SOURCE: GetWellNetwork Pay for Performance and Value-Based Purchasing Provisions Likely to Impact CMS Reimbursements BETHESDA, MD--(Marketwire - October 19, 2010) -  GetWellNetwork, Inc. today announced that the company's Chief Outcomes Officer, David Wright, and Chad Mulvany, Healthcare Financial Management Association, will share how new health care provisions such as Value-Based Purchasing(1) will ...

SOURCE: MELA Sciences Peer-Reviewed Publication Also Includes Results of Pilot Reader Study IRVINGTON, NY--(Marketwire - October 19, 2010) -  MELA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: MELA) today announced that the results of the company's MelaFind® pivotal trial and pilot reader study have been published in the online edition of the journal Archives of ...

SOURCE: Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - October 14, 2010) - Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNH) invites investors to listen to a conference call with Sun's senior management on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010, at 10 a.m. Pacific / 1 p.m. Eastern to discuss the Company's earnings for the third ...

SOURCE: Microlog Corporation GAITHERSBURG, MD--(Marketwire - October 14, 2010) -  Microlog Corporation (PINKSHEETS: MLOG), a Gaithersburg, Maryland-based technology leader in Integrated Voice Response (IVR) and Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) solutions for the Government, Healthcare and Lotteries has been awarded a contract from Moncrief Army Community Hospital, the main medical center at ...

SOURCE: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation 'Call to Arms and Action Plan for New Age of Health Care' Endorsed by Top Medical and Policy Experts WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - October 14, 2010) -  Despite the promise of a new era of health care in which medicine has shifted from treating conditions to emphasizing prevention ...

SOURCE: The Family Education and Resource Center (FERC) OAKLAND, CA--(Marketwire - October 12, 2010) -  It took vision, years of planning and advocacy; a true labor of love. On Thursday, October 7 Alameda's newest partner for family members dealing with their own very personal journeys -- The Family Education and Resource Center ...

SOURCE: Kalorama Information NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - October 7, 2010) - For insulin dependent diabetics it has been the ultimate treatment goal: a pump and monitor combination that would not only read glucose levels but also determine how much insulin to deliver, and administer it. In recent years, such products have become ...

SOURCE: Vicor Technologies, Inc. BOCA RATON, FL--(Marketwire - October 6, 2010) - David H. Fater, CEO of Vicor Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: VCRT), today announced that Vicor has selected Dell's Healthcare and Life Sciences division to serve as its worldwide hardware partner for the Company's PD2i Analyzer™ and PD2i CA™ (Cardiac Analyzer). According ...

SOURCE: CareCloud MIAMI, FL--(Marketwire - October 5, 2010) -  CareCloud, a provider of on-demand software and services for the healthcare industry, today announced it has closed a $5 million round of investment capital. Investors include a cadre of prominent entrepreneurs and business leaders. The Company has raised in excess of $7.8 ...

SOURCE: Medline Industries, Inc. Governor Mark Parkinson Speaks to 150 Long-Term Care Leaders Exploring Changing Expectations for Quality Resident Care MUNDELEIN, IL--(Marketwire - September 29, 2010) -  Despite traditional differences among the chief constituents of long-term care, the new survey process can be a "win-win" for everyone, which will drive significant quality ...

SOURCE: GetWellNetwork Sharp Memorial Hospital Will Leverage GetWellNetwork to Boost Patient Education and Automate Documentation to Electronic Medical Records BETHESDA, MD--(Marketwire - September 29, 2010) -  GetWellNetwork, Inc. today announced that Sharp Memorial Hospital, a Magnet hospital and part of Sharp HealthCare, a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, has selected the ...

SOURCE: Mi-Co DURHAM, NC--(Marketwire - September 29, 2010) - Mi-Co announced today the release of a new white paper providing a snapshot of what different enterprise users look for in mobile data collection devices and software systems. The white paper serves as a follow-up analysis of a survey recently conducted by ...

SOURCE: Kalorama Information NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 28, 2010) - Hospital acquired infections, or HAIs remain a problem for the healthcare system, and a problem in which new diagnostic products can play a role, according to Kalorama Information. In its report, "The Worldwide Market for In Vitro Diagnostic Tests," the healthcare ...

SOURCE: Riverside Medical Center KANKAKEE, IL--(Marketwire - September 27, 2010) -  Riverside Medical Center's 5th annual Achieve Women's Health Expo will take place on September 25th with the theme "Achieve health, wellness, fitness, your dreams. Achieve is a community-oriented women's health expo through which one of the top hospitals in IL offers ...

SOURCE: Medline Industries, Inc. More Than 150 Long-Term Care Leaders Attending Meeting to Explore Changing Expectations for Quality Resident Care MUNDELEIN, IL--(Marketwire - September 24, 2010) -  Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson and new CMS Deputy Administrator for the Center for Strategic Planning Tony Rodgers will be the keynote speakers at Medline Industries, ...

SOURCE: Zimek Technologies TAMPA, FL--(Marketwire - September 23, 2010) -  Bacteria breakouts that are surviving the best antibiotics available are spreading across the U.S. at an alarming rate, according to infectious disease experts.  "Bugs, superbugs, MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and KPC (Klebsiella pneumoniae ...

SOURCE: GetWellNetwork ATLANTIC CITY, NJ--(Marketwire - September 23, 2010) - GetWellNetwork, Inc., today announced that David Wright, the Company's chief outcomes officer, will address the New Jersey and Delaware chapters of HIMSS on how hospitals can strengthen their position in the "Pay for Performance" provisions of the new health care reform ...

SOURCE: Symetis LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--(Marketwire - September 23, 2010) -   40 patients enrollment completion Positive preliminary ...

SOURCE: The Joint Commission Quality Performance Linked to Better Patient Outcomes OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - September 22, 2010) -  Accredited hospitals in the United States are providing higher-quality, evidence-based care for heart attack, pneumonia, surgical care and children's asthma care, according to Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Report on Quality and ...

SOURCE: Kalorama Information NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 20, 2010) - There could be as many as three vaccine treatments for lung cancer by 2015, according to a market research report from Kalorama Information. The report, "Emerging Cancer Vaccines: Forecasts, Developments and Pipeline Analysis, 4th Edition," notes that one product will ...