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Managed Healthcare Executive (MHE) is the number 1 read business journal serving senior-level decision makers (non-clinical and clinical) in health plan, payor, provider, employer groups, and government organizations who make purchasing and policy decisions about products, services and technologies for large member/patient populations. Specifically, MHE's 41,000+ targeted readers include; CEO, COO, CFO, VPs, Medical Directors, and Pharmacy Directors. AdvaMed member companies produce the medical devices, diagnostic products and health information systems that are transforming health care through earlier disease detection, less invasive procedures and more effective treatments. Our members produce nearly 90 percent of the health care technology purchased annually in the United States and more than 50 percent purchased annually around the world. AdvaMed members range from the largest to the smallest medical technology innovators and companies. For more information, visit www.advamed.org. Rely on Drug Benefit News, a biweekly newsletter from AIS, for timely news and data on the business of pharmaceuticals and receive: practical cost-management strategies, details of PBM arrangements, regulatory updates, prescribing trends in different drug categories, and expert coverage of issues and events that have a big impact on pharmacy benefits and drug costs. Visit www.aishealth.com/Products/NewsDBN.html to learn more today!
AAHAM is the premier association for patient accounting and administrative management professionals. AAHAM offers certification, education, networking and government relations to over 2500 members and 38 chapters. AAHAM is renowned for its certification programs; the Certified Patient Account Manager (CPAM), The Certified Clinic Account Manager (CCAM), The Certified Patient Account Technician (CPAT) and The Certified Clinic Account Technician (CCAT). Visit our website at www.aaham.org or call 703/281-4043 for additional information. The American Health Quality Association is dedicated to improving the safety and effectiveness of American health care. AHQA represents the national network of Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) that work with hospitals, medical practices, long-term care facilities, home health agencies, health plans, pharmacists, and employers to encourage the spread of best clinical practices and improve systems of care. QIOs are working in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and two U.S. territories. Find your local QIO at: www.ahqa.org The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) represents medical groups, including some of the nation's largest, most prestigious integrated healthcare delivery systems. AMGA advocates for the multispecialty medical group model of healthcare delivery and for the patients served by medical groups through innovation and information sharing, benchmarking, leadership development, and continuous striving to improve patient care. The members of AMGA deliver health care to more than 50 million patients in 42 states, including 15 million capitated lives. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, AMGA is the strategic partner for medical groups providing a comprehensive package of benefits, including political advocacy, educational and networking programs and publications, benchmarking data services, and financial and operations assistance. Please visit www.amga.org for more information.
ACAP is a national trade association representing "safety net health plans" that are Medicaid-focused (75% of the plans' enrollees have Medicaid, Medicare or SCHIP coverage) and are non-profit or owned by non-profit entities like public hospitals or community health centers. ACAP's mission is to improve the health of vulnerable populations through the support of Medicaid-focused community affiliated health plans committed to these populations and the providers who serve them. AMDIS, the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems, is the premier non profit physician membership organization dedicated to advance the field of applied medical informatics and improve the practice of medicine by the direct physician use of information technology. AMDIS is the home for the "connected" CMIO. Over 1200 AMDIS physician members and 100 non physician associate members participate in the many AMDIS sponsored programs throughout the year. For information visit www.amdis.org or email [email protected]. BioSpectrum Asia is an integrated B2B media platform for the life sciences industry. Updated daily, BioSpectrumAsia.com is a one stop resource for readers from the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical technology industries. Through online and print media including BioNews, the daily newsletter, www.BioSpectrumAsia.com, the website, www.BioSpectrumAsia.com/digimag, the digital magazine and BioSpectrum Asia, the print magazine, all deliver news, features and analysis to readers globally with senior business and research management people making up 55 % of readership. BioSpectrum Asia is available in three formats: bi-monthly print magazine, fortnightly digital magazine and a daily newsletter. The 39 local member companies of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association have provided millions of families with top-quality, affordable health insurance for more than 70 years. For the one in three Americans who carry Blue Cross and Blue Shield cards, the Blue Plans symbolize health security. Our member Plans provide the kind of health care coverage Americans will want and need in the 21st century: high quality, customer-focused, innovative, affordable.Visit us online at www.bcbs.com.
