Managed Care Weekly articles from February 2003

Managed Care Weekly archives from February 2003

Patients with hip fracture who leave the hospital too soon are at risk.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients recovering from a hip fracture and who had one or more abnormal vital signs, mental confusion, heart or lung problems, or couldn't eat when they were discharged from the hospital had a 360%...

Report finds autopsies help to uncover medical diagnostic discrepancies.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Autopsies continue to detect clinically important diagnostic discrepancies, according to a new evidence report released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Based on an analysis of...

Latest data on rising healthcare costs called a "wake up call".
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New data issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services documents a record rate of healthcare cost increases for 2001. The data shows that overall healthcare spending rose 8.7% in 2001,...

Hospitals leaders urge Congress to help them care for communities.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. hospital leaders have called on lawmakers to provide much-needed Medicare and Medicaid relief to ensure seniors and patients get the care they need. At a press conference January 8, 2003, hospital...

Report details national health care spending increases in 2001.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health care spending in the United States rose to $1.4 trillion in 2001, an 8.7% increase over the previous year, according to a report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The...

670,000 more seniors could be forced out of their Medicare+Choice Plan by January 2004.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Policy makers are not seeing the full extent of the Medicare+Choice funding crisis or the opportunity for using the program as a launching pad for broader-based Medicare reform, according to the...

Former WebMD executive producer joins NewsRx.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A former WebMD executive producer and medical editor has joined Atlanta-based NewsRx, along with three board-certified editors. Dominique Walton Brooks, MD, with WebMD until 2001, will serve as...

Mark Banks named chairman of Prime Therapeutics' Board.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mark Banks, president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, has been named chairman of the board for Prime Therapeutics. Banks replaces John Anderson, who retired at the end of the...

RxHub names David J. McLean as chief operating officer.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- RxHub, a healthcare technology company that is connecting the prescribing industry electronically, announced the appointment of David J. McLean, PhD, to chief operating officer. McLean is a...

Stephen Tullman named CEO of USC Hospital, USC/Norris Cancer Hospital.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stephen M. Tullman, formerly chief executive officer of Century City Hospital and Midway Hospital Medical Center, was appointed the new chief executive officer of USC University Hospital and USC/Norris...

URAC names Lisa A. Gallagher VP, information and technology accreditation.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- URAC announced the hiring of Lisa A. Gallagher as senior vice president of information and technology accreditation. In this newly created role, Gallagher, a leading expert in information security,...

US Oncology names new senior VP of marketing and development.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- US Oncology, Inc., (USON) has named Richard J. Hall senior vice president of marketing and development. Hall joins US Oncology with more than 20 years of healthcare experience. His most recent...

Intervention program launched with major inner city insurance carrier.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Critical Home Care, Inc., (CCLH News) announced the launch of an asthma intervention program with a major inner city insurance carrier. Asthma is a highly prevalent disease that affects the quality...

QMed and CHA Health achieve 37.1% reduction in heart attack incidence.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- QMed, Inc., (QMED) and CHA Health of Kentucky announced that their coronary artery disease program had reduced heart attacks and lowered costs for the second year in a row. The Healthy Heart...

WebMD and Misys extend relationship for connectivity to commercial payers.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- WebMD Corp. (HLTH) announced that its relationship with Misys Healthcare Systems, a division of Misys, plc, has been extended under a new multiyear agreement. Under the agreement, Misys will...

Ochsner Clinic Foundation to use XactiMed's software.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- XactiMed, a provider of revenue cycle solutions for the healthcare industry, announced a contract agreement with Ochsner Clinic Foundation to use its Internet-based software. "Our anticipation is...

Overlake Hospital cardiologists to participate in gene therapy trial.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Overlake Hospital cardiologists are among an estimated 100 centers nationwide testing an investigational gene therapy product, Ad5FGF-4. The gene therapy being tested may naturally create blood...

Advocate Health Care receives clinical excellence recognition from JCAHO.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advocate Health Care (Advocate) is proud to announce that it has been awarded disease-specific care certification by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) for two of...

Technology designed to improve medication safety.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) is making good on its claim "Innovative Health Care Designed Around You," by offering physicians access to its up-to-date drug formulary through...

Vested Health receives venture capital financing.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vested Health, a provider of consumer-driven health plans, announced that it has secured financing from three professional venture capital groups. The investors are Adena Ventures, Mountaineer Capital,...

