Managed Care Weekly articles from November 2004

Managed Care Weekly archives from November 2004

Nurse system available for U.S. patients with multiple sclerosis.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmaceutical companies Serono and Pfizer have announced a that a system of nurses is now available across the United States to provide support, in-home training and education for people with multiple...

State of Tennessee extends healthcare services contract for behavior management.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Magellan Health Services (MGLN) announced that it has entered into contracts with the State of Tennessee to manage behavioral healthcare services for members of TennCare, the State's health insurance...

New contract for local New York City union workers includes health care coverage.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New York City's Local 32BJ Bargaining Committee has announced a tentative agreement on a contract for more than 26,000 commercial building workers. The contract maintains fully paid employer health...

Rehab length of stay decreasing but mortality after discharge on the rise.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although medical rehabilitation patients are spending less time as inpatients at facilities, their functional outcomes have not declined. However, the death rate following discharge has increased...

Group organizes 2005 pharmaceutical meeting on new Medicare laws.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Strategic Research Institute announced a February meeting for members of the pharmaceutical industry to discuss the meaning and implications of the new Medicare Modernization law. Called the "3rd...

Concentra receives full URAC accreditation in field case management.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Concentra, Inc., has been awarded field case-management accreditation from URAC, a Washington, DC-based healthcare accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the healthcare...

U.S. HHS awards grants to treat co-occurring substance abuse/mental disorders.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced the award of 4 grants totaling $19.3 million over 5 years to increase the capacity of state treatment systems to provide...

Horizon Healthcare Services enters agreement with Ancillary Care Management.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ancillary Care Management (ACM) announced an agreement with Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc., of New Jersey to deploy ACM's Authorization Management System (AMS) and Claims Management System (CMS). ...

JCAHO Sentinel Event Alert issued targeted at preventing anesthesia awareness.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aspect Medical Systems (ASPM) announced that the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has issued a new Sentinel Event Alert (issue no. 32) aimed at preventing and...

Study of primary care doctors' response to 2001 attacks shows prudent care.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Primary care physicians working only blocks away from the New York City anthrax attacks of October 2001 acted responsibly and rationally in the midst of the crisis, according to New York-Presbyterian...

Company addresses possible reimbursement for VentrAssist LVAS.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ventracor, Ltd., (VCR), said there was evidence the cost of its artificial heart devices used in its pending U.S. clinical trials would be fully reimbursed and there was potential for reimbursement at...

VA honors Florida pain, rehabilitation program for assisting combat-injured vets.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi presented the Chronic Pain and Rehabilitation Program in Tampa, Florida, with the highest honors given by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for...

Obesity surgery can cure diabetes, high blood pressure and other ills.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients who undergo obesity, or bariatric, surgery get far more than cosmetic benefits, many also shed fat-related ailments including diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, researchers...

District of Columbia EHMSA licenses VisualDx diagnostic software.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Logical Images, a developer of point-of-care medical-diagnostic software, announced that VisualDx will support clinicians at 10 District of Columbia hospital emergency departments and 20 District of...

Analysis: New York City women continue to receive fewer mammograms.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women in New York City continue to receive mammograms at much lower levels than those outside the downstate region, while Kings County (Brooklyn) still has the lowest county-specific mammography rate,...

CORI calls for increased awareness of link between obesity, breast cancer.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Statistics from the American Obesity Association show that obese women are more likely to die of breast cancer than women of healthy weight and that after menopause these women have a higher risk of...

Exercise boosts recovery from cancer.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women should aim for 1/2 hour of gentle exercise three times a week to aid their recovery from breast cancer, according to early results presented October 7, 2004, at a University of Bristol conference...

Managed care company announced credit facility with GMAC-RFC Health Capital.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc., (PMHX.PK) (Prospect Medical) announced that it has entered into a $15 million credit facility with GMAC-RFC Health Capital. The facility is composed of a 3-year, $10...

Coventry Health buys First Health Group for $1.8 billion in cash and stock.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Illinois-based Coventry Health Care Inc. is buying managed healthcare company First Health Group Corp. for $1.8 billion in cash and stock in a deal that would create a national health benefits company...

Humana receives ISO 9001:2000 registration for product innovation division.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Humana Inc. (HUM) announced that its Product Innovation division has achieved registration of its quality management system under ISO 9001:2000. ISO 9001:2000 is an international standard published...

Independent audit verifies performance of Sunrise release 3.5 XA software.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eclipsys Corporation, The Outcomes Company, (ECLP) reported that it recently commissioned Aberdeen Group, an independent technology research firm, to audit the benchmark testing of Eclipsys' Sunrise...

