Principle Pharmacy Group, Inc. Announces Founder's Retirement, New CEO, Officers and Appointments to Its Board of Directors

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Principle Pharmacy Group, Inc., a leading pharmacy services company providing institutional pharmacy management and specialty pharmacy services for long term acute care hospitals and community hospitals, announced the following: The company announced t...

Keeping Appointments Key to Keeping Vaccines on Track

Children fall behind on shots when parents don't make it to the doctor TUESDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- Scheduling issues, communication problems and a lack of belief in the importance of vaccinations have been identified as some of the biggest hurdles to getting parents to bring the...

China YCT International (OTCBB: CYIG) Strengthens Corporate Governance With Establishment of Audit Committee and Appointments of Three New Independent Directors

NEW YORK, April 13 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China YCT International Group Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: CYIG) ("China YCT" or "the Company"), a leading company engaged in the business of developing, manufacturing and marketing gingko-based products through its wholly owned subsidiary, Shand...

Council for Quality Respiratory Care Applauds President Obama's Appointments of Governor Sebelius, DeParle to Lead Health Care Efforts

Home Oxygen Community Welcomes New Leaders Known for Patient Advocacy, Thoughtful Reform Efforts WASHINGTON, March 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC), an alliance of leading home oxygen therapy providers and manufacturers who care for nearly one h...

BD Announces Executive Appointments of President and Chief Financial Officer

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX ) today announced the appointment of Vincent A. Forlenza as President, effective January 1, 2009, and David V. Elkins as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective Decembe...

WellPoint Announces Appointments of Lori Beer as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer; Martin Miller as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller

Beer acting CIO since May; Miller to join WellPoint Sept. 15 INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP ) today announced the appointments of Lori Beer as executive vice president and chief information officer and Martin Miller as senior vice president, chief accou...

Anpath Group, Inc. Announces Appointments of David V. Gilroy and Paul A. Boyer to Board of Directors

MOORESVILLE, N.C., Aug. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Anpath Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ANPG), today announced that effective July 28, 2008, Paul A. Boyer and David V. Gilroy have been appointed to its board of directors and to the board of directors of Anpath's subsidiary, EnviroSystems, ...

pMDsoft 4.1 for BlackBerry Takes Appointments and Call Schedule Wireless

pMDsoft, Inc. today released a major upgrade to its mobile charge capture software for the BlackBerry. Version 4.1 adds support for outpatient billing, allowing providers to enter charges directly from the day's appointments. The new release, which is free to existing customers, also gives...

Crdentia Announces Appointments of David Jenkins and Raymond Dunn to Board of Directors

Company's Board Expanded to Seven Members DALLAS, April 10, /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crdentia Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: CRDT), a leading healthcare staffing company, today said that its Board of Directors has elected David Jenkins and Raymond (Jay) Dunn to its Board of Directo...

Three New Director-Level Appointments at Adaptis

SEATTLE, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Adaptis, a leading provider of Business Process Integration solutions for health payers, today announced that it has recently filled three Director-level positions based at the company's Seattle headquarters. The new hires include: Darryl Thompson, Director of ...

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S.C. Medical Home Pilot for Diabetes Enrolls 1,110

...anagers aim to reduce gaps in care, such as missed appointments with specialists, and lifestyle issues such as med...tering patients for diabetic education, scheduling appointments with specialists, providing discount vouchers for ...make diet and exercise changes as well as schedule appointments for their concerns before the problem gets worse,"...

Commonwealth Fund Case Study Points to 'Continuous Innovation' at Group Health Cooperative

... decision-making so that care reflects their preferences. Easy Access to Appropriate Care Same-day primary care appointments for urgent needs. After-hours urgent care and telephonic nurse advice tied to EHR. Direct access to specialists. Group visits enhance educatio...

GreenBytes Wards Off Germs and Costly Computer Repairs

...e specialize in Germ-Free cleaning, too." GreenBytes offers free service demonstrations to illustrate the condition of home and office equipment. appointments are available through the company's Authorized Preventative Maintenance Specialists. For more information, visit: http://www.mygreenbytes.com . ...

Video: New Survey Finds Mothers See Influenza as a Serious Health Threat, but Often Don't Get Their Families Vaccinated

...rs for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Virtually all mothers (95 percent) in the survey say they have the responsibility of organizing appointments for family members to get immunized against influenza. "We surveyed mothers throughout the United States to assess their awareness about a fa...

Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Starts Advanced Breast-Cancer Risk-Assessment Program

...of the BRCA gene, which predisposes her to the disease. "So many doctors' appointments remind me of the thing that frightens me most," she said, "but so many doctors' appointments might just keep that thing -- breast cancer -- at bay forever. Or it may sa...

Enobia Pharma Appoints Industry Veterans with Commercial and Manufacturing Expertise to Expand Senior Management Team

...AL, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Enobia Pharma, a biotech company focused on developing novel therapeutics for serious bone disorders, today announced key appointments to add commercial and manufacturing expertise to the Company's senior management team in conjunction with the recent initiation of two clinical trials...

