The government’s incentives program offering funds to spur providers with Medicare and Medicaid patients to switch over to electronic medical records has led to 80 percent of providers agreeing to ...
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Growth through strategic collaborations has fueled the expansion of many a company involved in the health care space such as Intermountain Healthcare System and McKesson to add new technologies and ...
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March 4, 2013 12:58 am by Chris Seper | 0 Comments
The New Orleans Super Bowl had the blackout. New Orleans HIMSS 2013 had the boil order.Attendees at the lightly attended first day of HIMSS were greeted with orders not to ...
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The Center for Restorative Breast Surgery, based in New Orleans, is releasing the first-of-its-kind iPhone app that is targeted at women recently diagnosed with breast cancer and those who have ...
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September 24, 2012 11:13 am by Stephanie Baum | 0 Comments
In a competition intended to spur healthcare innovation that addresses the needs of a population 50 years and older, two companies were picked among the 10 finalists that focused on ...
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In the face of new high-tech glucose meters, diabetes drugs and weight reduction procedures, a southern startup co-founded by the chairman of Whole Foods Market is setting itself apart by ...
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A promising vaccine for the most common serious infection in people with HIV could reach clinical trials next year if it can attract $2.5 million to $3 million in investments ...
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A women’s health startup is hoping to expand the use of intrauterine devices globally by designing technology that would make the insertion of IUDs easier for physicians and more comfortable ...
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June 17, 2009 12:50 pm by Chris Seper | 3 Comments
TheraVasc, based in Shreveport, Louisiana, wants to raise $2.5 million in a Series A round, said President Tony Giordano. It would close on most of the money by the fall ...
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