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Bioethicists and safety experts suggest guidelines for policy makers to improve patient safety

Is it more urgent for hospitals, doctors and nurses to focus resources on preventing the thousands of falls that injure hospitalized patients each year, or to home in on preventing rare but dramatic instances of wrong-side surgery? Is it best to concentrate immediately on preventing pediatric medical errors or on preventing drug interactions in the elderly?

26 Aug 2009

MRSA Survivors Network founder organizes the first Inaugural World MRSA Day

MRSA Survivors Network founder, Jeanine Thomas has organized the first Inaugural World MRSA Day Kick-off event on October 1st in Chicago at Loyola University. Other events will be held across the globe and in the U.S. on October 2nd and throughout the month of October, World MRSA Awareness Month.

26 Aug 2009

Reform efforts focus attention on regional innovations in care delivery

As health reform efforts loom over Congress, news outlets find models of innovation in their own backyards. Geisinger Health System in rural Pennsylvania, a Florida satellite of the Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente Northwest in Oregon and Washington state, and Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond, Va., all get some attention.

26 Aug 2009

Chicago physician segment likely to grow more consolidated in future

HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that while the medical community in Chicago is more consolidated than most large cities, with multiple large physician groups affiliated with health systems, the physician segment is likely to grow even more consolidated in the future.

26 Aug 2009

iMedicor's partnership with PhoneTag provides transcription services to physicians and healthcare providers

iMedicor (OTCBB: VMCI) today announced it has entered into a partnership with PhoneTag, the leader in voicemail-to-text services and visual voicemail applications. Through this partnership, physicians and healthcare providers will have access to transcription services on their mobile device of choice. The basic service will be free to all users with a premium monthly subscription upgrade available.

26 Aug 2009

Amerinet enters strategic partnership with Indiana Federation of Ambulatory Surgical Centers

The Indiana Federation of Ambulatory Surgical Centers (IFASC) has signed a new sole-source agreement with Amerinet Inc., a leading national healthcare group purchasing organization (GPO).

26 Aug 2009

Customized health plan introduced by American Community

As Nebraska employers seek out additional ways to reduce rising healthcare costs, American Community Mutual Insurance Company announced today the addition of Latitude(TM), a small group product that allows employers to customize a health plan with the benefits that employees want at a price that business owners can afford.

26 Aug 2009

Democrats talk of moving reform bill without republicans, plan rallies

Democrats are preparing to move ahead without Republicans on health care reform, a leading House Democrat said Monday, The Hill reports.

26 Aug 2009

CPM’s physician relationship management system implemented by Advocate Health Care System

CPM Marketing Group (CPM), the market leader for healthcare customer relationship management (CRM) and strategic marketing solutions, announced today that Advocate Health Care System, the largest health care provider in Illinois, has implemented CPM’s physician relationship management (PRM) system to assist its hospitals in building and maintaining relationships with physicians.

26 Aug 2009

Prescription assistance program helps Iowa residents to save money on drugs

Iowa residents have saved over $800,000 on prescription drugs through Iowa Drug Card since the launch of the free statewide prescription assistance program. The program, which offers free discount drug cards to Iowa residents, was launched in June, 2008. Every resident of Iowa is eligible to participate in the prescription assistance program.

26 Aug 2009

Implementation of The T SystemEV improves revenues of Graham Hospital

For the past 100 years, Graham Hospital in east central Illinois has provided the city of Canton and its surrounding communities with outstanding healthcare. Today, Graham Hospital provides a full range of inpatient, outpatient, home care and long-term care services. Not unlike many communities across the country, the area Graham Hospital serves has been faced with economic challenges. Despite those challenges, the emergency department (ED) at Graham has actually seen an increase in revenue, even with a slight drop in patients, due to their relationship with T-System, the nation's leading provider of clinical documentation solutions for emergency departments.

26 Aug 2009

Experts in government healthcare from Affiliated Computer Services to aid state Medicaid programs

As state agencies navigate unprecedented economic challenges, Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (NYSE: ACS) is working to help state Medicaid programs maximize federal stimulus dollars and to prepare for the economic rebound.

26 Aug 2009

Aetna promotes patient safety measures through informative website

Aetna (NYSE:AET) is strengthening its efforts to promote patient safety with easy-to-find online information for members. New policies also require health care facilities, physicians and other health care professionals to take action to prevent medical errors and changes the way they are paid when medical errors do occur.

26 Aug 2009

GOP unveils latest salvo in health reform battle: seniors' bill of rights

Republicans unveiled what they've termed the "Health Care Bill of Right for Seniors" Monday in an attempt to tailor their messages to the elderly, The Washington Post reports.

26 Aug 2009

Royal Philips Electronics and Geisinger Health System to launch the eICU Program

Royal Philips Electronics announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Geisinger Health System to launch an eICU Program. The Philips VISICU eICU(R) Program combines early warning alerts and remote monitoring technology to connect off-site critical care specialists with intensive care unit (ICU) patients and their bedside care teams.

25 Aug 2009

Healthcare information technology to enable clinicians spend more time on patient care

Healthcare reform, a current hot button headline, is not a new issue. In fact, the concept has been kicking around the Hill since Teddy Roosevelt, who started the discussion of a national health insurance program in the early 1900s.

25 Aug 2009

Healthcare, education and clean energy are top job demands of the future

In the late 1980s, everyone wanted to study business management. Colleges and universities churned out millions of graduates who had watched Michael Douglas in Wall Street and believed they were going to be the next Gordon Gekko. Imagine their surprise when, in the early 1990s, corporate hiring trends shifted to heavily favor technology jobs! Certainly some of these graduates did just fine in the business world, but how many would have been happier and more successful with a computer degree?

25 Aug 2009

Reliant Healthcare Professionals appoints a new CEO

Reliant Healthcare Professionals, Inc. (“Reliant”) operating as FASTAFF Travel Nursing (“FASTAFF”) and U.S. Nursing Corporation (“U.S. Nursing”), today announced that Patrick Donovan has assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer.

25 Aug 2009

Socket Mobile collaborates with iBleep and Dakota Integrated Solutions to provide advanced wireless communication systems to healthcare organizations

Socket Mobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCKT), an innovative provider of mobile productivity solutions, today announced the formation of a partnership with iBleep Ltd. and Dakota Integrated Solutions in order to provide advanced wireless communication systems to healthcare organizations throughout the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

25 Aug 2009

Free webinar for business travel industry on swine flu pandemic

"Business as usual” won’t be this flu season, with the effects of the H1N1 (Swine Flu) pandemic expected to include quarantines, travel restrictions and school and office closings. Businesses that rely on travel need to make preparations now to mitigate the impact.

25 Aug 2009