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Company Nurse Expands Its Injury Hotline for Workers’ Compensation

SOURCE: Company Nurse The Expanded Nurse Call Center Will Address Growing Number of Public and Private Employers Who Want to Make the "Right Call" for Their Injured Workers SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(Marketwire - December 13, 2010) - In striving to help a growing number of public and private employers control workers' compensation costs ...

Zweena(R) Revolutionizes Personal Health Records With New Internet Service for Individuals and Their Families

SOURCE: Zweena Partnered With Microsoft HealthVault®, Zweena Eliminates the Complexity of Creating and Managing a PHR for Use in Self-Care, Family Care, and Protection Against Medical Errors SKILLMAN, NJ--(Marketwire - December 13, 2010) - Zweena® today launched its revolutionary new Personal Health Record (PHR) web service, featuring a proven proprietary platform ...

DentalPlans.com Launches Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida FamilyBlue Discount Plan

SOURCE: DentalPlans.com Leading Dental Plan and Healthcare Provider to Offer Savings on Dental Care and More PLANTATION, FL--(Marketwire - December 13, 2010) - DentalPlans.com, the definitive source of discount dental plans in the United States, continues to grow as they announce the addition of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of ...

FONAR UPRIGHT MRI Customer Wins Jury Decision in Federal Court for Antitrust Lawsuit Versus CareCore National

SOURCE: FONAR Corporation MELVILLE, NY--(Marketwire - December 13, 2010) - FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ: FONR), The Inventor of MR Scanning™, announced today that a provider of outpatient diagnostic services (a FONAR customer) and several Stand-Up MRI diagnostic imaging professional corporations (PCs) received a jury verdict in their favor in an anti-trust ...

American Diabetes Association Applauds Two-Year Re-Authorization of Special Diabetes Program

SOURCE: American Diabetes Association ALEXANDRIA, VA--(Marketwire - December 9, 2010) - The American Diabetes Association®, the nation's leading voluntary health organization in the fight to Stop Diabetes®, praises Congress for reauthorizing the Special Diabetes Program. The renewal, which was part of the Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010, will ensure ...

Fresh Start Private Naltrexone Implant Procedure Shows Excellent Potential for Reduction in Alcoholism

SOURCE: Fresh Start Private Management Inc. Naltrexone Reduces the Number of Occasions During Which a Person Is Likely to Drink LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - December 9, 2010) - Fresh Start Private (OTCQX: CEYY) (PINKSHEETS: CEYY), a leader in the alcohol treatment and rehabilitation industry, provided data today showing that Naltrexone ...

The Children’s Medical Center of Dayton Partners With Medicity for Health Information Exchange in Ohio’s Miami Valley

SOURCE: Medicity Bidirectional Exchange Will Connect Hospital Systems, Physician EHRs and Allied Care Providers to Improve Care Delivery SALT LAKE CITY, UT--(Marketwire - December 9, 2010) -  The Children's Medical Center of Dayton (Dayton Children's), a not-for-profit, freestanding children's hospital serving 20 counties in Ohio and Eastern Indiana, has selected Medicity to power ...

Marathon Health Engagement Rates Exceed Prediction for Health Improvement

SOURCE: Marathon Health BURLINGTON, VT--(Marketwire - December 9, 2010) - Marathon Health today announced that health program engagement rates achieved for Accellent, Inc exceeded prediction by 27%. Marathon Health achieved a 97% engagement rate of the target population identified in March 2009 as being at high risk for a chronic ...

Manchester Manor Health Care Center Distinguished With Highest Level National Award

SOURCE: Manchester Manor Health Care Center Achievement in Excellence Awarded for Exemplary Delivery of Quality Long Term Care MANCHESTER, CT--(Marketwire - December 9, 2010) - Manchester Manor Health Care Center has been recognized as a 2010 recipient of the National Quality Award at the level of Gold - Excellence in Quality ...

Surrex Announces Strategic Partnership With gloStream

SOURCE: Surrex EHR Solutions EL SEGUNDO, CA--(Marketwire - December 9, 2010) -  Surrex EHR Solutions (www.surrex-ehr.com), a rapidly growing US based Healthcare IT Consulting firm, and gloStream (www.glostream.com), the world's only provider of a Meaningful Use ready Electronic Health Records system (EHR) with MS Office built directly in, today announced the ...

ALDA Pharmaceuticals Corp.: Private Placement

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 8, 2010) - ALDA Pharmaceuticals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:APH)(OTCQB:APCSF) (the "Company" or "ALDA") announces that it is undertaking a non-brokered private placement of up 2,000,000 units of the Company (the "Units") at a price of $0.10 per Unit ...

Marketwire Health/Fitness/Wellness Features Package Summary

SOURCE: Marketwire - Media Relations CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - December 8, 2010) - Marketwire announces that the following releases were included in the Health/Fitness/Wellness Features Package. Below is the list of headlines included in the package. EmpowHER Offers Resources to Help Women Manage Holiday Stress http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/EmpowHER-1365614.html Marketwire's Media Relations Department serves the information needs ...

