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Iron Mountain's VNA solution to lower medical data storage costs at Dallas hospital

Iron Mountain Incorporated, the information management company, today announced that the Texas Regional Medical Center (TRMC) has chosen Iron Mountain's vendor neutral archive (VNA) and cloud storage solution to manage its CT scans, MRIs, X-rays and other diagnostic image volume.

20 Feb 2012

Premier healthcare alliance awards new SEEDS agreement for coffee, tea and cocoa

The Premier healthcare alliance today announced that a new SEEDS agreement for coffee, tea and cocoa has been awarded to KimBees's Inc. of Greensboro, N.C.

20 Feb 2012

Some answers about prescription psychiatric drugs

The circumstances of Whitney Houston's demise have dominated headlines and search trends since news outlets first reported of her death. Her struggle with addiction was covered extensively by the media, and even discussed candidly by Houston herself during several high-profile interviews.

20 Feb 2012

Innovative testing technology helps hospital save $3.7M

Kettering Medical Center has realized a positive financial impact of $3.7 million in the past year as the result of a change in standard operating procedures using a new innovative testing technology that diagnoses a wide variety of infectious diseases faster and more accurately than traditional testing.

20 Feb 2012

Mobile app to uncover a cheater

"If he's stupid enough to cheat, the world should know he's dumb enough to get caught," said Eva Mendes' character Sara in the hit movie Hitch. And therein lies the problem! The good news is that cheaters get caught. The bad news is they only get caught after they cheat. Now there's a test to catch his cheating ways BEFORE they start!

20 Feb 2012

IRadimed launches iMAGOX 2460 Non Magnetic MRI compatible SpO2 Monitor with Masimo SET Technology

IRadimed Corporation, the innovator in patient fluid delivery systems for the MRI environment, announced the launch of the iMAGOX 2460 Non Magnetic MRI compatible SpO2 Monitor with state-of-the-art Masimo SET Technology inside.

20 Feb 2012

Birmingham dermatologist first to offer anti-cellulite Cellulaze procedure

Dr. Barry Ginsburg, a Birmingham, AL based Dermatologist today announced his practice is the first in the state to offer the Cellulaze by Cynosure, the world's first and only minimally invasive medical device designed to treat women who have struggled to eliminate cellulite through diet and exercise, or have tried the myriad of lotions and creams currently on the market.

20 Feb 2012

TecENTERPRISE Claims Solution to be demonstrated at HIMSS 2012

The Business intelligence specialists, announces the TecENTERPRISE Claims Solution providing both a deep and wide scope into claims status, claims processing and claims management.

20 Feb 2012

Lack of diapers keep children out of childcare

According to the most recent census, 22% of American children live at or below the poverty line. In many cases, their families cannot provide the diapers they need because diapers, which can cost as much as $100 a month, cannot be bought with the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, commonly known as "food stamps") or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

20 Feb 2012

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital wins first annual Leape Ahead Award

The American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) is pleased to announce the selection of Helen DeVos Children's Hospital as the winner of the first annual Leape Ahead Award.

20 Feb 2012

USHCC, Aetna patner to offer affordable health coverage

United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC), the nation's premier voice for Hispanic business in America, has teamed up with Aetna to provide affordable, high quality health coverage to its members.

20 Feb 2012

Teleflex, Premier enter new agreements for ligation and stapling products, suture and trocars

Teleflex Incorporated, a leading global provider of medical devices for critical care and surgery, has announced three new group purchasing agreements with the Premier healthcare alliance.

20 Feb 2012

PlanSource completes SOC 2 audit and report process for HR administration platforms

PlanSource Holdings, Inc., a cloud-based HR and healthcare SaaS technology company, has announced that it has completed the SOC 2 (Service Organization Controls 2) audit and report process covering areas of security, confidentiality, processing integrity, and availability for its HR management and benefits administration platforms.

20 Feb 2012

COMMUNITY 2012, the ALFA Conference and Expo to be held in Dallas in May 2012

The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) today shared details about COMMUNITY 2012, the ALFA Conference and Expo, scheduled for May 16-18, 2012 in Dallas. COMMUNITY 2012 will bring together a global community of senior living executives for executive-level sessions, peer-to-peer collaboration, and professional networking.

20 Feb 2012

ETView Medical enters into patent license agreement for thoracic surgery devices

ETView Medical Ltd. announced today that it has entered into an exclusive license agreement for 2 US patents with James S. Simon, M.D., of Tiburon, California. The licensed patents are U.S. Pat. No. 7,052,456, entitled "Airway products having LEDs", and U.S. Pat. No. 6,189,533, entitled "Endotracheal Intubation Device".

20 Feb 2012

A pediatric version of Rothman Index

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is partnering with Rothman Healthcare Corporation in their development of a pediatric version of the Rothman Index. The Rothman Index, currently in use in adult patient populations, quantifies a patient's condition (based on vital signs, nursing assessments and lab results) displayed in a user-friendly graphical format.

20 Feb 2012

Open application marketplace for ambient assisted-living solutions

The success of Apple's App Store and the Android Market has inspired EU-funded developers of 'Ambient assisted-living' (AAL) solutions to develop their own open application marketplace and work together on interoperable platforms. In doing so, they are hoping to mainstream technology that will help older people live more active and comfortable lives.

20 Feb 2012

New CNN report points to a serious problem - childhood obesity

Childhood obesity has been a rising problem for some time now, and most Americans are aware of the epidemic proportions that childhood obesity has reached. According to a new CNN report, however, this children's health crisis is presenting whole new sets of challenges. CNN reveals that many children are outgrowing their clothing, and even the furniture used in their schools.

20 Feb 2012

James E. Cary Cancer Center to implement RayStation treatment planning system

RaySearch Laboratories AB has received an order for its RayStation treatment planning system from the James E. Cary Cancer Center located in Hannibal, Missouri.

20 Feb 2012

Charité launches new EU research project to personalize breast cancer treatment

Adjusting breast cancer therapy to individual patients to avoid ineffective treatment: Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin and eleven partner institutions from six countries have set this as their goal. They have launched the EU research project RESPONSIFY.

20 Feb 2012