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Easy and affordable genetic test from Pathway Genomics

Pathway Genomics™ (www.PATHWAY.com), a privately held, venture-backed company, today announced an exclusive agreement to partner with OptumHealthSM Allies and offer the organization’s 15 million members a 20% discount on Pathway’s Health and Ancestry genetic test.

13 Nov 2009

Regence BlueCross recognized as Platinum-Level Start! Fit-Friendly Company

Regence BlueCross BlueShield has been recognized as a Platinum-Level Start! Fit-Friendly Company by the American Heart Association's Start! movement for helping employees eat better and move more.

13 Nov 2009

Peer-reviewed article to evaluate the financial benefit of wellness programs

URAC, the nation's leading health care accreditation and education organization, today announced that the value of its Comprehensive Wellness Accreditation standards is referenced in "Framework for Assessing the Financial Benefit of Wellness Program", an article by Thomas Wilson, PhD, DrPH, a wellness expert and an epidemiologist for Trajectory Healthcare, LLC.

13 Nov 2009

Guide to improve recruitment, employee performance and engagement strategies in healthcare sector

"Talent Management in Healthcare," a recent study by Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company, reveals that although healthcare organizations are still struggling with the lack of qualified candidates in the talent market, the primary focus has been on developing and retaining talent. Performance management, engagement, and succession planning are the top strategic emphases for these organizations.

13 Nov 2009

Health Insurer tells its employees to directly lobby U.S. Senators for weaker health reform and higher insurer profits

The nation's largest health insurance company, United Healthcare, launched a new push this week to get employees to directly lobby U.S. Senators for weaker health reform and higher insurer profits. The new campaign, in an e-mail sent to all employees Nov. 10, offers employees template letters to send from company computers on company time and urges them to write grassroots-style letters to the editor to local newspapers. Consumer Watchdog, which obtained the letters, called on the Senate and newspapers to reject this deceptive corporate-directed campaign.

13 Nov 2009

PAF receives additional funding support for serving patients with multiple myeloma

Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) -- a national non-profit organization that seeks to safeguard patients through effective mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of their financial stability relative to their diagnosis of life threatening or debilitating diseases -- is pleased to announce that it has received additional funding support for serving patients with multiple myeloma through its Co-Pay Relief Program (CPR).

13 Nov 2009

Medicare Part D program exceeds expectations, majority of seniors approve their plan and coverage

Almost four years after the Medicare Part D prescription drug program went into effect, an overwhelming majority (88 percent) of America's seniors approve of their individual plan and coverage. In a national survey released this morning by the nonpartisan Medicare Today Coalition, 95 percent of seniors who used their plan and received prescriptions over the past year also reported that their plan has worked well, while 85 percent continue to find their monthly premium to be affordable.

13 Nov 2009

Alliance HealthCare Services commences cash tender offer for its 7¼% Senior Subordinated Notes

Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc. announced today that it commenced a cash tender offer for any and all of its outstanding 7¼% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the “notes”). In connection with the tender offer, Alliance is soliciting holders to consent to proposed amendments to the indentures governing the notes, which will eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and certain other provisions.

13 Nov 2009

National Data Collection Center for primary research phase of the Index launched

The Advisory Council for the U.S. Healthcare Efficiency Index(TM) (Index), founded by Emdeon, today announced the launch of the National Data Collection Center for the primary research phase of the Index and the addition of new members.

13 Nov 2009

McKesson integrates Horizon solution suite and RelayHealth to provide nationwide HIE

McKesson today announced Horizon Connect™, a key component of its “Connect” strategy to enable health information exchange (HIE) and patient care coordination within communities, across regions and throughout the United States.

13 Nov 2009

Immanuel Senior Living implements Avantas' Smart Square web-based scheduling software

Already utilizing Avantas Pools to provide health professionals for their Assisted Living Communities in Omaha and Lincoln, Immanuel Senior Living and Avantas have expanded their relationship to include Avantas' web-based scheduling software, Smart Square and the Staffing Resource Center.

13 Nov 2009

Healthcare providers plan to make better use of healthcare information technology

A recent poll of healthcare providers indicates that as the country moves through healthcare reform and defining "meaningful use," providers plan to make better use of healthcare information technology when it comes to their everyday practices.

