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SEMDA Announces Expanded 2011 Conference

SOURCE: SEMDA Premier Regional Gathering for the Medical Device Industry ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - December 7, 2010) - The Southeastern Medical Device Association's (SEMDA) 5th annual conference will take place on March 29-30, 2011, adding a half day to the popular medical device event. Recognized as the premier gathering for the Southeast medical ...

Scottsdale Healthcare Goes Live on STAT DOCTORS eHealth Service as an Employee Health/Wellness Benefit

SOURCE: Stat Health Services Inc. STAT DOCTORS to Provide Scottsdale Healthcare Employees With High Quality, Affordable and Convenient Care for Common, Minor Medical Conditions SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(Marketwire - December 7, 2010) - Stat Health Services Inc. and Scottsdale Healthcare announced today that they are offering Stat Health's innovative STAT DOCTORS™ eHealth service ...

Mitchell International Closes Purchase of Ingenix Property & Casualty Medical Bill Review Business

SOURCE: Mitchell International Smooth Leadership and Technology Transition Ensures Successful Integration of Customer Medical Bill Review Operations Into SmartAdvisorTM Medical Bill Review Platform SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - December 7, 2010) - Mitchell International, Inc., a leading provider of information, workflow and performance management solutions to the Property & Casualty (P&C) claims and ...

St. Clair Hospital Replaces Scheduling System With Versus RTLS

SOURCE: Versus Technology, Inc. TRAVERSE CITY, MI--(Marketwire - December 7, 2010) - St. Clair Hospital Outpatient Surgery Center in Pittsburgh, PA has selected the Versus Advantages Real-time Locating System (RTLS) from Versus Technology, Inc. (Versus) (PINKSHEETS: VSTI) to improve nurse-to-patient assignment and continue automated nurse call cancellation functionality throughout the ...

StepStoneMed Announces Web-Based Virtual Patient Cases — Transforming Medical Education

SOURCE: StepStoneMed Medical Educators Endorse the Virtual Patient Approach as a Highly Effective, Innovative Way to Bridge the Learning Gap Between Textbook and Patient Bedside HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - December 7, 2010) - StepStoneMed™, the emerging leader in innovative solutions for medical education, today announced a new and innovative virtual patient module, ...

Santa’s on His Way… Santa Claus Isn’t Just Bringing Toys This Holiday Season, He’s Also Bringing Happiness to Kids and Families That Are Stricken…

SOURCE: Hair Fairies LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - December 7, 2010) - Announced today, Santa Claus and some very special helpers will be visiting Hair Fairies salons (www.hairfairies.com) nationwide. Santa will be on site every Saturday in December through Christmas to deliver cheer, take photos, listen to wish lists and hand ...

Free Guide From Metro Home Health Care Now Available

SOURCE: Metro Home Health Care DEARBORN, MI--(Marketwire - December 6, 2010) - This year, more than 170,000 Michigan residents receive home-delivered health care from home health care providers, who make over 5 million home visits each year. Many patients and their families prefer ...

University of Colorado Hospital Selects InterSystems Ensemble for Enterprise Integration

SOURCE: InterSystems Innovative Hospital Evolves From Legacy Integration Platform to Ensemble Technology CAMBRIDGE, MA--(Marketwire - December 6, 2010) - InterSystems Corporation, the global leader in software for connected healthcare, today announced that the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) has chosen the InterSystems Ensemble® rapid integration and development platform for enterprise-wide integration. ...

PEMF Therapy Now Available at Breakthrough Price for Veterinary Applications

SOURCE: BioElectronics Corporation HealFast® Therapy Quick Relief Loop Announced at the 56th Annual AAEP (American Association of Equine Practitioners) Convention BALTIMORE, MD--(Marketwire - December 6, 2010) - eMarkets Group LLC, the distributor of HealFast® Therapy, disposable drug-free anti-inflammatory medical devices manufactured by BioElectronics Corporation (PINKSHEETS: BIEL), today announced the introduction of ...

Shuangshi AHP Co. (HIRU) Expands Sales Area

NANCHANG, CHINA--(Marketwire - Dec. 3, 2010) - Hiru Corporation (PINK SHEETS:HIRU) (www.hirucorporation.com) subsidiary Shuangshi AHP Co. dispatched company representatives to evaluate the agricultural developments and increase company sales in the regions of Ganzhou, Yichun and Jian. ...

Marathon Health Opens Healthy Living Wellness Center for C&S Wholesale Grocers

SOURCE: Marathon Health Convenient Access to Care for Employees and Dependents BURLINGTON, VT--(Marketwire - December 3, 2010) - Marathon Health today announced that C&S Wholesale Grocers, the largest grocery wholesaler in the country, will open an onsite healthcare facility at their headquarters in Keene, N.H. on December 6, 2010. ...

