan 2010

Discovery challenges understanding of blood cell development

University of Utah researchers led an international team of scientists that is the first to report on the previously undescribed ability of platelets to reproduce themselves in the circulation. Their revolutionary findings were published online Jan. 19, 2010, in the journal Blood.

27 Jan 2010

23M people in the U.S without health insurance: Bishops call for changes in proposed reform bills

The U.S. bishops called on Congress to continue to work on health care reform to provide access for everyone, protection of life at all stages and conscience rights.

27 Jan 2010

Day Kimball Healthcare selects athenaClinicals to improve care and outcomes for patients

athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of internet-based business services to physician practices, today announced that Day Kimball Healthcare has selected athenahealth’s electronic health record (EHR) service, athenaClinicalsSM, as part of a new clinical connectivity platform designed to improve care and outcomes for patients across its healthcare system.

27 Jan 2010

Cinergy Health creates five steps to reduce childhood obesity

Cinergy Health, a nationwide health insurance agency providing guaranteed issue and short term major medical insurance programs, responds to the alarming rise in childhood obesity. One in three children in America is overweight or obese and one out of every five teenagers has a cholesterol level that increases the risk of heart disease.

27 Jan 2010

Update on Cardium Therapeutics' plans for commercial development of Generx

Cardium Therapeutics reported today that its Cardium Biologics division provided an update on plans for the continuing commercial development of Generx™ (alferminogene tadenovec, Ad5FGF-4), a DNA-based angiogenic therapy product candidate for patients with coronary artery disease.

27 Jan 2010

Fibromyalgia drug to earn 38% patient share in the U.S. and 30% patient share in Europe

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that a fibromyalgia drug that improves sleep quality more than Pfizer's Lyrica would earn a 38 percent patient share in the U.S. and a 30 percent patient share in Europe due to its efficacy, safety and tolerability, and delivery.

27 Jan 2010

New contract gives U.S. Naval hospitals access to ECRI Institute's medical equipment advisory service and product safety alerts

ECRI Institute®(www.ecri.org), an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, announces a new contract, awarded by the U.S. Navy to ECRI Institute, to offer its comprehensive advisory service for managing medical equipment procurement, maintenance, and safety to all U.S. Naval hospitals and medical centers worldwide.

27 Jan 2010

State news: New York Governor wants regulation on Rx gifts to doctors and other state news

The Associated Press/CNBC reports that New York Gov. David Paterson is "proposing new, tougher prohibitions on pharmaceutical companies, restricting them from dispensing gifts and misleading production information to doctors while promoting the use of specific drugs."

27 Jan 2010

Sumavel DosePro and Levadex to earn up to $400M by 2018

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that Zogenix/Astellas Pharma/Desitin Pharmaceuticals' needle-free Sumavel DosePro, which launched earlier this month in the United States, and MAP Pharmaceuticals' orally-inhaled Levadex will earn approximately $400 million in combined sales by 2018 in the migraine drug market.

27 Jan 2010

White House mulling limits on scope of proposed health overhaul

The Wall Street Journal: "The White House, with its health-care initiative in doubt, on Sunday zeroed in on several elements it hoped would survive, including measures to extend the life of Medicare, lower prescription drug costs for seniors and cap consumers' out-of-pocket medical expenses."

27 Jan 2010

TSYS signs long-term agreement with U.S. Bank to support commercial card payment services

TSYS announced today that it has signed a new long-term agreement with U.S. Bank. As part of the agreement, TSYS will continue to support the bank’s commercial card payment services, as well as become its exclusive partner in providing card processing services for the bank’s Consumer Directed Healthcare (CDH) benefit cards, issued by its Healthcare Payment Solutions business line.

27 Jan 2010

Researching treatments shows paths to health savings

An orthopedic surgeon in Sacramento became suspicious of a new therapy that helps tendons heal by injecting platelet-rich plasma into joints, The Sacramento Bee reports. So, he decided to do a test. It turned out, his patients outcomes were no different when he used the platelet-rich plasma therapy as when he didn't. The plasma treatment costs hundreds of dollars more per patient.

27 Jan 2010

Blue Foundation announces grants to improve Florida’s healthcare system

The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, the philanthropic affiliate of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF), is announcing grants to 11 Florida nonprofits that improve the health of in-need Floridians across the state. The grants are part of The Blue Foundation's biannual IMPACT Health Care (Improving Access to Health Care) grants program.

27 Jan 2010

dbMotion receives certification for IHE Profiles

dbMotion, a provider of health interoperability solutions, today announced it successfully completed interoperability testing at the 11th Annual IHE North American Connectathon in Chicago.

27 Jan 2010

Doctors accepting medicare patients decline in rural Arizona

Doctors Accepting Medicare Patients Decline In Rural Arizona

27 Jan 2010

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

WhiteGlove House Call Health adds parts of Guadalupe County to its San Antonio service area

New disease management initiative in Colorado aims to treat low back pain and improve patient outcomes

New technology allows faster and more accurate diagnosis of brain aneurysm

MMR Information Systems announces the opening of MMR University

Hospital MRI Center selects Merge Healthcare to provide radiology information system

Discovery challenges understanding of blood cell development

23M people in the U.S without health insurance: Bishops call for changes in proposed reform bills

Day Kimball Healthcare selects athenaClinicals to improve care and outcomes for patients

Cinergy Health creates five steps to reduce childhood obesity

Update on Cardium Therapeutics' plans for commercial development of Generx

Fibromyalgia drug to earn 38% patient share in the U.S. and 30% patient share in Europe

New contract gives U.S. Naval hospitals access to ECRI Institute's medical equipment advisory service and product safety alerts

State news: New York Governor wants regulation on Rx gifts to doctors and other state news

Sumavel DosePro and Levadex to earn up to $400M by 2018

White House mulling limits on scope of proposed health overhaul

TSYS signs long-term agreement with U.S. Bank to support commercial card payment services

Researching treatments shows paths to health savings

Blue Foundation announces grants to improve Florida’s healthcare system

dbMotion receives certification for IHE Profiles

Doctors accepting medicare patients decline in rural Arizona

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