will lose 12 percent of its staff through a combination of layoffs, attrition and retirements. CHA will close six community health centers and will stop admitting patients overnight to
, although emergency services there will remain available. Officials there said the magnitude of current and future financing challenges, coupled with the soured economy have put their whole system in jeopardy, forcing the cuts.
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have reached a financial settlement following their separation.
Terms of the deal are not being disclosed.
“I want to thank our system and hospital board members who worked so diligently to resolve this dispute,” said Ken Hanover, president and CEO if the Health Alliance. “Their dedication, commitment, and perseverance have been remarkable. With this matter resolved, The Health Alliance, University Hospital, The Jewish Hospital, Fort Hamilton Read the rest of this entry »

IBM (NYSE: IBM), in collaboration with
,
today announced new software that will enable personal medical devices used
for patient monitoring, screening and routine evaluation to automatically
stream data results into a patient’s Google Health Account or other
personal health record (PHR). This breakthrough extends the value of PHRs
to consumers and also helps to ensure that such records are current and
accurate at all times. Once stored in a PHR, Read the rest of this entry »

Alliance Imaging is a leading national provider of shared-service and
fixed-site diagnostic imaging services, based upon annual revenue and
number of diagnostic imaging systems deployed. Alliance provides imaging
and therapeutic services primarily to hospitals and other healthcare
providers on a shared and full-time service basis, in addition to
operating a growing number of fixed-site imaging centers. The Company Read the rest of this entry »

The Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals honors Floyd Medical Center.
Kurt Stuenkel, CEO of
, won the Robert A. Lipson CEO of the Year Award during the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals’ 2008 annual meeting at Callaway Gardens this weekend.
The award recognizes Stuenkel’s leadership, which the GACH credited with helping Floyd Medical Center become recognized as one of the best large hospitals in Georgia. Floyd Medical Center Read the rest of this entry »

(RTTNews) - 
Ipca Laboratories and Heritage Pharmaceuticals Inc. entered into strategic alliance and under the alliance got approval from US FDA to manufacture and market Propranolol HCI Oral Tabs in 10mg, 20mg, 40mg, 60mg and 80mg strengths in US market.
Propranolol tablets are indicated for treatment of managing hypertension, treatment of angina and atrial fibrillation. Propranolol had US brand and generic sales Read the rest of this entry »

,
Feb. 17
Jane L. Delgado
, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, the nation’s leading Hispanic health advocacy group, delivered the following statement on the signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by President Obama in
Denver, CO.
“In the current economic environment, millions of Hispanic families are an illness or hospital stay away from financial disaster. The President’s action today in
, Read the rest of this entry »

NCQA is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations and recognizes physicians in key clinical areas. NCQA’s Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS(R)) is the most widely used performance measurement tool in health care. NCQA is committed to providing health care quality information through the Web, media and data licensing agreements Read the rest of this entry »

URBANA – Jeff Ingrum still remembers a major condition Dr. Robert Scully set to give up his beloved internal medicine practice and accept the job as chief medical officer at Health Alliance Medical Plans: Coverage decisions would be made based on what he thought was right for the health plan’s members.
“He’s always kept what’s best for the patient in mind with every decision he’s made,” said Ingrum, CEO of Urbana-based Health Alliance.
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have reached a financial settlement following their separation.
Terms of the deal are not being disclosed.
“I want to thank our system and hospital board members who worked so diligently to resolve this dispute,” said Ken Hanover, president and CEO if the Health Alliance. “Their dedication, commitment, and perseverance have been remarkable. With this matter resolved, The Health Alliance, University Hospital, The Jewish Hospital, Fort Hamilton Read the rest of this entry »