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Commercial Real Estate Group of Tucson Unveils Online Tool that Quickly Informs Commercial Real Estate Tenants of Lease Options

Lease With Ease compares lease proposals in an easy calculator that arms negotiators with essential information. (PRWEB) July 30, 2009 -- Businesses looking to lease commercial space can easily compare the cost and value of potential sites with a tool accessible from th...

10 Million Workers Gain New Health and Behavior Change Tool - eMindful Courses Offered to Client of Leading Online Health Change Provider

Ten million employees around the United States will now have mindful health and diet changes at their finger tips as eMindful.com, a leading source of online health and wellness information and education, partners with Convergence Health ( www.convergencehealth.com ). V...

Reed Group Will Debut New Predictive Modeling Tool at DMEC Conference

Companies whose disability case managers rely only on standard return-to-work durations may be throwing away millions of dollars, says Reed Group President, Guidelines, Jon Seymour, MD. Westminster, CO (Vocus) July 16, 2009 -- Companies whose disability case managers re...

Allscripts e-prescribing Tool to Be Offered on New AMA Web Solution

CHICAGO, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX ) announced today that it is working with the American Medical Association (AMA) to offer to physicians nationwide an AMA-branded electronic prescribing tool based on Allscripts leading e-prescribing technology. I...

Minority Business Accelerator 2.5+ Client Strong Tool Lands Multimillion Dollar Deal With GE Healthcare

CLEVELAND, July 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- By diversifying its customer base with the assistance of the Minority Business Accelerator 2.5+, Strong Tool Company , has landed a three-year, multimillion-dollar contract with GE Healthcare. Strong Tool, a distributor of metalworking products and ...

Elsevier Launches SciVal Spotlight: New Tool Provides Multidisciplinary View of Research Performance

AMSTERDAM, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- - Allows Institutions to Optimize Strategic Funding, Hiring and Collaboration Decisions Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of SciVal Spotlight, a...

Grab a Tool and Change Your Brain

In the mind's eye, an arm or hand changes shape, study finds,, THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Pick up a golf club and your brain may do more than look for an easy par three. New research suggests that the brain considers tools to be extensions of the body. The mere act of...

AUDIO from Medialink and Siemens: New Tool in the Battle Against Breast Cancer

NEW YORK, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- A new method for scanning breast tissue may help find what traditional mammography can miss in some women who have denser tissue. Listen to this report from Siemens (NYSE: SI ) at: http://inr.mediaseed.tv/oneClip_C/?feed=tgyarq_HNH2N8HI04jRBrYUDnfU5EaQE ...

URAC and CARF International Announce New Survey Tool for Health Care Case Management Studies

Reporting System Provides Information to Improve Quality of Programs and Services Offered to Consumers WASHINGTON, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- URAC , the leading health care accreditation and education organization, and CARF International , a premier, global, independent accreditor of h...

Decision tool for prostate cancer patients helps men customize treatment in anxious time

An online decision tool created in part by a graduate student at the University of California Irvine helps men diagnosed with prostate cancer sort through an intimidating flurry of possible treatments and customize treatment plans of their own, according to a study in the current issue of Interfa...

Fast pandemic detection tool ready to fight flu

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, June 9, 2009In a joint effort by national laboratory-, university- and private-sector institutions, researchers are developing new tools for rapidly characterizing biological pathogens that could give rise to potentially deadly pandemics such as Influenza A (H1N1). The f...

New Online Tool Helps People With Headache Take Control, Get Relief

"Headache U" is first educational program of its kind, matches sufferers with resources based on personal headache patterns CHICAGO, June 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Headache Foundation (NHF) is launching "Headache U: It's all about YOU," the first headache education program...

Customer Loyalty Tool Widely Used in Most Industries is Now Available to Doctors

DENVER, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- In most industries, customer satisfaction is a driver for sustainable success and long-term growth. It was just a matter of time for the healthcare industry to feel the need to consistently measure patient satisfaction. In the past, some hospitals took the first step...

LIVESTRONG and Penn Medicine announce partnership to bring online care plan tool to cancer survivors

AUSTIN, Texas; PHILADELPHIA The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) and Penn Medicine announced today a four-year partnership to further develop and disseminate the LIVESTRONG Care Plan Powered by Penn Medicine's OncoLink. This free service gives cancer survivors, their families and physicians the a...

