Pranagy Unlimited LLC partners with leading business process outsourcing firm, Pacific Ventures to provide affordable medical billing, coding and transcription services to small to medium sized healthcare providers nationwide.

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Next-generation Trifecta valve expands the company's business into the pericardial aortic stented tissue valve segment

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The patient portal provides online access to electronic health records and can be integrated with Google Health and Microsoft Healthvault.

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CareTech to Develop Physician and Patient Web Portals on the Covisint Platform

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A sudden surge in demand for its dental billing services from North American clients has led Medisweans to further scale up its operations in India.

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Last flu season Munson Army Health Center administered about 5,000 flu vaccinations - this season they have almost tripled that number.

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Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams inadvertently “bad mouthed” Canada's heath-care system by travelling to Florida to have his heart repaired, according to a prominent cardiac surgeon who says he would have gladly performed the surgery himself.

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New Web-based Portal is Tailored to the Unique Needs of Physician Billing Service Clients for Improved Workflow and Financial Decision Support

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Elite MD, Inc. announced today that the company will now place a special emphasis on recruiting new patients for concierge medicine doctors throughout the U.S.

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Medac owner Bijon Memar finds success in medical billing niche

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Aurora Information Technology (Aurora IT), a medical website design and medical marketingcompany, was named Bitrix Site Manager Reseller of the Year for 2009.

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ICAP Ocean Tomo, the intellectual property brokerage division of ICAP plc (IAP.L), is offering for sale a patent portfolio relating to a cardiothoracic surgery system owned by Medcanica, LLC. The portfolio consists of 14 U.S. issued patents, 4 non-U.S. patents, and 1 U.S. patent application.

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In a striking example of the conflicts between controlling health care costs and providing quality services, a group of South Miami cardiologists has written a letter to patients complaining that huge cuts in Medicare rates may force many heart specialists out of business or mean reduced services for their patients.

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Imagine a world where you can make a same-day appointment, your doctor spends an hour on your annual physical, and he personally returns calls. That world is here. But it’ll cost you.

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We've seen them in movies, there's even a TV show out about them, and now they're coming to Omaha. We're talking about concierge doctors, and they're not just for the rich and famous.

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Dr. John Kirkpatrick of Seattle does something that's almost unheard of. He makes house calls.
It may sound like a practice of the past, but patients can get appointments with Kirkpatrick almost instantly and call him at any hour, even on his cell phone.
"The patients like it," says Kirkpatrick. "They are happy with the immediate access."

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It comes with many names. Some call it retainer medicine. Others call it boutique medicine. Some call them executive healthcare programs. Others call them platinum practices. Others call it concierge medicine. Whatever name is given to the concept, it is something being given consideration by increasing (albeit small) numbers of physicians. What the concept basically entails is a situation whereby patients pay a set annual fee for "special service."

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san diego bankruptcy lawyer D.J. Rausa was elected by the members of the San Diego Bankruptcy Forum to a second term on the Board of Directors.

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Kevin Quinlan, legal website design & lawyer marketing maven, provides tips on how to find the right legal web design team and why it requires the best architecture and not just good graphic design to be found on Google and other search engines.

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Indianapolis, IN --- Medical Animatics, a 3D animation company, launches a new interactive website. The site, showcases an extensive project portfolio of breakthrough medical animation and interactive learning technology. Collaborating with leading global life science companies and nationally recognized hospitals, Medical Animatics has taken the latest animation technology to a futuristic level.

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Brata Web Media Inc, a provider of web design headquartered in Ottawa, ON, Canada and New York, NY, USA, has recently launched a new service for lawyers and legal professionals. LegalWebbie is part of the BrataWebbie platform that helps attorneys get their practice online and in front of their clients.

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INDIANAPOLIS - (Business Wire) Zotec Partners, an industry leader in medical billing and practice management, announces today that start-up anesthesia group, AnAesthetics, is turning to the company for billing services. Launched on January 4, 2010, AnAesthetics is devoted exclusively to making office based procedures safer and relatively painless.

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M.L. Medical Billing Company has opened an office in Southern Florida to better service its clients in the Southeast. The Chicago born company has expanded steadily since its inception in 1985, providing services to medical practitioners in Illinois, in addition to other Midwestern States, Texas, Georgia, South Florida and the Virgin Islands. M.L. Billing handles the entire medical billing process, from charge entry through reimbursement analysis, and fields all correspondence regarding billing, allowing physicians to devote more time and attention to patient care.

