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Many Americans Still Confused About New Healthcare Reform Law and Its Provisions

Lack of understanding linked to rhetoric that preceded the final vote in March, and the complicated nature of existing health-care system NORWALK, Connecticut, USA (July 29, 2010) - Not sure what's... Read more...

HHS Announces Availability of $51 Million in Resources for States to Build New Competitive Health Insurance Marketplace

HHS Also Soliciting Public Input in Developing Standards for Insurance Exchanges WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced two key steps in... Read more...

GSK Exercises Option on Anacor’s Novel Antibiotic for the Treatment of Gram-Negative Infections

PALO ALTO, Calif. & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Anacor Pharmaceuticals and GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK) today announced that GSK has exercised its option to obtain an exclusive licence to develop and... Read more...

New Guide to Health Reform Now Available to Employers Throughout California

Important Booklet from CHOICE Administrators® Helps Employers Prepare for Dramatic Changes, Including the Mandating of Health Insurance Exchanges by 2014 ORANGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A new... Read more...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Announces It Will Resume Offering Child Only Coverage

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Announces It Will Resume Offering Child Only Coverage Download image JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- With the Administration's announcement that it... Read more...

Lean Transformations Require CEO Transformations

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- To sustain lean transformations, CEOs must participate in workplace improvement teams to demonstrate personal commitment to the change effort, according to John... Read more...

CA Wireless Introduces New Cell Phone Repeater Solution for Hospitals

CellSafe Hospital Solution Reduces Risk to Electronic Equipment While Improving Signal Quality CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CA Wireless, experts in custom in-building wireless solutions,... Read more...

Samsung and TeleHealth Services Partner to Introduce LCD TVs Designed Exclusively for Hospitals

New Partnership Combines Innovative Technologies to Bring the Comforts of Home to the Hospital RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. & RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Samsung Electronics America Inc., a market... Read more...

Last Things First: Fixing the “Last Mile” of Clinical Communications to Jump-start EMR Initiatives

New white paper from PerfectServe offers a basic and effective approach for hospitals to improve information sharing while gaining physicians’ support KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Now that the... Read more...

Mayo Clinic President and CEO Emeritus to Join EGHC Board

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- EGHC, the parent company of Essence Healthcare and other subsidiaries, today announced that Denis A. Cortese, MD, a champion of high quality and patient-centered health... Read more...

NovaMed Reports Second Quarter Earnings from Continuing Operations of $0.23 Per Diluted Share

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NovaMed, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVA), a leading operator of ambulatory surgery centers in partnership with physicians, today announced results for the second quarter ended June 30,... Read more...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Awarded CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM Accreditation

CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the organization’s commitment to reducing the... Read more...

NDS Surgical Imaging Launches Next-Generation ConnectOR™ G2 Informatics Platform

Production Units Now Shipping for Immediate Installation into Endoscopic Carts and Surgical OR Environments SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NDS Surgical Imaging (NDSsi) today launched its... Read more...

Berman DeValerio Files Securities Class Action Against Amedisys, Inc.

BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The law firm of Berman DeValerio filed a securities fraud lawsuit today against Amedisys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) (“Amedisys” or the “Company”) and certain of its top... Read more...

New Technology Solution Relieves Doctors of Time-Consuming Data Entry When Using EMRs, According to Emdat White Paper

‘Facilitate EMR Success: Discrete Reportable Transcription Shifts Documentation Burden Off Physicians’ Now Available Online FITCHBURG, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A new method of populating electronic... Read more...