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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SurgLine International, Inc. (OTCQB: SGLN.PK) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, SurgLine, Inc. ("SurgLine") supplied its first spinal implants for a spine surgery at the end of January. SurgLine selected Spine and Joint Solutions, Inc. ("SJS") as its distributor for the procedure. SJS is a distributor of spinal implants in the greater Los Angeles healthcare market and currently provides products and services to...
ST. LOUIS and LOUISVILLE, Colo., Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Amerinet, a national healthcare solutions organization, will offer its 2,900 acute care hospital members a suite of procure-to-pay (P2P) solutions from healthcare technology and services company GHX to help the hospitals improve procurement and accounts payable processes and drive contract compliance, resulting in up to 12 percent savings on medical-surgical supply spending. In announcing the agreement for Procurement...
WILMINGTON, Delaware, January 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This year the 5th annual AAPI Indo- US Healthcare Summit was successfully held in Hyderabad, India on January 3rd & 4th 2012, addressing key health care issues across the globe. Medicalbillersandcoders.com [http://www.medicalbillersandcoders.com ] reaffirming AAPI's commitment to improve healthcare globally were part of the summit, which was chaired by the AAPI President Sunita Kanumury, MD. Post this term the...
BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Chindex International, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHDX), an American health care company providing health care services in China through the operations of United Family Healthcare, a network of private primary care hospitals and affiliated ambulatory clinics, today announced that the Company will present at the 22nd Annual UBS Global Healthcare Services Conference, to be held February 7-8, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt New York. Management is currently...
Becker's Hospital Review has published its annual list of 40 of the most powerful people in healthcare. This list recognizes leaders who have shaped the healthcare industry with their policy work, clinical research, company leadership and commentary, among other contributions. Chicago, Illinois (PRWEB) January 15, 2012 Becker's Hospital Review has published its annual list of 40 of the most powerful people in healthcare. This list recognizes leaders who have shaped the healthcare...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 350 senior executives gathered in San Francisco Tuesday to explore solutions to the world's urgent healthcare challenges that included innovative financing models and technologies to get much-needed products to market faster and more cost-effectively. The Global Leaders Healthcare Forum, now in its second year, brought together some of the best minds in business, IT, health and finance. The conference was sponsored by...
SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Health Industry Development Institute announced that the first patient referred from the Health Authority-Abu Dhabi (HAAD) arrived in South Korea on Dec. 20, 2011 and was successfully treated. The Korean government arranged for domestic hospitals to sign a pact on patient referral and transfer with the Abu Dhabi when HAAD Chairman Mohammed Sultan Al Hameli and CEO Zaid Daoud Al Siksek visited...
LOUISVILLE, Colo., Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --The healthcare market has dominated headlines for the past three years and with the Supreme Court scheduled to review the healthcare reform act, 2012 should be no different. Regardless of the outcome (of the Supreme Court review), there is general consensus that the healthcare marketplace must continue to transform in order to remain viable for the citizens it serves. GHX, the healthcare technology and services...
SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The 2011 Medical Korea Awards ceremony was held in Seoul on Dec. 21 (Wed.), 2011. At the awards ceremony, 10 outstanding medical tourism service providers and two special contributors were awarded. In addition, three medical tourism agencies, designated as 'first movers' in the medical travel service industry, were given certification. Yonsei Severance Hospital (General Director: Park Yong-won) won this year's grand prize (the Minister...
IHT World, LLC was created to tackle the exploding cost of health care, with packages customized for employer self funded plans. IHT World is utilizing medical tourism and the PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) to help businesses substantially reduce their health care costs. LeClaire, IA (PRWEB) January 02, 2012 IHT World or International Health Trex World is a new business that customizes medical tourism packages for employers to offer a cost saving choice regarding...
