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Merge Healthcare to launch new anesthesia information management solutions at ASA 2009 Annual Meeting

As increased regulatory compliance and pay-for-performance models are leading to higher requirements for electronic data collection and professional fee billing of surgery-related procedures, Merge Healthcare, has responded with new anesthesia information management solutions (AIMS), which will be on display at the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) 2009 Annual Meeting.

19 Oct 2009

Hologic opens new facility in Hong Kong

Hologic, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, today announced the opening of its new Asia Pacific regional offices and the Hologic Asia Pacific Center for Health Sciences Education in Hong Kong.

From Hologic, Inc. 19 Oct 2009

AccuVein signs five-year agreement with the Ferrer Group

AccuVein LLC today announced a five-year agreement with the Ferrer Group, a leading international pharmaceutical and medical devices distribution company, providing the AccuVein AV300, the world's first hand-held, non-contact vein illumination device, to customers in Greece, Spain and Portugal.

19 Oct 2009

Vangent announces launch of the Health Information Exchange Open Source software tool

Vangent, Inc., a leading global provider of information management and strategic business process outsourcing solutions, announced today that it will provide an open source software tool known as Health Information Exchange Open Source (HIEOS™) making possible secure exchange of health information from multiple and disparate system and data sources.

19 Oct 2009

Health reform bills may not protect consumers from treatment denials

"Despite growing frustration with the way health insurers deny medical treatments, major healthcare bills pending in Congress would give patients little new power to challenge those sometimes life-and-death decisions," The Los Angeles Times reports.

19 Oct 2009

Insurers, other health businesses examine effect of reform bills

Health care industry CEOs are analyzing their wins and losses in the bills being considered in Congress.

19 Oct 2009

CSC's HealthSpace Advisor selected by GHHS to optimize revenue generation

CSC today announced that the Georgia Hospital Health Services (GHHS), a subsidiary of the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA), has selected CSC's HealthSpace Advisor, a Web-based benchmarking tool introduced earlier this year, to help member hospitals analyze how effectively they use space in key revenue generating areas.

19 Oct 2009

Amarin raises $70 million through private placement

Amarin Corporation plc today announced it has closed its $70 million private placement. The transaction was led by existing investor, Fountain Healthcare Partners, on behalf of funds affiliated with other existing investors Sofinnova Ventures, Orbimed Advisors and Longitude Capital. The new investor group was led by funds affiliated with Abingworth LLP and included APG Asset Management, Great Point Partners, Tavistock Life Sciences Company and RA Capital. Cowen and Company, LLC acted as the exclusive placement agent for the transaction.

19 Oct 2009

The Beryl Companies in Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies

The Beryl Companies, the nation's leading provider of outsourced call center services to healthcare organizations, has achieved a growth rate of 41 percent in the last three years, earning it a place in the prestigious Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the country for the third straight year.

19 Oct 2009

Yissum scientists invent new design of TeraHertz-ray

Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd., the technology transfer arm of the University, today announced that Professor L.D. Shvartsman and Professor B. Laikhtman, from the Racah Institute of Physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, have invented a novel design of TeraHertz-ray, or T-ray, lasers.

19 Oct 2009

SequelMed Patient Portal launched by Sequel Systems

Sequel Systems, Inc., a dynamic, service-oriented healthcare technology company, today announced the launch and general availability of SequelMed Patient Portal™, a new, Web-based tool that improves and speeds up communication between physicians and patients, giving patients instant access to their personal health information, and allowing physicians and other healthcare providers more time to focus on delivering the best possible care. SequelMed Patient Portal is the latest addition to Sequel Systems’ suite of healthcare solutions, which includes an electronic health record (EHR), practice and document management software, and e-prescribing technology. More than 12,000 physicians in all 50 states and representing all major specialties currently use the company’s solutions.

19 Oct 2009

Sonomax Hearing Healthcare, Hearing Coach Africa sign five-year licensing agreement

Sonomax Hearing Healthcare Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed a five year license agreement with Hearing Coach Africa (Pty). The agreement for V3 hearing protectors specifies quarterly commitments over five years, totaling a minimum of $1,000,000. The agreement is renewable for an additional 5 years if all contractual conditions and minimum quarterly commitments are met.

