Drummond Group Plans to Certify Electronic Health Records

Drummond Group Plans to Certify Electronic Health Records

Drummond Group Inc. announced today that it will submit to become a certifying body upon the release of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) requirements for certifying bodies for Electronic Health Records (EHR). Drummond Group has been approached recently by numerous EHR software and services companies that need to be certified.

Fort Worth, TX (PRWEB) November 2, 2009

Drummond Group Inc (http://www. drummondgroup. com/)., the trusted interoperability test lab, announced today that it will submit to become a certifying body upon the release of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) requirements for certifying bodies for Electronic Health Records (EHR (http://www. drummondgroup. com/html-v2/ehr. html)). Drummond Group has been approached recently by numerous EHR software and services companies that need to be certified.

"Clearly there is a growing demand for EHR certifications, says Rik Drummond, CEO of Drummond Group. "Drummond Group has been supporting Fortune 500 industries and government by certifying the transfer, identity and cyber security of their internet information flow over the last ten years. We have also done testing for the CDC, DEA and GSA. Certification of EHR is a natural extension of our testing program, and we believe we can provide great value for the medical community. We look forward to the publishing of the ONC requirements in the days ahead so we can get started."

As part of the ARRA stimulus package, medical providers will be able to receive financial incentives for being meaningful users of certified electronic health records. As the name indicates, EHR allows for medical and health records such as patient information or medical conditions diagnosed to be stored into electronic form so that they may be easily imported, exported and exchanged among medical and health providers.

ONC is currently working on the scope and definition of "meaningful use" for EHR, expected to be finalized in early 2010. Along with these new policies on meaningful use of EHRs, the ONC has announced plans to expand the number of EHR certification agencies to support the new initiative. Currently, the only approved EHR certification agency is the private non-profit CCHIT organization.

ABOUT DRUMMOND GROUP INC.
Drummond Group Inc. (DGI) is the trusted i nteroperability test (http://www. drummondgroup. com/html-v2/testing. html) lab which works with standards groups, software/firmware vendors and industry groups to drive adoption of standards by offering global interoperability and conformance testing (http://www. drummondgroup. com/html-v2/testing-conformance. html), and certification. DGI facilitates these testing services under association-branded certification programs and its own Drummond Certified® program. Founded in 1999, DGI also represents best-of-breed in strategic interoperability consulting recognizing the challenges of interoperability for industry over the product life cycle.
 DGI provides interoperability certification for M2M or business-to-business (B2B) standards which are used for the Fortune 500 financial information flow, representing billions of dollars per year. Cyber security of data transfer is critically tested.  Drummond Group tests for the Liberty Interoperable program to provide interoperability testing for Identity information exchange for the US government and the global leaders in identity.  Drummond Certified® software and firmware is required in RFP's around the globe to ensure seamless, secure, interoperable products which make implementation easy, thereby significantly reducing costs. For more information, visit http://www. drummondgroup. com/ (http://www. drummondgroup. com/).

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Weight Loss Article Directory Points the Way to Healthy Weight Reduction

Weight Loss Article Directory Points the Way to Healthy Weight Reduction

Articles on weight loss, diet, exercise, health, nutrition and self-improvement are featured at the LifeWeightLoss. com article directory. Hundreds of free articles written by health experts provide a rich resource for seekers of weight loss, health and self-improvement information.

New York, NY (PRWEB) December 6, 2006

Articles on weight loss, diet, exercise, health, nutrition and self-improvement are featured at the LifeWeightLoss. com article directory. Hundreds of articles written by health experts provide a rich resource for seekers of weight loss, health and self-improvement information.

"The best way to lose weight is by living a healthy lifestyle, a lifestyle with sensible eating and a proper amount of exercise," says Donald Nelson, the chief editor at the Life Weight Loss online article directory.

"Fad diets come and go but obesity remains one of our biggest health problems," says Nelson, who recently launched an online directory (http://www. lifeweightloss. com (http://www. lifeweightloss. com)) containing hundreds of free articles on weight loss, health and self-improvement.

"The goal of the directory is to provide people with the information that they need in order to change their eating and exercise habits," adds Nelson. The online directory has articles in categories such as health, diet, nutrition, exercise and self-improvement. The articles have been contributed experts and lay people alike, who have uploaded the articles for consideration by the Life Weight Loss editing team.

"We are looking for articles that provide solutions to the problems that people have when trying to change their way of life," says Nelson. "The best articles are those that help inspire people to improve themselves and that provide them with tips and information on how to do it in a practical way," he adds.

Nelson, who is a vegetarian and an ardent practitioner of yoga, says that the directory does not favor any one, single approach to losing weight. "Anyone can submit articles, and as long as they are well-written and follow our publication guidelines, they stand a good chance of getting published." Currently, the directory has articles on the various kinds of weight loss diets, such as Zone, South Beach, low fat and low carb, as well as articles on all forms of exercise, fitness and sport.

"We hope that this directory will become the first stop when someone wants to get up-to-date information on weight loss options," says Nelson. "During the coming year we will also be adding a vertical search engine which will sift through the data on the best online weight loss sites," he adds.