CONMED Corporation Receives Clearance From FDA for Novel Tissue Fusion System

SOURCE: CONMED Corporation UTICA, NY--(Marketwire - December 3, 2010) - CONMED Corporation (NASDAQ: CNMD), a medical technology company specializing in medical devices for surgical and patient monitoring markets, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given marketing clearance for the Company's thermal energy based tissue fusion system ...

Callidus Software Offers Free Webinar: How to Make MBOs Really Work

SOURCE: Callidus Software Inc. Learn How Philips Healthcare Deployed MBO Programs to Drive Business Execution PLEASANTON, CA--(Marketwire - December 3, 2010) - Callidus Software (NASDAQ: CALD) WHO: G. F. "Will" Williams, senior incentive compensation analyst, Philips Healthcare ...

Sunshine Heart Successfully Completes $9.5 Million Capital Raising With Close of Non-Renounceable Rights Offer

SOURCE: Sunshine Heart Inc. Cash to Continue Rapid Advance of Commercial and Regulatory Programs SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - December 2, 2010) -  Sunshine Heart Inc. (ASX: SHC), a global medical device company focused on innovative technologies for moderate to severe heart failure, today announced the successful completion of its non-renounceable rights issue to ...

HIMSS and ASC X12 Collaborate on Education & Training

SOURCE: ASC X12 CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - December 2, 2010) - Based on mutual interest in the use of effective and productive electronic data interchange standards in the health care industry, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems (HIMSS) and the Accredited Standards Committee X12 (ASC X12) signed a Memorandum of Understanding ...

CMU’s College of Medicine Teams Up With Saginaw Medical Providers

SOURCE: Central Michigan University MOUNT PLEASANT, MI--(Marketwire - December 2, 2010) - Following more than two years of exploration, comprehensive study and due diligence, Central Michigan University will establish a relationship with Synergy Medical Education Alliance, Covenant Healthcare and St. Mary's of Michigan in Saginaw, Mich., through its College of ...

University of Chicago Medical Center Runs Critical Patient Applications on Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise Servers and Oracle Solaris

SOURCE: Oracle Corporation Mission-Critical Servers Deliver Record-Breaking Performance and Scalability REDWOOD SHORES, CA--(Marketwire - December 2, 2010) - Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) News Facts To provide the best patient care, ...

UPDATE: Cardiothoracic Surgeons Group and The Toledo Hospital Recognized Among Nation’s Top Hospitals for Heart Surgery

SOURCE: ProMedica Health System TOLEDO, OH--(Marketwire - December 2, 2010) - Cardiothoracic Surgeons for Northwest Ohio and The Toledo Hospital are now in the nation's top 12% of hospitals for heart surgery. This is according to a three-star comprehensive rating system, developed by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), which ...

SRSsoft to Attain Government Certification for EMR Delivering Productivity-Focused Meaningful Use

SOURCE: SRSsoft MONTVALE, NJ--(Marketwire - December 2, 2010) - SRS, the leader in productivity-enhancing EMR technology and services for high-performance specialty practices, today announced that it will seek certification of its EMR by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment ...

CRC Health Group, New Life Lodge Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center Expand Services With Multi-Facility Acquisition

SOURCE: CRC Health Group Additional Five Facilities to Provide Outpatient and In-Home Treatment Services, Options for the One Hundred Thousand-Plus TN Residents Who Need but Do Not Currently Receive Addiction Treatment BURNS, TN--(Marketwire - December 2, 2010) - New Life Lodge drug and alcohol addiction treatment center, in conjunction with parent ...

March 20th 2012
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Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Strong Medical Device Safety Oversight

A new Consumer Reports poll shows overwhelming public support for strong medical device safety oversight. The poll was released just as House and Senate Committees have issued draft legislation to reauthorize the statute governing medical devices and at a time when the FDA's process for reviewing new implants has ...
March 15th 2012
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US Healthcare Costs Annual Growth Rates Decelerate in January 2012

The S&P Healthcare Economic Composite Index indicates that the average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare programs increased by 5.21% over the 12-months ending January 2012. This was a decline from the +5.30% annual growth rate posted for December 2011. As measured by the S&P ...
March 14th 2012
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Mevion Medical Systems Receives CE Marking Certification for the MEVION S250 Proton Therapy System

Mevion Medical Systems, a radiation therapy company dedicated to advancing the treatment of cancer, has received CE Marking certification for the MEVION S250 Proton Therapy System. This important commercial milestone indicates that Mevion has completed its development in compliance with the European Union's Medical Device Directive. The CE Marking allows ...
March 12th 2012
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Unilife Launches Free Investor Relations App for the iPhone

Unilife Corporation ("Unilife" or "Company") (NASDAQ: UNIS; ASX: UNS) has released its investor relations app, now available for free at the App Store™ on the iPhone®. The Unilife investor relations app for iPhone allows users to navigate the Company's investor relations materials, as well as receive a stock quote and other ...
March 8th 2012
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HealthSouth Declares Dividend

HealthSouth Corporation (NYSE:HLS) today announced that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $16.25 per share on its 6.5% Series A Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, payable on April 16, 2012, to holders of record on April 2, 2012.

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