13 Nov 2009

University of Leicester medic presents new research findings on adult asthma

Dr Salman Siddiqui from the University of Leicester's Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, will present his key PhD findings, 'Structure function Relationships in Adult Asthma' in a Doctoral Inaugural Lecture taking place on Wednesday 18 November.

13 Nov 2009

Memphis Mayor supports new program that assists individuals with bipolar disorder

On November 17 at 2:00 pm, Memphis Mayor AC Wharton will announce during a press conference at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center his support for the a new cooperative venture that assists individuals with bipolar disorder.

13 Nov 2009

NQF releases the QDS framework for defining data necessary to measure performance in patient care

The National Quality Forum (NQF) announced today the release of the Quality Data Set (QDS), a common technological framework for defining clinical data necessary to measure performance and accelerate improvement in patients' quality of care. The QDS framework provides a standardized set of data that should be captured in patients' electronic health records and is applicable to all care settings a patient is likely to use in his or her lifetime.

13 Nov 2009

New Satellite Dialysis center to serve patients affected with CKD opened

Satellite Healthcare, one of the nation's first and leading providers of kidney dialysis services and a major sponsor of nephrology research, today announced the opening of a new Satellite Dialysis center in Tracy, CA.

13 Nov 2009

Suneva Medical commends Trilogy Education for conducting a two-day dermal filler training course for nurses

With the growing use of dermal fillers, ensuring patient safety and satisfaction has never been more important. Dermatology and plastic surgery nurse practitioners continue to play a vital role in managing, educating and interacting with patients. A 2009 study of dermatology nurse practitioners estimates that the average number of patients nurse practitioners see each year totals six hundred million.

13 Nov 2009

Clinical Care Options to provide online continuing medical education in "The Oncology Portal"

Clinical Care Options (CCO), a leader in the development of innovative interactive online, print, and live medical education for healthcare professionals, today announced its exclusive collaboration with Oncology Today(TM), a wholly owned subsidiary of US Oncology, Inc., to be the provider of online continuing medical education (CME) for the newly formed US Oncology's online clinician community, "The Oncology Portal."

13 Nov 2009

Alcohol and drug treatment facility receives Joint Commission accreditation

The Right Step, one of the most respected and affordable alcohol and drug treatment facilities in the country, is proud to announce its recent accreditation by The Joint Commission (JCAHO).

13 Nov 2009

University of Colorado Hospital signs contract to implement Lawson enterprise applications

Lawson Software today announced that the University of Colorado Hospital signed a contract to implement multiple Lawson enterprise applications to help enhance its human resources operations and improve overall business processes. An existing Lawson customer, the hospital is adding Lawson Global Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, Absence Management and Employee & Manager Self Service applications.

13 Nov 2009

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Easy and affordable genetic test from Pathway Genomics

Regence BlueCross recognized as Platinum-Level Start! Fit-Friendly Company

Peer-reviewed article to evaluate the financial benefit of wellness programs

Guide to improve recruitment, employee performance and engagement strategies in healthcare sector

Health Insurer tells its employees to directly lobby U.S. Senators for weaker health reform and higher insurer profits

PAF receives additional funding support for serving patients with multiple myeloma

Medicare Part D program exceeds expectations, majority of seniors approve their plan and coverage

Alliance HealthCare Services commences cash tender offer for its 7¼% Senior Subordinated Notes

National Data Collection Center for primary research phase of the Index launched

McKesson integrates Horizon solution suite and RelayHealth to provide nationwide HIE

Immanuel Senior Living implements Avantas' Smart Square web-based scheduling software

Healthcare providers plan to make better use of healthcare information technology

University of Leicester medic presents new research findings on adult asthma

Memphis Mayor supports new program that assists individuals with bipolar disorder

NQF releases the QDS framework for defining data necessary to measure performance in patient care

New Satellite Dialysis center to serve patients affected with CKD opened

Suneva Medical commends Trilogy Education for conducting a two-day dermal filler training course for nurses

Clinical Care Options to provide online continuing medical education in "The Oncology Portal"

Alcohol and drug treatment facility receives Joint Commission accreditation

University of Colorado Hospital signs contract to implement Lawson enterprise applications

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