The online articles at www. lifeweightloss. com can also be reprinted free of charge on websites, in blogs, in ezines and in print media as long as link and resource information is left intact. "Our directory provides rich content for many types of health-related sites," Nelson concludes.

To see the directory online visit, http://www. lifeweightloss. com (http://www. lifeweightloss. com).

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Survey Shows RV Travel Will Rise This Spring/Summer -- RVers Will Celebrate the Open Road as RV Industry Celebrates its Centennial

Survey Shows RV Travel Will Rise This Spring/Summer -- RVers Will Celebrate the Open Road as RV Industry Celebrates its Centennial

As the RV industry celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, a new survey shows that interest in RV travel remains strong, with nearly half of RV owners planning to spend more time on the road this spring and summer than a year ago.

Mc Lean, VA (Vocus) April 29, 2010

As the RV industry celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, a new survey shows that interest in RV travel remains strong, with nearly half of RV owners planning to spend more time on the road this spring and summer than a year ago.

According to the latest Campfire Canvass, a biannual survey of RV owners by the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA), 45.4 percent of RV owners expect to travel more this summer than they did last year; 41.9 percent say they’ll travel the same amount. More than 8.2 million U. S. households own an RV.

RV travel is as popular today as it was in 1910 when the first mass-produced RVs were built. “For a century, Americans have enjoyed exploring what’s over the next hill and around the bend,” says Richard Coon, president of the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association. “That pioneering spirit is still alive and well today.”

Survey respondent Bob Jaffe, 65, of Palm Beach, Fla., exemplifies that pioneering spirit. He and his wife, Sheila, bought their RV in August 2009 and spent five months traveling throughout the U. S.

“Our number-one goal was to visit our daughter in wine country in Northern California,” says Jaffe, who retired from his printing business in 2008. “During our trip, we visited 13 national parks, five national monuments and many historic sites, and we didn’t even get wet.”

The Jaffes, who used to get soaked putting up and taking down their tent in the rain before they bought their first RV, are planning another five-month summer trip that will take them from Florida to the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick, Canada.

Among the survey respondents, 75 percent cited the flexibility of RVing as a major benefit of owning an RV.

Dennis Kiegel, 59, of Tampa, Fla., enjoys the freedom and control that RVing offers. “Whenever my wife and I feel like it, we can just get up and go,” says Kiegel, a former Anheuser Busch employee.

“What we like best is the freedom to come and go as we please. With our RV, we can travel at our own leisure. We don’t have any set plans for the summer. For us, it’s more interesting to wake up in the morning and make a spur-of-the-moment decision.”

According to the survey, a primary reason so many RVers will be traveling this spring/summer is that they appreciate the value they get compared to flying, driving and staying in hotels. Almost 82 percent percent of owners say they save anywhere from 15 to 75 percent by traveling in their RVs. This is consistent with a study by international travel and tourism experts PKF Consulting, which found that family RV trips are, on average, 27-61 percent less expensive than other types of vacations.

“RV travel continues to appeal to people looking to save money and cut costs,” says Coon. “RVers get a bigger bang for their buck than they get from other types of vacations.”

State and national parks are among the most popular destinations for RV trips this spring/summer. Seventy-seven percent of the survey respondents said they’ll visit state parks, while 71 percent will visit national parks.

Rob Long, a 33-year-old architectural designer from Newark, Ohio, frequently visits state parks with his wife and three-year-old daughter in their RV. “Staying at state parks is my way of giving something back and helping to sustain them,” says Long.

Long, whose parents and two brothers also own RVs, appreciates the family togetherness that RVing creates. “RVing is a great way to work and play together as a family,” he says. 

According to the survey, RVers plan to be on the move during major holidays, with 60 percent planning to travel over Memorial Day weekend and 64 percent over the July 4th holiday.

RV owners appreciate the recreational and health benefits associated with RV travel:
78 percent say RV travel provides them the opportunity to spend more time enjoying outdoor activities 73 percent of RV owners say they are more physically active on RV trips compared to other types of vacations 72 percent say RVs allow them to escape everyday stress and pressure 80 percent say their children are more physically active on RV vacations than other types.

The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association is the national association representing approximately 400 manufacturers and component suppliers producing approximately 98 percent of all RVs made in the United States.

Visit GoRVing. com for more information about RVing and to watch a video on how to get started RVing.

Find More RV Facts at www. rvia. org/media (http://www. rvia. org/media)

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Year-End Planning Content At myStockOptions. com Helps Employees And Executives Make Smarter Financial And Tax Decisions

Year-End Planning Content At myStockOptions. com Helps Employees And Executives Make Smarter Financial And Tax Decisions

Prevent tax mistakes and make knowledgeable financial-planning decisions with the fully up-to-date Year-End Planning section on myStockOptions. com. The articles, FAQs, and Tax Guides educate employees about complex year-end financial and tax decisions. Additionally, myStockOptions. com has already made substantial updates for the upcoming tax-return season, with specially annotated Schedule D examples for company stock sales.