New tool to improve patient understanding of long-acting injectable antipsychotic therapies (LAT) unveiled in April issue of Psychiatry 2009

Titusville, NJ, May 27, 2009 A new instrument for improving patient understanding and acceptance of long-acting injectable antipsychotic therapy (LAT) has been published in the April edition of Psychiatry 2009. 1 This novel, psychosocial approach encompasses G oal setting, A ction plan...

UCSF creates fast, affordable tool for finding gene 'on-off' switches

UCSF scientists have created a method of quickly identifying large numbers of the genetic material known as short hairpin RNA also called shRNA that turns genes on and off. The method, which the research team has used to create a library of 22,000 of these "on-off" switches for roughly 600 h...

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Expands Cancer Research Efforts with Automation Tool from Caliper Life Sciences

- Foundation Purchases Caliper's Staccato System to Enable High Throughput Research Processes - HOPKINTON, Mass., May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP ), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today an...

ATP Detection a Valuable Tool for All Industries

Midbrook, Inc., a Jackson, MI based manufacturer of cleaning systems and cleanliness testing equipment , is releasing their versatile ATP (adenosine triphosphate) detection kit for use in a variety of industries. The Midbrook ATP Detection kit is suitable for use in food service, dairy, agricu...

New Educational Tool for Understanding UC Flares

MARIETTA, Ga., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affecting half a million people in the United States, yet many patients don't always understand how to recognize or treat the symptoms associated with the disease. Ulcerative colitis i...

Text Verification Tool 5.0 From Schlafender Hase now Supports all Major Languages of the World

FRANKFURT, Germany, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Schlafender Hase is proudly releasing the latest version of the Text Verification Tool. The patent protected Windows application compares manuscript against artwork files, independent of the text layout. Deviations are marked clearly and...

SOURCECORP(R) HealthSERVE Unveils Unique Tool for Healthcare Providers to Support Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Program Defense

DALLAS, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- SOURCECORP , Incorporated, a leading provider of business process outsourcing solutions and specialized high value consulting services, continues to expand its portfolio of innovative healthcare service offerings with SOURCECORP RACSource, a financial manage...

Award-winning partnership proves Vocantas CallAssure effective tool for chronic disease management

Thrombosis unit at The Ottawa Hospital purchases system to reduce workload, improve patient care, minimize wait times in emergency rooms OTTAWA, April 28 /PRNewswire/ - Vocantas Inc., a developer of automated telephone outreach solutions, today announced the sale of its CallAssure solution ...

Kaiser Family Foundation Launches Daily Global Health Policy Report and Policy Tracking Tool As Part of New Web Gateway Focusing on U.S. Global Health Policy

New Report Details the Structure and Funding Of U.S. Global Health Programs MENLO PARK, Calif. , April 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With attention to global health rising on the U.S. policy agenda in recent years, the Kaiser Family Foundation today launched a set of new resources providing ...

National Minority Quality Forum Provides Tracking Tool to Address Cardiovascular Disease in Minority Populations

American College of Cardiology and Association of Black Cardiologists Endorse Zip Code-Based Database WASHINGTON, April 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF), one of the nation's leading voices in the health disparities discussion, is launching the CVD Atl...

PeopleStreme Releases RapidEcho Online Tool for Employee Personal Development

PeopleStreme today released RapidEcho, an online tool aimed at rapid employee development of on-the-job performance. Human resources professionals are constantly looking for ways to help employees accelerate their development. RapidEcho provides an evidence based method for employees to seek feed...

MRI: Effective tool for determining pathologic stage of prostate cancer

In patients with prostate cancer undergoing prostatectomy, MR imaging plays an important role in determining if the cancer is restricted to the prostate gland or if it has spread beyond the capsule, according to a study performed at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. ...

Innovative Decision Support Tool Introduced at AMCP Annual Meeting

ORLANDO, FL, April 15 /PRNewswire/ - FormularyDecisions.com, an online platform for healthcare decision makers, is being officially introduced at AMCP's 21st Annual Meeting and Showcase by Dymaxium, Inc. and a Steering Committee of prominent healthcare decision makers (HCDMs). Today, HCDMs can b...