19 Oct 2009

Vaccinations and preventative hygiene routines can help protect families from H1N1

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 37 states in the U.S. now report widespread influenza activity - and nearly all influenza cases reported to the health authority are 2009 H1N1, also known as swine flu. However, with the release of a 2009 H1N1 vaccine this week, parents have a new preventative tool to help keep their families safe from illness.

19 Oct 2009

First Edition: October 19, 2009

Five Rivers Medical Center in Pocahontas, Ark., needs help to get a highly coveted "critical access" hospital designation - and the extra Medicare funding that comes with it. Sen. Mark Pryor, an Arkansas Democrat, intends to provide it.

19 Oct 2009

$Online education programs for medical professionals at a fraction of the cost of travel-based programs$

Online education programs for medical professionals at a fraction of the cost of travel-based programs

With business travel budgets expected to remain tight through 2010, online clinical best practice programs may offer the healthcare industry its best educational value, according to Sara McMannus, Program Manager of GE Healthcare’s Global Clinical Best Practice Education. “Vendor-neutral, online programs provide education on-demand at a fraction of the cost of travel-based programs,” she said.

19 Oct 2009

Pelosi has tough words for insurers as she pushes public plan

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is joining liberal Democrats in the House on warning insurers that health care reform could mean lower profit, more fees and new competition from government.

19 Oct 2009

Healthcare systems integrator Evolutionary Systems awarded Oracle's Certified Advantage Partner status

Evolutionary Systems, (Evosys) a leading systems integrator for the healthcare and public sector industry, has been awarded Oracle's Certified Advantage Partner status by Oracle. To achieve this accreditation Evosys underwent a number of rigorous assessments, covering technical excellence, commercial capability and customer satisfaction.

19 Oct 2009

Majority of girls and young women well aware of HPV vaccine's benefits and limitations

Contrary to concerns that the human papillomavirus vaccine might promote promiscuity, a national survey of girls and young women found that the majority of respondents did not believe the HPV vaccine protected them against other sexually transmitted infections.

19 Oct 2009

Senate Democratic leaders say party will unite on health reform vote

Sens. Max Baucus and Harry Reid are predicting that a health care overhaul in the Senate will attract the votes of all Democrats in the Senate — and maybe even more than one Republican.

19 Oct 2009

TheraDoc commences beta testing of new computerized patient surveillance tool

TheraDoc®, the leading provider of clinical decision support technology in healthcare, today announced that it has started beta testing of a new computerized patient surveillance tool that will help hospitals monitor and manage screening programs for multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, which every year kills more people in the United States than AIDS.

19 Oct 2009

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Merge Healthcare to launch new anesthesia information management solutions at ASA 2009 Annual Meeting

Hologic opens new facility in Hong Kong

AccuVein signs five-year agreement with the Ferrer Group

Vangent announces launch of the Health Information Exchange Open Source software tool

Health reform bills may not protect consumers from treatment denials

Insurers, other health businesses examine effect of reform bills

CSC's HealthSpace Advisor selected by GHHS to optimize revenue generation

Amarin raises $70 million through private placement

The Beryl Companies in Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies

Yissum scientists invent new design of TeraHertz-ray

SequelMed Patient Portal launched by Sequel Systems

Sonomax Hearing Healthcare, Hearing Coach Africa sign five-year licensing agreement

Vaccinations and preventative hygiene routines can help protect families from H1N1

First Edition: October 19, 2009

Online education programs for medical professionals at a fraction of the cost of travel-based programs

Pelosi has tough words for insurers as she pushes public plan

Healthcare systems integrator Evolutionary Systems awarded Oracle's Certified Advantage Partner status

Majority of girls and young women well aware of HPV vaccine's benefits and limitations

Senate Democratic leaders say party will unite on health reform vote

TheraDoc commences beta testing of new computerized patient surveillance tool

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