Information solutions company signs multiyear agreement with Boots the Chemist.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IMS Health (RX) announced a multiyear agreement with Boots The Chemist to deliver more comprehensive, over-the-counter (OTC) healthcare intelligence on the U.K. marketplace. Under the agreement,...

Long-term care management company moves to Minnesota.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Long Term Care Group (LTCG), which provides care management services to the long-term care insurance industry, has moved one of its major Operations facilities to Woodbury, Minn. "This new location...

Medical monitoring service changes stock symbol.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medeorex, Inc., (MRXI) announced that it has completed a change in its stock trading symbol on the NASD Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board to "MRXI" from "CXTX." The company previously changed its...

Tenet Healthcare announces sale of Massachusetts hospitals to Vanguard.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tenet Healthcare Corp. said it will sell Saint Vincent Hospital at Worcester Medical Center and MetroWest Medical Center, Massachusetts to Vanguard Health Systems of Nashville, Tennessee, for $166...

Changes made to computed radiography system.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At the recent American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology meeting, Eastman Kodak Company announced changes to its computed radiography system, called KODAK 2000RT CR Plus. The company...

Columbus Regional Hospital receives Chest Pain Center accreditation.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Society of Chest Pain Centers has granted the designation of Accredited Chest Pain Center to Columbus (Indiana) Regional Hospital, making it the fourth accredited Chest Pain Center in Indiana and...

Cancer Care Consultants, Freeman Memorial Hospital win grant to improve access.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer Care Consultants, a Southern California radiation oncology practice, in conjunction with Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital, has received a $3.5 million disparity grant from the National Cancer...

Companies team up to advance MRI technology.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NanoSignal Corp. (NNOS) announced an alliance with BiTMICRO Networks. NanoSignal Corp., developer of SLICES technology for use in the MRI industry, jointly announced the successful integration of...

Healthcare module launched for Pediatrix Medical Group.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A.D.A.M., Inc., (ADAM) and MedSeek, Inc., announced jointly a license agreement with Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc., (PDX), a provider of maternal-fetal and newborn physician services, that has led to...

IT companies to partner to help physicians save time, money.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AuthentiDate Holding Corp. (ADAT) announced that it has entered into a financial letter of intent with HealthFusion, Inc., of San Diego, California, in an effort to extend the reach of one of...

Multiyear agreement renewed for reprocessing services.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alliance Medical Corporation (Alliance), a reprocessor of single-use medical devices (SUDs), announced that Mayo Foundation has extended its agreement with Alliance for medical device reprocessing...

Foundation urges newborn screening for CF in test panels.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has issued a recommendation for the implementation of routine cystic fibrosis (CF) screening in all newborns. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

Major overhaul needed in end-of life care for patients with dementia.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Three University of Chicago geriatricians are calling for creative and wide-reaching solutions to the problem of suboptimal end-of-life care for patients with dementia. An estimated 500,000 people...

Safe at School campaign launched for kids with diabetes.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Diabetes Association announced the launch of its Safe at School campaign to ensure that all students with diabetes are educated in a medically safe environment and have the same access to...

Diabetes management most effective for patients with low literacy.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Primary care-based disease management programs can improve care for patients with diabetes - especially those with low literacy skills, a new University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill study...

Cross Country Healthcare sells healthcare-consulting business units.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., (CCRN) has sold its Gill/Balsano Consulting and Jennings Ryan & Kolb healthcare-consulting business units to privately held Mitretek Systems for $12.25 million in cash....

Survey: Doctors' interpersonal skills valued more than their training.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. adults believe it is extremely important for their doctors to have strong interpersonal skills such as being respectful (85%) and listening carefully to healthcare concerns and questions (84%),...

Allscripts expands EMR software.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (MDRX), a provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced the launch of TouchWorks version 10...

Fremont Medical Centers selects Misys Healthcare Systems' EMR Solution.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Misys Healthcare Systems announced that Fremont Medical Centers has selected Misys EMR as its new clinical solution for 48 physicians and their staffs across 9 locations. The Nevada-based...

Greenway Medical Technologies unveils PrimeExchange.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc., a provider of organically integrated practice management and electronic medical record software solutions for physicians' practices, has announced the release of...

Milestone achieved in home dialysis.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aksys, Ltd., (AKSY), developer of hemodialysis products and services for patients suffering kidney failure has announced that in September the company passed the significant milestone of 100 patients...

