) June 25, 2009 -- Tapping the growing interest in medical volunteerism shown by many locum tenens physicians, Jackson & Coker has helped sponsor several "medical brigades" visiting Honduras to perform long-awaited surgeries and provide other vital medical care.

"When we were informed of the need for surgeons and other physicians to volunteer their time and skills to help in this important cause, we informed our pool of providers and were overwhelmed with the response," mentions Sandra Garrett, president of Jackson & Coker. "For four days the calls poured in from interested parties who were willing to volunteer, some even agreeing to bring part of their office medical staff to assist."

) June 11, 2009 -- Physicians who log on to www.jacksoncoker.com can view current, updated practice opportunities across the nation, and also chat in real time with recruiters who can answer questions and supply more detailed information. For busy doctors who are at least keeping their career options open, this is a tremendous time-saving benefit. In 15-20 minutes’ time, they can narrow their job search to the part of the country they would consider relocating to and the type of clinical setting that would be most appealing.

) July 6, 2009 -- To further provide it’s executive healthcare readership with a forum to share their insights and views with their constituents, Jackson & Coker will be regularly spotlighting the insights of a wide range of health care executives in the Jackson & Coker Industry Report, (http://www.jacksoncoker.com/physician-career-resources/newsletters/default.aspx) beginning with the July issue.

) October 8, 2009 -- "Jackson & Coker is on the forefront of researching and adopting social media outlets as integral aspects of physician recruitment and other company functions," says company president, Sandra Garrett.

"Compared to our competitors, we are a bit ahead of the curve in exploring avenues for using Healthcare / Web 2.0 technology to augment efforts to connect outstanding providers with healthcare employers--and to disseminate valuable information to the medical community on the whole," she adds.    

) December 22, 2008 -- The National Association for the Support of Long Term Care (NASL) has elected Eric Christ to the organization's board of directors. Christ is the president of Patient Placement Systems, part of the Jackson Healthcare family of companies located in Alpharetta, Ga. NASL is a trade association of ancillary providers of products and services to the post-acute industry.

) December 22, 2008 -- The National Association for the Support of Long Term Care (NASL) has elected Eric Christ to the organization's board of directors. Christ is the president of Patient Placement Systems, part of the Jackson Healthcare family of companies located in Alpharetta, Ga. NASL is a trade association of ancillary providers of products and services to the post-acute industry.

) August 24, 2009 -- change:healthcare has been chosen by GeneSyn IP Ventures, LLC, a partner of the Keystone Institute for Translational Medicine in Philadelphia, Penn., to support a national translational medicine technology consortium, officials announced today.

The move is intended to help the Keystone Institute for Translational Medicine more quickly reach their goal of increasing the speed with which medical and health-related discoveries become significant patient care advances.

) July 22, 2009 -- To inspire a new generation of students to think about the benefits of healthcare software, Claricode is starting the Claricode Medical Software Essay Scholarship program which will award a total of $5000 in scholarships this year.    Five industry experts have generously donated their time to review the essay finalists:

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) October 6, 2009 -- Medical tourism has been around since the Romans. In recent years however, growing numbers of people are traveling across borders in search of the benefits of treatment overseas. A recent survey carried out by AllMedicalTourism.com, the leading online portal for Medical Tourism, found that 85% would consider travelling overseas for treatment. When asked what their answer would have been 5 years ago, only 33% would have considered it a viable option then. Why the enormous change?

) January 19, 2009 -- Healthcare IT News will host a live webcast Thursday, Jan. 22, to examine how new technologies, including remote support, can help medical personnel stay connected to vital data and improve patient care.

The webcast will feature Jaime McGar, helpdesk operator at Orange Regional Medical Center and Jack Beaudoin, VP content & editorial director, Healthcare IT News. They will discuss the changing role of technology in healthcare and elaborate on growing trends, including online applications, mobile devices and electronic records management. More specifically, attendees will learn how Orange Regional Medical Center's IT staff provides on-demand, remote support to 2,700 employees using 2,000+ desktops and laptops in distributed locations.

) April 8, 2009 -- MedTouch, the leading provider of interactive, web-based solutions for healthcare organizations, announced its recent partnership with Exeter Health Services to enhance their web presence and to implement its proprietary enterprise content management solution, ContentBridge.

"Exeter chose both our services and our software to take them to the next level of patient interactivity," said Paul Griffiths, CEO of MedTouch. "Our core competency is to serve healthcare organizations who understand that the success of integrated marketing campaigns depends on a strategic web presence to fully serve their constituencies, both in health and in crises."
   

