Medical Transcription Services News
- Nuance buys Webmedx Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:37PMNuance Communications Inc., a Burlington company known for such speech recognition products as Dragon Naturally Speaking, said it has bought Webmedx, an Atlanta company specializing in medical transcription services.
- MedQuist Holdings and M*Modal to Merge Creating the New Standard for Clinical Information Workflow Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:55PMFinancial Highlights
- MedQuist Holdings Hires 28-Year Healthcare IT Veteran as Chairman and CEO Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:54PMFRANKLIN, Tenn. -- MedQuist Holdings Inc. , a leading provider of integrated clinical documentation solutions for the U.S. healthcare industry, announced the Board of Directors has appointed Roger L.
- Joan O'Brien: She spent a lifetime helping others Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 5:53PMJoan O'Brien, a registered nurse for more than 50 years, dedicated her life to helping people.
- The genome guardian's dimmer switch: Regulating p53 is a matter of life or death Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 4:30PM( Salk Institute ) Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have found clues to the functioning of an important damage response protein in cells. The protein, p53, can cause cells to stop dividing or even to commit suicide when they show signs of DNA damage, and it is responsible for much of the tissue destruction that follows exposure to ionizing radiation or DNA-damaging drugs ...
- Career Step Attends Military Spouse Employment Partnership Signing Ceremony Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 3:48AMCareer Step has been honored as a Military Spouse Employment Partner at a ceremony held June 29 in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Career Step is now included as an employment resources for military spouses.Provo, UT (PRWEB) June 30, 2011 Career Step, a leading online school, has been honored as a Military Spouse Employment Partner. The signing took place at a ceremony held ...
- The Cancer Genome Atlas completes detailed ovarian cancer analysis Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 12:14PM( NIH/National Cancer Institute ) An analysis of genomic changes in ovarian cancer has provided the most comprehensive and integrated view of cancer genes for any cancer type to date. Serous adenocarcinoma is the most prevalent form of ovarian cancer, accounting for about 85 percent of all ovarian cancer deaths. TCGA researchers completed whole-exome sequencing, which examines the protein-coding ...
- USPTO awards patent for key therapeutic ingredient in CNVN202 targeted molecular cancer therapy Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 7:05AMConvergen LifeSciences, Inc. announced today that a United States Patent has been awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office jointly to The University of Texas System Board of Regents and The Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- North metro news briefs: Andover Fun Fest parade to be telecast live Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 12:11AMQCTV community television will provide live coverage of the July 9 Andover Family Fun Fest parade. The event, part of the city's annual celebration, will begin at 11 a.m., and QCTV will air it via webcast at www.qctv.org . QCTV will also rebroadcast the parade on channel 15 in the days following the parade.
- Tampa Bay Endoscopy Center Selects ProVation Medical Software for Procedure Documentation and Coding Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 8:30AMMINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Tampa Bay Endoscopy Center has selected its ProVation® MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding. ProVation MD, available for the full range of ASC specialties, replaces dictation and transcription and allows ...
- NCO Healthcare Services Receives Prestigious HFMA Peer Review Designation Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 7:09PMHORSHAM, Pa., June 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NCO Group, Inc. ("NCO"), a global provider of business process outsourcing solutions, announced today that its Healthcare Services division was recently reviewed by The Healthcare Financial Management Association's (HFMA) Peer Review Process. HFMA is the leading membership organization for healthcare financial management executives and leaders. As a ...
- VIVA Transcription Launches Cutting Edge Desktop Software Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 1:23PMRelease Marks Important Milestone in Diversifying Technology Alternatives for Customers
- CCC board approves contract for next president Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 12:24PMThe Clovis Community College board of trustees approved a five-year, $145,000 a year contract Wednesday for incoming president Becky Rowley. Rowley, CCC’s executive vice president, was chosen as President John Neibling’s successor in April....
- Current opinion in structural biology and DNA repair Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 8:46AM( Elsevier ) Elsevier, the leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is organising the third Current Opinion conference, the Current Opinion in Structural Biology & DNA Repair.
- Elsevier to organise third Current Opinion conference in structural biology, DNA repair Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 5:58AMElsevier, the leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is organising the third Current Opinion conference, the Current Opinion in Structural Biology & DNA Repair.
- RadNet, Inc. Announces a Comprehensive Radiology Services Agreement in Southern California With Pioneers Memorial ... Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 5:00AMLOS ANGELES -- RadNet, Inc. , a national leader in providing high-quality, cost-effective diagnostic imaging services through a network of 206 owned and operated outpatient imaging centers, announced today that it has executed a series of agreements to provide a comprehensive array of radiology services to Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District and related parties in the Imperial Valley region ...
- Jordan- Emerging Technologies and Nuance holds first regional seminar Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 12:26AMJordan- Emerging Technologies and Nuance holds first regional seminar
- "Speech Recognition Technology for Healthcare Sector" Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 12:21AMAMMAN, Jordan - The First regional seminar entitled "Speech Recognition Technology for Healthcare Sector" was held recently at the Sheraton Hotel with a wide participation of experts and interested people in the medical field.