Global Health Care Market Is $5.5 Trillion and Growing Quickly, Says Plunkett Research

SOURCE: Plunkett Research, Ltd. HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - December 8, 2010) -  Plunkett Research, Ltd. has released its newest market research and competitive analysis report, Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac, 2011 edition, which identifies and analyzes major trends shaping the health care industry. According to ...

Accuracy Most Important for DNA Sequencer Users: Kalorama Survey

SOURCE: Kalorama Information NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - December 8, 2010) - Labs using DNA sequencers are more concerned with accuracy than cost in future purchases, according to a survey conducted by Kalorama Information. The healthcare market research publisher reported the survey findings in its recent report, "DNA Sequencing Market Trends ...

KBM Group Acquires Marketing Direct, Inc.; Announces Launch of KBM Group Health Business Unit

SOURCE: KBM Group Results in Broader, Deeper Healthcare Expertise, Including Creative Campaign Development and Execution RICHARDSON, TX--(Marketwire - December 8, 2010) - KBM Group, the global leader in knowledge-based marketing solutions, has agreed to acquire Marketing Direct, Inc. (MDI), the leading provider of agency services to the healthcare industry. MDI is ...

incentaHEALTH Finds Better Way to Fight Employee Obesity While Reducing Employer Health Care Costs

SOURCE: incentaHEALTH Workplace Kiosks Screen and Measure Employee Health, Emails Motivate Increased Participation and Success Is Met by Cash Rewards DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - December 8, 2010) - Like the scale in the doctor's office, the numbers can be daunting. Similarly, the statistics that reveal an increasingly overweight America -- 67 percent and ...

Appirio Selects RehabCare as Cloud Pioneer of the Year

SOURCE: Appirio Healthcare Company, Its CIO and Vice President of Information Services Honored for Using Cloud and Mobile Technologies to Improve Patient Care and Transform an Industry SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - December 8, 2010) - Salesforce.com Dreamforce Conference -- Appirio has selected RehabCare as Cloud Pioneer of the Year, an annual award ...

Two Atlanta Business Leaders Appointed to Board of India-US Business Network

SOURCE: Morley Research ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - December 7, 2010) - Jane Green, PhD, president of Morley Research Consortium, and Donald Johnson, Chief Operations Officer of Opus Institutional Review Board, have been appointed to the India-US Business Network (IUSBN) Board of Directors. In ...

SK&A Launches Web Video Series Featuring Customer Challenges and Solutions

SOURCE: SK & A, A Cegedim Company IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - December 7, 2010) - SK&A, A Cegedim Company, a leading provider of healthcare information solutions and research, today announced the launch of its new web video series, "My Data Dilemma." The series will feature SK&A clients from industries such as ...

miCARD(R) Partners With GWRRA: Provides Lifesaving Medical Card to Motorcycle Association

SOURCE: miCARD Co-Branded Medical Information Card Gives Emergency Personnel Instant Access to GWRRA Members' Critical Medical Information, 24/7, Worldwide SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(Marketwire - December 7, 2010) - miCARD and Gold Wing Road Riders Association, the world's largest social organization for owners and riders of Honda Gold Wing/Valkyrie motorcycles have partnered to provide ...

February 2nd 2012
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mHealth Users of Remote Health Monitoring to Reach 3 million by 2016: Smartphones Play Leading Role

A burgeoning market for healthcare peripherals and increasing smartphone processing power will result in the number of patients monitored by mobile networks to rise to 3 million by 2016, finds Juniper Research’s latest report on the mHealth sector. Remote patient monitoring, using the smartphone as a hub, will also lower ...
February 2nd 2012
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Centra Health and TeleHealth Services Partner to Launch Enterprise Interactive Patient Education for Patient Satisfaction and Safety

The TIGR system was recently named one of the top 10 technologies of 2011 for empowering patients and their families through the recovery process. With “meaningful use” and patient satisfaction policies changing hospital reimbursements, hospitals have begun expanding the use of these systems to address other challenges such as readmissions, ...
January 31st 2012
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Is Heart Disease Or Stroke A Part Of Your Family History?

How many people do you know who have been affected by heart disease or stroke? How many have been your family members? Fifty-five-year-old Gail had lost nearly everyone in her family to cardiovascular disease and when she lost her father, too, she fell into poor eating habits that made her ...
January 26th 2012
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Brain Tumor Test Could Revolutionize Care of Patients with Low-grade Gliomas

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed what they believe to be the first clinical application of a new imaging technique to diagnose brain tumors. The unique test could preclude the need for surgery in patients whose tumors are located in areas of the brain too dangerous to biopsy. This ...
November 4th 2011
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Piedmont Healthcare and TeleHealth Services Collaborate to Improve Patient Health Initiatives

TeleHealth Services, the nation’s leading provider of healthcare-grade televisions and interactive patient engagement solutions, is partnering with Piedmont Healthcare (PHC) in implementing a comprehensive, customized patient-centered environment designed to improve patient education and provide interactive communication. These technological and process enhancements will help speed patient recovery, reduce readmissions and length ...

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