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Vocational education programs deserve funding Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:56PMHow many times have you heard the refrain, “How can I find a good mechanic around here?” Anyone who has lived in Tuolumne or Calaveas county for awhile knows that plenty of well-qualified mechanics are doing business in the Mother Lode, and are happy to tell anyone who asks about their favorite. But here’s great news: That list of excellent auto mechanics has just grown by at least a half-dozen ...
Welch Allyn Unveils Cure For Vital Sign Documentation Errors At The Point Of Care Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:02AMWelch Allyn, a leading global manufacturer of frontline medical products and solutions, today announced it has found a way to significantly reduce vital signs documentation errors from acute care settings. By converging all aspects of vital signs documentation into one system, including patient data capture and wireless transfer to an EMR, medical charting and documentation errors are reduced ...
Brain tumor teaches man patience Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:13AMPENSACOLA (FBW)—Paul Trippe, a member of Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola, had reconciled himself to a life of excruciating pain when a prayer request in his Sunday School class led him on a quest for healing.
MedQuist to Exhibit at HealthTrust University Conference Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:15PMMT. LAUREL, N.J., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- MedQuist Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDQ), a leading provider of medical transcription services and technology-enabled clinical documentation workflow solutions, will be a featured exhibitor (Booth # 703) at Raising the Stakes, the annual HealthTrust University Conference & Vendor Fair being held August 30-September 1, 2010, in Las Vegas, Nevada. HealthTrust ...
MedQuist to Exhibit at HealthTrust University Conference Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:30AMMedQuist Inc. , a leading provider of medical transcription services and technology-enabled clinical documentation workflow solutions, will be a featured exhibitor at Raising the Stakes, the annual HealthTrust University Conference & Vendor Fair being held August 30-September 1, 2010, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Â
Light, Circadian Rhythms Affect Vast Range Of Physiological, Behavioral Functions Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:50AMA new study of the genetic basis of circadian rhythms - the biological responses related to daily light exposure - has found that a few minutes of light exposure in a fungus directly affects a huge range of its biological functions, everything from reproduction to coloring and DNA repair. Prior to this, five "DNA binding sites" in this fungus were known to be responsible for gene activation by ...
MONDAY'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 3:56AMBicycle Ride Meet at 6 p.m. Mondays at Barney's Bicycle, 165 Chandler St., Worcester, for a 12- to 15-mile bicycle ride around Holden Reservoir with the Seven Hills Wheelmen. Helmets are required. (508) 831-0301 or www.sevenhillswheelmen.org.
Researchers recommend action to reverse federal court decision on embryonic stem cell research ban Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:48AMAgainst a backdrop of some of the world's most sophisticated biological research labs, Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) this morning issued a challenge to his colleagues in Congress immediately upon their return from summer recess, he urged, they should pass legislation that would reverse a recent Federal court decision that has brought embryonic stem cell research in the U.S. to a screeching ...
DiagnoCure Retains JMP to Help with Lab Business Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 2:25PMNEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – DiagnoCure this week said that it has retained the financial services firm JMP Securities to help it increase business for its DiagnoCure Oncology Laboratories.
Meditech to help Covenant patients get 'perfect care' Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 12:13PMCovenant Hospital has launched a technological upgrade through a new computer system designed to help deliver "perfect care" to patients.
I Want My DNA! Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 10:40AMWriting in the New Scientist , Daniel MacArthur and Caroline Wright say that when it comes to DTC genetic testing, they "believe that regulation is needed, but are worried that it will focus too heavily on 'protecting' consumers from their own genomes."
Genotyping Study Turns Up Risk Variants for T2D-Related Kidney Complication in Chinese Population Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 9:39AMNEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Chinese researchers reported in today's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association that they have uncovered genetic variants linked to serious kidney complications in Chinese individuals with type 2 diabetes.
Phelps County Regional Medical Center Selects ProVation Medical Software for Gastroenterology Procedure Documentation ... Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 9:21AMMINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Phelps County Regional Medical 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 ...
Phelps County Regional Medical Center Selects ProVation Medical Software for Gastroenterology Procedure Documentation ... Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 9:12AMMINNEAPOLIS----Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Phelps County Regional Medical Center has selected its ProVation® MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.
CHCA selects MedQuist to improve clinical documentation workflow Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 7:33AMMedQuist Inc., a leading provider of medical transcription services, and a leader in technology-enabled clinical documentation workflow, continues to build partnerships with the nation's top healthcare organizations by developing and implementing solutions that form the backbone of clinical documentation workflow management.
Reportlinker Adds Protein Kinase Therapeutics in Oncology - Where to Commercialize? Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 7:15AMReportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
Healthcare Providers Achieve Meaningful Use Without Compromising Efficiency, According to New White Paper from Scribe ... Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 5:00AMScribe Healthcare Technologies, Inc. (http://www.scribe.com), released its new white paper titled, “Achieving Meaningful Use Without Compromising Efficiency.” This white paper targets hospitals, practices, and medical transcription companies seeking to enable their personnel as they grapple with newly released requirements for the HITECH Act.
