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Big Government Medicine

Big new taxes. Big new spending. Big new government. This seems to be the proposed cure for the Wall Street-inspired recession.

The government now runs major banks and companies, and plans to take control of the American healthcare system. And it aims to tax how energy in the United States is used to monitor carbon use.

Recent [...]

Kodak Signs Electronic Health Record Solutions Provider MMR Information Systems, Inc. As Independent Software Vendor (ISV)

A new independent software vendor (ISV) agreement between Kodak and MyMedicalRecords, Inc. (MMR), a subsidiary of MMR Information Systems, Inc., will enhance how doctors provide electronic patient information online. KODAK Scanners and KODAK Capture Pro Software will work seamlessly with the MMRPro System and Personal Health Records (PHR) products. Together, these technologies help healthcare professionals [...]

Philips Chief Medical Officer Calls For Greater Patient Empowerment In Facing Future Healthcare Challenges

In a keynote speech delivered recently at this year’s Nikkei-Philips symposium on “Independent Living and Home healthcare”, Dr. Eric Silfen, Chief Medical Officer, Philips Healthcare, reconfirmed Philips’ commitment to ensuring sound and sustainable healthcare in the future. Speaking to an audience of experts from a wide variety of fields and sectors (including the Japanese Ministry [...]

EHR Group Partners with IT Companies to Push Adoption in Arizona

The Purchasing & Assistance Collaborative for Electronic Health Records is partnering with two health IT vendors in an effort to provide Arizona’s physician practices with affordable electronic health records.

PACeHR officials said the partnership with Austin, Texas-based e-MDs, and Cleveland-based Noteworthy Medical Systems is expected to help drive the adoption of EHRs in small to medium-sized [...]

New Radiology Machine Radiates Convenience, Faster Care

The Kohala Hospital Charitable Foundation has purchased a new state-of-the-art Radiology equipment called GE AMX4+ through a grant provided by the HMSA Foundation.

The portable X-Ray machine is compact, maneuverable, and provides the same type of image quality as stationary systems.

“This is one more tool to use for diagnosing and treating our patients, especially those who [...]

Top Interventional Radiologists, Neurointerventionists Explore Stroke Care Through CLOTS

The Society of Interventional Radiology presents Catheter Lysis of Thromboembolic Stroke (CLOTS)—an intensive five-day course featuring top interventional radiologists, neurointerventionists, neurologists and neuroradiologists offering doctors the opportunity to gain and/or upgrade skills to incorporate acute ischemic stroke care into their practice.

The course incorporates lectures, panel discussions, teaching files, case scenarios and hands-on interaction with flow [...]