Italy's Piemonte region to reimburse for PillCam SB Endoscopy.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Given Imaging (GIVN) announced that the regional government of Italy's Piemonte region has approved reimbursement for PillCam endoscopy for the region's 4.3 million individuals. Reimbursement has...

DaVita acquires three dialysis centers.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- DaVita, Inc., (DVA) announced that effective August 1, 2004, it acquired dialysis centers in California and Georgia serving approximately 220 patients. The transactions include two centers located...

Long-term care operator opens acute care hospital.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mariner Health Care (MHCA) has announced that it has opened a 32-bed, long-term acute care hospital in Houston, Texas. This new Houston facility is located within the Bellaire Medical Center and will...

American HealthChoice reports continued revenue growth.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- American HealthChoice, Inc., (AMHI) announced that revenues for the 3-month period ended September 30, 2004, were up 23% from the same period in 2003. Total revenue derived from patient billings...

American Healthways achieves fourth quarter earnings per share of $0.27.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ben R. Leedle, Jr., president and chief executive officer of American Healthways, Inc., (AMHC), announced financial results for the fourth quarter and 12 months ended August 31, 2004. Revenues...

Claimsnet announces new financing.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Claimsnet.com (CLAI) announced it has received loans totaling $250,000 from 4 investors in the form of convertible promissory notes. Terms of the notes are 3 years with an interest rate of 7% and an...

Comprehensive Care Corp. announces Q1 2005 profit increase of 47%.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Comprehensive Care Corp. (CHCR) (CompCare), a company specializing in managed behavioral healthcare and employee assistance services through its operating subsidiaries, reported results for its first...

Hospital system announces asset exchange.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., (LPNT), a 30-hospital and healthcare system in the U.S., has announced an asset exchange agreement with Health Management Associates, Inc. (HMA). Under the agreement,...

Polish-led force organizes health check for Iraqis.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Four Iraqi doctors examined some 300 children and parents in the central Iraqi village of Ananah in a health check organized by the Polish-led forces. Patients were treated for such ailments as...

Texas town saves on healthcare spending with incentive program, reduces premiums.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although healthcare spending for organizations across the U.S. has suffered double-digit growth for the past 5 years, including an 11.2% surge in 2004, the city of Coppell, Texas, announced that it has...

Seniors want medical professions, not government, to pick Medicare-covered drugs.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Seniors want doctors and pharmacists to decide what medications are to be covered under the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, not Medicare government officials and insurance company...

GE launches healthcare and education initiative in Africa.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GE has announced the launch of a 5-year, $20 million humanitarian project that aims to bring improved healthcare provision and infrastructure to hospitals and clinics in Africa. Four GE businesses...

Knowledge may be hazardous to web consumers' health.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People who use their computers to find information about their chronic disease often wind up in worse condition than if they had listened to their doctor, according to a new review of studies on...

Poll shows California voters support several healthcare ballot measures.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Facing a range of healthcare measures on the November 2 ballot, a majority of California voters say they favor an initiative to establish a 1% tax on incomes of over $1 million to pay for mental health...

New PAHO fact sheets on HIV reflect differences in cost, care, coverage.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued reports on the first 7 of 47 countries and territories with new and specific data on the care and treatment of people with HIV in the Americas. They...

AAPPO urges private-sector PPO model demonstration project.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations (AAPPO) president Karen Greenrose issued the following statement in response to the recent GAO report, "Medicare Demonstration PPOs: Financial...

Aetna expands health plan options for small business.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aetna (AET) announced that it is expanding its small business health plan portfolio to include catastrophic hospitalization plans and consumer-directed benefit designs for small groups. The new...

Aetna introduces HAS-compatible health plans in Pennsylvania, Delaware.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aetna (AET) announced the addition of three new preferred provider organization (PPO) plans for individuals and families in 50 Pennsylvania counties and the state of Delaware. Designed to provide...

Independence Holding Company forms special health products division.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Independence Holding Company (IHC) announced the formation of a division to write special health insurance products, including small group major medical, short-term medical, and limited medical through...

Arizona now has more than 1 million residents qualifying for healthcare help.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Arizona now has more than 1 million residents who qualify for free or nearly free healthcare. Enrollment in the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) reached 1,026,966 on October 1....

BadgerCare enrollment drops with tougher eligibility rules.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Wisconsin state health insurance program for the working poor has seen participation drop by 3,000 people a month after officials implemented tougher rules for proving eligibility. Since May...

