Greenway Medical Technologies' EHR Solution, PrimeSuite, Enables Eligible Professionals to Participate in PQRI Through Integration With Outcome Sciences, a 2009 CMS Qualified PQRI Registry

CARROLLTON, Ga., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Facts: A voluntary program that provides financial incentives to care providers who successfully report on a specified set of data gathered from services and procedures they p...

Quest Diagnostics MedPlus Subsidiary Enables New York Clinical Information Exchange (NYCLIX) to Share Meaningful Data and Enhance Patient Care

Patient-Based Record Improves Quality, Safety and Efficiency MADISON, N.J., July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MedPlus, the healthcare information technology subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX ), today announced that NYCLIX is now sharing key patient...

New Villanova University Online Course Enables Black Belts to Attain Lean Master Black Belt Certification

TAMPA, Fla., July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Villanova University , the leader in Lean Six Sigma education, is enhancing its professional education offerings with the world's only 100% online Advanced Master Certificate in Lean Six Sigma. In addition to enabling those with Black Belt training to achie...

Veran Medical Enables Breakthrough 4D Navigation to Cancer Lesions at University of Virginia Hospital

ST. LOUIS, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Marc Sarti from the University of Virginia recently used the Veran IG4 Plug-N-Play Navigation System on multiple patients to target small cancerous lung lesions that were located in extremely challenging locations. Dr. Sarti's unique use of the 4D capabili...

Varian's RapidArc Radiotherapy Technology Enables Pioneering Cancer Treatments at Top Dutch Oncology Center

AMSTERDAM, June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Doctors in the Netherlands have developed new ways to perform radiosurgery on benign acoustic tumors using fast and precise RapidArc(TM) radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR ). This is among the findings in several papers pub...

Medical Care Corporation Enables Early Detection of Memory Loss Due to Alzheimer's Disease

IRVINE, Calif., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Care Corporation (MCC), the leading provider of high accuracy memory assessment technology, announced today that physicians now have a fast and accurate memory assessment procedure, the MCI Screen, which enables them to accurately separate normal ...

Premature ejaculation spray enables men to last 6 times longer after penetration

Men with premature ejaculation who used a topical spray five minutes before intercourse were able to delay their orgasm six times longer than normal, according to a study in the April issue of BJU International . Three hundred men with clinically diagnosed lifelong premature ejaculation (PE) f...

UCF study: Hyperactivity enables children with ADHD to stay alert

A new University of Central Florida study may explain why children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder move around a lot it helps them stay alert enough to complete challenging tasks. In studies of 8- to 12-year-old boys, Psychology Professor Mark D. Rapport found that children with ...

Surgical technique in Spain enables extirpation of benign tumors of the pancreas

This release is available in Spanish . This minimally invasive procedure, pioneering in Spain, has been developed by a team of surgeons at the University Hospital of Navarra, which brings together the greatest experience worldwide in this technique. The results obtained in patients we...

FaxBack Enables Fax Machine Integration With Document Management Systems

FaxBack's Fax Machine Integration Server Enables Enterprises to Capture and Automate Faxes to Enhance Productivity and Facilitate Regulatory Compliance Miami, Fla. (PRWEB) February 2, 2009 -- FaxBack® , the high-density VoIP fax leader for Enterprise, SMB and Carri...

Availity Enables Real-Time Electronic TRICARE Transactions with Humana Military Healthcare Services in Three Southern States

Availity(R) Health Information Network offers providers access to Beneficiary Eligibility and Benefits as well as Claim Status Inquiry JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Availity, LLC, a leading health information network, today announced its partnership with Humana Military Healthc...

Molecular imaging enables earlier, individualized treatment of thyroid cancer

Reston, Va.In a study to determine the diagnostic value of molecular imaging in nodal staging of patients with thyroid cancer, researchers were able for the first time to accurately distinguish between cancerous cells in regional lymph nodes and normal residual thyroid tissue directly after surger...

New technique enables faster genetic diagnosis for hereditary diseases

Antwerp, Belgium − VIB researchers connected to the University of Antwerp have developed a new method that enables them to track down the cause of hereditary diseases more quickly and efficiently. By means of this technique, genetic tests that take a long time today − such as screening...

