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Governor Schwarzenegger’s successful public private partnerships to help 2,000 students gain employment in the healthcare field

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s successful public private partnerships under the California Nurse Education Initiative and the Governor’s Allied Health Initiative will continue to expand and implement academic programs within the health care professions beginning August 2009.

28 Aug 2009

Kennedy death places leadership question mark on health care reform

NPR: "It was perhaps his biggest legislative disappointment that he hadn't managed to realize the goal of providing health insurance for every American. But along the way, he left a major mark on the nation's health care system" (Rovner, 8/26).

28 Aug 2009

CREW opposes misleading ad about healthcare released by MSNBC

Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent a letter to MSNBC President Phil Griffin asking that MSNBC stop airing an ad sponsored by the U.S. Citizens Association. The ad, which ran at least once on August 27, 2009, during Morning Joe, violates Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations and NBC’s advertising policy.

28 Aug 2009

New award created to honour healthcare CEOs and administrators that support infection prevention

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has created a new award to recognize healthcare CEOs and administrators that support infection prevention and control efforts throughout their facilities. The new APIC Healthcare Administrator Award will honor a member of a healthcare facility’s executive team (CEO, COO, CFO, CMO, CNO) who has demonstrated significant and sustained support of the organization’s infection prevention team.

27 Aug 2009

HLA-Cw*0602 gene variation detected as a high risk for psoriasis

A specific genetic region that has been increasingly identified as the strongest genetic link to psoriasis has an even more significant role in the chronic skin disease than has been suspected, University of Utah medical researchers show in a new study.

27 Aug 2009

Premier’s group buy program helps hospitals to save more than $74 million in 2008

At a time when hospital operating margins are paper thin, the Premier healthcare alliance is helping its members achieve enhanced savings through its hospital group buy program. Members who utilized the program generated savings of more than $74 million in 2008.

27 Aug 2009

The Summer 2009 software platform release of Medeanalytics' healthcare performance management solution deployed

MedeAnalytics, a leading provider of healthcare performance management solutions, announced its summer 2009 software platform release, MedeAnalytics 9, which offers performance-packed features for enhanced collaboration and personalization. Deployed to clients on Aug. 17, the release incorporates client input and reflects the company’s ongoing investment in its analytic platform.

27 Aug 2009

Sunquest Information Systems to co-develop laboratory information system with MGH, Partners HealthCare System

Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., a market leader in laboratory and diagnostic information systems, the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), an innovator in medical care, research and teaching, and Partners HealthCare System, an integrated health care delivery system with a tradition of IT excellence, today announced a collaborative agreement to jointly develop the next generation anatomic and clinical pathology based laboratory information system.

27 Aug 2009

MBS/Vox hires two new analysts

MBS/Vox, the research-based consultancy unit of CommonHealth specializing in the linguistic analysis of healthcare communication, today announced two new hires.

27 Aug 2009

URAC accredits Medversant in the 2009 CVO Standards category

Medversant Technologies (www.medversant.com), the nation’s exclusive provider of AutoVerifi™ technology (U.S. Patent 7,529,682) that continuously monitors Web-based credentials verification solutions for hospitals, health plans, state Medicaid programs, and other healthcare settings, has been accredited by the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) in the 2009 Credentials Verification Organization (CVO) Standards category.

27 Aug 2009

Alegro Health renamed as Centric Health Corporation

Alegro Health Corp. (TSX-V: AGO), a provider of medical, surgical and rehabilitation and disability management services, today announced that it has changed its name to Centric Health Corporation. The Company received shareholder approval to change its name at a special meeting of shareholders held on August 25, 2009. The reason for the name change is that Management believes the new name better aligns the Company and brand with the industry in which it operates.

27 Aug 2009

First Edition: August 27, 2009

Today's news: Speculation begins regarding the impact Sen. Kennedy's death will have on the health reform debate and the Democrat's prospects for success.

27 Aug 2009

Adventist Medical Center receives the Community Value Index Five-Star hospital award

Adventist Medical Center (AMC) has received the Community Value Index (CVI) Five-Star hospital award for the third consecutive year. Developed by Cleverley and Associates, the national recognition signifies AMC’s dedication to meeting the healthcare needs of the community in a financially responsible, efficient and effective manner.