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Offshore Medical Billing is a professional medical coding organization established in 1992 having accurate medical coding solution at UK, USA, Australia and across the world. We give 100% guaranteed medical coding services and medical data entry.

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BY MONIFA THOMAS Health Reporter
With an assembly line of patients scheduled 15 minutes apart, Dr. Thomas Sultan felt like he was "putting out fires" more than he was spending quality time with patients at his primary-care practice in Glenview.

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I remember The Free Press stories from five years ago about the thousands of Londoners without a family physician. That led the city to become proactive and not leave the effort to fix this critical situation up to senior levels of government.

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Medical billing outsourcing companies takes appropriate steps to provide fast and accurate service along with timely follow-up and ensure that every aspect is dealt with smoothly.

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81-year-old called for MRI results, then got $35 bill for the conversation.

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Practice Partner Connect enables physician practices to securely exchange medical, billing, and other health data with other doctors, patients, hospitals, and insurance companies.

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Industry giant IBM is stepping up to help the medical industry improve its services and performance, with that acquisition of Initiate Systems, a leader in data integrity software that helps healthcare providers and the governments to access patient data in a timely and cost efficient manner. Initiate also helps the government manage information across numerous departments as to give patients an overall better experience.

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A new study points to distrust in government and private industry when it comes to electronic health records.

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U.S. health officials released standards for electronic medical records on Wednesday, seeking to spur the technology in hopes of cutting health costs and reducing medical errors.

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Rose Calhan, senior vice president and area manager for Kaiser Permanente, espouses the benefits of electronic medical records and hopes for more integration of practitioners commensurate with what health care should be like in the 21st century.

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New Feature Rich Software Ensures Success, for PhEMR and its Clients

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Technology Partners, Inc. (dba IMAGINE Software), a leading provider of medical billing technology, announces that billing and collection services company The Power One, LLC (ONE) has chosen the IMAGINEradiologyTM practice management suite for its operation.

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Comprehensive Solution Will Help County Provide Timely, Accurate Information to Care Providers.

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As part of its ongoing efforts to facilitate healthcare providers’ adoption of healthcare information technology, GE announced today that it is extending the purchasing options associated with its Stimulus SimplicityTM program – 0% payment terms and deferred payments until 2012* – to include new purchases of its Centricity® Business solution suite. Stimulus Simplicity, launched in June 2009, is a combined offering of GE Healthcare and GE Capital focused on simplifying the electronic medical records/electronic health records (EMR/EHR) purchase for providers ranging from physicians to hospital systems. Designed to remove several of the most commonly recognized barriers to initial investment for healthcare providers, the program also offers a certification warranty** on the EMR solutions from Centricity.

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Patients will be able to create personal health records through a related program. Physicians will need patient consent to read them.

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While politicians and pundits continue to arm wrestle the minutiae of health reform, more and more Americans are stepping up to take charge of their own health. The key weapon in their arsenal: information.

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In a day and age where nearly the majority of the American population uses the Internet, North Dallas Pediatrics Associates (North Dallas Peds) in Plano, Texas is no exception. During this H1N1 season, they used their interactive website to communicate with their patient base of about 20,000 to inform them of their H1N1 vaccine availability. As a result, in less than one month they had over 700 patient appointments just for the vaccine.

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Geisinger Health System was included in the 2009 InformationWeek 500, a list of companies that are leaders in their use of innovative technology. Geisinger's inclusion marks the sixth time it has appeared in the InformationWeek 500.

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The Power of One (ONE) today announced simple but powerful clinical software and business services for radiology, anesthesiology, cardiology, pathology and multi-specialty physician groups.

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After five years of quiet growth, a Portland software company is seeking $5 million to $10 million to fund a local expansion and national marketing push.

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EliteHealth.MD, one of the fastest growing preventive medicine practices in the country, has officially launched its new corporate website (www.elitehealth.com).

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An elderly male arrives semi-conscious at an emergency department. He has numerous chronic health problems and medication allergies and is on 12 medications. This is well documented at his family physician's office. Yet he arrives by ambulance, unaccompanied, and the emergency staff has no information on him and doesn't know where he gets his regularmedical care.

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It's a very basic thing that an individual can do that really affects their health," said Miriam Marcus-Smith, program director for the Washington Patient Safety Coalition. "I don't think we should wait for electronic medical records to save us.

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Piedmont Tech will co-host a health care conference with Self Regional Healthcare Jan. 27.