) April 22, 2009 -- A revolutionary new online patient medical bill clearinghouse is set to help more than 50 million Americans and healthcare providers tackle the growing problem of unpaid patient medical debt.

) April 22, 2009 -- A revolutionary new online patient medical bill clearinghouse is set to help more than 50 million Americans and healthcare providers tackle the growing problem of unpaid patient medical debt.

) September 29, 2008 -- Drexel University Online is increasing its range of prestigious online healthcare programs with the addition of the Post-Master's Certificate in Medical Family Therapy. This 14 credit certificate is offered fully online.

) August 25, 2009 -- Patient Placement Systems (PPS), a leading provider of Web-based discharge referral software, announced today that Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare (JHSMH) has implemented the innovative Discharge Referral System to automate the discharge referral process for patients needing post-acute care at five of its facilities: Jewish Hospital, Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, Jewish Hospital Shelbyville, Frazier Rehab Institute, and Our Lady of Peace. The Discharge Referral System is a Web-based application that enables JHSMH case managers to send referral inquiries to post-acute providers electronically - eliminating faxes and phone tag and significantly streamlining the placement process.

) November 1, 2009 -- Winston-Salem, N.C (PRWEB) November 1, 2009 -- Rural and small, suburban hospitals in North Carolina and Virginia can now provide a higher level of emergency stroke and critical neurology care, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, as part of a new teleneurology medicine program announced today by Forsyth Medical Center (FMC).

) June 23, 2009 -- The Nuance Dragon Medical 10.1 launched today and is available at Recorders.com. Dragon Medical transcription software provides powerful technology that enables physicians to easily dictate in real time into their electronic medical record (EMR) software and then sign, review, and make their notes available for other clinicians. This eliminates transcription costs and allows medical professionals to spend more time with patients and less time documenting care. Dragon Medical is the most widely used speech recognition system in the medical industry, used by more than 100,000 healthcare professionals.

WebWingz, one of the leading service providers of offshore web development and software service including 2D and 3D medical animation service has today been given the title as the leading firm to outsource 3D and 2D medical animation service in India. Although WebWingz had made their way into 3D character development and 3D animation just early during this year, they have successfully managed to become the leading service providers in 2D and 3D Medical Animation Services for Healthcare Professionals and medical device manufacturers through their cutting edge medical animation service.

) April 5, 2009 -- Nuvon, Inc. (http://www.nuvon.com), a provider of medical device connectivity solutions, will demonstrate its Nuvon VEGA platform at HIMSS09 April 4th - 8th in Chicago. Nuvon will be in the MEDHOST booth # 4617 demonstrating a vitals interface into the MEDHOST emergency department information system (EDIS).

) September 15, 2009 -- www.YourCity.MD, CEO, Joe Benza, Jr., announced a two year partnership with Lexington, Kentucky's #1 news station, WLEX 18 TV, the flagship Cordillera station.

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) July 29, 2009 -- Broadlane, the leading cost-management company for healthcare providers, announced today that AHMC Inc. & AHMC Healthcare Inc. (AHMC) in Alhambra, California has renewed its exclusive supply chain relationship with Broadlane for another five years. AHMC will continue to access Broadlane's unparalleled national contract portfolio of consumable supplies, equipment, pharmaceuticals and purchased services to help manage its approximate $100 million in annual supply spend for its seven hospitals, including the recently-acquired AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center.

) October 6, 2008 -- Cielo MedSolutions, a provider of healthcare software and web applications, today announced a Preferred Business Affiliate agreement with TransforMED LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). Through this relationship, Cielo MedSolutions' customers will have access to TransforMED's practice transformation services. In addition, TransforMED will encourage medical practices implementing a Patient-Centered Medical Home to use Cielo Clinic's integrated patient registry, clinical decision support and population management tools.

) September 29, 2009 -- Today, the Los Angeles County Medical Association in association with Doctors for America, the California Medical Association, the Orange County Medical Association, and Youngphysicians.org announced plans to produce the first online healthcare reform town hall meeting for healthcare professionals by healthcare professionals entitled - "Policies that Impact Your Practice." This live event, co-produced by EMARC and VeoMed, will focus on doctors' issues and fears surrounding the pending healthcare reform bill.

) September 8, 2009 -- Epocrates, Inc., a leading provider of decision support solutions, released survey results exploring challenges facing today's nurses and the increasing role of technology use in hospitals and clinics across the nation.

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) June 16, 2009 -- Today, HealthCare California announces it is the first home health agency in California to implement an industry leading, online service that answers the call from national leaders to utilize technology to improve health care. The home health software service, Agency Manager™, provides HealthCare California with a suite of online services that equips all nursing and administrative staff with real-time access to information at the point of care, reduces costs, improves efficiency and enhances communication across the continuum of care.

