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Urgent Cares of America acquires Urgent Care Express

Urgent Cares of America Holdings, LLC (UCA) today announced the acquisition of Tri-City Express Care, PLLC (d.b.a. Urgent Care Express) (UCE) based in Gilbert, Arizona with five urgent care locations in the Phoenix area. The acquisition represents the first step in UCA’s strategy to build a national group of urgent care clinics that are driven by clinical and operational best practices.

21 Feb 2011

Cerebral oximetry provides new way to identify patient risk levels prior to cardiac surgery

Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products and recognized innovator in mechanical ventilation and respiratory care devices, today announced that its INVOS™ Cerebral/Somatic Oximeter can provide a simple, noninvasive way to help cardiac surgeons assess patients at risk for poor outcomes prior to surgery.

21 Feb 2011

Scientists identify new cellular mechanism underlying hydronephrosis

One of the most common congenital defects in humans - it is detected in approximately 0.5% of fetuses analyzed by routine antenatal sonography - is a kidney abnormality known as hydronephrosis. Hydronephrosis arises because the flow of urine from the kidney to the bladder is impeded.

21 Feb 2011

Panasonic to offer new high definition patient room display for hospitals

Panasonic Solutions Company, provider of collaboration, information-sharing and decision-support solutions for healthcare, government and commercial enterprises, today announced it will offer a new high definition, 32", hospital-grade, patient room display later this year.

From PHC Europe B.V. 21 Feb 2011

Motorola announces new advanced data capture solution for healthcare

Motorola Solutions, Inc. today announced its newest advanced data capture solution for healthcare - the DS4208-HC corded imager.

21 Feb 2011

CIGNA, Healthy Kids Challenge launch new online initiative to help reverse obesity trend

CIGNA and Healthy Kids Challenge, working together since 2004 to fight obesity, today announced the launch of their latest initiative - an online CIGNA Mix Six for Healthy Balance Toolkit offering real-life ways for individuals, families and employers to incorporate better health into their daily routines.

21 Feb 2011

GE Healthcare, CDC collaborate to explore efficacy of actionable health alerts

After a full year of feasibility studies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is taking a significant step toward providing public health information at the point-of-care. CDC is collaborating with GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, to explore the efficacy of actionable health alerts, delivered instantly to a physician's electronic medical record.

21 Feb 2011

Scientists show bacteria in polluted rivers become resistant to range of antibiotics

Many of the substances in our most common medicines are manufactured in India. Some of these factories release huge quantities of drugs to the environment. Swedish scientists now show that bacteria in polluted rivers become resistant to a range of antibiotics. International experts fear that this may contribute to the development of untreatable infectious diseases world-wide.

21 Feb 2011

GE Healthcare announces two new EMR solutions certified for meaningful use at HIMSS meeting

At the annual meeting of the Health Information Management and Systems Society in Orlando this week, GE Healthcare announced two new Electronic Medical Record solutions that have been certified for meaningful use.

21 Feb 2011

Investigational heart valve implanted in patient through small puncture hole in leg

Physicians at the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center in Houston implanted a new investigational heart valve in a patient through a small puncture hole in the leg.

21 Feb 2011

GE Healthcare completes Orbotech Medical acquisition

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, announced that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Orbotech Medical Solutions Ltd. (OMS), a subsidiary of Orbotech Ltd. (Orbotech), and a manufacturer of cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detectors used in GE Healthcare's innovative Alcyone nuclear medicine technology.

21 Feb 2011

Seattle Children's Hospital implements Gemalto's Protiva security solutions

The Seattle Children's Hospital and Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced that Seattle Children's Hospital has implemented Gemalto's Protiva security solutions, including the Strong Authentication Server, two factor authentication devices and technical support services, to securely access its servers, networks and VPNs.

21 Feb 2011

Highmark to deploy PatientPoint self-service check-in technology to Western Pennsylvania providers

PatientPoint™, a provider of self-service and revenue cycle management applications, today announced a partnership with Highmark Inc., an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association based in Pittsburgh. Through its partnership, Highmark will deploy PatientPoint self-service check-in technology to select providers in its Western Pennsylvania market.

