Perot Systems Awarded Contract to Implement Health Information System in Kingdom of Jordan.
Leading Healthcare IT provider grows its operations in the Middle East LONDON, Dec .4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perot Systems Corporation (http://www.perotsystems.com/) today announced that The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has selected the company to manage the pilot deployment of VistA - an open source clinical and healthcare information...

Foundation Radiology Group Adds World Class Cardiovascular Imaging Expert, Dr. Sanj Katyal, to Staff.
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Pittsburgh-based Foundation Radiology Group (FRG) is pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Sanj Katyal as their new Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations. Katyal will be joining them from West Penn Hospital, where he was most recently the Chief of Cardiovascular Imaging and...

MEDmarketplace.com Signs Contract with Resource Optimization & Innovation (ROi) to Sell Surplus Hospital Equipment.
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- MEDmarketplace.com announced today that it has been awarded a purchasing agreement by ROi, the for-profit group contracting entity for the Sisters of Mercy Hospital System (Mercy), headquartered in St. Louis. MEDmarketplace.com provides a web-based marketplace for selling surplus medical equipment and supplies....

Universal Health Realty Income Trust Announces Marc D. Miller Appointed to Board of Trustees and Dividend Increase.
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Universal Health Realty Income Trust announced today that they have expanded their Board of Trustees with the appointment of Marc D. Miller, Senior Vice President of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS). Mr. Miller brings to UHT more than 13 years of...

Cancer Treatment Centers Supports Critical Oncology Environment With EMC Information Infrastructure.
Faster, 24x7 Access to Medical Data Enables Clinicians to Deliver Better Care to Cancer Patients HOPKINTON, Mass., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- EMC Corporation , the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced that the Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), a national network of cancer treatment...

Fitch Affirms Health Care REIT's IDR at 'BBB'.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-1 December 2008-Fitch Affirms Health Care REIT's IDR at 'BBB'(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Fitch Ratings has downgraded to 'A' from 'A+' the rating on Beaumont Hospital Obligated Group's (Beaumont) expected issuance of approximately $169.5 million of series 2008V hospital revenue and refunding bonds...

Pennsylvania Hospital Pays $1.9 Million to Settle Medicare Fraud Case Brought by Whistleblower.
Inflated Medicare reimbursement claims alleged in "qui tam" lawsuit ERIE, Pa., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- St. Vincent Health System Inc., based in Erie, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $1.9 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged the hospital submitted reimbursement claims to...

Julie Cerese Returns to University HealthSystem Consortium as Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety.
OAK BROOK, Ill., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) announced that Julie Cerese, RN, MSN, has been appointed Vice President, Quality and Patient Safety. Cerese returned to UHC after spending a year and a half as director of quality and infection control at Northwestern Memorial...

Landauer, Inc. Sets Date and Time for Announcement of Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results.
GLENWOOD, Ill., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Landauer, Inc. , will release financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter and full year of 2008 pre-market on Tuesday, December 2, 2008. The company will host a conference call for investors on Tuesday, December 2, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern...

GAPP--Government Affairs and Public Policy committee.
Holidays and New Year's ... it is a time when we reflect on where we have been and where we'd like to go. The last year has seen the successful passage of FIVE nurse specific bills, formation of several Governors' Health Care Task Force groups, and the introduction of...