STAR Cranial Centers of Excellence Offer Cutting-Edge Treatment to Dallas Area Children

...o lives in Carrollton, it was especially challenging. Aguilar is legally blind. Dependant on public transportation to take her son to and from medical appointments and facing healthcare funding challenges because her children are on Medicaid, Aguilar was worried that her limited vision would cause added strain in...

Major Deficiencies in Design; Funding of Clinical Trials Affects Future of Scientific Innovation

...ical trials process. Modeled after the "navigator" program created at Harlem Hospital, patient navigation is a new tool that helps patients keep their appointments and solves their non-medical problems. Because of its potential to retain patients in medical research studies, an analogous process termed "participa...

UBC Forms European Advisory Board to Enhance Data Quality of CNS Trials

...pean Psychiatrists and the vice-president of the Vienna School of Clinical Research. -- Norman Sartorius, MD, PhD, FRCPsych., holds professorial appointments at the Universities of Geneva, Prague and Zagreb, as well as at several other universities in Europe, the USA and China. He has also served as...

Portrait(R) Plasma - A New Non-Surgical Option for one of the Most Requested Aesthetic Treatment - Aging Eyes

...and Medical Center, and was an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Tufts University School of Medicine. Over the next four years he earned faculty appointments in the Division of Otolaryngology at the New England Medical Center and the Divisions of Dermatology and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Bet...

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KeyChart®

Description:...By automating tasks such as prescription writing, referral letters, chart pulls, transcription, E&M coding, etc. Your office will be able to add more appointments to the schedule without having to increase staff. Based on the exam documentation created by the technician and physician, KeyChart® will recomme...
Company:KeyMedical Software, Inc.

NOW® Strep A Test

Description:...ction with rapid information before they leave your office. Now you can treat your patient immediately with the appropriate therapy; no more follow-up appointments or phone calls. Intended Use: The NOW® Strep A Test is a rapid immunochromatographic assay for the qualitative detection of Streptococcu...
Company:Binax, Inc.

MedPlexus Medical Billing Software

Features:... Patient appointments Charge capture Review appointment schedules Create bills ...
Company:1 Focus Medical Software

MedLook 3.0

Features:...tf) Use built in editor or preferred word processor Search functionality Format fonts, colors, etc. Include graphics, audio, video, etc. Multiple appointments simultaneously Next appointment prints with bill Multi-day, week, month views Multi-resource views Colors, times, etc., user configurable (per use...
Company:Fagerman Technologies, Inc.

AdvancedEMR for Group Practices

Features:... Clean and complete patient records Customizable tabs that let you categorize information in your patient charts Preview your appointments scheduled for the day Track items that need attention for past visits Assign tasks to your staff or reminders for yourself Access any pati...
Company:AdvancedMD Software, Inc.

AdvancedEMR for Small Practices

Features:... Clean and complete patient records Customizable tabs that let you categorize information in your patient charts Preview your appointments scheduled for the day Track items that need attention for past visits Assign tasks to your staff or reminders for yourself Access any pati...
Company:AdvancedMD Software, Inc.

NDC Lytec Medical 2004 Practice Management Software

Features:... Submit electronic or paper claims Schedule patient appointments with Lytec Scheduler Professional Print over 25 reports, including day sheets, transaction journals, monthly and yearly summaries, aging, and more ...
Company:Microwize Technology, Inc.

Clinic Pro Medical Software

Features:...s patient statements on plain paper or statement forms direct to responsible party Full-featured appointment scheduler including tracking of missed appointments and cancellations Multiple appointment scheduling for repeat visits; room scheduler; sequential appointment scheduling Point-and-click transacti...
Company:ClinicPro Medical Software

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Tyrosinemia

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New technique can fast-track better ionic liquids for biomass pre-treatments

...oring the paper with Simmons were his JBEI colleague Seema Singh, and Kenneth Vogel, of the Agricultural Research Service. Simmons and Singh also hold appointments with Sandia National Laboratories. Auto-fluorescence is an intrinsic optical property of biological materials that has often been viewed as a nuisa...

The coming of biofuels: Study shows reducing gasoline emissions will benefit human health

...iofuels Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) that he carried out in collaboration with Agnes Lobscheid, an environmental scientist who also holds joint appointments with Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley. "In a typical LCIA, we evaluate the potential impact on human health and the environment of a product or activ...

'Father of green chemistry' Paul Anastas to head EPA research

...fice of Research and Development. Anastas is currently director of the Center for Green Chemistry & Green Engineering at Yale, where he holds joint appointments in chemistry, chemical engineering and the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. His research focuses on the design of safer chemicals and chemi...

Five outstanding young gastroenterologists receive AGA Foundation 2009 Research Scholars Award

...lar, recipients have made important contributions to the field of gastroenterology and many former award recipients have gone on to hold distinguished appointments in major medical institutions in the U.S. and Canada. Since 1984, the AGA and its Foundation has awarded more than $20 million to fund 150 Research...