Study shows school-based program enables children and adolescents to better manage chronic disease

A new study has found that a school-based asthma education program conducted in the Oakland, California school district was shown to reduce symptoms and increase the number of days that children who suffered from asthma were able to go to school. The study will be published this month in the Jour...

Accessibility: Acapela Group Voice Enables Vantage Lite Innovative AAC Dedicated Device

MONS, Belgium, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Prentke Romich Company (PRC), the leading manufacturer of Alternative and Augmented Communication (AAC) devices for individuals with speech disabilities, has selected Acapela High Quality voices to speech empower Vantage(TM) Lite, its latest device for...

New Handheld Base Unit for CoaguChek XS Plus System Enables Connectivity to RALS-Plus Data Management Solution for PT/INR Testing at the Point of Care

Centralized control of anticoagulation meters and data can help healthcare providers decrease costs and improve care for patients on warfarin therapy INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for the new Handheld Base Unit for the CoaguChe...

Highmark Healthy High 5 School Challenge Grant Program Enables Pennsylvania Schools to Implement or Enhance Healthy Lifestyle Programs for Students

Grants support physical activity, nutrition, self-esteem and bullying prevention programs PITTSBURGH, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Highmark Foundation, through the Highmark Healthy High 5 School Challenge grant program, recently awarded $921,522 to support physical act...

Entrust IdentityGuard Enables Georgia-based Hospital Network to Deploy Strong Authentication for Remote Access

Grid card deployment saves hospital money, enables more wide-spread authentication for network access DALLAS, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- To comply with HIPAA regulations, the Georgia-based Gwinnett Medical Center already was leveraging two-factor authentication via h...

$15 Million Donation From The Karabots Foundation Enables The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to Open a New Pediatric Care Facility in Norristown, Pennsylvania

NORRISTOWN, Pa., July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is delighted to announce a generous $15 million gift that will enable the opening of a new pediatric care center in Norristown, Pennsylvania. This gift, made possible by Athena and Nicholas Karabots of ...

My1Stop.com Enables Desktop Printing of Plastic Laser Membership Cards, or Realcard, and Laser Insurance Cards

My1Stop.com, the online leader in providing the complete range of printed products and services, today announced the release of a new line of printable plastic cards designed, or RealCard® to enable any organization to print laser membership cards and laser insurance cards from desktop laser ...

Plexus Online Enables Business-Government-Academic Collaboration for Advanced Technology Institute

On-demand solution optimizes research company's database AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Plexus Systems, Inc., providers of Plexus Online on-demand software for the manufacturing enterprise, today announced the Advanced Technology Institute (North Charleston, SC) is using ...

Techno-Savvy Public Awareness Campaign Enables Families to Send a Powerful Message About Children's Mental Health

Families E-Connect Statewide to Discuss Successes and Challenges SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 1 million children in California experience an emotional or behavioral disorder every year and more than 600,000 will not receive adequate treatment. A lack of knowledge, s...

Preoperative assessment of cancer patients enables early diagnosis, treatment of lymphedema

BETHESDA, Md., April 30, 2008 The preoperative assessment of breast cancer patients for subclinical lymphedema enables clinicians to establish a baseline, which serves to enable the early diagnosis and successful treatment of the debilitating condition, according to data from a five-year study pu...

GHX Introduces NuVia(TM), an Artificial Intelligence-based Technology That Enables a New Approach to Content Management for Healthcare Providers

New position paper outlines how hospitals can use NuVia(TM) technology to move beyond data cleansing to receive continually updated and expanding information about the products used in healthcare CHICAGO, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- GHX has introduced NuVia(TM), an artificial intellige...

Gel Enables Severed Spinal Cord Fibers to Regrow

Works in mice, but human clinical trials could start in several years, study says THURSDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) -- A nano-engineered gel that inhibits the formation of scar tissue at the site of a spinal injury and enables severed spinal cord fibers to regenerate has been develop...

Stanford researchers unmask proteins in telomerase, a substance that enables cancer

STANFORD, Calif. - One of the more intriguing workhorses of the cell, a protein conglomerate called telomerase, has in its short history been implicated in some critical areas of medicine including cancer, aging and keeping stem cells healthy. With such a resume, telomerase has been the subject of...