) April 2, 2009 -- Siegrid Buhlheller, a 49-year-old White Plains wife and mother of two children--who recently suffered a life-threatening cardiac arrest-- thanked the individuals responsible for saving her life: the White Plains police, EMTs and the medical staff of White Plains Hospital Center's (WPHC) state-of-the-art Emergency Department (ED).

) October 12, 2009 -- ITelagen, Inc., innovative provider of one-stop, flat-fee healthcare information technology and support, announced it is bringing proven "insiders' expertise" to its electronic medical records (EMR) clients through the hiring of new Chief Healthcare Officer Joel Taylor. Taylor joins ITelagen in delivering its combination of EMR, hosting and billing services to practices and medical groups of all scopes and sizes, with affordable flat-percentage-based pricing.

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XECAN Inc,RFID healthcare solutions company,announces a pilot program with a national healthcare provider to track the care of oncology patients in order to improve quality and reduce medical errors.

) May 22, 2009 -- In partnership with OMMA Healthcare, acting as the developmental entity, REES was able to plan, program, and design a highly efficient and functional U.S. standard hospital that simultaneously addresses the immediate healthcare needs of the working class people of Baghdad while allowing for future growth.

) October 8, 2009 -- MResult Healthcare and PatientOS announced today a new cost-effective solution for implementing Electronic Medical Records. Based on the open source healthcare information system PatientOS EMR and MResult Healthcare's Design, Build Validate methodology, this approach will allow healthcare institutions to implement tailored Electronic Medical Record systems for a fraction of the cost of traditional EMR systems.

) December 29, 2008 -- Patient Placement Systems announced today that healthcare provider Park Avenue Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Arlington, Mass., has signed on to use the Web-based Referral Management System long-term care software to manage inbound patient referrals.

) September 8, 2009 -- The new-look bupa-intl.com, launched in August, features weekly columns from medical experts and industry specialists, plus regular news updates and videos tackling the health issues that matter to expatriates, providing them with a trusted and relevant source of health information wherever they are in the world.

) November 6, 2008 -- After a thorough search and business proposal process, 360 Healthcare Staffing (formerly Aedon Staffing) has selected BlueSky Medical Staffing Software (MSS) to assist in the management of its healthcare professional staffing business. BlueSky MSS is a division of Amistaff Healthcare Technology.

) September 30, 2008 -- SingaporeMedicine, the government-industry partnership to develop and promote Singapore as the leading medical hub and international healthcare destination, announces its presence on Facebook. By creating a place where people can share and talk about their experiences, SingaporeMedicine strengthens its position as the leading destination for medical and healthcare.

) January 28, 2009 -- Purkinje, a leading software and service partner to physicians, announced today that, for a limited time, it will offer free training and implementation services to all new customers, in an effort to accelerate Electronic Medical Records adoption and in support of the current administration's healthcare transformation initiatives. Practices that choose the Purkinje EMR during the month of February 2009 will receive free training and implementation services.

) June 15, 2009 -- Healthcare research firm KLAS today released its annual rankings of the best-performing medical equipment vendors. Top-ranked companies in seven key market categories - including computed tomography (CT), digital mammography, smart pumps and ultrasound - have earned the 2009 Best in KLAS distinction, signifying their leadership in meeting customer expectations.

Based on evaluations submitted by thousands of healthcare providers throughout the United States and Canada, KLAS rankings measure a vendor's performance in areas like product quality, implementation, and service and support. A Best in KLAS award is reserved for the top-rated companies in a select group of the largest and most impactful market segments.

) October 21, 2009 -- Aprima Medical Software (originally iMedica), a leading developer of electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) systems for medical practices, today announced its compatibility with Microsoft Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit PCs), due out for release on October 22nd. Aprima 2009 is fully compliant and tested with Microsoft's latest Windows release.

) August 13, 2009 -- Atlanta Women’s Specialists, the long-term Ob/Gyn practice affiliated with Northside Hospital, is leading the way as one of the first physicians’ offices in Georgia to provide patients with online access to personal medical records, a new but growing trend in practices across the United States. The practice also allows patients direct e-mail contact with their physician. This inclusive approach to care strengthens communication between doctors and patients and encourages patients’ participation in their own care.

) February 17, 2009 -- Living in the "Technology Age" benefits not only daily lives, but also, provides a significantly positive impact on healthcare in the United States. The electronic health record (EHR) offers the ability to track, monitor, trend and improve patient outcomes, as the following examples illustrate.

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