27 Aug 2009

New study of diabetes patients across five European countries launched by GfK Healthcare

GfK Healthcare’s Roper Global Diabetes Programme, the definitive global perspective on diabetes, announced today the launch of its enhanced 2009/2010 Western Europe Patient Study. Offering a holistic perspective of the diabetes patient across five European countries, with robust insights into patients’ attitudes and behaviors towards treatments, testing and lifestyles, the study now makes available to marketers greater reporting frequency and focus across a variety of broad-based and niche diabetes patient groups.

27 Aug 2009

GeckoSystems' CPT codes increase the cost/benefit ratios of personal robots

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (PINKSHEETS: GCKO) announced today that the new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes recently approved, for physicians only, will further enhance the cost/benefit ratios of personal companion robots for family care. These new CPT codes will increase physician productivity and revenue by billing for activities that have previously been considered unpaid administrative time for non-physical consultations such as telephonic or on-line consumer care using home monitoring medical devices.

27 Aug 2009

American Scientific Resources to acquire the intellectual property of Disintegrator home needle destruction device

American Scientific Resources, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ASFX) (the Company), today confirmed that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire the intellectual property to the Disintegrator home needle destruction device (NDD) (U.S. Patent No. 6,384,362 Patent Application No.: 09/500,504).

27 Aug 2009

New version of ClinixMD software features enhanced electronic medical record keeping capabilities

Healthcare software developer Clinix Medical Information Services, LLC, (www.clinixmis.com) announced the release of ClinixMD Version 7.5, an important upgrade to the company's Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system. The new release will enhance medical record keeping capabilities, as well as increase efficiency and ease of use for physician practices and billing companies.

27 Aug 2009

Spacelabs Healthcare launches Ultrasonic Cardiac Output Monitor in international markets

Spacelabs Healthcare today announced the launch of the Ultrasonic Cardiac Output Monitor (USCOM) in several new geographies, including Latin America, Africa, Europe, Australia and Middle East. USCOM’s unique and totally non-invasive method of cardiac monitoring provides an accurate, safe and efficient way of measuring how well the heart is functioning.

27 Aug 2009

California Bioscience Business Roundtable event hosted at the Quadrus Conference Center

Today a group of national and California-based partners hosted the California Bioscience Business Roundtable (BBR) event at the Quadrus Conference Center in Menlo Park. The event also featured Sam Youngman, the White Correspondent for The Hill newspaper, who provided a reporter's front row perspective on the unfolding health reform debate in Washington, D.C.

27 Aug 2009

Hospital Value Index reveals that consumers can find high-value healthcare in U.S.

Want to be sure you are spending your healthcare dollars wisely? Fortunately, the latest version of the Hospital Value Index™ reveals that informed healthcare consumers can find high-value healthcare in every corner of the United States.

27 Aug 2009

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Governor Schwarzenegger’s successful public private partnerships to help 2,000 students gain employment in the healthcare field

Kennedy death places leadership question mark on health care reform

CREW opposes misleading ad about healthcare released by MSNBC

New award created to honour healthcare CEOs and administrators that support infection prevention

HLA-Cw*0602 gene variation detected as a high risk for psoriasis

Premier’s group buy program helps hospitals to save more than $74 million in 2008

The Summer 2009 software platform release of Medeanalytics' healthcare performance management solution deployed

Sunquest Information Systems to co-develop laboratory information system with MGH, Partners HealthCare System

MBS/Vox hires two new analysts

URAC accredits Medversant in the 2009 CVO Standards category

Alegro Health renamed as Centric Health Corporation

First Edition: August 27, 2009

Adventist Medical Center receives the Community Value Index Five-Star hospital award

New study of diabetes patients across five European countries launched by GfK Healthcare

GeckoSystems' CPT codes increase the cost/benefit ratios of personal robots

American Scientific Resources to acquire the intellectual property of Disintegrator home needle destruction device

New version of ClinixMD software features enhanced electronic medical record keeping capabilities

Spacelabs Healthcare launches Ultrasonic Cardiac Output Monitor in international markets

California Bioscience Business Roundtable event hosted at the Quadrus Conference Center

Hospital Value Index reveals that consumers can find high-value healthcare in U.S.

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