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A roomful of community activists gathered at the Sanderson Building in Garberville on December 2 for the monthly public meeting of Southern Humboldt Working Together. They shared their news, discussed building a SHWT website, and heard a presentation on personal health care records by Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District administrator Harry Jasper.

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Gibraltar Associates, a leading public affairs agency providing counsel on global and domestic communications and issues management, today announced that it has signed an agreement with PositiveID Corporation to serve as the company's public relations agency of record.

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Practice Fusion Inc. the free, Web-based electronic health record service (EHR) for physicians, announced the launch of Patient Fusion, its free personal health record (PHR) today at Dreamforce 2009, salesforce.com’s user and developer conference, held November 17-20 in San Francisco.

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This week Medfusion was announced as the “KLAS 2009 Software Category Leader” in patient portals by KLAS, a research firm that independently gathers and reports accurate, honest and impartial vendor performance information for the healthcare industry.

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Wayne State’s on-campus health center is undergoing various changes, introducing patient portals and e-prescriptions.

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The time of year has come when we interview final year medical students from across the country applying for internships.

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Large-scale electronic patient(EPR) programmes promise much but sometimes deliver little, according to a new study by UCL researchers that reviewed findings from hundreds of previous studies from all over the world.

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Medical Diagnostic Associates, a Medical Corporation (MDIA) has been recognized by Healthcare Imaging and IT Magazine as a “Top 25 Connected Healthcare Facility.” MDIA is a leading national provider of network diagnostic imaging and electrodiagnostic examinations, and is unique in its offering of centralized web-based archiving of a patient’s entire diagnostic imaging examination and report, facilitating 24/7 portability and availability.

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Continua Health Alliance and member companies A&D Medical, IBM, Nonin Medical, PDT, Renesas Technology, Tunstall Healthcare and ZyXEL will demonstrate personal connected health solutions at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show on Jan. 7-10, 2010. Join us in Booth #2817 at the new CES Digital Health Summit in the North Hall to see consumer digital health solutions in action.

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Much remains uncertain regarding health care in 2010, but this much is certain.

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Gibraltar Associates, a leading public affairs agency providing counsel on global and domestic communications and issues management, today announced that it has signed an agreement with PositiveID Corporation (Nasdaq: PSID) to serve as the company's public relations agency of record.

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SynaMed, LLC is proud to announce SynaLink, an innovative health communication solution. In the current economic climate, it is more important than ever to cut healthcare costs by facilitating the access and retrieval of medical records.

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Wayne State’s on-campus health center is undergoing various changes, introducing patient portals and e-prescriptions.

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We’ve all heard about the controversy around electronic medical records. Controversy or not though, electronic records would be a huge help during a pandemic and a good monitoring system for other health problems, mild or severe.

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How medicine's digital revolution can empower doctors and patients, with or without ObamaCare.

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OmniMD™, A CCHIT Certified leading healthcare information technology company, which provides Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Practice Management (PMS) and other Healthcare IT products and services to their providers and clinics across the nation, has announced a strategic partnership agreement with 361°md, which is a leading healthcare IT Company that represents a complete 360 degree solution for hospitals, doctors offices, expert physicians, diagnostic labs, pharmacies, health insurance companies and other healthcare providers including nursing homes and rehab facilities.

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White Pine Systems, LLC, an emerging provider of on-line personal health records (“PHR”) solutions, and Pediatric Web, an established provider of pediatric practice web site design, hosting and content, today announced that they have entered into a joint marketing agreement to offer an interoperable PHR solution to help clinical staff, patients and their families better manage their health and wellness as well as chronic conditions.

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Holiday shoppers looking for that perfect last minute holiday gift have a new option this year that could literally save the recipient’s life.

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Kryptiq Corp. received the 4th spot on Oregon’s Most Admired Company listing from the Portland Business Journal yesterday.

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Butler Health System is rolling out PatientKeeper software to make it easier for physicians to access medical information.

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Successful rollout across multiple clinic locations showcases the effectiveness of the ASP delivery model for funded doctors in Ontario.

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Offshore Medical Billing is well Trusted Healthcare Outsourcing Organization and having 17+ years of exp., in the bpo industry.

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Messageware (http://www.messageware.com), the world's leading provider of enterprise productivity, security and customization solutions for Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access (OWA) today announced that Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (www.wdhospital.com), one of New England’s most progressive medical centers and the largest acute care center in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire, has deployed the Messageware OWA Suite 2009 for Exchange 2007 so as to solve employee productivity concerns as they transition from GroupWise to Exchange.

