A new survey by Medical Economics details surprising statistics on earnings and productivity for healthcare professionals in the United States, including an increase in wages for many doctors accompanied by a decrease in patient loads. (PRWeb Sep 3, 2008)

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Most professionals wouldn’t consider themselves to be sales people, but doctors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other businesspeople need to sell their services and get referrals in order to be successful in business, according to Lenann McGookey Gardner, an international sales and marketing consultant. She provides tips to help improve referrals without damaging one’s professional image. (PRWeb Sep 2, 2008)

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New Four-Part Home Modification Series is Now Available to Students. (PRWeb Aug 30, 2008)

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Medicare-PartD.com releases their RxSavings-Center to help Medicare beneficiaries and others find prescription drug savings at their local retailers. The RxSavings-Center provides a variety of ways for people to compare discount drug programs including, alphabetical searching by drug name, searching by drug category, or a combination search of drug categories and discount drug programs. Discount drug information is also cross referenced with several lists of popular medications including a list of the top 100 Medicare drugs. Links for each medication provide users with more information on drug strengths, form and quantity, as well as discount drug program pricing, availability and program stipulations. (PRWeb Aug 27, 2008)

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Study Shows Slightly More Than Half of Physician Salaries Increased During Past Year (PRWeb Aug 25, 2008)

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Donald E. Nease, Jr., MD receives honorable mention for work developing clinical quality management system. (PRWeb Aug 21, 2008)

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IncentOne, the leading provider of integrated incentive administration solutions, announced today that it is offering a "Flu Prevention Rewards Program™" to increase participation in employer, health plan and other health care provider sponsored flu shot and other flu vaccine programs. (PRWeb Aug 20, 2008)

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Lifeclinic International, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of automated blood pressure monitors and health testing stations, found in 25,000 pharmacies, will demonstrate at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) 2008 Pharmacy and Technology Conference, at the San Diego Convention Center, August 23-26, how its technology can promote better health and wellness for both the retailer's customers and its employees. (PRWeb Aug 20, 2008)

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Coverage affects Highmark managed care products in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. (PRWeb Aug 20, 2008)

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With patients demanding a greater level of customer service during office visits and physicians receiving reduced amounts of income through standard insurance reimbursements, a growing trend in the healthcare profession is the practice of "concierge medicine." However, there are important ethical and legal questions that surround this controversial approach to patient care, as discussed in a special report in the most recent edition of the Jackson & Coker Industry Report entitled "Concierge Medicine--A Growing Trend?" (PRWeb Aug 13, 2008)

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Digica Solutions chooses Two-factor authentication to address customer password challenges. (PRWeb Aug 12, 2008)

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LocumTenens.com survey says orthopedic surgeons, psychiatrists hardest to recruit. (PRWeb Aug 12, 2008)

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Picking a plan greatly simplified with new Internet technology; easy-to-understand language makes process quick and easy. (PRWeb Aug 6, 2008)

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Thornberry's New NDoc® Basic Software Product Fills a Market Gap Providing Smaller Agencies With An Entry Point to Technology Adoption and Greater Efficiencies in Home Care Delivery (PRWeb Aug 6, 2008)

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Connextions' Technologies Help plans attract, retain and manage consumers. (PRWeb Jul 31, 2008)

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Healthcommunities.com, Inc., a privately-owned publisher of online health information since 1998, announces recent additions to urologychannel.com, and in particular its prostate cancer pages. These new features allow browsers to interact and share information about prostate cancer with each other and with board-certified physicians, in order to best position themselves to benefit from a physician’s care. (PRWeb Jul 30, 2008)

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Rose Brings Proven Track Record in Persuasive Technology; To Drive Company's Innovative Solution for Consumer Medication Compliance to Market (PRWeb Jul 28, 2008)

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carehome.co.uk have launched a news service - http://www.carehome.co.uk/news/ - that features the latest news for the long-term care sector. The focus of the news is on care homes, assisted living, home care, hospitals and businesses and organisations involved in the care sector. The news is sourced from the national and local press, specialist care publications and care providers and is compiled by the specialist care editor Richard Hammond. (PRWeb Jul 28, 2008)

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Despite a healthcare industry forecast of quadrupled claims rejections due to the new National Provider Identifier requirement, revenue cycle management leader Avisena kept their claim rejections below industry standards, demonstrating excellent vision and quality customer service to their many clients. (PRWeb Jul 28, 2008)

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California Man Receives Power Wheelchair that Will Increase His Freedom and Mobility (PRWeb Jul 25, 2008)

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Travel. Career flexibility. Professional stimulation. Work-life balance. Extra income. These terms summarize providers' open-ended responses when physician recruiting firm LocumTenens.com asked what working locum tenens has given them the freedom to do. Responding to the question were more than 700 locum tenens providers in a range of specialties, roughly 12 percent of whom were certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs). (PRWeb Jul 23, 2008)

