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December 20, 2004

Healthvision Receives Prestigious Medco Certification

Healthvision Receives Prestigious Medco CertificationHealthvision Receives Prestigious Medco CertificationFriday December 17, 2:48 pm ET e-Prescribing Solution Added to Medco's Suite of Services IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 2004--Healthvision, a leading healthcare Internet company, today announced they have completed the certification protocol... [continued]

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Verispan Reports: Over Half of Physicians Feel ePromotion is the Same as or Superior to Face-to-Face Pharmaceutical Promotion

Verispan Reports: Over Half of Physicians Feel ePromotion is the Same as or Superior to Face-to-Face Pharmaceutical PromotionDecember 17, 2004 07:50 AM US Eastern Timezone Verispan Reports: Over Half of Physicians Feel ePromotion is the Same as or Superior to... [continued]

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High-tech health care can lower costs, experts say - Health-Care - Opinion

High-tech health care can lower costs, experts say - Health-Care - OpinionHigh-tech care can cut errors, costsSpeakers at White House confab weigh in on health issueBy Laura Gilcrest, CBS MarketWatchLast Update: 8:08 PM ET Dec. 15, 2004 WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) --... [continued]

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December 15, 2004

KLAS Adds Wellinx to Database of Leading HCIT Vendors

Investor's Business Daily: Breaking NewsKLAS Adds Wellinx to Database of Leading HCIT Vendors ST. LOUIS, Dec 15, 2004 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Wellinx is pleased to announce its inclusion in the KLAS online database as well as the KLAS 2004... [continued]

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HealthRamp Announces Medicare E-Prescribing Rule Compliance Status

HealthRamp Announces Medicare E-Prescribing Rule Compliance StatusHealthRamp Announces Medicare E-Prescribing Rule Compliance StatusNEW YORK, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ramp Corporation today announced that its HealthRamp subsidiary is prepared to meet the requirements of the recently accelerated delivery and compliance deadline... [continued]

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Zix Corporation Selected by Four Regional Healthcare Facilities for Email Protection Services

Zix Corporation Selected by Four Regional Healthcare Facilities for Email Protection ServicesDecember 14, 2004 10:02 AM US Eastern Timezone Zix Corporation Selected by Four Regional Healthcare Facilities for Email Protection Services DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 2004--Multiple Organizations Sign Three-Year Contracts for... [continued]

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December 13, 2004

EHIT to install host e-prescription system for Bronx hospital

Westchester County Business JournalEHIT to install host e-prescription system for Bronx hospitalBy BOB ROZYCKI Yonkers-based Emerging Health Information Technology has been chosen by Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center to implement its electronic prescription management system for 10 outpatient sites. Wolf"The system is... [continued]

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Zix Corporation Chosen by Berkshire Health Systems for System-wide Secure e-Messaging

Zix Corporation Chosen by Berkshire Health Systems for System-wide Secure e-MessagingZix Corporation Chosen by Berkshire Health Systems for System-wide Secure e-MessagingMonday December 13, 8:40 am ET Massachusetts Healthcare and Teaching Hospital Signs Three-Year Contract for ZixVPM(R) and ZixPort(R) Services DALLAS--(BUSINESS... [continued]

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Brown & Toland injects $2M into medical records system

Brown & Toland injects $2M into medical records system - 2004-12-13 - San Francisco Business TimesFrom the December 10, 2004 print editionHealth careBrown & Toland injects $2M into medical records systemChris RauberSan Francisco's 1,500-doctor Brown & Toland Medical Group is... [continued]

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December 10, 2004

EMR enticements: What will it take? ... American Medical News

AMNews: Dec. 13, 2004. EMR enticements: What will it take? ... American Medical NewsEMR enticements: What will it take?Physicians have been slow to respond to existing programs offering a bonus for implementing electronic medical records.By Tyler Chin, AMNews staff. Dec.... [continued]

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Ramp Eliminates $4.9MM of Secured Debt

Ramp Eliminates $4.9MM of Secured DebtRamp Eliminates $4.9MM of Secured DebtFriday December 10, 3:31 pm ET Debt Exchange Removes Security Interest on Intellectual Property and Clears Way for Future Financing Transactions NEW YORK, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ramp Corporation (Amex:... [continued]