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Electronic medical records would be a huge help during pandemics because they allow doctors to quickly identify patients in high-risk categories, either by age or by underlying medical conditions, says interim eHealth Ontario president and CEO Rob Devitt.

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Recently filed tax returns show the region’s largest hospitals saw significant declines in their investment income during 2008, reflecting steep, yearlong stock-market slides from 2007’s record and near-record highs.

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Many people are banking on electronic medical records to help improve patient safety and quality. But medical liability insurers aren't sure that's happening.

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Instacare Corp., a leading provider of life-saving prescription drugs, home testing products for the chronically ill, a leading fulfillment provider of direct to patient diabetes programs and a leading developer of e-health technology and revolutionary cell phone centric technologies and products announced today its intent to file multiple updated and enhanced patent and trademark applications covering its cell phone centric technologies with the United States Patent and Trademarks Office.

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Putting personal health information in the hands of consumers raises issues of how they get it, how and where it originated, and what they can do with it.

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Standardized requirements for one health insurance plan to electronically send Personal Health Record (PHR) data to another health insurance plan, called the "Personal Health Record (PHR) Transfer Between Health Plans Technical Report, 005050X274," was released by the Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12, providing monumental interoperability among insurance companies assisting consumers.

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Dossia, one of the personal health record providers, and a non-profit organization, today announced that the company has added a several new features to Dossia Personally-Controlled Health Record.

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The free online health management portal encourages participating patients to confidentially track their blood pressure, cholesterol and other heart disease risk factors. Healthcare providers can then log in to patients’ Heart360 profiles and review their latest measurements.

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Network Solutions is offering a free webinar to demonstrate how easy it can be to use their new Website Builder & Marketing Tool to create a website and promote it online — with little time or technical skill.

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The government has unveiled plans for a series of pilots to explore the feasibility of an opt out clause for patients not willing to automatically open up their electronic medical records for scientific research.

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Electronic medical records are widely believed to reduce error, save money and improve patient safety by eliminating the paper trail.

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Geisinger Health System recently signed an agreement with Philips VISICU, to launch an eICU Program® that will enhance physicians' ability to care for Geisinger's sickest patients.

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Doctors are notorious for their scrawling handwriting on charts and prescription slips, but with the advent of electronic medical charts their legibility may soon become an antiquated joke.

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Vacationing in exotic Morocco, you fall and break your arm on one of the shady streets of Casablanca's Old Quarter. Speaking neither French nor Arabic, you are desperate to inform the doctors at the nearest hospital that you are diabetic and due for insulin any minute, along with concerns about your allergies to several common medications and materials such as penicillin and latex.

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Local hospitals, long embracing cutting-edge technology to treat illness, are finally entering the modern age with record-keeping.

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myEMRchoice.com Enables Personal Health Record Devices with Medical Data.

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Health System Reclaimed More Than 93,000 Nursing Hours by Connecting Medical Devices to Its Electronic Medical Record.

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At this week's annual meeting of the Radiology Society of North America (RSNA), BRIT Systems introduced new Web-based tools for Roentgen Files that expand workflow capabilities for radiology groups and departments that do not have an electronic medical record (EMR).

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Distributor expands options for VARs building health care IT practices.

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Hospitals, Physicians and other health care providers continue to struggle with the cost, interoperability, access and security issues related to adoption of Electronic Health Records ("EHR"). The Obama administration is very much behind the development of EHR for its anticipated quality improvement and cost reduction benefits.

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The American Health Information Management Association's Board of Directors today announced Alan F. Dowling, PhD, will be the next chief executive of the 55,000-member health information management (HIM) leader.

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Genetic privacy may be the hot button issue but there is an urgent need for better privacy protection for all health records, an Ottawa conference on electronic health information and privacy conference was told Wednesday.

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Medfusion’s patient-to-provider solutions make secure online communication convenient for patients.

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Gov. Jim Doyle signed an order Tuesday creating a board to develop an electronic medical records exchange by June.

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Healthscreen Solutions Inc., a leading provider of EMR and practice-enhancing solutions to more than 4,000 Ontario physicians, today announced a program in conjunction with HP Canada that allows Ontario physicians to acquire and implement electronic medical record software on HP computers at no net cost.

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Global Markets Direct estimates that the global market for Healthcare IT market was valued at around $11 billion in 2008. The market is forecast to exceed $24 billion by 2015 with a CAGR of 11%. The market is expected to be driven by governments’ financial incentives and regulations requiring automation in healthcare practices.