- Geisinger reports positive results with computer-assisted and NLC-driven intelligent workflow solution Thursday, May 26, 2011 @ 8:48AMGeisinger Health System, widely recognized for its implementation of innovative care models, is among the first healthcare organizations in the nation to deploy advanced technology that combines a Computer-Assisted Coding application with Natural Language Comprehension™ (NLC) in order to improve clinical documentation and coding accuracy.
- Mobile software for doctors on the go Saturday, May 21, 2011 @ 2:01PMA new product from 3M helps doctors cut down on paperwork, maybe even Post-its.
- 9 Health Care Stocks With 100% Buy Ratings Thursday, May 5, 2011 @ 3:31PMNEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Transcend Services, Emergent BioSolutions, Athersys and MediciNova are among 9 stocks with 100% buy ratings from analysts. In comparison, pharma giants Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck, Abbott Laboratories and Bristol Myers Squibb have buy ratings in the range of 30%-70%. In addition, analysts expect these nine stocks to outperform their peers and broader markets, based ...
- Transcend Reports Earnings Per Share of $0.34 for the First Quarter of 2011 – 32% Revenue Growth and Significant ... Thursday, May 5, 2011 @ 5:12AMATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TRANSCEND REPORTS EARNINGS PER SHARE OF $0.34 FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2011 – 32% REVENUE GROWTH AND SIGNIFICANT MARGIN IMPROVEMENT
- Transcend Acquires DTS America Tuesday, May 3, 2011 @ 5:09AMATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TRANSCEND ACQUIRES DTS AMERICA
- BayScribe Announces Availability of Structured, Coded Data with CDA Output Monday, May 2, 2011 @ 12:00PMBayScribe announced several key relationships and enhancements to the BayScribe Clinical Documentation System (CDS) today including the ability to offer coded data via C32 output through its partnership with Intelligent Medical Objects®
- New Enhanced Website Offers Solutions for Improved Physician Productivity Monday, May 2, 2011 @ 8:00AMClinical Documentation Solution Provider InHealthCDS Launches New Enhanced Website with Goal of Improved Physician Productivity Through Streamlined Workflow
- The Medical Center of Plano Selects ProVation Medical Software for Procedure Documentation and Coding Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 8:44AMMINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that The Medical Center of Plano has selected its ProVation® MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding. ProVation MD replaces dictation and transcription and allows physicians to efficiently document procedures at the ...
- The Medical Center of Plano Selects ProVation Medical Software for Procedure Documentation and Coding Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 8:31AMWolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that The Medical Center of Plano has selected its ProVation® MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.
- Heartland Bridge Capital Announces Acquisition Tuesday, March 22, 2011 @ 5:52PMiSafe Imaging Becomes a Heartland Company
- Heartland Bridge Capital Announces Acquisition Tuesday, March 22, 2011 @ 5:46PMMAHWAH, NJ--(Marketwire - 03/22/11) - Heartland Bridge Capital (OTC.BB: HLBC - News ) announced today that it has acquired a group of companies comprising iSafe Imaging. iSafe Imaging provides digital file conversion services that convert legacy information of various formats into valuable, usable information. Services include document imaging, tape copying and transcription, data replication ...
- MD-IT Partners with DrFirst to Deliver Comprehensive E-Prescribing Functionality to Clients Tuesday, March 22, 2011 @ 3:01AMFully Integrated E-Prescribing Solution Will Dramatically Improve Prescribing Safety and Efficiency Boulder, CO (PRWEB) March 21, 2011 MD-IT announced today its new partnership with DrFirst to provide comprehensive e-prescribing functionality to physician practices using the MD-IT Platform. The fully integrated e-prescribing solution will enable customers to improve prescribing safety and ...
- Reportlinker Adds Global Biochips Industry Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 11:18AMReportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
- MD-IT Partners with DrFirst to Deliver Comprehensive E-Prescribing Functionality to Clients Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 8:01AMFully Integrated E-Prescribing Solution Will Dramatically Improve Prescribing Safety and Efficiency
- MD-IT Partners with DrFirst to Deliver Comprehensive E-Prescribing Functionality to Clients Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 2:15AMFully Integrated E-Prescribing Solution Will Dramatically Improve Prescribing Safety and Efficiency (PRWeb March 21, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/03/prweb5173904.htm
- Scientists find key mechanism of childhood respiratory disease Monday, March 7, 2011 @ 11:47AM( University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston ) Researchers have identified a critical part of the process by which one of the world's most common and dangerous early childhood infections, respiratory syncytial virus, causes disease.
- Atlanta-based competitor to buy DTS America of Brentwood Monday, March 7, 2011 @ 11:26AMBrentwood company would be second local medical transcription services company to be sold in just over a year.
- AssistMed Highlights Cost- and Time-Savings to Physicians and Billing Service Companies With Its Duet(TM) Digital Pen ... Monday, March 7, 2011 @ 9:00AMLOS ANGELES -- AssistMed, Inc. today announced the results of an informal survey demonstrating improved time- and cost-savings to physicians and billing services through the utilization of the company's Duet Digital Pen and Custom Form applications product, compared with traditional methods for capturing and delivering patient encounter data.
