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BOSTON, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a meeting with industry analysts today IBM (NYSE: IBM) unveiled a new research project that studies mobile device user behaviors to create a new application for managing mobile e-mail. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/made-in-ibm-labs-new-email-triage-technology-helps-manage-urgent-issues-on-mobile-devices-96479314.html (Logo:...
NAPERVILLE, Ill., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Edward Plainfield ER 24/7 is ranked number one in the nation for Emergency Department patient satisfaction according to a recent independent Press Ganey survey. Edward Plainfield had the highest overall score of more than 1,000 hospital ERs in the Press Ganey database for the survey conducted between January 1 - March 31, 2010. Press Ganey is recognized as the nation's leading source of patient satisfaction information for the healthcare...
WASHINGTON, June 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patients with Medicare or Medicaid, the uninsured, the elderly and the critically ill are the heaviest users of ambulances for transport to the emergency department, making them most vulnerable during periods of ambulance diversion. The results of a study of more than 30,000 patients taken to emergency departments by ambulance were published online Friday in Annals of Emergency Medicine ("At-Risk Populations and the Critically Ill Rely...
ATLANTA, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- SeeMyRadiology.com, Accelarad's new online medical image cloud computing service, today announced that Orlando Health, a not-for-profit healthcare organization, will implement the SeeMyRadiology.com diagnostic image sharing technology platform to exchange diagnostic imaging information during trauma transfers from referral facilities and for imaging exchange throughout Orlando Health's eight hospitals and care centers. Orlando Health is the first tertiary...
Widespread use of the Canadian C-spine rule by triage nurses in emergency departments would ease discomfort of trauma patients and improve patient flow in overcrowded emergency departments in Canada and abroad, according to a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).A clinical decision rule called the Canadian C-spine rule, which helps clinicians with diagnostic or therapeutic decisions, was previously developed for c-spine evaluation. It was designed to help physicians...
SHANGHAI, April 26 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Biosite's Triage products imported by Inverness Medical Beijing Co., Ltd. in April 2010 have been seized by Beijing Customs for not complying with the applicable importation regulations. As a result, the Chinese market is facing a severe shortage. According to Beijing Customs, the Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of Beijing Customs raised questions regarding the propriety of the importation documents submitted by Inverness Medical Beijing,...
ATLANTA, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadspire, a Crawford Company (NYSE: CRDA; CRDB) and leading third party administrator of workers compensation claims, liability claims and medical management services, and Medcor, a leading injury triage provider, are partnering to implement services to more effectively direct immediate post-injury treatment for employees. "We looked at a number of different models and, with our extensive medical management experience, also considered developing...
SHANGHAI, April 20 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- On April 1, 2010, Haihong Medical Device Bidding Co., the largest government purchase bidding company for medical devices in China, suspended all government bidding for Biosite's Triage products pending the resolution of the lawsuit between Chinmax Medical Systems, Inc. and Inverness Medical Beijing Co. Ltd. (IMB), a subsidiary of Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (NYSE: IMA). Public hospitals in many regions of China can only purchase...
PALM CITY, Fla., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Connectyx Technologies Holdings Group, Inc. (OTCPK: CTYX) is pleased to announce that the Company has signed a joint marketing agreement with FONEMED® to provide MedFlash® members with its new concierge service which includes round-the-clock, telephone or web-based access to medical advice, information, products, and services. According to the agreement, Connectyx will be able to offer its MedFlash members Nurse triage services and...
BEIJING, March 29 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- On March 27, 2010, Chinmax Medical Systems, Inc. held its 2010 Distributor Conference for Biosite products in Shanghai, during which the company discussed its lawsuit against Inverness Medical Beijing Co. Ltd. ("IMB"), a subsidiary of Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (NYSE: IMA). In its lawsuit, Chinmax alleges that Inverness has illegally imported a large quantity of Biosite Triage products beginning in August 2009, and sold the products to...
