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Royal Philips Electronics and Geisinger Health System to launch the eICU Program

Royal Philips Electronics announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Geisinger Health System to launch an eICU Program. The Philips VISICU eICU(R) Program combines early warning alerts and remote monitoring technology to connect off-site critical care specialists with intensive care unit (ICU) patients and their bedside care teams.

25 Aug 2009

Healthcare information technology to enable clinicians spend more time on patient care

Healthcare reform, a current hot button headline, is not a new issue. In fact, the concept has been kicking around the Hill since Teddy Roosevelt, who started the discussion of a national health insurance program in the early 1900s.

25 Aug 2009

Healthcare, education and clean energy are top job demands of the future

In the late 1980s, everyone wanted to study business management. Colleges and universities churned out millions of graduates who had watched Michael Douglas in Wall Street and believed they were going to be the next Gordon Gekko. Imagine their surprise when, in the early 1990s, corporate hiring trends shifted to heavily favor technology jobs! Certainly some of these graduates did just fine in the business world, but how many would have been happier and more successful with a computer degree?

25 Aug 2009

Reliant Healthcare Professionals appoints a new CEO

Reliant Healthcare Professionals, Inc. (“Reliant”) operating as FASTAFF Travel Nursing (“FASTAFF”) and U.S. Nursing Corporation (“U.S. Nursing”), today announced that Patrick Donovan has assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer.

25 Aug 2009

Socket Mobile collaborates with iBleep and Dakota Integrated Solutions to provide advanced wireless communication systems to healthcare organizations

Socket Mobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCKT), an innovative provider of mobile productivity solutions, today announced the formation of a partnership with iBleep Ltd. and Dakota Integrated Solutions in order to provide advanced wireless communication systems to healthcare organizations throughout the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

25 Aug 2009

Free webinar for business travel industry on swine flu pandemic

"Business as usual” won’t be this flu season, with the effects of the H1N1 (Swine Flu) pandemic expected to include quarantines, travel restrictions and school and office closings. Businesses that rely on travel need to make preparations now to mitigate the impact.

25 Aug 2009

Consumers should understand healthcare denial appeal process

Newspapers report daily that our healthcare system is broken, express concern about healthcare denials and mention that the system shifts costs to consumers.

25 Aug 2009

Optima MR450w wide bore MR system from GE Healthcare to cater to the needs of obese and claustrophobic patients

As the need for wider MR systems increases, the industry has grappled over technology barriers preventing larger systems from offering advanced image quality. Addressing this issue, GE Healthcare introduces Optima MR450w, an MR system with a wider bore that provides the most advanced image quality, and in less scans.

25 Aug 2009

GE Healthcare and TomTec Imaging Systems collaborate to streamline cardiologist’s workflows

GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company and TomTec Imaging Systems GmbH, a worldwide leader in 2D/3D/4D imaging and quantification technologies, have entered into a formal strategic cooperation contract to boost their excellence in echocardiography.

25 Aug 2009

Study reveals that Americans lack confidence in healthcare reforms

Americans lack confidence that healthcare reform will deliver more affordable or better quality medical care, according to a survey released today by the Thomson Reuters.

25 Aug 2009

MEDRAD and USF sign research agreement to study FDG administration effect on the workflow for PET imaging procedures

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25 Aug 2009

New office opened in Houston by Hospice Compassus

Hospice Compassus, a leading provider of hospice services, announced today the opening of its fourth Houston-area location.

25 Aug 2009

Bioneutral Group holds scientific and business discussions with major health care companies

BioNeutral Group, Inc. (“BioNeutral”) (OTCBB:BONU), a specialty chemical technology based Life Science Company, announced discussions with four of the world’s largest health care companies.

25 Aug 2009

Navinet offers its real-time healthcare communications solution to all state governments and U.S. territories at no cost

NaviNet (formerly NaviMedix), America’s largest real-time healthcare communications network, today announced the NaviNet Health Information Exchange (HIE), a solution that combines the NaviNet Provider Network of more than 770,000 providers nationwide, and NaviNet technology and services.

25 Aug 2009

Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy and Ohio Caresource collaborate to develop Chronic Kidney Disease treatment

Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy announced today that its Diplomat Health Services Division is partnering with CareSource in Ohio to slow the progression of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), improve clinical outcomes and reduce healthcare costs associated with the disease. As the number of Americans with CKD continues to rise, CareSource is focused on the early identification and treatment of their patients with the illness.

25 Aug 2009

Malaysian biotechnology industry expected to grow by revenue at an average rate of 15 percent per year

Malaysia's plans for its biotechnology sector remain ambitious even with the recent global meltdown. By 2020 the government envisages this sector will employ up to 160,000 people and will contribute to 5% of Malaysia's GDP.

25 Aug 2009

Emdeon and BroMenn Healthcare System implement an interactive software application for transparent pricing of healthcare

Emdeon, a leading provider of revenue and payment cycle management solutions for the healthcare industry, and BroMenn Healthcare System, headquartered in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, recently implemented the Emdeon Patient Responsibility Estimator(SM) solution. Emdeon Patient Responsibility Estimator is an interactive software application used by BroMenn's patient access staff to inform patients of their financial responsibility prior to care delivery.

25 Aug 2009

Unotron collaborates with GHA Technologies to supply washable data input devices

School systems throughout the nation have a strong ally in mitigating a resurgence of swine flu this fall. UNOTRON (www.unotron.com), worldwide creator of medical grade, washable computer keyboards, scroll wheel mice, and smartcard readers, announces that it is teaming up with GHA Technologies, Inc. (www.gha-associates.com) to offer Unotron’s high quality, washable data input and security devices.

25 Aug 2009

Medline Industries' Foley catheter management system helps minimize CAUTI risk

In an effort to help clinicians reduce the risk of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), Medline Industries, Inc. today launched a ground-breaking Foley catheter management system featuring a reengineered catheter tray coupled with an evidence-based clinical education program.

25 Aug 2009

Senators debate cost of insurance subsidies for low-income families

The Wall Street Journal reports that the six Senate Finance Committee negotiators aren't in agreement about subsidies for low-income people to buy insurance.

25 Aug 2009

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Royal Philips Electronics and Geisinger Health System to launch the eICU Program

Healthcare information technology to enable clinicians spend more time on patient care

Healthcare, education and clean energy are top job demands of the future

Reliant Healthcare Professionals appoints a new CEO

Socket Mobile collaborates with iBleep and Dakota Integrated Solutions to provide advanced wireless communication systems to healthcare organizations

Free webinar for business travel industry on swine flu pandemic

Consumers should understand healthcare denial appeal process

Optima MR450w wide bore MR system from GE Healthcare to cater to the needs of obese and claustrophobic patients

GE Healthcare and TomTec Imaging Systems collaborate to streamline cardiologist’s workflows

Study reveals that Americans lack confidence in healthcare reforms

MEDRAD and USF sign research agreement to study FDG administration effect on the workflow for PET imaging procedures

New office opened in Houston by Hospice Compassus

Bioneutral Group holds scientific and business discussions with major health care companies

Navinet offers its real-time healthcare communications solution to all state governments and U.S. territories at no cost

Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy and Ohio Caresource collaborate to develop Chronic Kidney Disease treatment

Malaysian biotechnology industry expected to grow by revenue at an average rate of 15 percent per year

Emdeon and BroMenn Healthcare System implement an interactive software application for transparent pricing of healthcare

Unotron collaborates with GHA Technologies to supply washable data input devices

Medline Industries' Foley catheter management system helps minimize CAUTI risk

Senators debate cost of insurance subsidies for low-income families

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