- Black Book 30,000 Physcian Survey Ranks CureMD as Top EMR Sunday, March 6, 2011 @ 8:01AMA poll conducted by Black Book Rankings, a division of the market research firm Brown-Wilson Group, ranked four electronic medical record vendors as the top EMRs based on physician satisfaction.
- Black Book 30,000 Physcian Survey Ranks CureMD as Top EMR Sunday, March 6, 2011 @ 2:25AMA poll conducted by Black Book Rankings, a division of the market research firm Brown-Wilson Group, ranked four electronic medical record vendors as the top EMRs based on physician satisfaction. (PRWeb March 06, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/03/prweb5133784.htm
- Novel mechanism for control of gene expression revealed Friday, March 4, 2011 @ 9:31AM( Boston University Medical Center ) Dr. David Levin, professor of molecular and cell biology at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine and Professor of Microbiology at Boston University School of Medicine discovered recently a novel, evolutionarily conserved mechanism for the regulation of gene expression.
- ASU receives W. M. Keck $1 million grant to build next-generation 3D imaging microscope Wednesday, March 2, 2011 @ 11:04PMThe W. M. Keck Foundation has awarded Arizona State University a $1 million grant to the team of scientists led by Deirdre Meldrum, Ph.D., at the Biodesign Institute.
- 6 Health-Care IPOs; 3 Worth Watching Monday, February 28, 2011 @ 5:26PMLook for the ones fast out of the gate.
- DT Interpreting Service Installed in Ryan/Chelsea-Clinton Health Center in New York City Thursday, February 24, 2011 @ 9:08AMNew Installations in NYC and Central IL Continue Company's Growth and Development of Widely Available and Affordable Interpreting Services for Healthcare
- DT Interpreting Service Installed in Ryan/Chelsea-Clinton Health Center in New York City Thursday, February 24, 2011 @ 8:39AMPITTSBURGH, PA--(Marketwire - 02/24/11) - Deaf-Talk, Inc. dba DT Interpreting (Pinksheets: MGQG - News ), (DTI) the industry leader in on-demand video sign language interpreting, announced today that it recently signed contracts with the Ryan/Chelsea-Clinton Community Health Center in Midtown West NYC, as well as with Advocate BroMenn Medical Center and Advocate Eureka Hospital in central ...
- MedQuist Introduces Ground-breaking Advances in Speech Recognition to Accelerate EHR Adoption at HIMSS 2011 Wednesday, February 23, 2011 @ 5:15PMMOUNT LAUREL, N.J., Feb. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MedQuist Inc., (Nasdaq: MEDQ) a leading provider of integrated clinical documentation solutions for the healthcare industry, announces it will be highlighting the next generation of clinical documentation technology at the 2011 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference & Exhibition being held from February 20 ...
- M*Modal Showcases its Speech Understanding™ Integrated Within EHRs Wednesday, February 23, 2011 @ 9:48AMPITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At the HIMSS11 conference, M*Modal is featuring and demonstrating an application of its Speech Understanding™ suite designed specifically to be integrated into Electronic Health Record systems. This approach permits physicians to create narrative documentation from directly within the EHR, closing the gaps created by the constrained structured documentation modes of ...
- M*Modal Showcases its Speech Understanding™ Integrated Within EHRs Wednesday, February 23, 2011 @ 9:34AMAt the HIMSS11 conference, M*Modal is featuring and demonstrating an application of its Speech Understanding™ suite designed specifically to be integrated into Electronic Health Record systems.
- Jordan Hospital lays off four managers, one member of senior leadership Tuesday, February 22, 2011 @ 5:49PMA corporate shake-up? Maybe. But Jordan Hospital is calling the departure of a member of its senior leadership team and four other managers a “strategic personnel change.” Christopher Smalley, Jordan’s director of marketing and communications, confirmed the staff departures Tuesday morning, responding to rumors that the hospital’s director of medicine and several other members of the senior ...
- Candelis Releases Next-Generation Technology Tuesday, February 22, 2011 @ 12:35AMConnects Install Base of 1,100 to Its ASTRA(TM) Cloud Infrastructure
- Candelis Releases Next-Generation Technology Tuesday, February 22, 2011 @ 12:28AMIRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - 02/22/11) - Candelis today announced the release of its next generation technology -- code-named 'Badlands' -- a WAN optimized solution which also enables its entire customer base to leverage the capabilities available in its ASTRA cloud services platform through a simple software upgrade. Candelis' ImageGrid appliances have been implemented at over 1,100 medical ...
- Precyse Solutions Demonstrates Breakthrough Automated Clinical Documentation and Natural Language Processing-enabled ... Monday, February 21, 2011 @ 7:00AMPrecyse Solutions, a leader in health information management services and technologies, will showcase PrecyseCodeâ¢, the most advanced health information management platform available today, at the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society Annual Conference & Exhibition February 20 â 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. .