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Metropolitan Anesthesia Consultants Appoint Amanda O’Neal, FACHE as Chief Operating Officer

SOURCE: Metropolitan Anesthesia Consultants Healthcare Executive to Lead Operations and Business Development at Leading Physician-Only Anesthesia Group DALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - December 13, 2010) - Metropolitan Anesthesia Consultants (www.metroanesthesia.com), one of the largest physician-only anesthesia groups in North Texas, today announced that is has appointed Amanda O'Neal, FACHE as its Chief ...

Houston to Deploy an Additional 250 Parking Pay Stations From Digital Payment Technologies

SOURCE: Digital Payment Technologies Attend Webinar on December 8 to Learn How the City Boosted Revenues and Became More Efficient With Multi-Space Parking Pay Stations VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwire - December 6, 2010) - Digital Payment Technologies (http://www.digitalpaytech.com) (DPT), a leading supplier of parking technology and solutions, today announced that the city of Houston, ...

Hunt Regional Medical Center Becomes the First Hospital in Texas to Implement ClearCount to Prevent Retained Surgical Sponges

SOURCE: Medline Industries, Inc. SmartSponge System, Distributed by Medline, Provides Counting and Detection MUNDELEIN, IL--(Marketwire - October 28, 2010) -  ClearCount Medical Solutions and Medline Industries, Inc. today announced that Hunt Regional Medical Center has become the first Texas hospital to deploy the most comprehensive technology for the prevention retained surgical sponge ...

VHA Hires David J. Robertson to Lead Regional Hospital Network

SOURCE: VHA IRVING, TX--(Marketwire - October 26, 2010) -  VHA Inc., the national health care network, has hired David J. Robertson as senior vice president and executive officer over its Oklahoma and Arkansas region. The VHA Oklahoma/Arkansas office coordinates and directs VHA efforts to serve 43 member hospitals and hundreds of non-acute ...

VHA Inc. Hosts First VHA SupplyNetworks(TM) Executive Summit

SOURCE: VHA Leadership Event Attracts Nearly 100 Supply Chain Leaders From Health Care Systems Nationwide IRVING, TX--(Marketwire - October 25, 2010) -  VHA Inc., the national health care network, anticipates hosting nearly 100 supply chain executives from health systems across the nation, representing VHA regional supply networks at its first ever VHA SupplyNetworks™ ...

Veterans Find Healing and Hope Through Creative Arts Festival

SOURCE: Help Hospitalized Veterans WINCHESTER, CA--(Marketwire - October 20, 2010) -  For many of the talented veterans participating in the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival this year in Tomah, Wisconsin, the interest in art as therapy came about during a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital stay. VA utilizes a unique rehabilitation ...

Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. Enters Into Agreement to Acquire Nine Senior Living Residences

SOURCE: Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. MENOMONEE FALLS, WI--(Marketwire - October 12, 2010) -  Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. ("ALC") (NYSE: ALC) announced today that it entered into an agreement to acquire nine senior living residences from HCP, Inc. (NYSE: HCP). The nine residences are currently leased and operated by ALC under leases expiring ...

LIVESTRONG(R) patrocina el Día Mundial de Acción contra el Cáncer

SOURCE: LIVESTRONG Los patrocinadores auspician más de 1.000 eventos en todo el mundo para crear mayor conciencia acerca del cáncer AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - October 1, 2010) - El sábado, 2 de octubre, se realizarán más de 1.000 eventos en todo el mundo para marcar el Día LIVESTRONG, el ...

LIVESTRONG(R) patrocina Dia Global de Ação contra o Câncer

SOURCE: LIVESTRONG Partidários apresentam mais de 1.000 eventos em todo o mundo para disseminar a informação sobre o câncer AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - October 1, 2010) - Sábado, dia 2 de outubro, mais de 1.000 eventos em todo o mundo serão realizados para marcar o Dia LIVESTRONG, o dia ...

VHA Launching Satellite TV Series on Health Care Reform and Its Impact on Not-for-Profit Hospitals

SOURCE: VHA Series to Reach 600+ Hospitals Through VHA's Satellite Network; Available to Public Through Live Webcast at vha.com IRVING, TX--(Marketwire - September 28, 2010) - VHA Inc., the national health care network, is launching a satellite television series on health care reform and its impact on hospitals and health systems. The series, ...

