Formation Capital Announces New CEO
ALPHARETTA, Ga., April 1, 2011 — Formation Capital (Formation), a leading investor in the seniors housing and health care industry, today announced the hiring of Brian Beckwith as Chief Executive Officer, effective April 18, 2011. Mr. Beckwith joins from GE Capital where he had been Senior Mana…
Doctors Form America’s Medical Society to Challenge the AMA, Fighting What They Call ‘the Impending Exodus of Physician-based Medicine in America’
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 8, 2010 — “Even as the American Medical Association wanes in membership to numbers some say are below 10% of the nation’s practicing doctors, the AMA’s dark legacy is starting to take shape,” says Adam F. Dorin, M.D., MBA, founder of Physicians Against Ob…
71.5 Million Strong: Baby Boomers and Beyond … Who Will Take Care of Us?
MOORPARK, Calif., July 22, 2010 — In response to the “graying of America” phenomena, Senior Smart announced today the inception of , an online tool that provides the perfect match between families and seniors actively looking for assisted living and quality assisted living facili…
Thailand’s Medical Tourism Growth Rate Continues to Increase
NEW YORK, Nov. 6, 2009 — In 2004, the Royal Thai Government organized a strategy for developing Thailand into the medical hub in Asia. Today the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the Department of Export Promotion (DEP) has estimated two million medical tourists will arrive in Thailand for h…
New Policy Statement from Society for Adolescent Medicine Urges Inclusion of Adolescent and Young Adult Health Issues in All Health Care Reform Legislation
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo., July 14, 2009 — As the discussion regarding health care reform moves through Congress and is debated in the public forum, a new policy statement from the Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) urges all parties to include adolescent and young adult health issues in the dialogue.…
International Medical Interpreters Association Publishes Guide to Medical Translations
BOSTON, Jan. 8, 2009 — The publication of a new guide on medical translation was announced today. The IMIA Guide to Medical Translation is the second in a series of guides to be published by the International Medical Interpreters Association (IMIA). The publication underwent a peer-review proce…