The Business Intelligence Network™ delivers industry-based content hosted by domain experts and industry leaders in Business Intelligence, Business Performance Management, Data Warehousing and Information Quality. The Business Intelligence Network serves these communities with unparalleled industry coverage and resources.
Be part of the solution. Join other "doers" who are coming together to take action about the health care crisis. Whoever you are, whatever your role, ChangeNow4Health is your opportunity to work with other individuals to improve health care by taking achievable first steps. www.changenow4health.com
Chilmark Research is a healthcare industry analyst firm performing research on adoption and use of healthcare technology. While other analyst firms also address this sector, what sets Chilmark Research apart is our strong focus on the rapid evolution in technology, policy and health consumerism that will culminate in the home being the future center of healthcare.
The Convenient Care Association is the trade association of Convenient Care industry stakeholders in the United States. Our mission is to strengthen and advance the Convenient Care model of health care. This model is driven by a desire to offer the public high quality, easily accessible, affordable care that is uniquely tailored to meet their needs. The CCA was founded following an unprecedented national summit between nurse practitioner organizations and other health care leaders. The CCA operates as a non-profit organization, dedicated to providing the Convenient Care industry with a common voice and encouraging the placement of nurse practitioners in leadership positions throughout the industry. CCA is responsible for the development of the Convenient Care Industry Quality and Standards of Practice, and serves as a resource for CCA members in the areas of legislative advocacy, business development, data research and analysis, media representation, and industry leadership. The Council for Affordable Health Insurance (CAHI) is a research and advocacy association of insurers, actuaries, physicians, agents and others which was founded in 1992 as a new voice to advocate market-oriented solutions for the health insurance industry. CAHI members believe that only by embracing principled, free market health care solutions that emphasize choice, competition and consumer control will we ensure quality health care at an affordable price for all Americans. If you believe that too, then we need you to join with us in the fight for affordable health insurance. Contact us at 703-836-6200 or [email protected] to find out how. DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance convenes all stakeholders providing services along the care continuum toward the goal of population health improvement. These care continuum services include strategies such as health and wellness promotion, disease management and care coordination. DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance promotes the role of population health improvement in raising the quality of care, improving health outcomes and reducing preventable health care costs for people with chronic conditions and those at risk for developing chronic conditions. DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance represents more than 200 corporate and individual stakeholders, including health plans, disease management organizations, health information technology innovators, employers, physicians, nurses and other health care professionals and researchers and academicians. Learn more by visiting DMAA online at www.dmaa.org. The Disease Management Purchasing Consortium (DMPC) is universally recognized as the world's leading authority in program procurement and outcomes measurement for both disease management and wellness. Please see the website, www.dismgmt.com, for sourced and published citations to that effect. Twelve years experience and a very large database also make us a logical choice as a consulting organization for those governments and private schemes interested in learning from the experiences -- both positive and negative - of disease management in the United States.
Drug Benefit Trends, published by Cliggott Publishing Group, a division of CMP Medica, is a monthly journal that reaches more than 28,000 managed health care decision makers, primarily medical directors and pharmacy directors of managed care organizations, who control or direct the pharmacy service, administer the drug benefit, and have an impact on formulary decisions. The circulation also includes major employers and PBMs.
eHealth SmartBrief is a FREE 3x weekly email newsletter for healthcare IT professionals. Our editors scour the web for the top healthcare IT news stories, summarize them, and send them straight to your inbox. By providing you with a snapshot of the most important health IT news, eHealth SmartBrief saves you time and keeps you smart. Learn more, and subscribe for FREE at www.smartbrief.com/ehealth/?campaign=WHCC2008.
Get a FREE subscription to the Federal Telemedicine News: Stay on top of government activities and grants in telemedicine, telehealth, and health IT. Every few weeks, you'll receive an email alert with the latest news and information from a variety of federal agencies and Capitol Hill. Your email address will never be sold or rented - and you can cancel anytime. Sign up free at www.FederalTelemedicine.com.
FierceHealthcare is a free, easy to read, daily email newsletter that covers healthcare industry developments and news for senior industry executives.
