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Quest acquires Concentra lab business
By Rachel Landen | May 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Quest Diagnostics, a Madison, N.J.-based provider of diagnostic information services, has acquired medical center operator Concentra's toxicology and clinical laboratory business and agreed to serve as Concentra's primary provider of workplace drug toxicology and clinical laboratory testing.
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Streamline Health Solutions names Meeks CFO
By Rachel Landen | May 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Atlanta-based Streamline Health Solutions, which provides SaaS-based healthcare information technology services for hospitals and physician groups, has promoted its VP of financial planning, Nicholas Meeks, to senior VP and CFO, effective May 22.
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Neb. mental health telehealth bill advances
By Associated Press via KLKNTV.com (Lincoln, Neb.) | May 17, 2013
Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that would create a pilot program to offer behavioral health services to children through computer technology.
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Lawmakers air privacy concerns about insurance-exchange navigators
By Jonathan Block | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The chairmen of two House Ways and Means subcommittees this week pressed HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to address privacy concerns regarding workers who will help consumers buy health coverage through state insurance exchanges.
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Calif. hospital nurses call for time out on new computer system
By Marin Independent Journal (San Rafael, Calif.) | May 16, 2013
Nurses at Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, Calif., have asked administrators to put implementation of a new computerized physician order entry system on hold until glitches can be worked out and more training provided to nurses and doctors who use it.
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Medical robot lets off-site doctors beam in quickly to diagnose patients
By Sacramento (Calif.) Bee | May 16, 2013
On any given day inside Carmichael, Calif.-based Mercy San Juan Medical Center's neuro-intensive care unit, a 5-foot-6-inch-tall robot with a computer screen can be seen roaming the halls. The robot is equipped with videoconferencing capabilities so doctors can beam in when there is an emergency.
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Wolford named healthcare director at Carousel
By Rachel Landen | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Carousel Industries, which consults, integrates and manages information technology solutions for its clients, has named Philip Wolford director of healthcare.
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The promise and limitations of telemedicine
By NPR | May 15, 2013
Telemedicine is nothing new, but advancements in technology have made it even more widely available. Neurologists can now treat Parkinson's patients from miles away, therapists can reach service members overseas, and general practitioners can work in rural areas without actually going there at all.
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MedeAnalytics hires Epocrates' Hurd for CEO post
By Rachel Landen | May 15, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
MedeAnalytics, which provides healthcare performance management solutions to ensure accountability and improve outcomes, has named Andrew Hurd CEO.
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C.R. Bard to pay $48.3 million to settle kickback case
By Modern Healthcare staff | May 14, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Medical-device maker C.R. Bard Inc. agreed to pay $48.3 million to resolve allegations that the company illegally rewarded physicians and other customers for using its radiation seeds in the treatment of prostate cancer.
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