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Three poster presentations to be presented by the clinical pharmacy team of First DataBank

First DataBank, a leading provider of drug databases that help drive patient safety, today announced that members of the company’s clinical pharmacy team, knowledgeable in the application of drug information systems for safe medication prescribing and clinical decision support in pediatrics, will present three poster presentations at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, October 17-20, 2009 in Washington, D.C.

15 Oct 2009

GeckoSystems to discuss CareBot's graceful movement enabled by GeckoMotorController

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. announced today that during their first annual "Mobile Robots in Motion" conference November 4-5, 2009 attendees will be able to observe and discuss the CareBot's™ graceful movement enabled by the GeckoMotorController™.

15 Oct 2009

Pharma IQ reports on the 7th Annual Cold Chain Distribution for Pharmaceuticals conference

Pharma IQ, a division of IQPC, held the 7th Annual Cold Chain Distribution for Pharmaceuticals, September 21-24, 2009 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA. This industry-leading global forum gathered more than 350 pharmaceutical, regulatory and logistic experts to address the greatest challenges supply chain professionals face today.

From IQPC Ltd 15 Oct 2009

Small biotechnology companies fail to attact new capital, BIO conveyes support for Investment Act of 2009

Small biotechnology companies developing new medical therapies and advanced biofuels need help attracting new capital, as investors have become especially risk averse. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today conveyed support for the Small Business Early-Stage Investment Act of 2009, which would create a funding program at the Small Business Administration to stimulate growth in early-stage technology-based companies.

15 Oct 2009

BSA LifeStructures opens a new office in St. Louis

Architectural/engineering firm BSA LifeStructures, Inc. has opened a new office located at CityPlace in the St. Louis suburb of Creve Coeur.

15 Oct 2009

DNA Link to provide NimbleGen Sequence Capture service in Korea

Roche NimbleGen, a Roche Company, has announced the first Certified Service Provider (CSP), DNA Link, Inc., who will provide service in Korea for NimbleGen Titanium Optimized Sequence Capture coupled with services from 454 Life Sciences, Roche´s center of excellence for sequencing.

15 Oct 2009

Survey reports patients' concern about the safety and access to flu vaccines

Although some parents may be lukewarm to the H1N1 vaccination, Lakeside Community Healthcare www.LakesideCommunityHealthcare.com, one of Southern California's largest integrated, comprehensive healthcare organizations, reports broader patient concern about both the safety of and access to the vaccine.

15 Oct 2009

Pervasive Integration provides cost-effective data integration solution to healthcare companies

Pervasive Software Inc., a global value leader in embeddable data management and agile data integration software, is providing the flexible, cost-effective data integration required for challenging, increasingly regulated healthcare IT environments.

15 Oct 2009

Premier's corporate headquarters relocated in North Carolina

The Premier Inc. healthcare alliance today announced that it has relocated its corporate headquarters to Charlotte, N.C. Premier also has offices in San Diego, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

15 Oct 2009

Innovative technologies and devices feature at AdvaMed 2009

The exhibit hall at AdvaMed 2009 on the third floor of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center is brimming with displays of cutting edge medical technology, organizations committed to the advancement of research and development in the MedTech industry, and innovative devices designed to improve the health and health care of people all over the world.

15 Oct 2009

SCAN Health Plan Arizona hosts special community forums to discuss healthcare options for seniors

Healthcare options for seniors, including changes to Medicare, will be among the topics discussed at special community forums open to all Medicare-eligible individuals in Maricopa County.

15 Oct 2009

Policymakers urged to preserve access to advanced imaging in final health care reform legislation

Survivors and patients with cancers and heart disease, along with patient advocate organizations and physicians, today urged policymakers to enhance early diagnosis of deadly diseases by preserving access to advanced imaging, such as MRI and CT scans, in final health care reform legislation.

