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WASHINGTON, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Skyrocketing hospital charges have become a major factor in driving up overall healthcare costs, and exaggerating a healthcare crisis nationally as increasing numbers of Americans are priced out of access to needed medical care or pushed into financial ruin or bankruptcy, say nurses. It's also a reminder of the ongoing gaping hole in the Affordable Care Act on its weak provisions for controlling costs, says National Nurses United, the nation's...
Includes physician group UnityPoint Clinic and home care provider UnityPoint at Home DES MOINES, Iowa, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Iowa Health System, the nation's fifth largest non-denominational health system, is now UnityPoint Health (www.unitypoint.org), a new name that reflects the way its hospitals, physicians and home care entities are transforming health care delivery through patient-centered coordinated care. This overall system name also includes the...
SEOUL, South Korea, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The 29th Korea International Medical and Hospital Equipment Show (KIMES 2013) was being held at COEX from March 21st to 24th. KIMES(Korea International Medical and Hospital Show) 2013 took place at first & third floor of COEX Exhibition center, as scale of 36,007m(2). KIMES 2013 was to be held at first & third floor of COEX Exhibition center, as scale of 36,007m(2)., co-hosted by KOREA E&EX, Korea Medical Devices...
TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fletcher J. McCusker, former CEO and Founder of Tucson-based Providence Service Corporation (NASDAQ: PRSC), has launched a new, well funded medical home health services business called Sinfonia Healthcare. Sinfonia will be based out of an old warehouse in downtown Tucson, Arizona and will focus on the rapidly expanding home health industry driven by the changes in the Health Care Affordability Act. Joining Mr. McCusker will be former...
MUMBAI, India, February 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bharat Book Bureau has recently added the market intelligence report titled '2013 Iraq Health Care Sector Outlook [http://www.bharatbook.com/market-research-reports/healthcare-market-research-report/2013-iraq-health-care-sector-outlook.html ] ' ( http://www.bharatbook.com/market-research-reports/healthcare-market-research-report/2013-iraq-health-care-sector-outlook.html ) to its offerings. (Logo:...
IRVING, Texas, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The community-based, pediatric and academic hospitals served by Novation are reporting that many are being directly billed by at least one medical device manufacturer to cover the costs associated with the Affordable Care Act's medical device tax. But Novation, the leading health care supply chain expertise and contracting company for the members of VHA Inc., UHC, Children's Hospital Association, and Provista LLC, is taking a firm stance...
NEWTOWN, Conn., Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- To shed light on one of the toughest issues facing the country, fiscally and socially, a new eBook is asking the critical questions about why patients often don't get the right care, why America spends twice as much per person as the next biggest spender, and why the rules that apply to every other industry don't apply to health care? More importantly, "The Incentive Cure: The Real Relief for Health Care," also provides answers to many of...
BANGKOK, Dec. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) announces its support to push Thailand as the medical hub of Asia to provide medical services, latest medical technology and medicine, and every activity related to modern medicine, alternative medicine and biotechnology. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121220/HK32968LOGO ) The Thai government is also making Thailand the medical hub of Asia as it is confident that Thailand has outstanding...
Technology Deemed Crucial to Drive Population Health Initiatives Birmingham, AL (PRWEB) December 20, 2012 MEDSEEK, the provider of the healthcare industry’s only strategic patient engagement platform, announces that it has signed a deal with Heartland Health in St. Joseph, MO to develop a three-year strategic patient engagement technology roadmap and to immediately deploy its ecoSmart Patient Precisioning consumer and patient predictive analytics and marketing solution. As a...
BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are over 830,000 physicians practicing medicine in America. While their earning potential is the highest among any profession in the US, a blizzard of government regulations and a host of economic issues, have left many community hospitals and private medical practices teetering on the edge of insolvency. Chief among the economic pressures facing the industry is a dwindling supply of...