FierceHealthIT is a free, easy to read, weekly email newsletter that covers healthcare IT news with a special focus on CPOE, EMR adoption, HIPAA compliance, and healthcare technology products.
Future Healthcare provides an invaluable service to the physicians and healthcare professionals by evaluating the new and emerging technologies and therapies, whilst examining how these innovations will impact the end-users who are committed to increasing levels of patient care.
The Galen Institute, Inc., is a not-for-profit, free-market research organization devoted exclusively to health policy. It was founded in 1995 by Grace-Marie Turner to promote a more informed public debate over individual freedom, consumer choice, competition, and diversity in the health sector. The Galen Institute believes that:
Published by 1105 Government Information Group, Government Health IT is the definitive source for news and information on the public-private health care convergence. Our print, online, event, custom media and research products distinctively integrate coverage of government, technology and health care issues to help health IT decision-makers improve the way health care is managed and delivered. We serve the information needs of members of the entire health IT buying team, across public and private health systems and industry. www.GovHealthIT.com H&HN;'s Most Wired MagazineTM mines the exclusive database of Hospitals & Health Networks annual Most WiredTM survey and benchmarking study of hospitals and health systems to identify the best information technology (IT) practices. The quarterly magazine uses case studies to identify how actual IT practices help solve strategic hospital and health system problems. Each issue probes how hospitals and health systems use information technologies to further business goals. It is a vehicle that provides health care leaders with an opportunity to share details of what they did, why they did it, and how they did it. www.hhnmostwired.com For over 25 years, Health Affairs has been providing business and healthcare executives, government leaders, researchers, students and academia with insightful, thought-provoking analysis on health policy. Written by authorities in the field, Health Affairs publishes only original, peer-reviewed papers, giving readers the most up-to-date, in-depth understanding of healthcare industry trends. Ranked as one of the top cited journals in health policy and health sciences. Published bimonthly, with weekly online-only articles -- individual and institutional subscriptions offered - visit www.healthaffairs.org. No other publication knows HIPAA and patient data issues better than Health Information Privacy/Security Alert. With more than a decade of coverage under its belt, this concise monthly provides healthcare executives with the information they need to adapt to the shifting health data landscape. This "must read" newsletter" goes well beyond HIPAA, providing timely coverage of the broad range of state and federal confidentiality issues, including EHR systems, access to government data and employee relations. And its free HIPAA Enforcement Statistics Service is a requirement for anyone in the field. For a free trial subscription, send an email to [email protected]
Health On the Net Foundation is the leading organization promoting and guiding the deployment of useful and reliable online medical and health information, and its appropriate and efficient use. Created in 1995, HON is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, accredited to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. (Read more about HON) CQ HealthBeat from Congressional Quarterly is a comprehensive source for health care-related legislation, events and news. You'll have easy access to twice-daily briefings that give you an insider's look at the health care policy landscape, notices of upcoming hearings and markups and e-mail alerts that notify you when there is action on the bills you track. CQ HealthBeat puts you inside key health policy developments on Capitol Hill. With CQ HealthBeat, you'll never miss a critical detail on the health care issues that matter to you. Get a fast, reliable overview of healthcare M&A;, IPOs, venture capital and private placements news and trends with Healthcare Corporate Finance News. In just 20 minutes a month you can stay completely abreast of every important health care company transaction in biotech, hospitals, medical devices, managed care and more. You get objective research to help you identify trends, make projections, stay ahead of the latest dealmaking, compare and contrast what's happening in your segment of the business, and much more. A one-year subscription includes 12 monthly issues plus 12 mid-month e-lerts to the latest venture capital deals. Visit www.hcfnews.com. Healthcare Finance News is the business newspaper for healthcare financial managers. Our award-winning editorial staff provides comprehensive coverage of the unprecedented financial challenges faced by healthcare providers and payers in light of skyrocketing healthcare costs and an aging population. As the costs of providing the world's best healthcare system rise, Healthcare Finance News chronicles the tools, techniques and strategies used to address the industry's pressing financial imperatives. Subscribers can also opt-in to our weekly e-newsletter, HealthcareFinanceNewsweek and find daily news on our website at HealthcareFinanceNews.com. The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) is a cooperative partnership between the public and private sectors established for the purpose of achieving a widely accepted and useful set of standards specifically to enable and support widespread interoperability among healthcare software applications, as they will interact in a local, regional and nationwide health information network. The HITSP is sponsored by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in cooperation with strategic partners such as the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) and Booz Allen Hamilton.