15 Oct 2009

Health Sciences South Carolina, Recombinant Data and Sun Microsystems to collaborate on an Integrated Platform for Research

Health Sciences South Carolina (HSSC), today announced that it has selected Recombinant Data Corp. and Sun Microsystems, Inc. to collaborate on the Health Sciences South Carolina Integrated Platform for Research (HS-SCIPR), an unprecedented statewide initiative for translational research and quality improvement.

15 Oct 2009

Modern Healthcare ranks IPC The Hospitalist Company as one of the "Best Places to Work in Healthcare"

IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc, a leading national hospitalist physician group practice company, today announced that it has been named one of the "Best Places to Work in Healthcare" in Modern Healthcare's 2009 ranking. The national award recognizes 100 healthcare companies that are among the most highly desirable places to work in the U.S.

15 Oct 2009

MMR Information Systems, Unis-Tonghe Technology ink Memorandum of Understanding

MMR Information Systems, Inc. and Unis-Tonghe Technology (Zhengzhou) Co., Ltd., announced today that the companies have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") and plan to sign a Master Agreement by December 15, 2009.

15 Oct 2009

NHC Geriatric Clinical Residency Program receives accreditation

National HealthCare Corporation, one of the nation’s leading operators of long-term health care and assisted living facilities, announced today that the NHC Geriatric Clinical Residency Program (GCRP) for Physical Therapists has successfully received accreditation through the American Physical Therapy Association.

15 Oct 2009

Senate Finance Committee passes health bill, but with plenty of grumbling

The Senate Finance Committee yesterday became the fifth and final committee in Congress to pass a health care overhaul bill. The committee voted 14-9 in favor of the bill with Sen. Olympia Snowe, of Maine, joining all of the panel's Democrats to cast the sole Republican "yea" vote.

15 Oct 2009

MDEA program is accepting entries for its 2010 competition

The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) program is accepting entries for its 2010 competition from companies and individuals worldwide involved in the design, engineering, manufacture, or distribution of finished medical devices or packaging products.

15 Oct 2009

Forum Extended Care Services earns accreditation for quality operational practices

Forum Extended Care Services, the largest independent long-term care and hospice pharmacy in Illinois, has achieved the Award of Accreditation from the Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation, based in Waterloo, Iowa.

15 Oct 2009

NIH grants Affymetrix $24.8M for genotyping project

Affymetrix, Inc. today announced that the Kaiser Permanente Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health (RPGEH) and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) have entered into an agreement with Affymetrix to support genome-wide analyses of DNA samples from 100,000 Kaiser Permanente members.

15 Oct 2009

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Three poster presentations to be presented by the clinical pharmacy team of First DataBank

GeckoSystems to discuss CareBot's graceful movement enabled by GeckoMotorController

Pharma IQ reports on the 7th Annual Cold Chain Distribution for Pharmaceuticals conference

Small biotechnology companies fail to attact new capital, BIO conveyes support for Investment Act of 2009

BSA LifeStructures opens a new office in St. Louis

DNA Link to provide NimbleGen Sequence Capture service in Korea

Survey reports patients' concern about the safety and access to flu vaccines

Pervasive Integration provides cost-effective data integration solution to healthcare companies

Premier's corporate headquarters relocated in North Carolina

Innovative technologies and devices feature at AdvaMed 2009

SCAN Health Plan Arizona hosts special community forums to discuss healthcare options for seniors

Policymakers urged to preserve access to advanced imaging in final health care reform legislation

Health Sciences South Carolina, Recombinant Data and Sun Microsystems to collaborate on an Integrated Platform for Research

Modern Healthcare ranks IPC The Hospitalist Company as one of the "Best Places to Work in Healthcare"

MMR Information Systems, Unis-Tonghe Technology ink Memorandum of Understanding

NHC Geriatric Clinical Residency Program receives accreditation

Senate Finance Committee passes health bill, but with plenty of grumbling

MDEA program is accepting entries for its 2010 competition

Forum Extended Care Services earns accreditation for quality operational practices

NIH grants Affymetrix $24.8M for genotyping project

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