Med-Link to develop a virtual private network for New Island Hospital.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Med-Link USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Media Group Corp. (WMGC) announced that it has signed a contract to develop a virtual private network (VPN) for New Island Hospital which will...

20,000 General Electric workers strike over health plan.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thousands of General Electric Co. workers went on strike January 14, 2003, to protest higher out-of-pocket health costs, even as they mourned the death of a picketer struck by a police car. The...

States band together to save money on prescription drugs.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nine states and the District of Columbia are organizing a nonprofit group to purchase medicines so they can eliminate the corporate middlemen they allege inflate drug prices and drive up health care...

Does health insurance administration increase healthcare costs?
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Based on information from health plans serving up to 25% of all insured people, health insurance administrative expenses increased at a considerably slower rate than health insurance premiums since...

Report examines liability reform.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A critique of a study by the Center for Justice & Democracy (CJ&D) titled "Premium Deceit: The Failure of 'Tort Reform' to Cut Insurance Prices" suggests that the 1999 CJ&D study touted by personal...

Omnicell, ePlus agree on financing program for government.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Omnicell, Inc., (OMCL) has announced a financing program for federal government automation system leases, including Veterans Administration (VA) Healthcare System facilities, with ePlus Government,...

Oxford Health launches new IDEA to manage renewals.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oxford Health Plans, Inc., (OHP) announced that it has launched its newest online renewal tool called the IDEA (interactive distribution and electronic administration) management system. Through a...

Perot Systems upgrades system for Community Health Group.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Customer service enhancements and improved access to information are the benefits that Community Health Group (CHG) plans to see as a result of its recent 5-year technology upgrade agreement with Perot...

University of Chicago Hospitals commit to Daou for network upgrade.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Daou Systems, Inc., (DAOU), a provider of IT consulting and management services to healthcare organizations, announced the signing of a contract with the University of Chicago Hospitals and Health...

Court says no reinstatement for those purged from Tennessee healthcare program.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A federal appeals court has decided that Tennessee does not need to immediately reinstate 150,000 people purged from the state's public-funded health insurance program. A judge in December 2002...

Supreme Court reviews states' authority to regulate HMOs.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Supreme Court wrangled January 14, 2003, over whether states can push HMOs to enroll more doctors, giving patients broader choices in their own health care. About half the states have laws...

Ob-Gyns support president's call for medical liability reform.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has applauded President Bush for addressing the nation's medical liability insurance crisis at a roundtable discussion in Scranton,...

West Virginia House panel passes bill to curb skyrocketing costs.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The West Virginia House Judiciary Committee has passed a medical malpractice reform bill that shelves provisions sought by Gov. Bob Wise and resembles legislation pushed by doctors, hospitals,and...

Global pharmaceutical company licenses IHCIS database.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IHCIS, a provider of healthcare information solutions, announced that GlaxoSmithKline has licensed the IHCIS Managed Care Benchmark Database to support a wide range of internal research efforts. ...

Internal management structure reorganized.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As part of its strategy to position itself for continued growth in the marketplace, Daou Systems, Inc., (DAOU), a provider of IT consulting and management services to healthcare organizations, announced...

Study finds states cutting funding.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- States facing tight budgets and growing Medicaid costs are cutting back on prescription drugs and dental care while increasing copayments for people who use the program, an independent study says. ...

Justice joins suits over improper billing.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Justice Department has joined whistleblower lawsuits accusing two hospitals of improperly charging Medicare millions of dollars for procedures involving unproven cardiac devices. The...

PainCare completes acquisition of The Pain Center.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PainCare Holdings, Inc., (PANC) has completed the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding equity of Pain & Rehabilitation Network, Inc., dba "The Pain Center," a pain-management practice serving the...

Paradigm Health acquires Paidos.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Paradigm Health, a specialty healthcare company focused on catastrophic care management, announced its acquisition of Paidos Health Management Services, Inc., a provider of comprehensive care management...

Summerville reaffirms $4 per share cash offer for ARV.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Summerville Senior Living, Inc., a privately held assisted living company, which is principally owned by Apollo Real Estate Funds, announced that it reaffirmed its previous proposal to acquire ARV...

St. Vincent Children's Hospital opens.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- After years of planning and preparations, St. Vincent Children's Hospital opened in January in Indianapolis, Indiana. The $24 million facility has 72 beds, including a 15-bed pediatric intensive...

