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BOSTON and BERLIN, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Crosscheck Networks, Inc. today announced that CEO Mamoon Yunus and CTO Jason Macy will participate in two sessions, and the company will showcase its simulation, testing, and security product suite in Booth # 13, at the International SOA & Cloud Symposium. The third and second annual co-located events, designed to explore modern service technologies and best practices, will take place October 5-6 in Berlin, Germany. In "Requirements for...
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The arrival of easier-to-implement service-layer transformation technology is bringing some significant changes to the telco service-oriented architecture (SOA) sector, including not only making it easier for Tier 2/3 and emerging markets operators to deploy service-layer transformation at a reasonable cost, but also enabling new competitors such as Huawei to make serious inroads into the market, according to the latest report from Heavy Reading Services...
ATLANTA, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent report from the Society of Actuaries (SOA) found that medical errors cost hospitals $19.5 billion in 2008. According to the SOA report, the top three most costly medical errors were pressure ulcers, postoperative infections, and mechanical complications of device, implant or graft. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080722/SISLOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080722/SISLOGO) The release of the report comes at a time when...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Findings from a new study released today estimate that measurable medical errors cost the U.S. economy $19.5 billion in 2008. Commissioned by the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and completed by consultants with Milliman, Inc., the report used claims data to provide an actuarially sound measurement of costs for avoidable medical injuries. Of the approximately $80 billion in costs associated with medical injuries, around 25 percent were the result of...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- With national healthcare spending expected to rise by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next 10 years, there needs to be a greater emphasis on finding ways to reduce healthcare cost trends. According to the findings from two recent surveys by the Society of Actuaries (SOA), actuaries and consumers both believe that more transparency within the U.S. healthcare system is the key to bending the cost curve downward: Actuaries believe there needs...
Conference will be held July 12-14, 2010 Arlington VA NEEDHAM, Mass. and ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- OMG(TM), and Health Level Seven® International (HL7), along with Open Health Tools and the BPM/SOA Community of Practice, today announced that the program for the third annual "SOA in Healthcare: Improving Health through Technology: The role of SOA on the path to meaningful use," conference is now available. The conference will be held July 12-14, 2010 at the...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- With the approaching national implementation of The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) on July 1, 2010, members of the Society of Actuaries (SOA) are providing clarity regarding the law's potential unintended consequences on consumers' existing health insurance plans and benefits. While the law is intended to provide non-discriminatory mental health coverage, members of the SOA are helping consumers and large and small employers...
BOULDER, Colo., June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- JNBridge, (www.jnbridge.com), the award-winning provider of Java and .NET Framework-based interoperability tools, today announced Graebel Companies, Inc. (www.graebel.com), a Denver-based global relocation and moving services firm, has successfully incorporated JNBridge's JMS Adapter for .NET with their .NET-based SOA infrastructure in order to implement durable messaging between a broad spectrum of .NET applications and JMS. As a result, Graebel was...
Conference will be held July 12-14, 2010, Arlington VA NEEDHAM, Mass. and ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 28, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- OMG(TM), and Health Level Seven® International (HL7), along with Open Health Tools and the BPM/SOA Community of Practice, today announced featured sessions for the third annual "SOA in Healthcare: Improving Health through Technology: The role of SOA on the path to meaningful use," conference. The conference will be held July 12-14, 2010 at the Westin Arlington...
LAS VEGAS, PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania and CHENNAI, India, May 25, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Intellect SEEC, a Polaris Group Company, is announcing the launch of its new Collaborative Business Solutions - Insurance CBX. These solutions are designed to effectively utilize portal technology, process choreography and business components built on ACORD standards that improve efficiency and support business growth. Insurance CBX is an SOA enabled solution designed to provide seamless...
