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Healthcare Data Services Analyst 2.0 product receives NCQA Software Certification

Healthcare Data Services, a provider of customizable, integrated healthcare data analysis and management solutions, announced that it has received software certification from the National Committee for Quality Assurance for its HDS Analyst 2.0 product for 2010. Healthcare Data Services will also seek certification for 2011. NCQA Software Certification demonstrates to prospective provider organization customers the product's integrity and its ability to produce accurate and reliable results.

11 Aug 2010

Western Dental Services opens new office in Porterville to provide dentistry services

Western Dental Services, Inc., California's neighborhood dentist and one of the nation's leading dental health maintenance organizations, is opening a combined family dentistry, specialty, cosmetic, and orthodontics office in Porterville, Calif., on August 13, 2010. The office will provide a full range of family dentistry services, specialty care, and cosmetic dentistry, including white fillings, veneers, crowns, dental implants, ZOOM! whitening, oral surgery, periodontics, pedodontics, and complete orthodontic services by certified specialists and experienced providers.

5 Aug 2010

Sterling Health Plans selects MedAssurant's Prospective Advantage solutions

MedAssurant, Inc., a leading provider of data-driven healthcare solutions, today announced that Sterling Health Plans, a national provider of Medicare benefits, has expanded its relationship with MedAssurant through the selection of two key solutions to identify and close meaningful gaps in quality, utilization, documentation, and risk score accuracy.

5 Aug 2010

Discovery Laboratories reports net loss of $6.3 million for second-quarter 2010

Discovery Laboratories, Inc., a biotechnology company developing its novel, synthetic, peptide-containing surfactant and related aerosolization technologies as first in class therapies for severe respiratory diseases, today provides an update on key pipeline and business initiatives and reports financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

4 Aug 2010

Pew Prescription Project announces support for new safety legislation

The Pew Prescription Project, joined by major consumer, physician and chemical manufacturer groups, today announced support for a new bill that would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration much-needed authorities to better protect pharmaceutical supply chains. The organizations made the announcement in a joint letter to Congress and during an audio news conference with Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), who will introduce this drug safety legislation.

4 Aug 2010

Emerson Ecologics to exclusively distribute Sedona Labs Pro probiotic products

Emerson Ecologics, LLC, the leading provider of professional-grade nutritional supplements to the healthcare practitioner market, announces a new strategic partnership with Nutri-Health as the exclusive distributor for their practitioner brand, Sedona Labs Pro™. Effective immediately, all customer service, marketing and order fulfillment for the complete line of Sedona Labs Pro products will be handled by Emerson Ecologics.

3 Aug 2010

Prognosis Health Information Systems, Excellence in Healthcare partner to improve meaningful use criteria

Hospitals can now easily leverage ChartAccess Comprehensive EMR to comply with and report on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services core measures, thereby meeting "meaningful use" criteria -- thanks to a partnership between Prognosis Health Information Systems and Excellence in Healthcare, a healthcare quality assurance consulting company based in Bentonville, Ark.

3 Aug 2010

Iowa Department of Human Services awards CSG contract for HIPAA compliance management services

CSG Government Solutions, a national leader in providing public sector strategy, quality management and systems modernization services, today announced that it has been awarded a multi-year contract by the Iowa Department of Human Services to provide a full suite of HIPAA compliance management services.

3 Aug 2010

IntegenX selects Zeta's 3D to analyze dimensional properties of micro-channel biochips

Zeta Instruments, Inc. a leading provider of cost-effective, precision measurement solutions for micron-scale surface analysis, announced that its Zeta-20™ optical metrology system has been selected for the analysis and development of advanced microfluidics/biotechnology laboratory products. IntegenX, an innovative supplier of automation systems for DNA and RNA-based micro-sample preparation used in forensics and gene sequencing, has chosen Zeta's 3D surface measurement solution to analyze the dimensional properties of its micro-channel biochips.

3 Aug 2010

NCI awards LSUHSC-NOLA Louisiana Tumor Registry $12 million SEER contract

The Louisiana Tumor Registry (LTR) at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health has been awarded a $12 million contract over seven years by the National Cancer Institute to continue its work as a SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results) Program-designated cancer registry. There are 18 competitively awarded SEER cancer registries in the United States.

3 Aug 2010

ARO uses Elekta VMAT system for prostate cancer patients

In the expansive region of Australasia—which includes Australia, New Zealand and neighboring islands—Auckland Radiation Oncology Centre is the first to use Elekta VMAT, treating a patient with prostate cancer using a single 100-second arc of radiation. Such rapid treatments change the entire therapy experience for these patients, who have had to remain completely still for seven minutes during radiation delivery for each of 37 to 39 separate treatment sessions or "fractions."