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Agreement Expands iMedicor's Business Development Opportunities, and Adds Greater Functionality for its Clients

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Posting fees for medical services makes health care choices more transparent, especially for patients with high-deductible insurance plans. That’s why Discover Vision Centers posts its major service fees online.

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Scituate Council on Aging, 27 Brook St., will host a presentation Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 11 a.m. to help seniors and their caregivers learn how to navigate through the many health care settings they might find themselves in.

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As part of the 2009 HITECH Act, a national health information technology infrastructure (NHITI) is required for access and use of electronic health records resulting in a more “effective marketplace, greater competition… [and] increased consumer choice (HITECH Act, Section 3001(b)).”

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The Image Sharing Demonstration at RSNA 2009 will encompass methods for sharing images, reports and related information for the improvement of patient care in radiology.

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San Diego, CA, USA, December 1, 2009 Since 1999, stroke survivors have been advised to use aspirin, prescription antiplatelet agents, or prescription anticoagulants to help avoid another stroke.

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eClinicalWorks EMR partnership extends Cardiac Science leadership in cardiac diagnostics

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St. Mary's Hospital in Passaic, N.J., is offering secure Web portal access to patient data for community physicians and nursing homes. The hospital serves residents of Bergen, Essex and Hudson Counties.

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San Diego vets asked to volunteer data for information sharing project.

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The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) announced today that it was awarded a $4.7 million grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) to design and launch an Internet-based network for patient-controlled sharing of medical images.

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Office Ally, a national full service medical claims clearinghouse and electronic connectivity company, has reportedly upgraded the Office Ally health information network with key new features and enhancements.

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A leading Tampa attorney, Darrin Mish has successfully integrated two sectors of business that rarely have much to do with each other, Legal services and Marketing. Traditionally, lawyers hardly emphasize marketing in their business and you would be hard pressed to find a marketer marketing legal services. Until now.

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California criminal defense attorney shares client development experiences in upcoming webcast.

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Unique "Voice-to-Billing" offering integrates speech recognition, automated coding technology, and web-based billing services in one unified workflow

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Physicians Billing and EMR Services located in Downtown Miami has reported a 79% increase in profit since last quarter.

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Research into medical billing has revealed that it is possible to drastically and immediately cut medical expenses not covered by medical insurance plans. www.BestHealthcareRates.com, a knowledgeable leader in the online medical insurance field, has collected the 7 best tips to help individuals pay off medical bills quicker by first reducing them to more manageable levels.

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A new acne cream developed by Zion Health dissolves acne and blackheads with Magnetic Clay and salicylic acid. Acne Terminator targets mild to severe cases of acne with a unique type of clay called Kanwa that gently pulls and absorbs acne-causing bacteria anywhere on the body.

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The students of San Diego State University have been a leading force for the California State University green movement. On Wednesday, Dec. 2, Associated Students ofSan Diego State University (AS) and local solar firm Sullivan Solar Power will be hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the recent 124-kilowatt solar photovoltaic installation completed at the Aztec AquaPlex, the students’ most energy intensive facility.

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The number of frustrated primary-care physicians turning to concierge medicine is about to grow by three.

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A new survey suggests Canadians are becoming more open to the idea of more private clinics to allow everyone quicker access to health care.

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Dr David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health IT, has launched Health IT Buzz , to give readers more information about health information technology (HIT) and provide a forum for public engagement.

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But American patients can access care more quickly than can those in many other countries, an international survey of doctors found.

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Healthcare in the United States is at the beginning of a technology revolution as previouslypaper-based processes move online.

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Healthcare providers in search of a high-tech solution that can improve the quality of patient care and minimize mountain of paperwork doctors face have a new ally in the world of electronic medical records – the SuiteMed Electronic Health Record System.

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Catalina Island Medical Center recently took a major first step in a process that will transform patient care with computerized medical records in Avalon.Last week, CIMC "flipped the switch" on a program that allows for enterprise-wide scheduling, the first phase in the changeover to handling all medical records electronically.

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Yesterday I wrote about how IT salaries in sectors receiving federal stimulus funds, notably health care and education, are holding steady while other IT salaries are falling. (They are actually flat, according to Computerworld's 2009 Salary Survey, but reductions in bonuses and other benefits are eroding overall financial compensation.

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Medicare PHR Choice offered to Arizona and Utah beneficiaries through 2010.

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Medical offices are dealing with the daunting task of centralizing electronic medical records as set out in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (ARRA). It will take years for the U.S. healthcare industry to develop digital patient information to reach its goal of reducing medical errors and improving preventive care. Today, Town & Country, LLC launched an affordable and simple way for patients to manage their own health -related information, to facilitate routine doctor and hospital visits, and be better prepared for medical emergencies. Healthcare Portfolio, an electronic personal health records organizer, or PHR, is now available nationwide; www.hcportfolio.com.