Published in partnership with HIMSS, Healthcare IT News reports on events that affect those working in the healthcare information technology industry. Our more than 50,000 readers include IT professionals employed in physician practices, hospitals, integrated delivery networks and payer organizations, as well as members of the C-suite in those entities. Ranked #1 by hospital CIOs two years in a row (PERQ/HCI study 2005, 2006), Healthcare IT News offers timely, relevant news on new technologies; on IT strategies and tactics; on statutory and regulatory issues decided in Washington, D.C. (as well as state policies); and on news about their colleagues and competitors. www.healthcareitnews.com HealthLeaders Media is the premier publisher of information resources for senior healthcare executives, reaching more than 100,000 healthcare decision-makers nationwide every month. In addition to our flagship monthly journal, HealthLeaders magazine, we distribute relevant industry information, practical advice, case study solutions, and innovative strategies through newsletters, e-mail publications, live events, and state-specific healthcare business news services. For more information, please visit www.healthleadersmedia.com
Founded in 1987, Health Level Seven (HL7) is a not-for-profit, ANSI-accredited standards developing organization dedicated to providing a comprehensive framework and related standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information that supports clinical practice and the management, delivery and evaluation of health services. HL7's 2,300+ members include approximately 500 corporate members who represent more than 90% of the information systems vendors serving healthcare.
Hospitalmanagement.net, in conjunction with its sister publications Medical Imaging Technology and Practical Patient Care, enables easy and thorough communication between buyers and sellers through multiple, fully optimised channels. Our online service brings together a global community of industry professionals and a wealth of market knowledge based around extensive experience. Medical Imaging Technology has been developed to satisfy the huge demand for information on medical imaging, a demand made not only by radiologists but also by cardiologists, physicians and senior healthcare managers. Practical Patient Care is published specifically to provide medical practitioners and senior managers with the information they need to formulate and deliver successful wound management and infection control strategies, strategies that will allow them to achieve their objective of improving patient care at a reduced cost. Hospitals & Health Networks is the flagship magazine of the American Hospital Association (AHA) and is the leading publication of hospital executives. H&HN; delivers staff-written strategic reporting and analysis on the trends and issues that interest senior management and emerging leaders. It enjoys strong, loyal readership among the 5,000 AHA member hospitals and health systems, and in hundreds of provider and payer organizations that collaborate with hospitals and health systems. It is the magazine for health care executives. www.hhnmag.com
The Industry Radar is a digtal media content aggregator and syndication company. We use the latest RSS driven content management tools poll over 10,000 sources worldwide every 15 minutes to keep our viewers informed.
The International Council on Medical & Care Compunetics, ICMCC, founded in 2004, is an international foundation aiming at being the knowledge centre for medical and care COMPUting & Networking, its EThICs and Social/societal implications (compunetics), making information on medicine and care available to patients using compunetics as well as distributing information on the use of compunetics in medicine and care to patients and professionals. In 2006 ICMCC created the first webportal http://recordaccess.icmcc.org. The 2007 Event in June in Amsterdam will focus on record access and digital homecare.
The International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE) is a non-profit organization fostering the creation and innovation, dissemination and application of medical, clinical and biological engineering knowledge and the management of technology for improved health and quality of life. Its activities include participation in the formulation of public policy and the dissemination of information through publications and forums.
International Medical Travel Journal (IMTJ), the world's first journal for the medical-travel industry, aims to provide information on the medical-travel industry to global readership of facilities, service providers, insurers, medical-assistance providers and developers, as well as human-resource officers, medical-travel agents, consultants and government (and other) buyers of health services. The magazine is published quarterly in 2007, and then bi-monthly in 2008. IMTJ offers to subscribers the latest news, as well as the opportunity to sign up for its weekly email newsletter and contribute to the industry forum on its website www.IMTJonline.com.
