American Medical Systems Reports Third Quarter Results and Strong

American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc.
Reconciliation of Reported Net Income to Non-GAAP Adjusted Net
Income from Continuing Operations
(Adjustments are presented on a pre-tax basis)
(Unaudited)
(In millions, except per share data)
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September Read the rest of this entry »

PLC Systems Receives Full FDA Approval for Pivotal Study of

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Lack of funding dooms Health Systems Solutions, Emageon deal

fell through after Health Systems could not provide the money needed to close the deal.
Emageon (NASDAQ: EMAG), a health care information technology firm headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., said in a release that it terminated its merger agreement with Health Systems due to the company’s failure to receive all necessary financing on or before the designated closing date of Feb. 11.
by Health Systems in connection with the proposed merger.
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Winthrop-University Hospital Selects Alpha Systems as Preferred

“We’ve shared a
long-term, positive relationship with Alpha Systems and look forward to
continued growth of this relationship,” says
Maryellen McGowan, MS, RHIA, CPC, and Director of Health Information
Management for Winthrop-University Hospital. “We’re
excited to implement Alpha’s enterprise
electronic document management solution. Clinicians will now be able to
view previous visits and launch Read the rest of this entry »

Take Care Health Systems Celebrates Grand Opening of Franklin

“This is a very exciting day for our company.
We are proud to relocate key functions of Take Care Health Systems,
including the legacy CHD Meridian business, to Franklin to support the
future growth of Walgreens Health and Wellness division,”
said Peter Hotz, divisional vice president of Walgreens and president of
Take Care Health Employer Solutions. “Further,
we are excited that our workplace health Read the rest of this entry »

Varian Medical Systems Announces Milestone 1000th On-Board Imager

Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) is announcing the one thousandth installation of its On-Board Imager image-guidance system for targeted radiotherapy at Kantonsspital in Lucerne, Switzerland.
The On-Board Imager is a robotic X-ray device mounted on a medical linear accelerator which generates high quality images used to precisely position cancer patients for radiotherapy and radiosurgery. Before its introduction, radiation oncologists had to contend Read the rest of this entry »

Centegra Health System Selects Perot Systems to Provide Strategic

Centegra includes hospitals in McHenry and Woodstock, Illinois, Immediate
and Primary Care centers, two Health Bridge Fitness Centers and more. Centegra
serves the greater McHenry County region of northern Illinois and is the
county’s largest employer with over 3,300 Associates, 450 Physicians, and
nearly 500 Volunteers. At Centegra we are committed to serving the community’s
health needs with genuine respect, passionate caring, and a joyful Read the rest of this entry »

Take Care Health Systems Opens Health Care Clinics in New Orleans

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is the nation’s largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2008 sales of $59
billion. The company operates 6,630 drugstores in 49 states, the
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Walgreens provides the most
convenient access to consumer goods and cost-effective health care
services in America through its retail drugstores, Walgreens Health
Services division and Walgreens Health and Wellness division. Walgreens Read the rest of this entry »

SunLink Health Systems' Chilton Medical Center Named as One of

Chilton Medical Center is the fifth of SunLink’s seven hospitals to
receive national recognition for operational excellence or improvement
in the last three years. SunLink’s Memorial of Adel recently won a
national Excellence Through Insight Award for Most Improved Emergency
Department given by HealthStream Research, Trace Regional Hospital in
Houston, MS was named as one of Thomson Reuters’ Performance Improvement Read the rest of this entry »

Integrated Medical Systems Receives FDA Clearance for World's

The MedEx 1000 is a portable unit intended to supply ICU functionality for adult and pediatric patients. The MedEx 1000 combines the following medical device capabilities into a single platform: Physiological monitoring (electrocardiogram, invasive pressure monitoring, non-invasive blood pressure monitoring, temperature, blood oxygen saturation, and heart rate), low rate and high rate infusion pumps, a fluid warmer, a ventilator with carbon dioxide Read the rest of this entry »