From Elekta 2 Aug 2010

Cardiac Science reports revenues of $36.1 million for second-quarter 2010

Cardiac Science Corporation, a global leader in automated external defibrillator (AED) and diagnostic cardiac monitoring devices, today announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2010.

30 Jul 2010

Online pharmacy services Pharmahelper.com, QC Supply, and Kerr Drug earn NABP e-Advertiser Approval

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) has named Pharmahelper.com, QC Supply, and Kerr Drug as the first online pharmacy services to be approved through the Association's new e-Advertiser Approval(CM) Program now required by Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo!. As such, these entities offer reliable and trustworthy resources for patients seeking to purchase medications safely online.

29 Jul 2010

NCQA recognizes 51 primary care practice sites as Level 3 patient-centered medical homes

An innovative quality initiative in the Hudson Valley has resulted in National Committee for Quality Assurance Recognition of 51 primary care practice sites as Level 3 patient-centered medical homes, the highest level achievable. This groundbreaking accomplishment was achieved by 236 physicians within 11 primary care practice groups (7 medical groups with multiple practice locations and 4 single site practices) and represents 44 percent of total Level 3 clinicians in New York, and nearly 10 percent of all practices at this level across the country.

29 Jul 2010

Mayo leaps into social media marketing

The Mayo Clinic is opening a school of social media for health providers, the (Minneapolis-St. Paul) Star Tribune reports. The new "Center for Social Media… [will] train other health care organizations to use Twitter, YouTube and Facebook to connect patients and doctors.

29 Jul 2010

Roche to present diagnostics testing solutions at 2010 Clinical Lab Expo

Roche is featuring a diverse portfolio of diagnostics testing solutions for healthcare professionals in booth #2808 at the AACC/CSCC 2010 Clinical Lab Expo here, July 27-29 – and it's giving them a unique way to see firsthand where their own "dream lab" might take them.

From Roche Sequencing and Life Science 28 Jul 2010

FDA clears IL's new point-of-care total bilirubin assay

Instrumentation Laboratory (IL) today announced that it has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the first-ever, rapid point-of-care, lab-quality blood test for measuring total bilirubin (tBili) in newborns.

28 Jul 2010

SBHCS deploys MedeAnalytics platform to automate patient access process of health system

MedeAnalytics, a leading provider of healthcare performance management solutions, today announced that the Saint Barnabas Health Care System has selected MedeAnalytics Patient Access Intelligence solution to automate the complete patient access process of the health system.

27 Jul 2010

Compound Management & Integrity conference to address challenges in improvement methodologies

An efficient and versatile compound management operation is essential for the success of all downstream processes in high throughput screening (HTS) and small molecule development. The 6th Compound Management & Integrity conference taking place September 20 - 22, 2010 will address issues concerned with improving both strategic and tactical aspects of compound management.

27 Jul 2010

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center receives third consecutive full accreditation from AAHRPP

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has received its third consecutive full accreditation from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc., whose goal is to ensure that research institutions meet the highest standards in respecting and protecting individuals who participate in research.

27 Jul 2010

Quality Control News and Research

Healthcare Data Services Analyst 2.0 product receives NCQA Software Certification

Western Dental Services opens new office in Porterville to provide dentistry services

Sterling Health Plans selects MedAssurant's Prospective Advantage solutions

Discovery Laboratories reports net loss of $6.3 million for second-quarter 2010

Pew Prescription Project announces support for new safety legislation

Emerson Ecologics to exclusively distribute Sedona Labs Pro probiotic products

Prognosis Health Information Systems, Excellence in Healthcare partner to improve meaningful use criteria

Iowa Department of Human Services awards CSG contract for HIPAA compliance management services

IntegenX selects Zeta's 3D to analyze dimensional properties of micro-channel biochips

NCI awards LSUHSC-NOLA Louisiana Tumor Registry $12 million SEER contract

ARO uses Elekta VMAT system for prostate cancer patients

Cardiac Science reports revenues of $36.1 million for second-quarter 2010

Online pharmacy services Pharmahelper.com, QC Supply, and Kerr Drug earn NABP e-Advertiser Approval

NCQA recognizes 51 primary care practice sites as Level 3 patient-centered medical homes

Mayo leaps into social media marketing

Roche to present diagnostics testing solutions at 2010 Clinical Lab Expo

FDA clears IL's new point-of-care total bilirubin assay

SBHCS deploys MedeAnalytics platform to automate patient access process of health system

Compound Management & Integrity conference to address challenges in improvement methodologies

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center receives third consecutive full accreditation from AAHRPP

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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