Columbus, Ind. Newest Addition to Statewide Health IT Network Aimed at Coordinating Care and Improving Patient Outcomes COLUMBUS, Ind.(BUSINESS WIRE) Columbus Regional Hospital is bringing the nation’s largest health [...]
WOONSOCKET, R.I., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ CVS Caremark announced today that it will partner with Direct Relief USA to offer up to $5 million in free flu shots to community clinic and health center patients who lack health insurance. Direct Relief USA is a non-profit organization that works with 1,100 clinics and health centers in [...]
CALGARY – Alberta Health Services plans to open 132 new beds in three Calgary hospitals this fall.Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky announced today that the beds will open at the Foothills, Peter Lougheed and Rockyview General hospitals at a cost of $15.7 million annually.A combination of 153 full- and part-time nursing and care staff is [...]
- Model Serves as a Bridge to Health Care Reform Requirements – RESTON, Va.(BUSINESS WIRE) MAXIMUS (NYSE:MMS) announced today that it has signed a new contract with the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy [...]
- Program Empowers Patients to Make Informed Decisions about their Health – SACRAMENTO, Calif.(BUSINESS WIRE) Health Net Federal Services, LLC, part of the Government Contracts segment of Health [...]
Robert W. Baird Health Care Conference on Tuesday, September 14 at 10 a.m. ET Fifth Annual JMP Securities Health Care Conference on Tuesday, September 28 at 1 p.m. ET [...]
NEW YORK Medco Health Solutions Inc., the largest U.S. pharmacy benefits management company, spent $600,000 in the second quarter as it lobbied the federal government on health care reform legislation and other issues.Medco said it discussed issues including the health care reform law, economic stimulus funding for electronic health records, generic versions of biologic [...]
HOUSTON, Sept. 7 The University of Texas System Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news release:The process to transform medicine through the use of electronic health record systems has taken a big step in the southern region of Texas with the opening of a new center to help frontline healthcare providers utilize [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation issued the following news release:The United States must focus on conserving the use of antibacterial drugs, or face a public health crisis from rapidly rising rates of antibiotic-resistant infections, according to an analysis out today.Evidence indicates that our nation’s supply of antibiotics is being depleted by [...]
Health Integrated, a leading provider of Health Management Solutions for health plans, announced that it was named to the prestigious Inc. 5000 list for 2010. This is the second year in a row that Health Integrated is included in the rankings, an exclusive annual review of the most entrepreneurial and fastest-growing private companies in America [...]
