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Availity Announces Strategic Relationship With Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky

...ongstanding commitment to help simplify the health care process so that doctors and patients spend more time on care and less time on paperwork," said deb Moessner, president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky. "The savings of time and money for providers, members and customers reflect our ...

PIBH with NFL Star Doug Flutie Recognizes 23 PA Workers with Disabilities, 21 Organizations Supporting Those with Disabilities

...wards for their organization: NAME ORGANIZATION Sally Shaffer Board of Probation & Parole deb Capasso Department of Corrections Central Office Lawanza Poteat Department of Education Management Services, ...

EHE International and the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation Celebrate Lupus Awareness Month in Rockefeller Plaza

...is very pleased to be able to offer the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation this window to raise awareness and recognize signs and symptoms of this disease," said deb McKeever, EHE International President. About the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation The S.L.E. Lupus Foundation, headquartered in New York City wit...

HookUp: Sexual Health Info Text Messaging Service for California Youth Launches

...youth. Hookup is an excellent example of a low-cost way to use health IT and mobile technology to help youth access the services they need," says deb Levine, Executive Director of ISIS. California is going to be the first state with a text-messaging program that connects high-risk teens and youn...

Versus Technology to Showcase Leading Enterprise Patient and Clinical Workflow Solutions at HIMSS 2009

...e offering live locating demonstrations and our experts will be on hand to answer any questions. During a special Pavilion Product Session, deb Brown, CHR Analyst & Project Manager from St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham, WA (one of our PeaceHealth sites) will be co-presenting with HT Snowd...

Hundreds of Activists to Rally in Burlington, Vermont Outside White House Regional Forum on Healthcare - TUESDAY

...al Health Program (PNHP), Healthcare Now, and Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) WHEN : Tuesday March 17th; rally @ 11:30 a.m. featuring Dr. deb Richter from PNHP WHERE : Davis Center, University of Vermont -Burlington WHY : "We can look around the world's other industrialized demo...

Second Annual Courage Cup Race Raises More Than $5,000 for Courage Center's Ski and Snowboard Program

...age Center adaptive skier for the race. "The day was a huge success, we brought in more than $5,000, which is the most we've ever raised," said deb Swanson the program's board chair and ski volunteer. "We went from 12 teams last year to more than 30 this year!" The event almost tripled in t...

Gene Discovered for Most Common Form of Epilepsy

...articular drug or treatment may be effective," said study senior author Dr. deb Pal, a pediatric neurologist and research scientist at Columbia University....t epilepsy from the Epilepsy Foundation . SOURCES: deb Pal, M.D., Ph.D., research scientist, Columbia University, New York City; O...

Melanoma Foundation of New England Wins Gold Triangle Award From the American Academy of Dermatology

...enagers signed the no tanning pledge in 2008. "The program was so successful that we are doing it again this year," said Foundation executive director deb Girard. "Kelli has been central to getting the word out and she has taken the time to meet with high school kids and speak at school assemblies about ...

New Poll Reveals New Jersey Voter Anxiety Over Healthcare and the Economy

...f Pipe Trades, Martin Perez, Esq., President, Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey, Joan Verplanck, President, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, and deb DiLorenzo, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey. "I am proud to lead this new effort in our state," said former Governor Flor...

Paul Sullivan's Legacy: An Early Warning Program for Detecting Melanoma Before It's Too Late

...s, 26.7% had received no training, and 43.4% had never performed the examination. Fifty-seven percent had spent no time in a dermatology clinic," says deb Girard, Executive Director of the Melanoma Foundation of New England. "This course is intended specifically to provide pertinent information to the no...

Assurance Investment Partners Purchases Arison Insurance Services from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield

...e business and distribution models, while allowing Arison to benefit from a management team focused on developing an aggressive growth strategy," said deb Moessner, president and general manager of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. "Long-term, I believe this transaction could lead to additional job crea...