FDA finds patients often get requested drugs.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Request a medication, and a doctor usually hands over a prescription - half the time for a drug a patient sought after seeing it advertised, says a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) survey of...

Financial advisor named as a top advisor for physicians.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- James E. Wilson, CFP, founder of J.E. Wilson Advisors, has been named to Medical Economics magazine's latest list of the country's 150 best financial advisors for doctors. As the head of the...

Aetna is first plan to highlight "recognized" physicians in diabetes care.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has announced that Aetna, Inc. will highlight in its 2003 online provider directories those physicians who have earned recognition under the...

Alliance supports IOM report on actions to improve healthcare quality.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) has welcomed and supported the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) January 7, 2003, report "Priority Areas for National Action: Transforming Health Care Quality."...

AMA supports new bill to stop physician medicare cuts.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Medical Association (AMA) supports House Joint Resolution 3 introduced by Rep. Bill Thomas (R-CA) that will halt implementation of the CMS Medicare payment rule and stop another cut in...

CMS assigns fee schedule for capsule endoscopy.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Given Imaging (GIVN) announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has established a code and payment rate for capsule endoscopy for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. This...

Charge to restructure implemented.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cigna Corporation (CI) reported that implementation of Cigna HealthCare's previously announced restructuring plan would result in an after-tax charge of $98 million ($150 million, pretax) for the fourth...

Realignment of executive management responsibilities announced.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Healthsouth Corporation (HRC) announced that it had made several changes in responsibilities among its senior management team. Effectively immediately, Richard M. Scrushy, chairman of the board of...

Study: Hospitals can increase revenue by proactive revenue-cycle management.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- By taking a proactive approach to managing their revenues, some hospitals have increased net patient revenue by 3%, according to research by VHA, Inc. The organizations profiled in the VHA study...

Drug access program set up for Humira for Medicare-eligible seniors.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abbott Laboratories (ABT) announced the launch of the Humira Medicare Assistance Program, an unprecedented drug access program that will provide its newly approved rheumatoid arthritis (RA) drug, Humira...

Consumer-driven health plans catch on.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Benemax, a benefit management company that bucked the managed-care trend when it first offered consumer-driven health plans as far back as 1985, grew by more than 35% in 2002 for the third consecutive...

Worsening budgets compound states' struggle to bridge health coverage gap.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Facing increasing Medicaid expenditures and declining tax revenues, states are of necessity becoming more creative in their efforts to ensure health care coverage for their citizens, according to a new...

Prevention of leading causes of death underfunded.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- National health groups say the United States has the science and ability to address some of the top health and health system problems, but has failed to act. Excessive costs, widening disparities...

Survey finds most people continue to think well of their own health insurance.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- While between a fifth and a third of Americans with health insurance are unhappy with their own health plans (depending on which plans and which measures of unhappiness are used) most people continue...

New hand hygiene guidelines for healthcare workers available.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings provides health-care workers (HCWs) with a review of data regarding hand washing and hand antisepsis in health-care settings. In addition, it...

New standardized hospital survey introduced.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- After a 3-month development process, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has introduced the standardized Hospital-CAHPS(H-CAHPS) survey to be used in a U.S. Department of Health and...

Many physicians will limit the number of Medicare patients they treat in 2003.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Medical Association (AMA) released the results of an on-line physician survey of responses to the impending 2003 Medicare physician payment cut. "Nearly half the physicians surveyed -...

New practice management software released.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- VantageMed Corporation's (BULLETIN BOARD: VMDC) Northern Health Division, a leading provider of hospital-based healthcare information solutions, announced the release of Northern Health Anesthesia...

Drug giants' prescription savings group names first executive director.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Together Rx LLC has named Robert W. Perkins as its first executive director. Mr. Perkins leads operations, strategic planning, and enrollment expansion efforts for the rapidly growing prescription...

Nash agrees to join board of directors.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- I-trax, Inc., (DMX), a population health management solutions company, announced that David Nash, MD, MBA, FACP, has agreed to join the company's board of directors. Nash, a board certified...

Fractures not just for the elderly.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Caroline Helwick, NewsRx correspondent - Before reaching the age of 65, one out of every two Americans will fracture a bone, a risk that surpasses that for many other serious diseases, according to...

Health plan will provide intensive care management for newborns.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Paidos Health Management Services Inc. has signed an agreement with Cypress, California-based PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:PHSY) to provide specialty intensive care management for its...