Community Coordinated Healthcare program saves Ohio employers $13 million.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Quantum Health announced that its innovative Community Coordinated Healthcare program, a new model of healthcare emerging in Ohio, saved participating employers more than $13 million during the past...

Companies making tough decisions on health costs.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Shannon McNutt changed companies when he learned the small business that employed him in Decatur, Alabama, would start charging for health insurance. His current employer, Reliance Manufacturing Co....

Farmer plan seeks to expand health coverage for small businesses.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Last year, Barry Leibman and Kris Kleindienst paid about $2,900 per month to cover health insurance cost for themselves and their eight other full-time employees of Left Bank Books, a popular book store...

Health benefits survey shows 8% increase in 2005 employer-sponsored costs.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to the 2005 Towers Perrin Health Care Cost Survey, employers can expect an 8% increase in 2005 healthcare costs and, thus, the first significant break in the double-digit cost spiral in over...

Health workers confirm Wisconsin's first flu case of the season.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The flu bug has arrived in Wisconsin, where health experts said they have confirmed the first case of the season. Laboratory tests found a Waupaca County woman had the state's first influenza case,...

Rhode Island to pay flat fees for management of health plan.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rhode Island will pay United Healthcare of New England less than half per employee what it now pays a competitor to manage a health plan. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island now administers the...

Tiered healthcare provider network to be addressed at forum.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- With over 6.8 million subscribers enrolled in tiered network health insurance products in the U.S. (Health Affairs), these networks are set up to save employers and insurers money if enrollees choose,...

Minnesota hospital group launches new program to help uninsured.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In an ongoing effort to better serve the medical needs of its communities, Allina Hospitals & Clinics announced a new uninsured discount program to cover medically necessary hospital services. "We...

Doctors miss chances to provide diet, exercise counseling.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Physicians are missing opportunities to counsel patients already at risk of developing heart disease about the health benefits of improved diet and exercise, according to research from the Stanford...

Osceola Hospital may be consolidated with one in Blytheville, Arkansas.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People in Osceola, Arkansas, may have to drive 22 miles to get to the nearest hospital if a plan goes forward to consolidate that city's facility with a hospital in Blytheville. Mississippi County...

Tips for sharing a bed with an infant.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development says studies have indicated that it might be unsafe, in some cases, for an adult to share a bed with an infant child, but offers these...

Survey of hospitals quantifies flu vaccine price gouging.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists has conducted a survey of more than 2800 hospital pharmacy directors in the U.S. about how the flu vaccine shortage is affecting their ability to care...

Health officials ask for corporate donations in Oklahoma.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oklahoma Health Department officials want private companies to donate unused influenza vaccine so high risk groups can be immunized. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and...

ANALYTIQ line of data aggregation, analysis, and reporting tools introduced.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc., (IMPCE) announced the introduction of ANALYTIQ, IMPAC's line of data aggregation, analysis, and reporting tools. ANALYTIQ provides solutions that enable cancer care...

Canadian drug mart corporation signs service contract with business IT group.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Keane, Inc. (KEA), a leading business and information technology (IT) outsourcing firm, announced that its Canadian subsidiary, Keane Canada Inc. has signed a 5-year, IT application management services...

CareKeeper reports successful launch of VividNet Software.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CareKeeper Software, Inc., introduced its latest generation of homecare and medical staffing software - VividNet - at the Private Duty Conference & Expo in Orlando, Florida. Based upon...

Compact scanner launched to digitally capture patient insurance cards.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ambir Technology, an innovative manufacturer and marketer of peripherals and accessories for laptops, desktops and mobile use, announced the selection of Scansoft PaperPort 9.0 Document Management...

Data exchange network launched for cardiology monitoring.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Biomedical Systems' Data Exchange Network answers doctors' requests for real-time access to cardiology testing data. The Data Exchange Network is specifically designed to work with the...

Grants awarded to explore how technology can change healthcare.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Six new research projects designed to assess the efficacy of web-based patient-provider portals have been awarded grants by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) through its Health e-Technologies...

Health plan completes migration to payer software application.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prevea Health Plan has successfully implemented Release 1 of the AMISYS Advance payer software system, an enterprise-wide, robust application from Amisys Synertech Inc. that assists health plans with...

Hospital group selects acuity, productivity, benchmarking software system.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- QuadraMed Corporation (QD) announced that St. John Health, with facilities in Detroit, Michigan, and Pasadena, California, have selected the QuadraMed WinPFS Acuity, Productivity and Benchmarking...