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Norvax, the #1 provider of technology and Internet tools for insurance sales, has teamed with WellPoint, Inc., one of the nation’s leading health benefits provider, to launch a new quoting platform that will allow agents and brokers to better serve the fast-growing Medicare-eligible health insurance market. (PRWeb Jul 22, 2008)

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Today we have more evidence of how badly the U.S. is doing in healthcare, according to the Commonwealth Fund's recently released National Scorecard on healthcare. Joe Flower, an international healthcare futurist for over 25 years, says that trouble persists in healthcare partly because we are asking the wrong questions. When we ask the right questions, he reports, we see the answers around us. (PRWeb Jul 18, 2008)

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Companies now have new tools to aid family caregivers in the workplace with CareGiverHelper. CareGiverHelper provides an innovative branded community to help coordinate care for loved ones. (PRWeb Jul 17, 2008)

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CIGNA, the health service company, launched its new national marketing campaign today with advertisements in the Wall Street Journal. Supported by Doremus, the global communications network, the campaign will be the largest in CIGNA's history, and recognizes that while the current health care system is not perfect, CIGNA is committed to doing everything in its power to make it better. (PRWeb Jul 17, 2008)

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Managing Cancer Care: Strategies to Improve Outcomes and Lower Costs examines some of the management strategies and pricing methodologies that health plans have been instituting in hopes of reining in costs, as well as the federal government's role in reimbursement. (PRWeb Jul 15, 2008)

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With PhRMA© revising its marketing code, the Handbooks in Health Care Company is offering a full line of inexpensive educational pocket references written by experts in medicine. (PRWeb Jul 10, 2008)

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Recent events in a New York emergency room underscore the need for reforms to meet the healthcare needs of psychiatric patients. A new healthcare webinar will present success stories in diverting ED visitors with behavioral health issues to appropriate venues of care to reduce the number of unnecessary emergency room visits and the strain on emergency department resources. (PRWeb Jul 9, 2008)

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Miami-based medical billing company Avisena is pleased to announce the honoring of their Director of Business Development by the South Florida Business Journal for his exceptional achievement under the age of 40 within the professional services category. (PRWeb Jul 9, 2008)

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The Wellness Community recognizes volunteer from Walnut Creek, CA for excellence in cancer caregiving (PRWeb Jul 8, 2008)

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MedRetreat Offers 5 Steps to Help International Medical Providers Partner With Only the Best Medical Travel Agencies (PRWeb Jul 8, 2008)

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The nation’s largest distributor of critical care biopharmaceuticals and industry leader in pharmaceutical supply chain safety is most proud of the nearly one-hundred million lives it’s protected. (PRWeb Jul 8, 2008)

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Company Developing Proprietary CMS Training ProgramTo Address Federal Regulator’s New Marketing Compliance Guidelines (PRWeb Jul 8, 2008)

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Experts from Stanford University, Stanford School of Medicine and WorldDoc will be featured presenters at New Developments and Enhancements in Health Risk Assessments, an August 13, 2008 webinar from the Healthcare Intelligence Network. (PRWeb Jul 8, 2008)

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Lifeclinic International, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of automated blood pressure monitors and health testing stations, will have its newest health station, the LC600 at the McKesson Pharmacy Strategies Conference. The Conference will be held at the Venetian Resort, Las Vegas, NV, July 7 - 10, 2008. The LC600 will be located in the Pharmacy of the Future while Lifeclinic's LC300 blood pressure monitor and LC500 health station will be in its booth, #941. (PRWeb Jul 3, 2008)

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Healthcommunities.com, Inc., a privately-owned publisher of online health information since 1998, announces recent additions to womenshealthchannel.com. These new features allow browsers to interact and share information about such issues as teen pregnancy with each other and with board-certified physicians. (PRWeb Jul 2, 2008)

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Americas Watchdog's US Drug Watchdog has expanded its national investigation of the drug called Diditek. In April 2008, Actavis Towtowa recalled all lots of Bertek and UDL Laboratories Digitek (digoxin tablets, USP, all strengths) for oral use, due to a manufacturing defect. Since that time many consumers or their families have received notification of the drugs recall. The US Drug Watchdog wants to talk to any consumer who took this drug and suffered any side affects or complications to include death. Consumers who were exposed to this drug can call the US Drug Watchdog anytime at 866-714-6466. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)

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Ultra Solutions, Inc, a worldwide provider of refurbished and reconditioned Diagnostic Ultrasound and Echocardiography, announces the addition of Michael Horan to it's retail domestic sales force. Ultra Solutions specializes in the sales and service support of refurbished diagnostic medical ultrasound to hospitals, imaging centers, private office physicians and biomedical engineers. (PRWeb Jun 26, 2008)

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Against a backdrop of escalating insurance costs, increased staff turnover and Internet-savvy patients, today’s physicians need more than a medical degree. (PRWeb Jun 23, 2008)

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