Sentillion Releases Healthcare 'Do It Yourself' Tool for Single Sign-On and Context Management Application Interfaces

Sentillion's New Point-and-Click Animated Wizard Provides Hospitals With New Options for Developing Application Interfaces Quickly and Cost Effectively CHICAGO, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- HIMSS09 Conference & Exhibition -- Sentillion, whose identity and access management (IAM) solution...

New Mobile Patient Communicator(TM) Gives Patients an Interactive Education Tool and Boosts Nurse Productivity

- With just a touch patients check-in, 'self-room,' access medical information and learn about their treatment - ATLANTA, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- A new portable terminal used by patients during hospital, clinic and practice visits can reduce registration bottlenecks and streamline patient c...

Vision Chips, Inc. Deploys iNTERFACEWARE's Chameleon HL7 Messaging Tool with OBSERVER7

iNTERFACEWARE's Chameleon HL7 Messaging Tool-kit selected as the HL7 interface mechanism for Vision Chips Inc.'s newly released Observer7 Ob/Gyn Information System. Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) March 30, 2009 -- iNTERFACEWARE, Inc., a leading provider of HL7 integration t...

New Tool in the Radiography Approach Will Assist in Earlier Detection of Asbestos-Related Diseases

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., March 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Michael Harbut, M.D., MPH, co-director of the National Center for Vermiculite and Asbestos-Related Cancers (NCVAC) at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, MI, and chief of the Center for Occupational and Environmental Me...

When Time is Limited, Internet is the Number One Support Tool for Caregivers

NAPLES, Fla., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- People who care for elderly parents are among the millions of Americans who regularly participate in social media. More than 65 percent of people caring for elderly parents use the Internet as their primary means of support and encouragement, according to an ...

HealthyPlace.com, the Largest Consumer Mental Health Site, Launches Mediminder, a Free Medication Reminder Tool for the More Than 30 Million People Who Suffer From Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder and Other Mental Health Conditions

SAN ANTONIO, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthyPlace.com , which provides the most extensive depression and anxiety information on the internet, unveils Mediminder, a mental health medication reminder tool which alerts people daily via e-mail or text message when it's time to take their antid...

Blue Cross Puts New Online Shopping Tool in Hands of Consumers

Care Comparison reveals price, value of common elective medical procedures EAGAN, Minn., March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumers can now easily find accurate health care cost and quality information through Care Comparison(R), a new online tool introduced today by Blue Cross and Blue Sh...

Sonohysterography is an alternative diagnostic tool for women with adenomyosis

Sonohysterography (SHG), a simple ultrasound technique commonly used to evaluate the uterine cavity, improves the diagnostic capability of transvaginal ultrasound in detecting adenomyosis (a common benign condition of the uterus that causes dysmenorrhea, abnormal vaginal bleeding and pelvic pain),...

Peapod Expands NutriFilter Shopping Tool With Healthy Ideas Program

More Than Half of America's Youth Exceed Recommended Fat Intake; Online Tools Can Help Families Start a Healthy Diet Makeover QUINCY, Mass., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing its tradition of providing innovative online grocery shopping services, Peapod has expanded its NutriFilter sortin...

LifeMasters Introduces Health Activation Tool to Disease Management Participants

Innovator of the PAM™ Assessment in Chronic Disease Coaching Irvine, Calif. (Vocus) March 2, 2009 -- In keeping with its commitment to implement the latest advances in behavior change, LifeMasters Supported SelfCare, Inc. is the first disease management company ...

Smile Reminder Showcases Viral Marketing Tool at Chicago Dental Society's Midwinter Meeting

Leading Patient Communication Service introduces vSling for capturing and distributing patient testimonials on the web. LEHI, Utah, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Smile Reminder will highlight their newest practice-to-patient communication feature, vSling, at The 144th Chicago Dental Society Midwint...

New tool guides doctors to save cancer patients' fertility

CHICAGO --- The powerful chemotherapy and radiation used to save cancer patients' lives can also destroy their fertility. Research in a new field called oncofertility has advanced the ability of doctors to preserve the reproductive health of women, men and children who are diagnosed with cance...

Inexpensive depression screening tool works in resource poor countries

INDIANAPOLIS A study published in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine reports that a highly reliable depression screening tool known as the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) used across the United States and Europe can be effectively administered in resource...