HealthPort Reaches Company and Industry Milestone in E-Delivery of Medical Records.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-14 October 2008-HealthPort Reaches Company and Industry Milestone in E-Delivery of Medical Records(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com HealthPort, a health information management and technology company, announced a company milestone and release-of-information (ROI) services in delivering 50 percent of records electronically. In a...

MediConnect Offers to Donate Copies of Medical Records Lost During Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Gustav, and Tropical Storm Fay.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-30 September 2008-MediConnect Offers to Donate Copies of Medical Records Lost During Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Gustav, and Tropical Storm Fay(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com MediConnect Global announced that it will provide digital backup copies of archived medical records free of charge back to any...

Cleveland Clinic Boosts Transparency, Makes Physician Disclosures Available Online.
Transparency Initiatives Will Also Give Patients Greater Access to Their Medical Records CLEVELAND, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its continued commitment to transparency, Cleveland Clinic is implementing several measures to enhance patient and consumer access to timely information about their doctors' professional background, as well...

Favrille and MyMedicalRecords.com, Inc. Obtain Shareholder Approval to Move Forward With Merger.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Favrille, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: FVRL) and MyMedicalRecords.com, Inc. ("MMR"), a health information company focused on secure Web-based storage of electronic Personal Health Records (PHRs), announced today that two significant conditions required for the closing of their definitive merger agreement have been met. ...

Identity Theft: Organizations Putting Private Information at Risk.
Businesses, Schools, Police Departments, Medical Providers Among Those Exposing Sensitive Information; Data Filled Hard Drives Shipped Overseas SHINGLE SPRINGS, Calif., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Identity theft continues to plague Americans at an estimated cost of over $50 billion annually. While lawmakers and businesses seek to implement safeguards...

ProStor InfiniVault-DICOM Storage System Debuts in Rorke Data Booth at RSNA.
HIPAA-compliant DICOM storage system provides cost-effective and secure archival storage of medical images, patient data and business files CHICAGO, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- RSNA 2008 -- ProStor Systems, the leading developer of removable disk storage systems, will unveil its ProStor InfiniVault(R)-DICOM storage system to the healthcare community...

Global Med Technologies(R)' European Subsidiary to Provide Strategic Blood Transfusion Software for 21 Paris Hospitals.
- Inlog S.A., Is Part of the Consortium Chosen by Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, Led by Agfa Healthcare, in One of the Largest European Healthcare Information System Projects - Project Valued at Over $2 Million for Global Med DENVER, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --...

Doctors Receive Bonuses for Providing Optimal Care to Patients Through Bridges to Excellence.
BTE announces Massachusetts program enhancements to make it easier for physicians to participate BOSTON, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- For the fifth consecutive year, Bridges to Excellence (BTE), the nation's largest effort to measure and reward physicians for delivering high-quality care, will pay bonuses to recognized doctors in...

The persistent question of Barack Obama's citizenship.
It has been alleged that presidential aspirant Barack Obama is ineligible to become president because, it is claimed, he was not born in the United States--but rather born in Kenya to a Kenyan father, making him a Kenyan citizen. The story has gained credence for several reasons: ...