Novo Nordisk to pay more than $26 million to settle cases
Jun 15, 2011
Novo Nordisk Inc. announced it will pay $26.7 million to settle a pair of whistleblower cases related to marketing practices. The cases allege efforts to promote off-label uses of the anti-bleeding medication...
Federal program to target misleading product messages
May 24, 2010
The Food and Drug Administration recently launched a Bad Ad Program. The campaign is intended to educate providers about their role in ensuring that prescription drug advertising and promotion is truthful,...
Pocket pal
May 14, 2008
PocketCPR is an FDA-cleared, palm-sized device that helps rescuers deliver cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) chest compressions. The product measures the acceleration and depth of each chest compression...
Jewish Home Lifecare Chooses HealthMEDX
Jun 23, 2009
HealthMEDX’s information system was recently selected by Jewish Home Lifecare. HealthMEDX offers business monitoring, resident management, scheduling, clinical, wireless and financial options. Jewish...
Status Solutions and ICON Voice Networks form partnership
Jun 29, 2011
Status Solutions announced a strategic partnership with ICON Voice Networks. The deal initiates integration efforts between both organizations’ development teams. The first phase of the integration...
MDI Achieve/MatrixCare joins Carequality
May 13, 2014
MDI Achieve/MatrixCare has joined Carequality, an industry collaborative, as a founding member. The group is dedicated to “accelerating progress in health data exchange among multi-platform networks,...
SureScripts merges with RxHub
Jul 08, 2008
The recent merger of SureScripts and RxHub is expected to to promote more electronic prescribing. The merged network, called SureScripts-RxHub, combines SureScripts’ electronic drugstore routing...
Initiative unearths new data about assisted living practices
Nov 23, 2010
The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) recently released results of its Performance Measurement Initiative. Approximately 91% of assisted living facilities measure resident and family satisfaction,...
Appalachian Christian Village chooses Status Solutions
Aug 21, 2013
Appalachian Christian Village, a CCRC in Tennessee, has partnered with Status Solutions to introduce Motion into Meaningful Information (MIMI) mobile health monitoring. The system is being used for the...
IBM to offer analytics software that targets hospital readmissions
Nov 09, 2011
IBM recently introduced Content and Predictive Analytics for Healthcare. The application provides content analytics like that of IBM’s Watson, the supercomputer made famous on the game show “Jeopardy.”...