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Radiology Information System Integrates Bi-Directionally With PACS, Enabling MDs At Naugatuck Valley Radiology Associates To Work From Any of Six Local Offices

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Achieving its high level of electronic medical records adoption has taken small Maine hospital five years.

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Electronic health records have done little so far to improve the cost and quality of patient care, say U.S. researchers who compared 3,000 hospitals at various stages in the adoption of computerized health records.

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When a medic in Iraq or Afghanistan figures out a new technology to help them tend to wounded soldiers faster and better, the request must go through the theater experts for approval first. But Military Health System eventually has to turn the idea into reality.

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Cottage Health System of California has leveraged forms automation and electronic signature technology from FormFast, Inc. to fully automate their patient registration and admission procedures. Deployed across the health system for over a year, the solution integrates with each hospital’s patient information systems, eliminating the inefficiencies of managing pre-printed paper forms and the associated costs of physically storing paper medical records in accordance with regulations.

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NYU Langone Medical Center launched the first phase of its new electronic health record system last week at their multi-disciplinary faculty group practice at Trinity Center in lower Manhattan. The integrated system, powered by software from Epic Systems Corporation, provides a single platform from which physicians, staff and patients themselves can access and managemedical information. Since its launch, over 50% of the patients seen at Trinity have taken advantage of the program.

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The National Quality Forum has published a standard set of clinical data elements to measure quality performance that electronichealth records should be able to capture across all care settings.

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Office Ally, a true health information network, connecting patients, providers and payers, announced today it has achieved full accreditation with the Healthcare Network Accreditation Program (HNAP) from the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC).

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Hall Health’s eCare service just got a new addition that takes out some of the scheduling work from students, faculty and staff signed up for the service.

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Microsoft is “investigating opportunities” for introducing its personal health record platform in the NHS in England.

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Patient Portal Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a five-year, million dollar plus contract from Crozer-Chester Medical Center, on behalf of its Taylor Hospital division, to provide a full range of itspatient satisfaction services.

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Dr. Lauren Greenberg announces the launch of her new website, designed to provide visitors with a fully interactive introduction to her practice offering plastic surgery in Palo Alto. The website features a before-and-after photo gallery, testimonials, blog, and a helpful plastic surgery guide that is organized to provide information to women based on their age.

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November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, so today's column is dedicated to helping move this cause forward.

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Larry Logsdon of Lafayette recently had a heart scan to check for cardiovascular disease. Larry, an active 60-year-old, was carefree and didn't have any suspicions of having a possible heart condition. He just went along with the procedure to appease his wife.

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The battery of tests given to a patient having a heart attack in a U.S. hospital adds up to a dose of radiation equivalent to 725 chest X-rays, researchers reported on Monday.

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A state-of-the-art chest scanner, the first of its kind in the UK, will allow doctors and researchers to spot heart problems that were previously undetectable.

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The Governor's Office of Health Care Reform has issued a draft strategic plan for the Pennsylvania Health Information Exchange, or PHIX, for a 30-day public comment period. The plan outlines how to best transition to an electronic system of health records to improve efficiency, cut costs, and provide better quality care.

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As part of its ongoing committment to be a leader in medical informatics in Central Arkansas, Saline Heart Group in conjunction with informatics experts at Saline Memorial Hospital and Bizmatics (provider of Prognocis - an electronic patient medical record), have successfully integrated their EMR into the hospitals data management system.

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As part of our continuing effort to evolve and provide leadership in medical informatics in Central Arkansas, Saline Heart Group has partnered with Apex Healthware and Bizmatics Corporation (provider of the Prognocis EMR).

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Ophthalmic Imaging Systems (OIS) (OTCBB: OISI), a leading digital imaging, image management and EMR company, today reported its financial results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2009 and provided an update on recent corporate developments.

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INDIANAPOLIS – A $1.3 million grant to Indiana University from the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center will establish the East African Center of Excellence in Health Informatics.

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The nation is set to begin an ambitious program, backed by $19 billion in government incentives, to accelerate the adoption of computerized patient records in doctors’ offices and hospitals, replacing ink and paper.

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If you are planning to get sick outside of regular business hours, you'd be well advised to do it in the Netherlands.

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Every patient in the country will have sensitive medical information uploaded to a controversial central database within two years.