Computer model predicts brain tumor growth and evolution

...medicine at Brown. "By testing potential therapies in the computer, we can get our new drugs much faster to patients." Bearer, who also has faculty appointments in the Division of Engineering and the Department of Music, worked with a number of collaborators on the project, including co-author and Vittorio Chr...

UCSD researchers make first direct observations of biological particles in high-altitude ice clouds

...iological particles within ice clouds. The team, led by Kerri Pratt, a Ph.D. student of atmospheric chemistry Professor Kim Prather, who also holds appointments at Scripps Institution of Oceanography as well as the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCSD, sampled water droplet and ice crystal residues...

$10 million Simons Foundation gift supports new initiative with Institute for Advanced Study

... initiative. Leibler is interested in the quantitative description of biological systems, both on cellular and population levels. He has held academic appointments at the Centre d'tudes de Saclay, France, and Princeton University before joining Rockefeller University in 2001 as Gladys T. Perkin Professor. In 2003...

Unlikely life thriving at Antarctica's Blood Falls

... "We found that the isotopes of Fe(II) in the brines are shifted in a way that is consistent with this microbial process," said Anbar, who holds joint appointments in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Even the...

Collaboration leads to success: Most powerful computer of its kind in western N.Y. available worldwide

...ng, which creates new methods of investigation that allow scholars to address previously unsolvable problems, according to Miller who holds scientific appointments at both Hauptman-Woodward as a senior scientist and at the University at Buffalo as a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. Th...

Two Hutchinson Center researchers named HHMI Early Career Scientists

...ion he uncovers to develop drugs that will re-sensitize tumors to cancer therapies. Malik and Taniguchi will begin their six-year, nonrenewable HHMI appointments in September 2009. The Institute anticipates another Early Career Scientist competition in 2012. ...

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Sangart, Inc. Announces Key Executive Appointments and Company Restructuring

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Sangart, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on the research, development and commercialization of oxygen-therapeutic agents, today announced a company restructuring that includes the addition of four key leadership positions and a signifi...

Two New Appointments at Meditor Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

REHOVOT, Israel, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Meditor Pharmaceuticals Ltd. announced today the appointment of Prof. Arie Schachner to serve as a Senior Medical Advisor to the company. Dr. Schachner has been a member of Meditor's Scientific Advisory Board since 2001 and will now take a more active ...

Senetek PLC Announces Appointments of Key Personnel

NAPA, Calif., March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Senetek PLC (OTC Bulletin Board: SNKTY), a Life Sciences company engaged in the development of technologies that target the science of healthy aging, today announced that the Company has brought on two Veteran Sales and Marketing Executives, and ...

Medefield Announces New Appointments to North American Business Unit

NEW YORK, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Medefield Group, the number one provider of global online services to medical market research, consulting and communications companies, is pleased to announce new leadership for its North America business unit. After another year of unprecedented growth at...

Nitec Pharma AG Announces Appointments of CEO & CFO in Preparation for Launch of Lodotra(R)

REINACH, Switzerland, September 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Nitec Pharma AG, today announced the appointments of Anders Harfstrand as Chief Executive Officer, and Andrea Buscaglia as Chief Financial Officer. Both executives bring with them a wealth of strategic knowledge and expertise which complement t...

Biocept, Inc. Announces Two New Director Appointments

SAN DIEGO, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Biocept, Inc. ("Biocept"), an emerging leader in biotechnology, announced today the appointment of Daniel H. Petree and M. Faye Wilson as Directors. "We are pleased to welcome Dan and Faye to our Board. Their experience will be invaluable to us as we move in...

Horizon Therapeutics Announces Senior Management Appointments

SKOKIE, Ill., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Horizon Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, today announced the appointment of Amy Grahn to vice president, clinical operations and Iain Duncan to senior vice president of operations. "Amy and Iain bring valuable operation...

Biocept, Inc. Announces CEO and Director Appointments

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Biocept, Inc. ("Biocept"), an emerging leader in biotechnology, announced today the appointment of Stephen M. Coutts, Ph.D. as CEO, President and Director and the appointment of Edward A. Dennis, Ph.D., as Director. Biocept also announced the resignation of it...

SyntheMed Announces New Management Appointments

ISELIN, N.J., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SyntheMed, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SYMD) announced today that Richard L. Franklin, MD, the company's Chairman, has assumed the newly-created position of Executive Chairman and Gere S. diZerega, MD, one of the company's clinical advisors, has ass...

Algenol Biofuels Further Strengthens Team With Key Appointments

Greg Schlicht and Dax Denman Join as Company Enters Commercialization Phase NAPLES, Fla., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Algenol Biofuels, developers of DIRECT TO ETHANOL(TM), the most advanced third generation biofuels technology, today announced the continued growth of the company with the appointme...