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eClinicalWorks to open new offices at Pleasanton, California and New York City

eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced the opening of new locations in Pleasanton, Calif., and New York City, both set to open in October. Currently, the company is headquartered in Westborough, Mass., and has additional offices in New York City and Alpharetta, Ga. The Bay Area location will provide a West coast presence and focus on implementation.

14 Sep 2009

Virtual Pharma Rep - an electronic "go green" revolutionary pharmaceutical sales product

Virtual Pharma Rep™, a new company built by pharmaceutical industry veterans, today announced their launch to market. Virtual Pharma Rep™ delivers a patent pending, virtual sales process that revolutionizes expensive pharmaceutical sales.

14 Sep 2009

Emerging Growth Research to manage investor relations programs for Biomagnetics Diagnostics

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., a producer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis, and malaria detection, today announced it has retained Emerging Growth Research, LLP to manage its public relations and investor relations programs. Emerging Growth Research specializes in small market capitalization companies in the technology and biotechnology sectors.

14 Sep 2009

Advogent Group sign agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb to provide logistical services

Advogent Group, Inc., a leading provider of sales and marketing solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement for field logistics services with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY).

14 Sep 2009

Boston Scientific to market Bladder Health Network's female urodynamic testing solutions in the U.S.

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced that it has entered into a co-marketing agreement with Bladder Health Network, a privately held company offering advanced testing solutions for urinary incontinence. Bladder Health Network offers an integrated diagnostic service that combines staffing, equipment, supplies and results analysis, helping to ensure that physicians and their patients have access to testing, interpretation and treatment options for urinary incontinence and other problems related to the urinary system.

14 Sep 2009

AmMed Direct tops Nashville Business Journal’s list of the 25 Fastest-Growing Companies

AmMed Direct, a Nashville-based provider of diabetes testing supplies, prescription medications and support services for people with diabetes, has been named the fastest-growing private company in the Middle Tennessee area by the Nashville Business Journal. The company topped the Nashville Business Journal’s list of the 25 Fastest-Growing Companies.

14 Sep 2009

Benefit Informatics and Eldorado Computing collaborate to offer an integrated health plan management solution

Competition and cost control initiatives are forcing health plan payers to move beyond being “claims payers” and position themselves as plan resource providers that meet the individual needs of each customer.

14 Sep 2009

ODS Health Plan selects American Imaging Management to provide diagnostic imaging services

American Imaging Management(R) (AIM), an operating subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP), and one of the leading imaging benefit management and technology companies with health plan clients representing over 35 million consumers, announced that it has been selected by ODS Health Plan, Inc. to provide diagnostic imaging services. Under the agreement, AIM will administer diagnostic imaging management services to ODS members in Oregon and surrounding service areas.

14 Sep 2009

Prenatal testing helps to bring down the birth rate of babies with Down syndrome

With new prenatal tests for Down syndrome on the horizon promising to be safer, more accurate, and available to women earlier in pregnancy, the medical community must come together and engage in dialogue about the impact of existing and expected tests, argues a new leading article published Online First by Archives of Disease in Childhood.

14 Sep 2009

B. Braun Medical to showcase its Prontosan Wound Irrigation Solution at the SAWC Fall Event

B. Braun Medical Inc. (B. Braun) said today healthcare professionals can now place orders for Prontosan(R) Wound Irrigation Solution and Gel with PHMB (Polyhexanide), a solution used for cleaning wounds as well as moistening and lubricating absorbent wound dressings.

From B. Braun Melsungen AG 14 Sep 2009

BioElectronics bags second place in the medical device category of the 2009 Wall Street Journal Innovation Award

BioElectronics Corp. (PINKSHEETS: BIEL), the maker of inexpensive, disposable drug-free anti-inflammatory devices, today announced it has been selected as a runner up in the medical device category of the 2009 Wall Street Journal Innovation Awards unveiled in today's global editions and online. The award was given for the Company's wearable patch that uses pulsed electromagnetic energy to deliver drug-free pain relief for a variety of conditions.

