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CPS expands business, adds a remote order entry services division

Comprehensive Pharmacy Services (CPS) announced today a significant expansion of its business, adding a remote order entry services division. CPS’ new division will offer remote prescription approval and order entry to the healthcare industry and will be branded as RemoteSolutions, a CPS company.

23 Sep 2009

Proposed cuts can impact Ohio's health care services

The health reform bill currently pending in the House of Representatives, combined with the impact of the cuts being waved in front of Medicare-funded nursing homes -- an estimated $12 billion over 10 years -- will find Ohio's seniors in need of nursing and rehabilitative care on shaky ground.

23 Sep 2009

ADRS to improve consumer care by using Starbak's enterprise video platform

Starbak (http://www.starbak.com/), the leading provider of enterprise video portals and integrated networks for the Education, Corporate, Healthcare and Government markets, today announced that Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services (ADRS) is using its award-winning enterprise video platform (http://www.starbak.com/solutions/Starbak_V3_Video_Portal_and_Integrated_Network/solutions.aspx) to improve consumer care by providing its geographically dispersed rehabilitation professionals with access to targeted and timely on-demand skills training videos.

23 Sep 2009

Community Hospital South implements GE Healthcare's Centricity Enterprise solution

GE Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare information technology, announced Community Hospital South (Indianapolis) is now live with GE Centricity™ Enterprise 6.1 and Monitored Care, an integrated clinical, financial and administrative solution that helps streamline workflow and improve productivity across the continuum of care.

23 Sep 2009

Results of OASIS clinical trial reported by Cardiovascular Systems

Two-year follow-up of patients in the first-ever prospective, multi-center clinical trial evaluating a plaque removal product show promising results after treatment with the Diamondback 360® PAD System, a minimally invasive catheter system that removes hardened plaque to restore blood flow in arteries.

23 Sep 2009

New finding reveals that majority of Americans feel that recession is not over

An overwhelming majority of Americans appear to disagree with Fed Chairman Bernanke's statement that the recession is 'likely over' as 78% say it isn't, according to the latest American Pulse Survey of 6,976 Americans. 76% of Democrats, 84% of Republicans and 75.6% of Independents concur, making this one subject that all parties can agree upon.

23 Sep 2009

One more BARA-MED XD chamber at Comprehensive Healthcare Solutions

Environmental Tectonics Corporation's (OTC Bulletin Board: ETCC) ("ETC" or the "Company") BioMedical Systems today announced the sale of an additional BARA-MED((R)) XD Monoplace Hyperbaric Chamber to Comprehensive Healthcare Solutions, Inc.

23 Sep 2009

Pelosi says House health bill will have public option

'No bill can pass the House of Representatives without a public option in it,' Pelosi, D-Calif., said at a press conference after a private tour of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital with a group of physicians and local Congressional Democrats.

23 Sep 2009

Cleveland Clinic chooses CareMedic's Audit Management solution for RAC

CareMedic Systems, Inc., the industry leader and largest provider of real-time Medicare transaction processing, today announced that Cleveland Clinic is among many prominent healthcare organizations to choose its Audit Management solution for RAC.

23 Sep 2009

Third-quarter fiscal 2009 results announced by The Quantum Group

The Quantum Group, Inc. (NYSE Amex:QGP) announced financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2009 ended July 31, 2009.

23 Sep 2009

Gamma Medica-Ideas closes $24 million financing to support digital technologies

Gamma Medica-Ideas, Inc. ("GMI"), a leading developer of digital molecular imaging systems, announced today that it had closed a $24 million financing, the company's first institutional round, in order to support continued growth of the company's proprietary digital SPECT, PET and CT technologies in current and new markets.

23 Sep 2009

Oncology Metrics and Altos Solutions to merge

Altos Solutions and Oncology Metrics llc, today announced the planned merger of the two companies, creating a combined technology and knowledge data company serving community-based oncology practices. The merged company will be known as Altos Solutions and will be headquartered in Los Altos, California.

23 Sep 2009

British Prime Minister to unveil $1b effort to improve health systems in developing countries

During the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday is scheduled to announce that Britain is teaming up with Norway, the Netherlands and Australia to invest $1 billion to strengthen the health systems in developing countries, the Financial Times/NineMSN reports (Jack, 9/21).

23 Sep 2009

Today's opinions and editorials

Political intimidation has always been part of the current Congress's health-care strategy: "If you're not at the table, you're on the menu" is tattooed on every lobbyist and industry rep in Washington. But Max Baucus's latest bullying tactics are hard to believe by even these standards, as the Senate Finance Chairman has sicced federal regulators on the insurer Humana Inc. for daring to criticize one part of his health bill (9/22).

23 Sep 2009

New AIDS treatment center to open in Washington, DC

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US’ largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider, which provides medical care and/or services to more than 100,000 individuals in 21 countries worldwide, is honored to announce the September 24th grand opening of AHF’s first AIDS treatment center in Washington, DC, where the HIV rate is now reported to be 3%—higher than the rate in Lagos, Nigeria.

23 Sep 2009

After criticisms, Baucus expects big changes to health bill

The Senate Finance Committee is meeting beginning today to consider chairman Max Baucus' health proposal and is very likely to make substantial changes.

23 Sep 2009

HealthRock to promote health education

The $1 trillion cost and massive government role envisioned by the Obama Administration’s health care reform plan (The Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009) continue to create controversy in Congress and throughout the nation.

23 Sep 2009

Travel Force Staffing's rehabilitation jobs search tool for healthcare professionals

Leading travel therapy recruitment firm, Travel Force Staffing, provides specialized allied healthcare staffing services to hospitals, clinics, managed care and skilled nursing facilities nationwide.

22 Sep 2009

MMR Information Systems signs five-year marketing agreement

MMR Information Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: MMRF) (the "Company"), which through its wholly-owned operating subsidiary, MyMedicalRecords, Inc. ("MMR"), provides consumer-controlled Personal Health Records ("PHRs") (www.mymedicalrecords.com) and electronic safe deposit box storage solutions (www.myesafedepositbox.com), announced today that it has entered into a five year agreement (the "Agreement") to license an existing 80 million person direct marketing database of street addresses, cellular phone numbers, e-mail addresses and other comprehensive data (the "Database") with E-Mail Frequency, LLC (the "Licensor").

22 Sep 2009

Precision Dynamics awarded combined contract by MedAssets

Precision Dynamics-TimeMed, the global leader in healthcare identification solutions, announced today that it has been awarded a combined contract for healthcare wristbands and labels by MedAssets, one of the nation's largest group purchasing organizations (GPOs).

22 Sep 2009