Friday, December 18, 2009

Emerging Market Blue Chips - Yahoo Finance

Seek profit from strong economies in emerging markets, where demographics and government policies are driving impressive growth. That\'s advice barely dented by the recession and financial crisis. But this wisdom comes with caveats: These markets are ...

Web 2.0 and your chiropractic practice - Chiropractic Economics

If you think a Yellow Pages listing, postcard mailings, and health fair booths are the tickets to growing and sustaining your practice, you might want to think again. But if the mere thought of diving into the ever-changing and growing virtual world ...

MVISION: mvision Extends \'Homeworker\' Video Conferencing Offer to Snow ... - TMCnet

London, UK, Dec 18, 2009 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Managed video conferencing service provider, mvision today announced a Video Homeworker Package to help UK businesses stay in face-to-face contact with colleagues, suppliers, partners or clients ...

Technology firm OST will be anchor tenant of renovated Drueke Building on Grand Rapids\' West Side (The Grand Rapids Press)

Deal transforms the inside of a once-derelict West Side factory into a high-tech playground.

CareTech Solutions Named 2009 \'Best in KLAS\' for Extensive Information Technology Outsourcing for the Second ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

CareTech Solutions , an information technology and web products and services provider for hospitals and health systems, was named Best in KLAS, Extensive IT Outsourcing segment, in the 2009 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services report.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Provider use of electronic communications with patients « HITECH ...

The Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and its HIT Policy Committee worked hard throughout the summer to develop a framework for the “meaningful use” standards required to qualify for electronic ...

NextGen EHR Named a CCHIT Certified® 2011 Ambulatory EHR (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

HORSHAM, Pa.----NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. and a leading provider of ambulatory healthcare and connectivity solutions, today announced that NextGen® EHR version 5.6 has earned designation as a premarket conditionally CCHIT Certified® 2011 Ambulatory EHR, additionally certified for Child Health and Cardiovascular Medicine with ...

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

A 10-Point Plan to Drive Down Health Care Costs & Expand Coverage - Huffingtonpost.com

Without health care reform, premiums are expected to escalate dramatically in the upcoming years, pricing many Americans out of the market and into the ranks of the uninsured. There is also a rampant misconception that health insurance is stable and ...

Most lab results still on paper, impeding push for e-health records - Nextgov

Digitizing medical lab tests is one of the key components of a plan to develop a national electronic health record system, but the majority of lab reports are issued in paper form, one of the top executives heading up the initiative told a health ...

Maternity care equipment introduced at exhibition (Gulf Times)

New maternity care equipment has been introduced by Cerner Corporation, a leading US supplier of healthcare information technology (HIT) solutions, at Qatar Health 2009 yesterday.

Restaurant inspection reports hit the web (The Sudbury Star)

The Sudbury & District Health Unit is now posting its restaurant inspection reports online at www.sdhu.com. Activities conducted as of Nov. 1, were posted Monday on the health unit\'s website.[...]

UPDATE: Obama FTC Nominee Brill Faced Drug-Benefit Managers (Nasdaq)

(Adds new information on committee hearing, in the 14th through 16th paragraphs.) Pharmacy-benefit managers and other health-industry sectors may face closer scrutiny under President Barack Obama\'s Federal Trade Commission if his nomination of Julie Brill for a spot on the panel is any indication.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

The Journal Editorial Report: 12/5 - FOX News

\" This week on The Journal Editorial Report Obama\'s Afghan escalation. President promises 30000. More troops but is -- not enough. The architect of the Iraq surge is here and with critics timing in from the left and the right our panel weighs the ...

Overnight News Digest: Science Saturday (Next week, Copenhagen edition ... - DAILY KOS

Welcome to Science Saturday, where the Overnight News Digest crew informs and entertains you with this week\'s news about science, space, and the environment. This week\'s featured story comes from Discovery News. Get fresh perspectives on the Crab ...

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Science and Technology, Lifes Changing » Blog Archive » Health ...

Ok so i am majoring in health information technology. I want to get my aa degree first and work as a registered health information technician (RHIT). I was wondering can i move up to be a medical and health service manager with a masters degree? I am planning to graduate with aa degree in hit and work while i go back to school to get my masters in health service management. Whom do i talk to? and do they have any schools in california, LA where i can take health service ...

County manager recommends extra employee in rural addressing division - Ruidoso News

While he warned during a mid-year budget review about adding any recurring expenses with so many revenue uncertainties ahead, Lincoln County Manager Tom Stewart still advocated adding another employee in the rural addressing division. The slot might ...

CDC warns of fake swine flu e-mails 5:24 - Town Hall

Health officials are warning the public about fake e-mails inviting people to sign up for swine flu vaccine registrations. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials this week put out an advisory about... Surgeon general: More minority ...

Starbucks Holiday Wish: Love Heard around the World - Financial Post

An unprecedented event that will unite individuals, communities, nations and cultures through the universal language of music as a celebration of Starbucks one year anniversary in partnership with (RED) TM . On December 7th, at 1:30pm GMT (8:30am EST ...

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

South Jersey Healthcare Launches Innovative Program to Reduce Hospital ... - SYS-CON Media (press release)

South Jersey Healthcare Launches Innovative Program to Reduce Hospital ...SYS-CON Media (press release)Tel-Assurance takes a collaborative and simple health information technology (HIT) approach to chronic care management, which simplifies care coordination. ...and more »

Sebelius, Blumenthal announce $235M for community HIT grants - Healthcare IT News

TopNews United StatesSebelius, Blumenthal announce $235M for community HIT grantsHealthcare IT NewsWASHINGTON – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and David Blumenthal, MD, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, ...Sebelius announces $235 million for HIT advancementModernHealthcare.comall 64 news articles »

Imaging e-Ordering Coalition Adds to Its Membership - Trading Markets (press release)

Imaging e-Ordering Coalition Adds to Its MembershipTrading Markets (press release)The Coalition works to promote Health Information Technology (HIT) enabled decision-support (e-Ordering) as a solution to assure that all patients receive ...and more »

Also In Global Health News: Cell Phones Reduce Maternal Mortality; Kenya Cholera Outbreak; Drug-Resistant Salmonella (Medical News Today)

Cell Phone Program Reduces Maternal Mortality In Ghana IRIN looks at local programs in Ghana that \"have cut dramatically the number of women dying during childbirth\" by facilitating medical care through cell phone use. The publication writes that three years ago as part of the Millennium Villages project, \"mobile handset producer Ericsson teamed with mobile telecommunications firm Zain to ...

Jobless: 10 percent is tougher than it used to be (Park Hills Daily Journal)

WASHINGTON (AP) — It hurts more to be unemployed now than the last time the jobless rate hit 10 percent.

Employment Picture In The Metro (WOWT Omaha)

New national unemployment figures paint a gloomy picture with a silver lining. While the economy has not hit the Omaha metro as hard, layoffs continue to present challenges for many.

LA 2009: 2011 Ford Mustang V6 on show floor with little fanfare - autoblog

What's the big deal, you ask? For starters, the new 3.7-liter V6 is putting out 305 horsepower and 280 lb-ft torque, a significant improvement over the aging 4.0-liter engine that it replaces. As a bonus, the new engine will net an expected 30 mpg on ...
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Millennium Predictions That Got Things Right - and Those That Didn't - io9.com

A decade ago, the world was braced for the Y2K bug and everyone was prognosticating about the 21st century. Ten years into the new millennium, we look back at those predictions and decide which still seem likely - or not. Science and Technology Right ...
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