14 Sep 2009

Spacelabs Healthcare launches its Sentinel Cardiology Information Management System in the U.S.

OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its Healthcare division, Spacelabs Healthcare, has launched the Sentinel Cardiology Information Management System (“CIMS”) in the United States.

14 Sep 2009

Diabetes drug and chemotherapy kill cancer stem cells in mice

In a one-two punch, a familiar diabetes drug reduced tumors faster and prolonged remission in mice longer than chemotherapy alone by targeting cancer stem cells, Harvard Medical School researchers reported in the September 14 online first edition of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

14 Sep 2009

Emergency Medical Associates to track swine flu movement with SAP business intelligence solutions

As families return from summer travels and children head back to school, Emergency Medical Associates (EMA) is preparing for a potential resurgence in the swine flu virus (H1N1) this fall. By using business intelligence (BI) solutions from SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), EMA will continue to pinpoint the movement of swine flu and alert federal organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as 21 different emergency medical departments to patterns of outbreak.

14 Sep 2009

Illegal immigrants: A fact check on their place in health reform

Reuters did a "fact box" on illegal immigrants and President Obama's health care reform push.

14 Sep 2009

Moderates against government-run 'public option'

Moderates from both parties backed away from a government-run public health insurance option Sunday, as they appeared on various Sunday talk shows.

14 Sep 2009

H1N1 vaccine to be available in U.S. earlier than anticipated

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Sunday that the H1N1 (swine) flu vaccine will be available in the U.S. earlier than previously anticipated, the Wall Street Journal reports. "We are on track to have an ample supply rolling out by mid-October, but we may have some early vaccine as early as the first full week in October. And we plan to get the vaccine rolling out the door as fast as it hits the production line," Sebelius said (Davis, 9/13).

14 Sep 2009

On '60 Minutes,' Obama says he is responsible for health legislation: 'I own it'

President Barack Obama Sunday night in an appearance on CBS' 60 Minutes said that some Republicans just want to "kill" health care reform and that he'll "own" the bill when it passes.

14 Sep 2009

Boston University launches $10M, 5-year Global Health Center

Boston University (BU) on Monday launched a five-year, $10 million global health initiative that aims to "bolster research and education" and "build a nationwide consortium of universities devoted to improving health in the Third World," the Boston Globe reports.

14 Sep 2009

Baucus plans last attempt at bipartisan bill, Dems acknowledge moderates' key role

This week is crucial for Sen. Max Baucus, who is trying to win bipartisan support from his Senate Finance Committee negotiators. If not, he is likely to join a Democrat-only effort to reform the health care system.

14 Sep 2009

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eClinicalWorks to open new offices at Pleasanton, California and New York City

Virtual Pharma Rep - an electronic "go green" revolutionary pharmaceutical sales product

Emerging Growth Research to manage investor relations programs for Biomagnetics Diagnostics

Advogent Group sign agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb to provide logistical services

Boston Scientific to market Bladder Health Network's female urodynamic testing solutions in the U.S.

AmMed Direct tops Nashville Business Journal’s list of the 25 Fastest-Growing Companies

Benefit Informatics and Eldorado Computing collaborate to offer an integrated health plan management solution

ODS Health Plan selects American Imaging Management to provide diagnostic imaging services

Prenatal testing helps to bring down the birth rate of babies with Down syndrome

B. Braun Medical to showcase its Prontosan Wound Irrigation Solution at the SAWC Fall Event

BioElectronics bags second place in the medical device category of the 2009 Wall Street Journal Innovation Award

Spacelabs Healthcare launches its Sentinel Cardiology Information Management System in the U.S.

Diabetes drug and chemotherapy kill cancer stem cells in mice

Emergency Medical Associates to track swine flu movement with SAP business intelligence solutions

Illegal immigrants: A fact check on their place in health reform

Moderates against government-run 'public option'

H1N1 vaccine to be available in U.S. earlier than anticipated

On '60 Minutes,' Obama says he is responsible for health legislation: 'I own it'

Boston University launches $10M, 5-year Global Health Center

Baucus plans last attempt at bipartisan bill, Dems acknowledge moderates' key role

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