Registration for fall Salem Community College classes set this Tues. Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 3:09AMCARNEYS POINT TWP. - Salem Community College will register students for fall semester classes on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 24 and 25, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Student Affairs, Donaghay Hall, 460 Hollywood Ave.
Scientists Pinpoint Earliest Steps of Common Form of Muscular Dystrophy Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 7:16PMLEIDEN, The Netherlands, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly two decades after they identified the specific genetic flaw that causes a common type of muscular dystrophy, scientists believe they have figured out how that flaw brings about the disease. The finding by an international team of researchers settles a longstanding question about the roots of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy ...
Earliest steps of common form of muscular dystrophy pinpointed Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 2:14PMNearly two decades after they identified the specific genetic flaw that causes a common type of muscular dystrophy, scientists believe they have figured out how that flaw brings about the disease. The finding by an international team of researchers settles a longstanding question about the roots of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy or FSHD and points to a new therapeutic target.
Scientists pinpoint earliest steps of common form of muscular dystrophy Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:09PMNearly two decades after they identified the specific genetic flaw that causes a common type of muscular dystrophy, scientists believe they have figured out how that flaw brings about the disease. The finding by an international team of researchers, including scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center, settles a longstanding question about the roots of facioscapulohumeral muscular ...
Research Finds New Link Between Inflammation And Cancer Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 9:36AMVirginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers have uncovered a new link between chronic inflammation and cancer. Although cancers do not always cause inflammation, chronic inflammation is known to help tumor cells grow. In an article published in the June issue of Nature, VCU Massey scientists Sarah Spiegel, Ph.D., and Tomasz Kordula, Ph.D., and their co-authors examine how ...
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Awards Contract to 3M for Document Management and Abstracting Solutions Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 9:00AMThomas Jefferson University Hospitals will implement 3M ChartView, 3M ChartScan, and 3M ClinTrac Clinical Abstracting Software from 3M Health Information Systems.
Air quality along US Gulf Coast improves after stoppage of oil leak Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 6:04AMThe oil spill along the United States Gulf Coast poses health risks to volunteers, fishermen, clean-up workers and members of coastal communities, according to a new commentary by UCSF researchers who spent time in the region and are among the first to look into health problems caused by the oil spill. The good news, the authors say, is that one of the risk factors, coastal air quality, is ...
Shelton health care services company buys La. firm? Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 4:20AMSHELTON — Health care software and services company iMedX, of 4 Corporate Drive, has acquired MedTech Transcriptions Inc., a move that extends its customer base into Louisiana.
'Smart' adult stem cells repair hearts Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 8:15PMResearchers have demonstrated that rationally "guided" human adult stem cells can effectively heal, repair and regenerate damaged heart tissue.
Mayo's 'smart' adult stem cells repair hearts Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 4:31PMMayo Clinic investigators, with Belgian collaborators, have demonstrated that rationally "guided" human adult stem cells can effectively heal, repair and regenerate damaged heart tissue.
Mayo's "Smart" Adult Stem Cells Repair Hearts Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 4:29PMMayo Clinic investigators, with Belgian collaborators, have demonstrated that rationally "guided" human adult stem cells can effectively heal, repair and regenerate damaged heart tissue. The findings -- called "landmark work" in an accompanying editorial -- appear in today's Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Research finds new link between inflammation and cancer Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 4:25PMVirginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers have uncovered a new link between chronic inflammation and cancer. Although cancers do not always cause inflammation, chronic inflammation is known to help tumor cells grow.
Mayo’s “Smart” Adult Stem Cells Repair Hearts Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 4:08PMROCHESTER, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mayo's "Smart" Adult Stem Cells Repair Hearts
MV doctor on probation after sex conviction Saturday, August 14, 2010 @ 8:09AMMOUNT VERNON — A local dermatologist has been placed on seven years of probation for attempting to sexually assault a 14-year-old girl, according to the state Department of Health. He is a registered…
Judge gives defendant thumbs-down Saturday, August 14, 2010 @ 8:09AMMan must attend domestic violence treatment, pay medical bills for severing girlfriend’s thumb MOUNT VERNON — The 30-year-old Mount Vernon man who cut off his girlfriend’s…
Local news briefs: Health care training at UCCC; Map for Kingston street names book; Bridge Authority board meets ... Saturday, August 14, 2010 @ 2:08AMUCCC offers health care job training info
Mobile Data Services in Health Care to Grow to $7.7B by 2014: Report Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 2:30PMABI Research forecasts cellular data services for health care to grow to $7.7 billion worldwide by 2014. Manufacturing and retail also will also command a large share of mobile data services revenues.