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Jefferies starts Caremark at 'buy' - 2004-12-09 - Nashville Business Journal

Jefferies starts Caremark at 'buy' - 2004-12-09 - Nashville Business Journal11:22 AM CST ThursdayJefferies starts Caremark at 'buy'Analysts with research firm Jefferies & Co. have initiated coverage of Caremark Rx Inc. with a "buy" rating. Caremark of Nashville posted earnings... [continued]

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December 09, 2004

Health IT Dollars Not Included in Spending Bill - The Medical Informatics Weblog

Health IT Dollars Not Included in Spending Bill - The Medical Informatics Weblog - medicalinformatics.weblogsinc.comHealth IT Dollars Not Included in Spending BillPosted Dec 8, 2004, 5:05 PM ET by Catherine CalacanisA request for $50 million to fund health IT projects... [continued]

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December 08, 2004

Zix Corporation Chosen by Temple University Health System for Suite of Communications Protection Services

Zix Corporation Chosen by Temple University Health System for Suite of Communications Protection ServicesZix Corporation Chosen by Temple University Health System for Suite of Communications Protection ServicesWednesday December 8, 8:45 am ET Regional System Signs Three-Year Contract for Email Encryption,... [continued]

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December 07, 2004

Mass. to test patient records project

The Telegraph OnlineArticle published Dec 7, 2004Mass. to test patient records projectBy JENNIFER PETERThe Associated PressBOSTON - Within five years, physicians could be able to access patients’ records from any hospital or doctors’ office in the state under a new... [continued]

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Mass. to test patient records project

The Telegraph OnlineArticle published Dec 7, 2004Mass. to test patient records projectBy JENNIFER PETERThe Associated PressBOSTON - Within five years, physicians could be able to access patients’ records from any hospital or doctors’ office in the state under a new... [continued]

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Five Things You Need to Know About Integrated Physician Marketing in 2005

Five Things You Need to Know About Integrated Physician Marketing in 2005Five Things You Need to Know About Integrated Physician Marketing in 2005Tuesday December 7, 9:20 am ET Manhattan Research to Host Live Webinar Highlighting Market Trends NEW YORK, Dec.... [continued]

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HealthRamp and Novo Nordisk Enter Into Electronic Prescribing Program

HealthRamp and Novo Nordisk Enter Into Electronic Prescribing ProgramHealthRamp and Novo Nordisk Enter Into Electronic Prescribing ProgramTuesday December 7, 9:25 am ET CarePoint Companion(TM) Delivers Information to Physicians at the Point of Highest Utility NEW YORK, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --... [continued]

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December 06, 2004

Zix Corporation Provides e-Prescribing to Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Zix Corporation Provides e-Prescribing to Boston Health Care for the Homeless ProgramZix Corporation Provides e-Prescribing to Boston Health Care for the Homeless ProgramMonday December 6, 8:30 am ET One-Year Outreach Pilot Program Serves Homeless with Easier, Safer Access to Prescriptions... [continued]

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Software cuts prescription mistakes, eases record keeping

Software cuts prescription mistakes, eases record keeping - 2004-12-06 - Triangle Business JournalSoftware cuts prescription mistakes, eases record keepingKatherine KoppCHAPEL HILL - Hospitals throughout the country are moving to paperless systems of medical record keeping. Electronically storing records and digitizing... [continued]

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AMNews: Dec. 13, 2004. EMR enticements: What will it take? ... American Medical News

AMNews: Dec. 13, 2004. EMR enticements: What will it take? ... American Medical NewsEMR enticements: What will it take?Physicians have been slow to respond to existing programs offering a bonus for implementing electronic medical records.By Tyler Chin, AMNews staff. Dec.... [continued]

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December 04, 2004

Big insurers say new prescription system safer

Big insurers say new prescription system safer Big insurers say new prescription system saferNASHVILLE (AP) — The state's largest health insurance company says a new electronic prescription system will help avoid potentially dangerous mix-ups when bad handwriting can cause patients... [continued]