Journal of Management & Marketing in Healthcare is an indispensable resource for all those directly involved in, or concerned with, the organization, delivery, management and marketing of healthcare services, at a strategic and operational level. The Journal's content is international in scope and addresses the diverse range of disciplines that healthcare services management and marketing draws upon. The journal publishes original, forward-looking papers describing the strategies, concepts and processes of direct and indirect concern to healthcare managers and marketers. Each article is subjected to double-blind peer review to ensure it is both rigorous and addresses and satisfies the practical needs and concerns of healthcare managers and marketers.
The Journal of Medical Device Regulation is intended to educate, provide professional guidance, develop core competence of regulatory professionals, and promote debate on fundamental and topical matters within the medical device industry. In addition to publishing review and discussion articles by opinion leaders from the device community, it summarizes the international news headlines and provides useful reference information. www.globalregulatorypress.com The Managed Care Information Center (MCIC) gathers, compiles, analyzes, studies and distributes business information on the managed care industry. The MCIC delivers this strategic business information to its clients via executive newsletters, yearbooks, leading industry databases and directories, management reports, and client research studies. The information is available in print, on CD-ROM and via the Internet at www.themcic.com.
Managed Care Report is a hard-hitting package that will set you on the course to a more profitable future in managed care for less than a third of the cost of competing publications. Health plans, health care providers, policy makers, consultants, and attorneys turn to our editorial team for insight and analysis in the fast-changing world of managed care. Each issue of Managed Care Report is filled with must read information on federal and state regulatory updates, cutting edge business strategies, legal-roundups of managed care legislation, and earnings reports as well as analysis of the managed care market. MassPRO (www.masspro.org) is a health care performance improvement company. We develop innovative, impactful solutions that transform patient care. Our approach is unique because we work across the full continuum of patients, health care providers, purchasers, and payers to improve the care delivery system as a whole, not just its individual components. Incorporated in 1995, Medicaid Health Plans of America is the leading national organization solely dedicated to representing health plans participating in Medicaid managed care. The Association's primary focus is to provide research, analysis, and organized forums that support the development of effective policy solutions to promote and enhance the delivery of quality healthcare. Specifically, the focus is in support of organized health systems that serve the needs of vulnerable and underserved populations. The Association initially coalesced around the issue of national healthcare reform, and as the policy debate changed from national healthcare reform to national managed care reform, the areas of focus shifted to the changes in Medicaid managed care. Visit us online at www.mhpa.org.
Medical Device Developments serves a growing international device industry now valued at over $160bn.
Each edition boasts a line-up of leading industry professionals covering the major themes and addressing the key issues currently shaping the market.
www.medicalnewstoday.com is the number one ranked health and medical news website on Google, MSN and Yahoo! Medical News Today provides a quality, targeted audience (2 million absolute unique visitors monthly) of healthcare professionals and informed patients pro-actively looking for health and medical news. Make sure your campaigns appear on Medical News Today.
Physicians belonging to medical societies traditionally met on Tuesday evenings to discuss current health care issues. Our research indicates that more than 90 percent of all medical societies met at this time - a time during the week that most physicians were free. Over the last two decades, however, physician practices have changed dramatically. Medical society meetings on Tuesdays, as well as their monthly magazines and bulletins, have become less frequent and in many instances have disappeared. Medical Tuesday brings the latest private practice issues to a network of physicians and health care professionals on alternate Tuesdays via electronic mail. To learn more, go to www.MedicalTuesday.net where you too may subscribe.
The Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH) is one of the nation's leading coalitions of private and public employers. MBGH's 85+ members provide coverage for over 2 million lives, spending more than $2.3 billion on health care benefits on an annual basis. MBGH offers employers a variety of health benefit educational seminars, networking opportunities, quality and community initiatives, demonstration projects and group purchasing programs. Through these programs, MBGH helps employers and their employees obtain more value from their health care benefit dollars and improve the health status of the community. For more information, contact Cheryl Larson at 312-372-9090 or [email protected] and visit our website at www.mbgh.org www.mbgh.org .
