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WASHINGTON, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PwC US today announced that Gary M. Jacobs has joined the firm's Health Industries Advisory practice as a managing director based in Washington, D.C. In his new role with PwC, Jacobs will lead an initiative to help healthcare providers, health insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies develop strategies for Medicare, Medicaid, shared-savings programs, state dual integration efforts and managed long-term care models. (Logo:...
LOUISVILLE, Colo., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GHX has launched GHX WebDirect2, a web-to-electronic data interchange (EDI) solution that enables small- to mid-sized healthcare suppliers without e-commerce capabilities to transact electronically with their provider customers through the GHX online trading exchange, increasing efficiency, reducing costs and helping them stay competitive in today's challenging business environment. With GHX WebDirect2, smaller businesses can meet...
ST. LOUIS, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- K-V Pharmaceutical Company (the "Company") (NYSE: KV.A/KV.B) today addressed the additional guidance provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which issued a Questions and Answers document on June 29 to clarify its June 15, 2012 statement on compounded versions of hydroxyprogesterone caproate (the active ingredient in Makena®). FDA provides further guidance to healthcare providers and pregnant women at high risk for...
LOUISVILLE, Colo., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GHX is one step closer to delivering its Implantable Device Supply Chain solution to the GHX Global Network of healthcare providers and suppliers. In an agreement announced today with Meddius (Charlottesville, Va.), GHX will utilize the Meddius Integration Platform to integrate and connect with hospital systems managing HL7 data, an industry framework for moving patient data. The Meddius Integration Platform will simplify integration...
Health Record tailored to helping people over 50 better control their health information WASHINGTON, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AARP and Microsoft Corp. today announced the launch of AARP Health Record, a security-enhanced online service designed to help people over 50 manage and improve their health. This new tool enables users to enter, store and edit their personal health information in a central location and to share it selectively with caregivers, family members,...
LOUISVILLE, Colo., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GHX, in collaboration with its extensive customer portfolio of healthcare providers and suppliers, crossed the $2 billion mark in documented savings across its North American healthcare supply chain. The company has been tracking savings achieved by GHX trading partners since January 2010 as part of its "5-in-5" strategic goal of cutting $5 billion in healthcare costs over five years. GHX has the largest footprint in the healthcare...
ORLANDO, Fla., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare spend on implantable devices is estimated at $40 billion a year and affords the industry a large-scale opportunity for cost savings to invest back into patient care, reported a panel of industry leaders at the 2012 GHX Healthcare Supply Chain Summit in Orlando this week. The panel moderated by Dr. Jeffrey Gruen, partner at PRTM Management Consulting, PricewaterhouseCoopers, included both healthcare providers (Nancy LeMaster,...
DALLAS, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For over 25 years, BerylHealth has been dedicated to improving the patient experience by equipping hospitals and health systems with innovative technology and services that uniquely connect them to their patients. Today BerylHealth announced the release of its new website, www.BerylHealth.com, to support and further enhance its patient experience initiatives. In January, BerylHealth was announced as the new company name for Beryl, a...
DALLAS, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Chronic conditions such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure and diabetes account for nearly 80 percent of physician visits, over 80 percent of hospital inpatient stays, over 90 percent of prescriptions, and over 95 percent of home healthcare visits.(1) Worse, patients recently hospitalized with one or more of these conditions are at significantly higher risk for readmission. To help...
NEW YORK, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the New York City Investment Fund (NYCIF) joined the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) and the NYS Department of Health (DOH) to launch the New York Digital Health Accelerator (NYDHA), a program that will make New York a hub for the emerging digital health technology industry. Visit digitalhealthaccelerator.com for frequent updates. The NYDHA is run by NYCIF and NYeC. In upcoming months the program will choose 12 early- and...
