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Annual and Special Shareholders meeting of ZoomMed inc./Pharmaceutical Contracts Signed for $1,482,500 During Q1-Q2 [Press Release] MarketWire \| 6 hours 54 minutes ago MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwire) -- 11/20/09 -- ZoomMed Inc. (TSX VENTURE: ZMD), creator of the ZRx Prescriber, the e-Pic communication network and the ZRx Pharma communication network announced during its shareholders meeting held today 10:00 am, the signing new contracts with pharmaceutical companies and the official launch of its e-Pic to pharmacies network. In addition, the company has completed a review of its activities. Ontario cracking down on prescription pill abuse Globe and Mail (Toronto), The \| 18 hours 35 minutes ago Province plans database of drugs and education program for doctors in effort to curb growing numbers hooked on painkillers 10 Ways to Cut Health-Care Costs Right Now Yahoo! \| 1 day 15 hours 24 minutes ago Seven hundred billion dollars. That's a ballpark estimate of how much money is wasted in the U.S. medical system every single year, according to a new Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI - News) report. A sum equal to roughly one-third of the nation's total health-care spending is flushed away on unnecessary treatments, redundant tests, fraud, errors, and myriad other monetary sinkholes that do nothing to improve the nation's health. Cut that figure by half, and there would be more than enough money to... Greenway Medical Technologies Enhances Advisory and Consulting Partnership Strategies with Regional Extension Centers [Press Release] PRNewswire \| 2 days 4 hours 33 minutes ago CARROLLTON, Ga., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Advisors Suggest E-Script Standard Health Data Management \| 3 days 5 hours 37 minutes ago The government soon may add a new electronic prescribing standard to a handful of "foundation," or initial standards, it has adopted to support the Medicare Part D drug benefit program. KC Blues to Sponsor Medical Home Pilot Health Data Management \| 3 days 5 hours 51 minutes ago Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Mo.) and the TransforMED consulting subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians will conduct a pilot program of the medical home model with 13 primary care physician group practices in the region. Millennium Pharmacy Adds First Client in New England [Press Release] PRNewswire \| 3 days 7 hours 55 minutes ago ...medication waste from frequently changed or discontinued prescriptions common to nursing facilities. Millennium will also install...Only Millennium combines Just-In-Time Dispensing with electronic medication and treatment ordering, administration, documentation... PCMA: Butterfield Bill Would Increase Pharmacy Costs, Undermine Unions and Employers [Press Release] Business Wire \| 3 days 9 hours 26 minutes ago The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) issued the following statement regarding the introduction of the ?Patient Health & Real Medication Access Cost Savings Act of 2009,? by Representative G.K. Butterfield (D ? NC): HealthFusion Launches BlackBerry , iPhone Applications [Press Release] Business Wire \| 3 days 13 hours 25 minutes ago HealthFusion® today announced the launch of a progressive mobile application that will enable physicians to utilize their BlackBerry® or iPhone? mobile smartphones to view office schedules and patient insurance eligibility status on-the-go. This is the first in a series of new products called HealthFusion Mobile Apps that are designed to allow physicians to leverage the most current technology in their efforts to improve patient care and increase profitability. Office Ally Receives EHNAC Electronic Health Network Accreditation [Press Release] Business Wire \| 3 days 16 hours 30 minutes ago Office Ally, a true health information network, connecting patients, providers and payers, announced today it has achieved full accreditation with the Healthcare Network Accreditation Program (HNAP) from the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC). EHNAC?s HNAP accreditation recognizes excellence in health data processing and transactions, and indicates compliance with industry-established standards and HIPAA regulations. VA gives veterans access to their electronic medical records Ingenix Innovations \| 3 days 22 hours 55 minutes ago The Veterans Affairs Department uses its own personal health record system, HealtheVet, to allow veterans to see copies of their individual electronic medical records as well as to schedule appointments, renew prescriptions and conduct various other transactions. An iPhone App That Could Change Medicine Forbes \| 4 days 5 hours 21 minutes ago When Dr. Richard Levine needs quick access to his patient's electronic health records, he consults his iPhone. As part of an electronic health records pilot program at ColumbiaDoctors, Levine is testing an app called Allscripts Remote, created by Chicago, Ill.-based software maker Allscripts, gives him access to real-time patient data, provides fast communication with emergency rooms and allows him to e-mail prescriptions to pharmacies. Kerry introduces bill to make small practices eligible for health IT loans HealthImaging.com \| 4 days 6 hours 27 minutes ago Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) introduced legislation last week that would help underwrite efforts by family doctors and other small medical practices to modernize their patients records and prescriptions. PCMA: Real Biogenerics Reform, Not Pharma Deal Shell Games, Will Lower Drug Costs [Press Release] Business Wire \| 4 days 6 hours 34 minutes ago The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) issued the following statement regarding news reports that brand-name drug makers have rapidly increased prescription drug prices in anticipation of enactment of health care reform legislation: Health Care Retail Clinics Continue Gradual Expansion Through 2012: Deloitte Center for Health Solutions Report [Press Release] PRNewswire \| 4 days 8 hours 55 minutes ago WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ... Next > 813 Results

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