Market Wire - Medical and Healthcare

The Doctors Company: The Doctors Company Acquires The SCPIE Companies to Become the Largest National Insurer of Physician and Surgeon Medical Liabilit - June 30, 2008

NAPA, CA (MARKET WIRE) The Doctors Company, the nation's leading physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of The SCPIE Companies, a major provider of health care liability insurance.
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Kalorama Information: Outsourcing Is Ailing Pharma's $5 Billion Remedy to Costly Drug Discovery Process - June 30, 2008

NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) Enhancing the productivity of the drug discovery process, while also reducing costs, is imperative if the pharmaceutical industry is to resolve the dilemma of rising R&D expenses and slowing pipelines. Towards this end, companies are turning to outsourcing to access new technologies and expertise. According to a new report from Kalorama Information, 'Outsourcing in Drug Discovery, 3rd Edition,' the global drug discovery outsourcing market reached $5.4 billion in 2007.
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Pure Power Athletics Group Inc.: Pure Power Athletics Group Inc.: New Technological Marvel Will Score Big Points in New Jersey and New York - June 30, 2008

LITTLE SILVER, NEW JERSEY (MARKET WIRE) Dr. Mike Bixby, a renowned dentist in Little Silver, New Jersey, is fitting athletes with a high-tech mouth guard that literally enables the body to perform at the next level.
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American CareSource: American CareSource Holdings Signs New Client Agreement With Viant Holdings - June 30, 2008

DALLAS, TX (MARKET WIRE) American CareSource Holdings, Inc. (AMEX: XSI) announced today it has signed a new agreement with Viant Holdings, Inc. to provide ancillary care services to Viant's Beech Street payor client base. Beech Street is one of the largest independent Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) networks in the nation, offering comprehensive healthcare management services and custom healthcare cost containment solutions for clients across the country.
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TalkPoint: FDAAdvisoryCommittee.com to Webcast the FDA Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee Hearing on July 1st & 2nd in Conjunct - June 30, 2008

NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) TalkPoint, leading provider of the Tools, Technology and Services for Interactive Internet Broadcasting, and FDAAdvisoryCommittee.com, the leading webcast and DVD source for FDA Advisory Committee Meetings, today announced that TalkPoint will be powering the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting scheduled for July 1st & 2nd.
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VHA: 21 Hospitals in Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee Come Together to Focus on Improving Clinical Quality and Patient Safety - June 30, 2008

IRVING, TX (MARKET WIRE) Twenty-one hospitals across Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee have come together to focus on improving clinical quality and patient safety as they relate to heart failure discharge instructions and surgical care. The hospitals have joined what's known as a Rapid Adoption Network (RAN), a virtual network that will allow them to share information about their clinical practices for the purpose of accelerating the pace of clinical improvement, cutting improvement..
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The Uni-Ter Group: Uni-Ter Group Names Ferguson Senior Vice President - June 30, 2008

PEARL RIVER, NY (MARKET WIRE) Jan Ferguson, an attorney with extensive experience in medical malpractice and healthcare issues, has been appointed Senior Vice President of The Uni-Ter Group, Sanford "Sandy" Elsass, PresidentCEO, announced.
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Mediware Information Systems: Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Selects Mediware's WORx Pharmacy System for 8 Care Facilities - June 30, 2008

LENEXA KS (MARKET WIRE) Mediware Information Systems (NASDAQ: MEDW), a provider of ClosedLoop(TM) clinical systems for blood and medication management, announced today that the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) has purchased Mediware's WORx(R) pharmacy software system to manage medication therapies for the organization's 8 facilities.
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Ponce de Leon LTC RRG, Inc.: New Study Points to Crisis for Florida Aging Services - June 30, 2008

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (MARKET WIRE) Florida faces a crisis in meeting the demand for aging services over the next 22 years as the population aged 85 and older is forecast to grow by 126 percent. This will require 15,000 more skilled nursing beds at a time when there is expected to be a severe shortage of nurses, according to a just-published study of the State's future aging service needs.
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SureScripts: Media Guide to E-Prescribing Now Online - June 30, 2008

WASHINGTON, DC (MARKET WIRE) Electronic prescribing or "e-prescribing" is one of the hottest topics in healthcare. Unfortunately, e-prescribing's popularity does not make it an easy topic to cover. Getting answers to fundamental questions, tracking down reliable data and finding the right sources for comment can be a challenge. To help members of the media overcome these challenges, SureScripts, operators of the national utility used by pharmacists and physicians to transmit e-prescriptions,...
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