New method enables design, production of extremely novel drugs

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A new chemical synthesis method based on a catalyst worth many times the price of gold and providing a far more efficient and economical method than traditional ones for designing and manufacturing extremely novel pharmaceutical compounds is described by its University at Buffalo ...

Regence Enables Members to Share Feedback With Each Other When Researching Health Care Provider Options

Member feedback feature promotes a more informed health care experience PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- National and regional studies indicate that informed patients make better health care decisions, and to promote this effort, Regence is launching a member feedback feature in Spring ...

Oosight Imaging System Enables a Breakthrough: The Viable Transfer of Genetic Material for Stem Cell Nuclear Reprogramming in Primates

WOBURN, Mass., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Inc. (CRi) announced today that their Oosight(TM) Imaging System has been used by Dr. Shoukhrat Mitalipov to successfully transfer nuclear genetic material from somatic cells from a 10-year-old male macaque to enuclea...

IVF technique enables pregnancy without multiple births, Stanford researchers find

STANFORD, Calif. - An in vitro fertilization technique that can avoid multiple births appears to be effective for women older than 35, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. More than half the women in a retrospective study became pregnant after undergoing the p...

Verathon Inc. Introduces GlideScope(R) Ranger Single Use Video Laryngoscope for Emergency Departments, EMS and Military; Enables Fast Intubations and Eliminates Time-Consuming Disinfection

BOTHELL, Wash., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Verathon Inc. is pleased to introduce the GlideScope(R) Ranger Single Use video laryngoscope that provides a clear, real-time view of the airway and endotracheal tube placement, enabling quick intubation. Optimized for demanding Emergency Department (ED...

Electronic Nerve Stimulator Enables Walking

Sooner or later, it seems, most everything imagined in science fiction comes true. // From flying in space to talking on a telephone without wires, today's science increasingly resembles yesterday's fiction. And that's becoming more and more true in medicine. For those of us at the AAAS meet...

Cochlear Implants in Both Ears Enables Better Hearing

A recent study by scientists at University of Wisconsin-Madison examines whether deaf children who've received two cochlear// implants hear better. Led by Ruth Litovsky, an investigator in the UW-Madison Waisman Center, the team's research suggests that deaf children who have a cochlear impla...

Single Sugar Enables Antibody to Treat Inflammation

For years, researchers have struggled to understand how IVIG worked. Its ability to treat autoimmune diseases seemed to be an apparent contradiction.// Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is a complex mixture of IgG antibodies made from human plasma that contains the pooled antibodies from tho...

Glucose Enables Speedy Recovery From Malaria

Researchers at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) have now established that repeated doses of glucose given along with anti-malarial drugs-can help// patients recover faster and in a better way. The result of the present study has taken into focus the energy requirements of the...

New Technique Enables Better Nursing Of Robin Sequence Infants

A considerable improvement in the oral feeding habits of infants with breathing problems was observed in less than 11 days following institution of feeding facilitating techniques. // The only option for such infant’s had been the use of a feeding tube. Prolonged use of this was however was ass...

Recanalization enables Tsunami mourners to parent again

Four women who lost their children in the tsunami last year are eagerly expecting their babies after a medical surgery that enabled them to conceive again.// Despite having undergone sterilisation earlier, these women in this coastal district of Tamil Nadu in southern India will now be able t...

Increased Fish market enables hike in fish pricing

For the first time in India fish sales is maximum. Seafoods like fish meat along with mussels, lobster, white pomfret, sole, salmon, cod, red snapper// and kingfish was a preferred health option between Indians and foreigners on a time. Delicious sea and river fish are unloaded in the v...

Inverness Medical Innovations to Present at the Canaccord Adams Global Growth Conference on August 11, 2009

...9 at 8:30 a.m. By developing new capabilities in near-patient diagnosis, monitoring and health management, Inverness Medical Innovations enables individuals to take charge of improving their health and quality of life. A global leader in rapid point-of-care diagnostics, Inverness' products, as...

ConvaTec Launches Versiva(R) XC(R) Campaign and Best Practice Statement

...nvaTec's proprietary Hydrofiber ((R)) Technology, Versiva ((R)) XC ((R)) dressing transforms wounds through its unique gelling action. This action enables dressings containing Hydrofiber ((R)) Technology to lock in exudate(1)(a) and its harmful components(2)(a)( )and contour closely to the wound bed,(3)...