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PMCC purchases NextGen EHR and EPM software licenses

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. and a leading provider of ambulatory healthcare and connectivity solutions, today announced that Piedmont Medical Care Corporation (PMCC), the administrative arm of the non-cardiology physician practice entities of Piedmont Healthcare (PHC), has purchased an additional 230 “bundled” NextGen Electronic Health Record (EHR) and NextGen Enterprise Practice Management (EPM) software licenses.

22 Sep 2009

Sentillion to participate in National Health IT Week's Technology Showcase

As part of their efforts to improve the effectiveness of both security and clinical workflows in the healthcare delivery process, Sentillion, whose identity and access management (IAM) solutions are the most widely implemented in healthcare, today announced their participation in the “Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics” Healthcare Information Technology Showcase on Thursday, September 24th on Capitol Hill. The Technology Showcase is part of the activities of “National Health IT Week” going on September 21st – 25th in Washington DC.

22 Sep 2009

HTA acquires GHS medical office building portfolio

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., (the "REIT"), a self-managed non-traded real estate investment trust, announced the completed acquisition of a 16-building portfolio from Greenville Hospital System ("GHS") based in Greenville, South Carolina for approximately $162,820,000 on September 18, 2009.

22 Sep 2009

CSL Behring offers new dosage strength of Helixate FS in U.S.

Hemophilia A patients who require high doses of Helixate® FS, Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant), can now benefit from greater convenience in administering their treatment, thanks to a new 3000 IU (international unit) dosage strength. CSL Behring announced today that this new dosage strength is available in the U.S., allowing many patients to reduce reconstitution time by eliminating the need to mix and pool multiple vials of Helixate FS.

22 Sep 2009

Winners of "Passion & Results" Award announced by Instrumentation Laboratory

Instrumentation Laboratory (IL) today announced the three recipients of their "Passion & Results" Award. The winners were presented with their awards by IL during ceremonies at the Congress for the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) held in Boston, MA, July 11-16 and at the Annual Meeting for the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), in Chicago, IL, July 19-23.

22 Sep 2009

Outsourced Services Accreditation Program for vendors is available from EHNAC

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body, announced the availability of its Outsourced Services Accreditation Program (OSAP).

22 Sep 2009

T-M-Partners chooses InterSystems Ensemble for its CMS Quality Manager healthcare application

InterSystems Corporation today announced that Technology Medical Partners (T-M-Partners) has selected the InterSystems Ensemble® rapid integration and development platform for its CMS Quality Manager healthcare application. The first of many healthcare technology solutions under development by T-M-Partners, CMS Quality Manager is designed to vastly improve the data abstraction and administrative processes of reporting core measures to the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS).

22 Sep 2009

MEDSEEK and Rex Healthcare sign multi-year agreement

MEDSEEK, the leading provider of enterprise-wide healthcare portal connectivity solutions, announced today that Rex Healthcare signed a multi-year agreement with MEDSEEK to design and implement a comprehensive eHealth ecoSystem, a virtual community in which patients, physicians and employees can collaborate to better manage health and more efficiently deliver healthcare, providing “the right information to the right person at the right time.”

22 Sep 2009

Electronic medical records cut costs and helps medical facilities to provide quality healthcare to patients

Electronic medical records have been a cornerstone of the successful health care formula prescribed by Dr. Richard Merkin, CEO for Heritage Provider Network. HPN and its 25 medical facilities in California and Healthcare Partners IPA in New York have been eliminating waste and cutting costs while providing quality healthcare to their patients for the past 30 years by focusing on the importance of integrating electronic medical records.

22 Sep 2009

NASDAQ issues InfoLogix a deficiency letter

InfoLogix, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFLG), a leading technology provider of enterprise mobility solutions for the healthcare and commercial industries, today announced that it received a deficiency letter, dated September 16, 2009, from the NASDAQ Stock Market stating that based on the closing bid price of the company's listed securities for the last 30 consecutive business days, InfoLogix no longer meets the minimum $1.00 per share requirement for continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market under Marketplace Rule 5550(a)(2).

22 Sep 2009

HTH Worldwide announces TripProtector insurance plans with sickness and accident benefits

HTH Worldwide, a global health and safety services company, today announced that its TripProtector(SM) insurance plans are now available with sickness, accident and medical evacuation benefits up to $1 million and medical assistance services that include direct payment to participating doctors and hospitals in over 180 countries.

22 Sep 2009

Free dental care for California's foster-care students

More than four hundred foster-care students within the Twin Rivers Unified School District will be able to receive free dental care thanks to a new telemedicine project created jointly by the California Dental Association Foundation, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry and the California HealthCare Foundation with start-up funding from Verizon.

22 Sep 2009

IASIS Healthcare implements the Medicity Novo Grid solution to exchange health information electronically

Medicity, Inc. today announced that IASIS Healthcare went live with the Medicity Novo Grid solution in two (Florida and Utah) of its six regions. The solution enables IASIS to exchange health information electronically with providers connected on the Grid – whether the providers use an electronic health record (EHR) or operate a paper-based practice.

22 Sep 2009

Osteoporosis a growing concern in Asia

A new audit report issued by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) today shows that osteoporosis is a serious and growing problem throughout Asia.

22 Sep 2009

ART to report on its molecular imaging products research at the World Molecular Imaging Congress

ART Advanced Research Technologies Inc. ("ART") (TSX:ARA), a Canadian medical device company and a leader in optical molecular imaging products for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, announced today that current research relating to its molecular imaging products will be presented at poster sessions at the World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC), being held at the Palais des congres in Montreal, Canada, from September 23 to 26, 2009.

22 Sep 2009

Bi-directional health information exchange to deal with disease outbreaks

Building upon four decades of research and real world operation of electronic medical records and health information exchange, Regenstrief Institute researchers have developed, tested and are now operating innovative technologies to allow for the bi-directional flow of evidence-based medical information between clinical sources and public health organizations.

22 Sep 2009

DataSource partners with Rural Health to help customers secure grants for EHR projects

DataSource Mobility is committed to helping healthcare customers achieve their IT goals. As part of that commitment, they have extended their capabilities by partnering with Rural Health IT Corporation (Rural Health), to provide customers with assistance in securing grant funding for EHR projects up to $1.2 million.

22 Sep 2009

Barrington Medical Imaging and Echoserve as service providers for medical imaging equipment

Barrington Medical Imaging, LLC and Echoserve, Inc. The two companies will be combined to create a nationwide, independent service provider for medical imaging equipment across multiple modalities and vendor platforms.

22 Sep 2009

AHF’s first AIDS treatment center to open in Washington, DC

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US’ largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider, which provides medical care and/or services to more than 100,000 individuals in 21 countries worldwide, is honored to announce the September 24th grand opening of AHF’s first AIDS treatment center in Washington, DC, where the HIV rate is now reported to be 3%—higher than the rate in Lagos, Nigeria. The health care center, AHF’s first to be named in honor of Hollywood actor and longtime AIDS advocate Blair Underwood, will include a state-of-the-art, full-service HIV/AIDS treatment clinic as well as an on-site AHF Pharmacy. The facility will be known as the AHF Blair Underwood Clinic.

22 Sep 2009