Children recovering after one-car crash in downtown MV Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 12:24PMMOUNT VERNON — Three children injured in a serious one-car crash Aug. 4 in downtown Mount Vernon are recovering, police said. A 5-year-old boy critically injured in the crash was expected…
MedQuist Receives Distinguished Service Award at AHDI 2010 Convention Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 9:13PMMT. LAUREL, N.J., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MedQuist Inc., (Nasdaq: MEDQ), a leading provider of medical transcription services and technology-enabled clinical documentation workflow solutions, was honored with the Distinguished Service Award by the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) at the 32nd Annual AHDI Convention and Expo held last week in Austin, Texas ...
Q&A: MIT/Broad's Christopher Love on Massively Parallel, PCR-Based, Single-Cell Gene Expression Analysis Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 2:10PMResearchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Broad Institute have developed a reverse transcription PCR-based method to detect gene expression in single cells in a massively parallel fashion.
IP Update: Recent Patents Related to PCR, Nucleic Acid Amplification, and Sample Prep Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 11:09AMPrinceton University has been awarded US Patent No. 7,772,383, "Chemical PCR: Compositions for enhancing polynucleotide amplification reactions."
Most city council candidates support economic development Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 10:21AMFive of the seven candidates for two, four-year terms on the Buffalo City Council, spoke to the public last week at the Meet the Candidates forum in Crazy Woman Square. The two incumbents and three of the five challengers discussed economic development issues under shady skies.
Man called 911 about vicious bee swarm Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 9:33AMAn elderly man stung more than 500 times in a bee swarm remains in critical, but stable, condition Thursday after being swarmed by angry honeybees while doing yard work Wednesday afternoon.
Astute Solutions Acquires Voice Search Innovator, Speech Labs Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 8:53AMCOLUMBUS, Ohio----Astute Solutions today announced that it acquired voice search innovator, Speech Labs™. The company has added Speech Labs’ Enterprise Voice Search and Contact Center Voice Search technologies to its portfolio of customer relationship management , contact center, knowledge management and Web self-service solutions.
Nightingale Signs Agreement with AIM Health Group, One of Canada's Leading Healthcare Providers Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 6:30AMNightingale Informatix Corporation , an application service provider of electronic medical record software and related services today announces that it has signed a five-year agreement with the AIM Health Group to provide AIM's family practice, walk-in and pain management clinics with Nightingale On Demand, the Company's enterprise EMR and practice management solution.
Shelton health care services company buys La. firm Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 4:50AMSHELTON — Health care software and services company iMedX, of 4 Corporate Drive, has acquired MedTech Transcriptions Inc., a move that extends its customer base into Louisiana.
'Linc-ing' a noncoding RNA to a central cellular pathway Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 2:15AMThe recent discovery of more than a thousand genes known as large intergenic noncoding RNAs (or "lincRNAs") opened up a new approach to understanding the function and organization of the genome. That surprising breakthrough is now made even more compelling with the finding that dozens of these lincRNAs are induced by p53, the most commonly mutated gene in cancer.
Transcriptions Now Launches Website with Breakthrough Real Time Instant Quotes for Medical, Legal, and General ... Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 2:00AMTranscriptions Now has raised the bar in online transcription services by offering its clients a streamlined file submission process and an instant online cost calculator. Using a custom built software solution, Transcriptions Now can calculate the exact duration of uploaded audio files and immediately display the actual transcription costs to their clients, saving both time and money.
iMedX acquires MedTech Transcriptions Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 1:36AMiMedX Inc., a leading healthcare software and services company, announced today that it has acquired the assets of MedTech Transcriptions Inc., a medical transcription company serving medical clinics in Louisiana for over 15 years. With the acquisition of MedTech, iMedX extends its customer base into Louisiana. MedTech's production and customer service teams will augment iMedX's staff to ...
DTS meets requirements; council forgives loan Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 10:20PMCARLSBAD — A medical transcription company that received $1.5 million in cash incentives from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plan Acceleration Funds which was tied to job creation in Carlsbad, has met all its benchmarks and won't have to repay the loan.
Another buyout adds to iMedx med transcription leadership Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 1:04PMMedical transcription firm iMedX Inc., of Shelton, Conn., has announced its acquisition of Louisiana-based MedTech Transcriptions Inc. The buyout is the fifth acquisition iMedX has completed in 12 months.
iMedX Announces Acquisition of MedTech Transcriptions Inc. Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 11:20AMiMedX Inc., a leading healthcare software and services company, announced today that it has acquired the assets of MedTech Transcriptions Inc. , a medical transcription company serving medical clinics in Louisiana for over 15 years. Â With the acquisition of MedTech, iMedX extends its customer base into Louisiana.
Health care data outsourcing expanding beyond transcription Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 11:18AMTHE COUNTRY’S outsourcing services for health care information management will increasingly rely on other fields for growth besides medical transcription, which has been the focus of this segment of business process outsourcing (BPO) for the past 10 years, an industry official told reporters yesterday.