Modern Healthcare is the industry's only healthcare business news weekly, providing healthcare executives the most reliable, up-to-date and comprehensive business news and information. We also provide news online at www.modernhealthcare.com and via our daily e-newsletter, the Daily Dose. With this three-tiered approach, our award-winning editorial staff delivers information that enables healthcare leaders to take constructive action and improve performance.
The National Association of Healthcare Access Management provides quality educational programming and interaction for professionals engaged in the management of patient access services in healthcare delivery.
The National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) is a non-profit organization of nearly 70 employer-based health care coalitions dedicated to value-based purchasing of health care services. Representing more than 10,000 employers and approximately 20 million employees and their dependents, NBCH's member business coalitions are composed of mostly mid- and large-sized employers in both the private and public sectors across the United States.
Coalitions are improving quality by holding providers accountable for their performance through the development of information systems to collect data, monitor health care outcomes, and measure value. www.nbch.org. NIHCM Foundation is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of America's health care system. The Foundation conducts research, policy analysis and educational activities on a range of health care issues. It fosters dialog between the private health care industry and the public sector to find workable solutions to health system problems. Through a grant from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, NIHCM is studying the role of the private sector in the national battle against obesity. NIHCM's current work also includes research in the areas of health information technology and maternal and child health. Detailed information about the Foundation's projects and publications is available on our newly designed web site at www.nihcm.org. Founded in 1982, the New York Business Group on Health (NYBGH) is a not-for-profit coalition of 150 businesses and is the only organization in the New York Metropolitan area exclusively devoted to employer health benefit issues. NYBGH functions as the forum for businesses to explore contemporary healthcare issues and find practical resolutions. Members include employers and health-related organizations. The mission of NYBGH is to provide leadership and knowledge to employers to promote a value-based, market-driven healthcare system. www.nybgh.org Pacific Business Group on Health is one of the nation's top business coalitions focused on health care. Our 50 large purchaser members spend billions of dollars annually to provide health care coverage to more than 3 million employees, retirees and dependents. PBGH is a respected voice in the state and national dialogue on how to improve the quality and effectiveness of health care while moderating costs. Partnering with the state's leading health plans, provider organizations, consumer groups and other stakeholders, PBGH works on many fronts to promote value-based purchasing in health care. www.pbgh.org
The future home care delivery model includes in-home health monitoring applications, innovative geriatric care monitoring tools, and ubiquitous e-health services, all integrated with care providers' informatics infrastructure to provide a high quality continuum of care at a lower cost.
Partnership for Prevention is a nonprofit, membership organization that works on the leading edge of health promotion and disease prevention, developing and disseminating insights that reveal the most effective prevention policies and investments. Partnership analyzes critical health issues and provides decision-makers with innovative and feasible options for addressing them. www.prevent.org The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) is a national coalition of patients, providers, community organizations, business and labor groups and health policy experts, committed to raising awareness of policies and practices that save lives and reduce health costs through more effective prevention and management of chronic disease. For more information, please visit www.fightchronicdisease.org. Pharma and Healthcare Insight provides subscribers with analysis, forecasts and company profiles on a country-by-country basis, covering the key trends impacting on global pharma and healthcare markets. The service includes online access to the very latest analysis and data, a searchable archive, and PDF access to the monthly regional Insight reports. Click our logo for a free trial or visit our website at www.pharmaceuticalsinsight.com.
PharmaTechnology brings the latest international innovations, in the pharmaceutical industry to India, one of the largest and most advanced in the developing world. The product patent regime that came into force in 2005 will spur future growth. The industry is becoming increasingly research-based and export-driven.
PharmaVOICE is the executive forum that allows business leaders to engage in a candid dialogue on the myriad challenges and trends impacting the life-sciences industry. PharmaVOICE reaches more than 17,000 U.S.-based executives who influence business strategies and affect change. Published monthly, PharmaVOICE provides readers with insightful and thought-provoking commentary in a multiple-perspective format through its forums, topics, and articles that cover a range of issues from molecule through market. To Raise Your VOICE, contact [email protected]. Established in October 2003, PharmiWeb Solutions is an energetic, innovative provider of web-based solutions for the pharmaceutical sector, with customers such as AstraZeneca, Roche, Servier Laboratories, and Merck. With solutions in three key areas: Online Publishing, e-Business and Mobile Computing, we deliver connectivity - between people and applications - unlocking islands of data and knowledge.We own some of the sector's most innovative Online Publications: PharmiWeb.com, HospitalPharma.com and Detail-Direct.com.We are actively developing solutions for Mobile Computing platforms. For example, our PharmiTabTM e-pharmacy solution runs real-time patient data and prescribing transactions in a busy hospital environment, on a TabletPC, wireless client/server platform.e-Business solutions range from e-Detailing, to Online Market Research, all designed to increase reach, increase sales, and to reduce administration and costs.