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December 03, 2004

Government's Health IT Rhetoric Comes Up Short on Cash

Government's Health IT Rhetoric Comes Up Short on CashGovernment's Health IT Rhetoric Comes Up Short on CashDecember 3, 2004By  M.L. Baker A request for $50 million to fund health IT projects didn't make it into the spending bill passed by... [continued]

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Insurers: New prescription system is safer

The Jackson Sun News - Insurers: New prescription system is saferInsurers: New prescription system is saferThe Associated PressDec 3 2004NASHVILLE - The state's largest health insurance company says a new electronic prescription system will help avoid potentially dangerous mix-ups when... [continued]

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BlueCross says new prescription system safer

BlueCross says new prescription system saferBlueCross says new prescription system saferDecember 2, 2004NASHVILLE (AP) -- The state's largest health insurance company says a new electronic prescription system will help avoid potentially dangerous mix-ups due to bad handwriting.BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee... [continued]

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December 02, 2004

Emerging Health Information Technology Selected by Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center To Implement Electronic Prescription System

ProJo.com New England Headlines Powered by Business WireDecember 02, 2004 11:21 AM US Eastern Timezone Emerging Health Information Technology Selected by Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center To Implement Electronic Prescription System YONKERS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2004--Emerging Health Information Technology, a leading provider... [continued]

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CarePoint(TM) Chosen as Electronic Prescribing Solution for Total Physician Care of Delaware

CarePoint(TM) Chosen as Electronic Prescribing Solution for Total Physician Care of DelawareCarePoint(TM) Chosen as Electronic Prescribing Solution for Total Physician Care of Delaware NEW YORK, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ramp Corporation (Amex: RCO)today announced that its wholly-owned HealthRamp subsidiary has... [continued]

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Caremark, Blue Cross aim for safer prescriptions

Caremark, Blue Cross aim for safer prescriptions - Thursday, 12/02/04Caremark, Blue Cross aim for safer prescriptionsBy BILL LEWISStaff Writer Doctors with patients insured by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee now can write prescriptions electronically and avoid potentially dangerous situations in which... [continued]

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December 01, 2004

BlueCross signs up for Caremark's iScribe

BlueCross signs up for Caremark's iScribe - 2004-12-01 - Nashville Business JournalLATEST NEWS11:51 AM CST WednesdayBlueCross signs up for Caremark's iScribeBlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has signed on as a customer of Nashville-based prescription benefit manager Caremark Rx Inc.'s iScribe service.... [continued]

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BlueCross launches electronic prescription writing

BlueCross launches electronic prescription writing - 2004-12-01 - Memphis Business Journal11:12 AM CST WednesdayBlueCross launches electronic prescription writingBlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has launched a program that provides Tennessee physicians with the ability to write prescriptions electronically. BlueCross developed the program... [continued]

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Ramp Corporation Announces Effectiveness of One-for-Sixty Reverse Stock Split on the American Stock Exchange

Investor's Business Daily: Breaking NewsRamp Corporation Announces Effectiveness of One-for-Sixty Reverse Stock Split on the American Stock Exchange NEW YORK, Dec 1, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- As announced by the American Stock Exchange and Ramp Corporation (RCO) yesterday, Ramp... [continued]

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BlueCross signs up for Caremark's iScribe

BlueCross signs up for Caremark's iScribe - 2004-12-01 - Nashville Business Journal11:51 AM CST WednesdayBlueCross signs up for Caremark's iScribeBlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has signed on as a customer of Nashville-based prescription benefit manager Caremark Rx Inc.'s iScribe service. iScribe... [continued]

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BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and Caremark Announce Program to Deliver Electronic Prescribing to Tennessee Physicians

ProJo.com New England Headlines Powered by Business WireDecember 01, 2004 08:30 AM US Eastern Timezone BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and Caremark Announce Program to Deliver Electronic Prescribing to Tennessee Physicians CHATTANOOGA & NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 2004--Technology Initiative Helps Improve... [continued]

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Ramp Corporation Announces Stockholder Approval of a Reverse Stock Split

Ramp Corporation Announces Stockholder Approval of a Reverse Stock SplitRamp Corporation Announces Stockholder Approval of a Reverse Stock SplitTuesday November 30, 3:48 pm ET NEW YORK, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ramp Corporation (Amex: RCO - News) today announced that its... [continued]

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