Highmark Caring Place to Honor Central Pennsylvania Volunteers Who Committed Over 5,000 Hours to Grieving Children

...nt of Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co., who serves as a quilter -- Sue Wiest, a resident of Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co., who serves as a quilter -- deb Yates, a resident of Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co., who serves as a Support Group Volunteer The Highmark Caring Place, A Center for Grieving Childre...

Chrysler LLC Vice Chairman and President Jim Press and His Wife Suwichada Serve as Honorary Co-Chairs of Annual Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Promise Ball

... in attendance to share in the festivities including Dan and Dee Frost (Southfield Chrysler Jeep); Carl and Barbara Galeana (Van Dyke Dodge); Mark and deb Snethkamp (Bill Snethkamp); Paul and Theresa Steel (Telegraph Chrysler Jeep) and Tony and Cathy Viviano (Sterling Heights Dodge). The night featured a...

National Marrow Donor Program(R) Kicks off National Awareness Campaign

... good news is that HLH can be cured with a marrow transplant. -- deb Rusnock (Mich.), devoted wife and mother, was diagnosed in 2004 with...Every day, more than 6,000 patients like Matt, Alexandra, Blake, Andrew and deb search the Registry for a life-saving donor. Seventy percent of patients wi...

Reese Witherspoon Helps Celebrate Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Washington, D.C. - Weekend-Long Event Raises $8.1 Million

...linary breast care center offering a full spectrum of clinical and support services. Patient navigator nurse and breast cancer survivor deb Stewart accepted the grant. * Capital Breast Care Center (Washington, D.C.), which is run in partnership by Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer...

Drug-coated balloon overcomes in-stent restenosis

...t, for the as-treated analysis, 66 patients in the deb group and 60 patients in the DES group. The re...ignificantly less in the patients treated with the deb (0.20 mm vs. 0.45 mm, p=0.02). When the data were ...wing in the treated segment was less common in the deb group (3.4 percent vs. 20.4 percent, p=0.007), as ...

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield's Member Health Index Named BlueWorks(R) Award Winner

... Index, our Member Health Index allows us to track our progress in improving the lives of the people we serve and the health of our communities," said deb Moessner, president and general manager, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky. "But we are going beyond simply tracking our progress and will...

Kelli Pedroia, Wife of Red Sox Dustin Pedroia, Joins Melanoma Foundation of New England to Warn About Tanning for the Prom

...ing melanoma and we will have to operate to remove it along with the lymph nodes in your thigh." According to the Foundation's executive director, deb Girard, "Teens need to know that tanning is dangerous. So we have a pledge program, a contest, and a $5,000 grand prize and five $1,000 runner-up priz...

MediPurpose Sells 500 Millionth Safety Lancet to IMCO Member MMS Medical

...cal supply distributors "We are pleased that one of our members, MMS Medical, is being recognized by MediPurpose, a long-time valued supplier," says deb Bullock, Vice President for IMCO. "We extend our congratulations to MediPurpose and its SurgiLance safety lancet on this significant achievement and l...

LearnSomething Names Deborah Faucette to New Position of Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing

...a newly created position of Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. deb will lead a new department that, according to LearnSomething President and ...d it is readily apparent that she is ideal for this role at LearnSomething. deb has had an extremely distinguished career in retail pharmacy management, pr...

Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Jan. 1, 2008, issue

...of this finding, digital mammography screening for all age groups was not cost-effective. (NOTE: To reach first author, Dr. Anna Tosteson, contact deb Kimbell 802-236-6934; deborah.kimbell@dartmouth.edu ). 2. Way a Drug Concentration is Expressed Affects Dosing Errors Epinephrine (adrenal...

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky Announces Release of State Health Index

... responsibility to understand and improve not only the health of our members, but also the overall health of the communities in which they live," said deb Moessner, president and general manager, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. "The State Health Index will provide Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and...