Leading Healthcare Organizations Honored for Excellence and Innovation by Intelligent InSites

SOURCE: Intelligent InSites Intelligent InSites Recognizes Clients and Partners That Have Deployed the InSites Enterprise Visibility Platform to Deliver Transformational Outcomes FARGO, ND--(Marketwire - September 27, 2010) -  Intelligent InSites Inc., the leading provider of real-time enterprise visibility and automation solutions, has announced recipients of its 2010 Excellent InSites Awards. The awards ...

Lance Armstrong Applauds Efforts to Ensure Affordable Health Care for Children

SOURCE: LIVESTRONG Armstrong Joined by American Cancer Society CEO John Seffrin at Special Visit to Children's National Medical Center WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - September 23, 2010) -  Today, Lance Armstrong, LIVESTRONG(R) founder and chairman, cancer survivor and champion cyclist, made a surprise visit to the pediatric oncology unit at Children's National Medical Center. He ...

Media Alert: New Clinical Findings on Efficacy and Safety of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy to Be Presented at Fall 2010 Symposium on Advanced Wound…

SOURCE: Spiracur, Inc. Poster Highlights First Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Market Leading Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Wound V.A.C.® System to Spiracur® SNaP® Wound Care System for Treatment of Chronic Lower Extremity Wounds ANAHEIM, CA--(Marketwire - September 22, 2010) - Leading wound care experts will present a Poster highlighting results from a multicenter randomized ...

VHA’s Patient Flow Collaborative Helps Members Improve Throughput, Reduce Costs and Improve Patient Satisfaction

SOURCE: VHA IRVING, TX--(Marketwire - September 21, 2010) - VHA Inc., the national health care network, has created a new offering to support members' efforts to improve patient flow within their organizations. Health care organizations are concerned about efficiently moving patients around and through their facilities because delays and bottlenecks cost ...

Bassett Medical Center Scores Double Digit Clinical Performance Improvement in Two Core Measures Using VHA’s Leading Practices Portal(TM)

SOURCE: VHA IRVING, TX--(Marketwire - September 20, 2010) -  Using the clinical improvement methodology outlined in the Leading Practices Portal from VHA Inc., the national health care network, Bassett Medical Center improved its performance on two core measures, pneumococcal vaccination screening and heart failure discharge instructions. During an 18-month period from ...

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Joins VHA’s National Hospital Network to Accelerate Supply Savings Efforts and Operational and Clinical…

SOURCE: VHA IRVING, TX--(Marketwire - September 14, 2010) - Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, one of the East Coast's most prestigious academic medical centers and a major teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, has joined VHA Inc., the national health care network. In joining VHA, BIDMC links with a large and ...

VHA to Recognize Member Hospitals Leading the Way in Sustainability

SOURCE: VHA New Award Is Part of VHA's Annual Leadership Award Program Honoring Excellence in Health Care IRVING, TX--(Marketwire - September 13, 2010) -  VHA Inc., the national health care network, announced today that it will offer a new leadership award to honor not-for-profit member hospitals that are leading the way in ...

VHA Names Hare to Lead Regional Office Covering Alabama and Florida

SOURCE: VHA IRVING, TX--(Marketwire - September 8, 2010) -  VHA Inc., the national health care network, announced today that Cynthia Hare, vice president of performance improvement, is being promoted to senior vice president and executive officer over the VHA Southeast regional office, one of 16 VHA regional offices, effective Oct. 1, ...

Seven North Carolina Hospitals in SAHA Purchasing Coalition Save $2.8 Million

SOURCE: VHA Tools, Teamwork and Commitment Yield Substantial Benefits for Two-Year-Long Collaboration IRVING, TX--(Marketwire - August 26, 2010) -  Seven hospitals in North Carolina, all members of VHA Inc., the national health care network, formed the Southern Atlantic Health Care Alliance, known as SAHA, purchasing coalition in 2007. Within the past two ...

Bederra Corporation Management Discusses Recent Events and Financial Statements

SOURCE: Bederra Corporation HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - August 24, 2010) -  Bederra Corporation (PINKSHEETS: BEDA), a Houston, Texas-based, diversified medical services provider, discusses recent events in detail below. The company released its June 30, 2010 quarterly financials. As mentioned in the Management Discussion part of ...

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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