Burn Machine Speed Bag Knocks 'em Out at Shriners Wheelchair Bodybuilding Camp.
REDFORD, Mich., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Representatives from the fitness company Burn Machine (http://www.theburnmachine.com/) paid a visit to the Shriners Hospitals for Children in Chicago last month to contribute to an extraordinary, albeit unique, cause; The Burn Machine donated more than $1500 worth of wheelchair-friendly exercise equipment to the...

Belmont(R) Rapid Infuser Helps Save Officer's Life.
BILLERICA, Mass., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Belmont(R) Rapid Infuser, a medical device used extensively in Combat Support Hospitals to treat wounded soldiers, civilians, and enemy combatants in Iraq, is credited with helping to save the life of an Omaha, NE Police Officer. The officer was shot...

Texas Hospital Association Endorses MedMined(TM) Services to Help Fight Hospital Acquired Infections.
DUBLIN, Ohio, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardinal Health and the Texas Hospital Association (THA) announced today that hospitals across Texas have a new way to safeguard patients and combat deadly health care associated infections (HAIs). The Texas Hospital Association and its marketing subsidiary, HealthShare, recently endorsed MedMined(TM)...

Healthways International to Provide Support Solutions to HCF of Australia.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-4 December 2008-Healthways International to Provide Support Solutions to HCF of Australia(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Healthways International, a subsidiary of Healthways, Inc., announced a five-year agreement to offer Health and Care Support solutions to The Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia Limited (HCF), a...

Healthcare Providers Now Able to Perform Real-Time Patient Eligibility Verification.
New SunTrust eClaim Revenue Gateway Alleviates Insurance Claim Processing and Payment Challenges for Healthcare Providers ATLANTA, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SunTrust Banks, Inc. today announced a new healthcare receivables solution for medical and dental practices of all sizes, as well as hospitals. SunTrust eClaim Revenue Gateway helps...

Daughters of Charity Health System Improves IT Efficiency and Accelerates Time-to-Treatment with EMC.
California Health System Builds Resilient, Cost and Energy Efficient Information Infrastructure HOPKINTON, Mass., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- EMC Corporation , the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced that the Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS), a regional system of six hospitals spanning the California coast,...

Motorola Extends the Delivery of Personalized Media Experiences to Hospital Group Generale De Sante.
Patients to benefit from bedside access to information and entertainment; staff to secure hospital information delivered over existing telephony infrastructure PARIS, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. announced today that it has implemented its T2 powerbroadband system to enable three hospitals managed by leading European private healthcare...

Pascal Metrics Announces Patient Safety Culture Services Offering.
Changes Name from Lotus Forum and Expands Healthcare's Most Comprehensive Solution The Social Apgar(TM) Group: Providing Measurement, Analytics, and Related Risk Management WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today Pascal Metrics Inc. publicly announces its offering of patient safety culture and risk management services for hospitals...

The Noblis Center for Health Innovation Forecasts 2009 Trends In Provider Health Care Delivery.
FALLS CHURCH, Va., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- With access to capital becoming more restricted accompanied by a significant decline in philanthropic giving, dwindling investment income, increasing bad debt and growing charity care, many hospitals and health systems are extremely vulnerable. In the wake of the current economic...

Integrated Healthcare Holdings, Inc. Announces New Chief Executive Officer.
SANTA ANA, Calif., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kenneth K. Westbrook, a leading executive in Southern California's health care industry, has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Healthcare Holdings, Inc., effective immediately. IHHI owns and operates four acute care hospitals in Orange County, California: Western Medical Center...