Physician Hospitals of America, or PHA, offers support, advocacy and educational services to the physician owned hospital industry, reflecting at all times the best interests of the patients, physicians, and other specialty providers who play an inextricable and essential role in the provision of healthcare services. Physician's EHR, LLC, advises physicians on planning for consumer driven health care, patient communication strategies, electronic medical records, electronic health records and personal health records, along with Privacy and Security implementation strategies. Physicians are turning to us again and again for advice on strategic and layered adoption of electronic health records. Our opinions and survey results are sought by national HIT and compliance organizations as well as numerous medical societies. Physicians EHR is the content developer, team leader and co-author of more than 10 books, video courses and booklets for the American Medical Association's line of HIPAA books and co-authored the HIPAA Security Kit for the American Dental Association. www.physiciansehr.com Product Management Today is the only publication wholly focused on the marketing needs of today's pharmaceutical product managers. PMT's editorial mission is to provide the product management team with practical solutions to today's marketing challenges. Every issue furnishes important information from industry experts that helps the product management team do their jobs more effectively and enables them to react quickly to the ever-evolving health care marketplace. The emphasis on practical, day-to-day solutions has made PMT a valuable tool to the product management team. www.pmtoday.com The Smart Card Alliance is a not-for-profit, multi-industry association working to stimulate the understanding, adoption, use and widespread application of smart card technology. Through specific projects such as education programs, market research, advocacy, industry relations and open forums, the Alliance keeps its members connected to industry leaders and innovative thought. The Alliance is the single industry voice for smart cards, leading industry discussion on the impact and value of smart cards in the U.S. and Latin America. For more information please visit www.smartcardalliance.org. TeleHealth World is the new magazine serving the rapidly expanding fields of telehealth, telemedicine, and connected healthcare. It is a comprehensive news and analysis resource for healthcare providers and technology providers who are leading today's revolution in remotely monitored and administered healthcare, medical treatment and fitness/wellness enhancement. To learn more and to subscribe visit: www.telehealthworld.com The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest business federation representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region. www.uschamber.com The Center for Health Value Innovation (non profit 501 c 3) was founded in 2007 on the work of Value-Based Architects David Hom and Jack Mahoney MD. Their groundbreaking efforts at Pitney Bowes have been created the tipping point for value-based innovations across employers, health plans, and government health management. The mission of the Center is to provide establish value and produce evidence for sustainable health and financial improvement. The Founders (including Dr. Mahoney and Mr. Hom, Greg Judd, Cyndy Nayer and Randy Vogenberg) have created a "safe haven" for purchasers and providers to consider the tools that drive meaningful return on the investment in workforce health. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.vbhealth.org.
Founded in 1944, the World Bank's mission is to fight poverty and help the poor in developing countries by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity, and forging partnerships in the public and private sectors. It is the largest source of development assistance, providing about US $20 billion in assistance for the 4.7 billion poor who live in the Bank's 100 client countries, bringing a mix of finance and ideas to developing countries. The Bank is the largest source external finance for development assistance in the health sector. Annual lending to the Health, Nutrition and Population sector ranges from US $1-2 billion, with a total portfolio valuation between US $12-15 billion. www.worldbank.org
www.PharmCast.com is the world leading website designed specifically for pharmaceutical, clinical and biotechnology professionals. www.PharmCast.com brings up-to-date information on pharmaceutical patents, FDA, news, jobs and Buyer's Guide to our visitors. It was created and is maintained by pharmaceutical and biotechnology professionals. Visit www.PharmCast.com and discover for yourself why it is so popular among professionals.
ZorgVisie, the number one Dutch professional journal on health care policy and management
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