National Health Foundation releases impact model report.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Health Foundation (NHF) has completed a report that assesses the impacts of implementing Scenario III of the 2002 Los Angeles County, California, Department of Health Services' (LAC-DHS)...

$20M revolving credit facility established.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CapitalSource Finance LLC announced that its healthcare finance team recently completed a complex $20 million revolving credit facility to Trans Healthcare, Inc., (THI), a highly diversified...

Record first quarter growth reported.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health Management Associates, Inc., (HMA) announced that its net patient service revenue grew a strong 23% to $609.4 million for its first quarter ended December 31, 2002, up $113.6 million from $495.8...

Record revenues, earnings reported.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CorVel Corporation (CRVL), located in Irvine, California, has reported record earnings per share of $.38 for the quarter ended December 31, 2002, up 15% from per share earnings of $.33 for the same...

Consultant offers prize to fix nation's health care system.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A $10,000 prize can be yours! All you have to do is fix America's ailing health care system. A health care consultant in Seattle is sponsoring the contest to spark new ideas and start a debate...

Bush budget improves child vaccine plan.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It would be easier for some children to get free vaccines under the budget President Bush will present to Congress in February. The plan also recommends building a stockpile of childhood vaccines...

Tenet Healthcare's new pricing policy assists uninsured patients.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tenet Healthcare, the nation's second largest hospital chain, says it will alter the way it charges uninsured patients, offering discounted prices and pledging not to place liens on their homes. ...

Humana introduces health coverage for individuals in Colorado.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Humana, Inc., (HUM), through its subsidiary Humana Insurance Company, announced the introduction of a health plan for individuals in Colorado, designed to offer affordable health coverage along with a...

World Bank mission to Kuwait assesses health care delivery and payment system.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chris Petersen, a partner in the Washington office of Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, has been selected by the World Bank to participate in a mission to Kuwait to review and make recommendations...

M2A to be reimbursed by three new payers.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Given Imaging (GIVN) announced that three new payers, Blue Cross of California, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Medicare, and HGSAdministrators, which is Highmark of Pennsylvania's government...

Network adds new provider.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ChoiceCare Network, a preferred provider organization network owned by Humana Inc. (NYSE:HUM), announced an agreement that adds Walgreens Health Initiatives (WHI), a division of Walgreen Co....

'Doctor-friendly' system combines Rx pad-based and E-based prescribing.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Script IQ, Inc. reported that it has signed its second major healthcare provider contract in just 6 months to serve up its unique "Web + Rx Pad" prescribing and formulary management system. Called...

Advisory board will help physicians enhance patient care using portal platform.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Park City Solutions has established a Physicians Advisory Board to analyze how physicians can more effectively use Park City Solutions' emPOWERnet information technology portals to better diagnose and...

EDS helps Delaware Medicaid system to become HIPAA-compliant.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- EDS announced it has successfully implemented and is operating a HIPAA transaction- and code set-compliant Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) for the Delaware Health and Social Services...

Health care provider chooses IT infrastructure management software.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SMARTS, developer of the industry's only intelligent service assurance software for managing networks, systems, and applications in alignment with the business they support, announced that Blue Cross...

Health plan contracts for electronic prescribing technology.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medix Resources, Inc. (AMEX:MXR) announced a physician connectivity program through which a mid-Atlantic health plan will provide its physicians with MXR's PocketScript electronic prescribing...

Healthcare system implements patient management and accounting system.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, with the help of Healthlink Incorporated, a privately held, provider-focused, healthcare information systems consulting firm, has successfully implemented and...

Medical center selects revenue cycle software.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- XactiMed, a provider of revenue cycle solutions to the health care industry, announced an agreement with Texoma Medical Center to use its Internet-based claims processing software suite. "We feel...

Pennsylvania launches statewide program to combat bioterrorism.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Siemens Medical Solutions, a unit of Siemens USA, announced the commencement of implementation of a "Health Surveillance Network" that will link emergency rooms across the state of Pennsylvania. ...

Software product integrates medical and legal records retrieval.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rapid Retrieve medical records retrieval technology from MediConnect, which focuses on online retrieval and delivery of medical records for the insurance and law industries, has now been integrated...

USB authentication key to be used for digital signature and encryption services.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rainbow Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:RNBO), a provider of digital content and transaction security for the Internet and Instant Private Webs (IPWs), announced that the company has received an order from...