CHESAPEAKE, Va., May 7, 2012 — Chesapeake Regional Medical Center rolled out the newest member of its environmental team last week, a five-foot, automated disinfection robot named Tru-D (Total Room Ultraviolet Disinfection). Implementation of the mobile, high-tech disinfection device is p…
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., May 3, 2012 — Presidential Policy Directive/PPD-8: National Preparedness strengthens U.S. security and resilience through systematic preparation for threats that pose the greatest risk to national security. With over 90% of the nation’s critical infrast…
MedAptus Partners with Intelligent Medical Objects® in Preparation for ICD-10
Enhanced Diagnosis Search Functionality to Help Providers Adapt to the Expanded Code Set
BOSTON, April 30, 2012 — MedAptus®, the market leader for charge capture technologies, today announced that it has selected Intelligent Medical Objects’ IMO® Problem (IT)™ search engine for i…
Bestnet A/S Releases New Educational Song and Two New Videos to Celebrate World Malaria Day 2012
KOLDING, Denmark, April, 25, 2012 — In keeping with their yearly tradition of creating new educational materials for World Malaria Day, Bestnet A/S announced today that they are releasing a new song and two videos to help educate those most in danger from malaria and other vector-borne diseases.…
LanguageTrak® report analyzes 20 million over-the-phone interpretation requests nationwide over past year
MONTEREY, Calif., April 24, 2012 — A report from Language Line Services, the world’s largest provider of language services, reveals that between Q1 2011 and Q1 2012, Arabic, Ma…
CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 19, 2012 — Crowell Systems, a leading electronic medical record manufacturer, and nSpire Health, the nation’s leading pulmonary function testing systems worldwide, have announced the first bi-directional interface connecting patient electronic records to p…
SAN JUAN ISLAND, Wash., April 18, 2012 — “For Earth Day, April 22, we must learn how to stop the madness of placing the health of our planet and ourselves at risk,” says Dr. Michael J. Cohen, in an Ecopsychology interview about his donation of sensory nature activities for Earth Day. …
Lawmakers investigating value-based benefit insurance plan designs hear of proven three-point strategy to address skyrocketing health care costs while saving lives
SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 12, 2012 — A state legislative committee considering legislation concerning wellness incentive…
VARIS, LLC Selected by State of Colorado for Hospital DRG Retrospective Claims Review
ROSEVILLE, Calif., April 12, 2012 — VARIS, LLC, a privately held recovery audit company, today announced it was awarded the contract to provide services for Hospital Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) Retrospective Claims Review to the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. The p…
ASCP Leads Charge to Develop Measures Impacting Care of Older Persons
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11, 2012 — The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) developed an in-depth analysis of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) response to public comments on a proposal requiring that consultant pharmacists be independent from long-…