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Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), a senior member of the Finance Committee and former Chairman of the Small Business Committee, today introduced legislation to help family doctors modernize their patients’ records and prescriptions.

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Drummond Group Inc., the trusted interoperability test lab, announced today that it will submit to become a certifying body upon the release of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) requirements for certifying bodies for Electronic Health Records (EHR).

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Proactive Wellness Centers, a leading Anti-Aging and BHRT medical practice launches its all new "ePatientPortal" to provide patients with convenient, secure electronic access to their personal health records and multiple self-service applications.

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BJC HealthCare is taking a program originally designed for its own employees to more than 80 companies in the St. Louis region and beyond.

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Florida will launch in early December the first stage of a program that will eventually allow all 2.6 million Medicaid patients in the state to have their own Web-based personal health record, and let physicians see other providers’ claims data.

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In 2006 Michael E. Porter co-authored a text that would establish an intellectual framework informing the health care reform debate. Now the Harvard Business School professor will take a more active role in strategizing health care reform.

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Sequel Systems, Inc., a dynamic, service-oriented healthcare technology company, today announced the launch and general availability of SequelMed Patient Portalâ„¢, a new, Web-based tool that improves and speeds up communication between physicians and patients, giving patients instant access to their personal health information, and allowing physicians and other healthcare providers more time to focus on delivering the best possible care. SequelMed Patient Portal is the latest addition to Sequel Systems’ suite of healthcare solutions, which includes an electronic health record (EHR), practice and document management software, and e-prescribing technology. More than 12,000 physicians in all 50 states and representing all major specialties currently use the company’s solutions.

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Pacific Ventures (www.pacificbpo.com), a leading healthcare outsourcing company of India today announced the company has secured an agreement to be the exclusive provider of medical coding, billing and transcription services to a large chain of ambulatory surgical centers of the US.

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Outsourcing medical insurance claim billing service only at $2/hr. Offshore Medical Billing is trusted and reliable medical billing company.

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Medical billing outsourcing is a very helpful to get accurate billing at cost effective rates. Medical Billing-India is offering up to 60% savings on medical billing outsourcing.

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A new acne cream developed by Zion Health dissolves acne and blackheads with Magnetic Clay and salicylic acid. Acne Terminator targets mild to severe cases of acne with a unique type of clay called Kanwa that gently pulls and absorbs acne-causing bacteria anywhere on the body.

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Hair loss, acne, rosacea and leg veins among the more common medical dermatologic concerns that come with age

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The nation is set to begin an ambitious program, backed by $19 billion in government incentives, to accelerate the adoption of computerized patient records in doctors offices and hospitals, replacing ink and paper.

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With renewed focus on medical costs and efficiency, a young, physician-led company believes the time is right to market a high-tech medical records system it developed and has been using since 2007.

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The NHS medical records system is under scrutiny after a nurse falsely recorded, in retrospect, that she had given a potentially life-saving medication to a female prisoner who later hanged herself.

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Midland Memorial Hospital is not only planning big improvements with its $175 million patient tower project, but little things as well -- like beds, which will actually arrive before the new seven-story structure is built.

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When Americans go looking for information on health, they turn to the Internet as one of their first sources. According to a recent survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 61 percent of adults say they look online for health information. There's a term for them: e-patients.

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Speaking at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology addressed the need for information technology to improve patient care across the 'complex and difficult' spectrum of the US healthcare system.

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Thoughts on health insurance: Various insurance policies can insure you against different levels of health care needs from catastrophic-only needs to comprehensive health care needs.

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Patient Portal Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:PPRG) announced today the release of a new and expanded version of its popular HealthCast(tm) Patient Network System, which now enables healthcare administrators to control delivery of customized channel content and real-time information from in house, providing the most immediate, flexible, and comprehensive communicationportal available in healthcare.

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When the pain in her knee from an old running injury continued even after surgery, Sarah McCluan turned to the Internet for help.

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Advertising Associates International has forty-five years of experience in medical and healthcare marketing.

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Internet Services in aldershot. Data list availability: 3. Nearly four percent of business data lists are hospital and medical establishments. These include hospitals, doctors, dentists and other medical practises.

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A new model for medical care has made its way to Waco, and it’s filled with patient perks.

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Government-based overhaul has completely monopolized the debate on healthcare.

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Kevin, M.D. has an opinion piece in the USA Today blog giving a quick synopsis of why only 13% of doctors have adopted electronic medical records for their practices.