21 Feb 2011

ImplementHIT to roll out OptimizeHIT physician EHR elearning solutions at HIMSS11

ImplementHIT will roll out OptimizeHIT, physician electronic health record (EHR) elearning solutions, at HIMSS 2011 in Orlando, FL, February 20-24 in booth 3385. This new patent-pending solution will deliver bold new functionality scaled to small physician practices with 20 doctors or fewer, empowering them to achieve meaningful use of qualified EHRs.

21 Feb 2011

Hitachi expands Medical Imaging VNAs to include entire healthcare facility

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., today introduced a new solution for healthcare providers to improve clinical decision making and resulting patient care. Hitachi Clinical Repository (HCR) is an information management solution that transforms raw medical data and images into meaningful information, independent of the source applications.

21 Feb 2011

GNAX demonstrates new Free Health Information Exchange at HIMSS11

Global Net Access (GNAX), a leading healthcare technology infrastructure service provider unveils a new Free Health Information Exchange (HIE) today at the 2011 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition. The GNAX HIE facilitates the direct electronic exchange of patient information between healthcare providers.

21 Feb 2011

CentraCare completes rollout of InterSystems Ensemble integration, development platform

InterSystems Corporation, the global leader in software for connected health care, today announced that CentraCare Health System has completed an organization-wide rollout of the InterSystems Ensemble® integration and development platform. The announcement was made at the HIMSS11 conference. InterSystems specializes in advanced integration, database, and business intelligence technologies for breakthrough applications.

21 Feb 2011

Lifestyle therapy program may help manage cardiovascular risk factors

Two/thirds of adults with high cholesterol and half with high blood pressure are not being treated effectively for these conditions, according to a recent announcement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This disturbing data spotlights the crucial need for new solutions to reduce the risk factors that are behind the current epidemic of chronic illness in the U.S.

21 Feb 2011

Sanofi Pasteur, International Vaccine Institute support Dengue Vaccine Initiative

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group, announced today that it is partnering with the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) to support the recently launched Dengue Vaccine Initiative (DVI). Sanofi Pasteur and the IVI will aim to raise awareness and to work to move dengue vaccination higher on the global health agenda.

21 Feb 2011

SAP launches Collaborative E-Care Management application

To address the current reactive approaches to treating chronic and post-acute care conditions, SAP AG is launching a new solution. The SAP® Collaborative E-Care Management application connects patients, care providers and their families through medical monitoring software and mobile devices to better manage their health with individualized treatment plans and educational content.

21 Feb 2011

Medical News

Urgent Cares of America acquires Urgent Care Express

Cerebral oximetry provides new way to identify patient risk levels prior to cardiac surgery

Scientists identify new cellular mechanism underlying hydronephrosis

Panasonic to offer new high definition patient room display for hospitals

Motorola announces new advanced data capture solution for healthcare

CIGNA, Healthy Kids Challenge launch new online initiative to help reverse obesity trend

GE Healthcare, CDC collaborate to explore efficacy of actionable health alerts

Scientists show bacteria in polluted rivers become resistant to range of antibiotics

GE Healthcare announces two new EMR solutions certified for meaningful use at HIMSS meeting

Investigational heart valve implanted in patient through small puncture hole in leg

GE Healthcare completes Orbotech Medical acquisition

Seattle Children's Hospital implements Gemalto's Protiva security solutions

Highmark to deploy PatientPoint self-service check-in technology to Western Pennsylvania providers

ImplementHIT to roll out OptimizeHIT physician EHR elearning solutions at HIMSS11

Hitachi expands Medical Imaging VNAs to include entire healthcare facility

GNAX demonstrates new Free Health Information Exchange at HIMSS11

CentraCare completes rollout of InterSystems Ensemble integration, development platform

Lifestyle therapy program may help manage cardiovascular risk factors

Sanofi Pasteur, International Vaccine Institute support Dengue Vaccine Initiative

SAP launches Collaborative E-Care Management application

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