TyRx Pharma, Inc. Announces Presentation of Results to Benefit Women with Breast Implants (In-Vivo Efficacy Study Regarding AIGISRx DEB) at the Plastic Surgery 2007 Meeting on October, 28 2007 in Baltimore, MD

... AIGISRx deb is designed to reduce the severity of capsular con...ults demonstrate the potential of the TyRx AIGISRx deb technology to address a significant unmet clinical... study results begin the validation of our AIGISRx deb concept. Despite intensive therapeutic efforts spa...

Jane Fonda and Bright Starts(TM) Celebrates 'Pink Power Moms' at Susan G. Komen for the Cure Pink Tie Ball

...Township, Michigan); Cathy Gailey (Fayetteville, GA); Eliza Brock (Loveland, CO); Kerry Best Flood (Sandwich, MA); Mary Hamrick (Huntersville, NC) and deb Kirkland (Baltimore, MD). (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071022/CLM083 ) Bright Starts(TM), one of the brands under the Kids II, Inc...

Our Body: The Universe Within Exhibition Announces Four New Exhibits Across The Nation

...mes Merila, President of American Exhibitions, Inc. For More Information: Allison Zucker-Perelman 561-482-2088 aperelman@americanexhibitions.com deb Wallace 561-482-2088 dwallace@americanexhibitions.com ...

Fundraiser Announced for Morongo Fire Chief; Veteran Firefighter Diagnosed With ALS

...bout the disease that provides hope for the future. In a joint effort, Morongo battalion chief Tim Beadle, fire captain Chris Barden, staff assistant deb Mathews and former colleagues at Riverside Community College Holly Bow and Christy Pollard along with local firefighters and friends, have organized a...

'Pink Power Moms' Unite in Atlanta for Day of Pampering and Recognition

...lorida -- Cathy Gailey- Fayetteville, Georgia -- deb Kirkland- Baltimore, Maryland -- Kerry Best Flood...r's Story From the moment of her diagnosis at 32, deb Kirkland, a mother of two, was determined to fight...he wanted to do more than make this fight her own. deb immediately noticed that there was a lack of resou...

4-Star Gen. Barry McCaffrey, Former U.S. Drug Czar, to Address National Drug Crisis, Keynote Grand Opening of New Allenwood, PA 'National Model' Detox Center

... The new detox center will have 42 beds, adding to the 226 ongoing rehabilitation beds currently in the facility. Other dignitaries attending include deb Beck, President of Drug and Alcohol Providers of Pennsylvania (DASPOP), Representative Steven Cappelli (Lycoming), Representative Gene DiGirolamo (Buc...

Early Prostate Cancer: Specialty of Physician Influences Type of Therapy Received

...treatments for early stage prostate cancer have different side effects, different recovery profiles, and involve a different commitment of time," said deb Schrag, MD, a medical oncologist and health services researcher in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Department of Epidemiology and Biostatisti...

Dengue Cases in West Bengal Reaches 400 Mark

... West Bengal, though apparently the severity of the mosquito-borne viral disease is less than last year//. West Bengal Chief Secretary Amit Kiran deb said Monday at least 400 dengue cases were reported so far, while two cases of chikungunya were confirmed. Though the official death toll was sa...

Critically Ill patients ill-equipped to handle end-of life matters

...al CHEST, the publication of the American College of Chest Physicians. Also on the research team from Queen's are: Dianne Groll (Psychiatry/Medicine), deb Pichora (Medicine), and Chris Frank (Geriatrics). Dr. Heyland heads a national research group on palliative and end-of-life care initiatives loc...

Six Indians Win Australian Studies Fellowships

...d in a statement Tuesday the names of the six recipients of the fellowship under the Australia-India Council (AIC) programme. The recipients are deb Narayan Bandopadhyay from Burdwan University in West Bengal, Kamala Kanta Dash from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi, Angshuman Kar (Burdwan...

Lack of facilities in emergency rooms, warn Canadian nurses!

... ill-equipped and many a times patients have to be treated in the galleries. At a meeting of the PHSA in Vancouver the B.C. Nurses' Union president deb McPherson said that the status quo is unacceptable. According to her a significant number of patients have no privacy and no direct access to a washro...