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NextCare Urgent Care Helps Fill the HealthCare Gap with Affordable, Convenient Care Offered at their Three New Walk-In Medical Clinic Locations in Kennesaw, Lawrenceville and Mableton, Georgia. These New NextCare Locations, All Opening in November 2009, Will Also Offer Patients Who Come for a Visit Access to $1 Onsite Prescriptions*!

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Dr. Neil Meehan’s computer tells him there are three patients in the waiting room of Lawrence General Hospital’s emergency room, two in registration and one in triage with a nurse.

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The American Medical News reports that the adoption of medical information technologies (currently still in the 20th century) can be hampered by the upcoming Medicare cuts.

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The Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London has been working on a virtual reality hospital to help students learn the mechanics of interacting with patients and working within the facility.

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Private medical information, including care card numbers, from 77 Interior Health Authority patients was revealed for three months on a public website.

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PrognoCIS is Proud to Announce Successful Deployment of Version 1.81 B40 Electronic Billing and Practice Management Enhancement to Compliment Its EMR Application for Private Practice Physicians and Multi Specialty Clinics

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EliteHealth is excited to announce the release of its new feature-rich online patient portal: EliteOnline, available to the general public. EliteOnline offers online features such as medical record access, appointment, referral, and prescription refill requests and additional educational resources.

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MDeverywhere, Inc., (MDe) a Hauppauge NY-based provider of physician revenue cycle management services, is pleased to announce that it has been acquired by Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”). Marlin, based in El Segundo CA, is a leading private investment firm investing in businesses across multiple industries.

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Leading Concierge Practice in Miami, EliteHealth launches online patient portal - EliteOnline. EliteOnline features online medical record access, online store, electronic medical consultation portal and more.

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EMR Experts, Inc. publishes a Second Edition of their popular EMR eBook. The 70 page eBook covers everything from the concept to the purchasing and implementation of an Electronic Medical Record software solution.

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SynaMed, LLC, a leader in award-winning, healthcare technology, is proud to announced an offer to provide free electronic medical record (EMR) technology to physicians across the United States.

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Health care is certainly one of the biggest domestic issues we face. But why? All of us are affected by the health care issue - both in regard to our own health and the way it impacts our bank account. Either personally or through our family members, we all have a stake in it. As a nation, we are spending more and more money on health care - currently around 16 percent of our gross domestic product, with spending growth outpacing GDP growth every year in the last decade In other words, that 16 percent will be steadily increasing.

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EMR Experts, Inc. a leading provider of Electronic Medical Record software solutions to physician practices has launched a new forum for users to discuss Electronic Medical Record and Practice Management software systems.

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Surgical Spaces, Inc. announced that they have chosen AmkaiCharts EMR for their new Urgent Care Center in Vancouver, BC. Surgical Spaces will also implement AmkaiCharts-ASC in their outpatient surgery centers, as well as in all of the additional sites that they have planned throughout Canada.

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EMR Experts, Inc. a leading provider of Electronic Medical Record software solutions to physician practices has acquired a small website development firm, enabling EMR Experts to offer doctors a one-stop shop for Electronic Medical Records, Online Patient Portals, and Websites.

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AllMedsâ„¢, a leading provider of electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management solutions, today announced the introduction of the newest member of its product family: AllMeds EMR for Urology.

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McKesson Corporation announced the acquisition of Physician Micro Systems, Inc., known as Practice Partner.

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Vancouver-based software company poised to revolutionize cancer disease management

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AllMeds Inc., a provider of electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management (PM) solutions, released figures showing record sales for 2006 and suggesting an even more impressive performance for 2007.

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Patient Portal Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:PPRG) (Patient Portal) announced today financial results for the quarter and nine month period ended September 30, 2009.

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With the increasing adoption of EMRs across the country, patients will be able to have more access to their medical information. Technology like the MedeCARD will increase the portability of this information to help both physicians and patients alike, hopefully leading to a better quality of care

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TurboTax Begins Third Annual Search for America’s Cutest Last-Minute Tax Deduction

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The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) announced today that it was awarded a $4.7 million contract from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) to design and launch an Internet-based network for patient-controlled sharing of medical images.

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iMedicor Signs Master Teaming Agreement with AxSys Health Corp. to Expand its Services Available to Physicians, Hospitals and HIEs

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One way for medical facilities to cut down on office costs as the economic crisis continues is by making the switch to electronic medical records, says Naveen Venkatachalam, owner of DoctorsPartner. The Florida-based company is the creative force behind Sushoo, the first independent health information exchange in the United States.

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