Brookline, MA (PRWEB) December 18, 2006

The end of each year raises the need for careful and sometimes complex financial and tax planning. myStockOptions. com (http://www. mystockoptions. com (http://www. mystockoptions. com)), the top online resource of educational content on stock compensation, publishes fully updated articles and FAQs on year-end planning for employees and executives with company stock grants.

MyStockOptions. com conveniently gathers this content in its section Financial Planning: Year-End Planning. Written by experts in financial planning and taxation, the articles, detailed FAQs, and tax guides cover:

fundamental concepts of year-end planning, including those pertaining to gifts of stock special issues for nonqualified stock options and restricted stock strategies for avoiding or minimizing the alternative minimum tax (AMT) with incentive stock options (ISOs) basic tactics for netting capital gains against short-term capital losses for stock sales

New Tax Law Will Change Year-End Picture For Many

Additionally, myStockOptions. com has already made substantial additions and updates for the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (along with other tax laws enacted in 2006). Passed by Congress on December 9, 2006, this wide-ranging tax bill has important provisions that affect AMT credits, and therefore can change the year-end planning picture for employees and executives with ISOs. This added and updated content appears in Year-End Planning and also in the section ISOs: AMT Advanced.

"The end of the year is a crucial time for making decisions about your financial goals and overall financial picture," observes Bruce Brumberg, Editor-in-Chief of myStockOptions. com. "Our goal is to help employees with stock pay realize the full potential of their grants by educating them about tax rules and helping them prevent mistakes."

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All of the content on myStockOptions. com is ideally suited for licensing by companies for their stock plan participants. A customized version of the website's award-winning content can be seamlessly integrated into companies' HR, benefits, and/or compensation portals. Financial and wealth advisors use MSO Pro, the new membership level on myStockOptions. com. For more information, visit http://www. mystockoptions. com (http://www. mystockoptions. com) or call 617-734-1979.

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With exclusive articles, 700+ FAQs, the Tax Center, Global Tax Guide, an extensive glossary, and interactive tools, myStockOptions. com is the premier online resource of educational content and tools on stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, and employee stock purchase plans. The company is managed by leading experts in equity compensation, with a long history of successful newsletters, books, and training videos devoted to equity pay topics.

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New Orleans Mobile Health Project, Moped Medical, Wins $50,000 Pepsi Refresh Grant

New Orleans Mobile Health Project, Moped Medical, Wins $50,000 Pepsi Refresh Grant

New Orleans based mobile health start-up Moped Medical receives hard-fought $50,000 Pepsi Refresh Grant to deliver healthcare to people with chronic conditions. An international team of innovators succeeds in bringing exciting technology in the mobile health industry to New Orleans.

New Orleans, LA (PRWEB) October 2, 2010

As part of its Refresh the Gulf Project, Pepsi has awarded Moped Medical a $50,000 grant to provide health monitoring for New Orleans senior citizens. The project, a collaboration between AMGlobal Consulting and the medical technology firm Sensaris, will bring an innovative new approach to delivering healthcare to seniors seeking to manage chronic conditions like heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.

The project is based around a highly mobile medical monitoring system, Sensaris’ SensPack, which enables health workers to reach patients where they live and gather, using cell phone connectivity to bring data to a patient’s doctor or care network in real time. The SensPack, which contains sensors to measure glucose, blood pressure and pulse oxygen levels, also includes a solar or hand-crank charger, making the units a “green” technology and completely self-sufficient.

Moped Medical is a joint effort between Grenoble-based Sensaris (http://www. sensaris. com), known for its innovative integration of sensors and cell phone technology, and AMGlobal Consulting, a US-based consulting firm internationally recognized for its work on corporate social responsibility and technology. Sensaris founder Michael Setton jumped at the chance to start the project in New Orleans. “In places like New Orleans, where there is significant concern around managing chronic diseases, we believe we can make a real difference by getting care out to patients directly,” he said. Levels of chronic disease for New Orleans seniors are some of the highest in the nation.

New Orleans native Beau Babst, who is leading up the project on the ground, expressed his enthusiasm. Babst, a graduate of Newman High and Yale University, and had just finished his second year in the city with Teach for America before being chosen by AMGlobal. Said Babst, “Especially in the aftermath of Katrina, we know that health services for the poor and elderly in our city are overstretched. With Moped Medical we can demonstrate a new technology and a new model of care. We have a chance to offer care for hundreds of New Orleanians.”

Based on the success of work on the Pepsi grant, the team hopes to expand the project to other areas of the United States and emerging or developing countries, where mobile health solutions may have even greater impact. “We’ve worked for years across Africa and Latin America and have seen few technologies with potential of the SensPack. It could change the face of health care in the developing world,” said Andrew Mack, Principal of AMGlobal Consulting. “We are thrilled to have won the Pepsi Grant and excited to begin work in New Orleans.”

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NYC Hypnosis Practitioner Wins Top Honor

NYC Hypnosis Practitioner Wins Top Honor

The National Guild of Hypnotists honors Michael Ellner with their prestigious Charles Tebbetts Award for "Spreading the Light of Hypnotism" at their Annual Worldwide Hypnotism Conference in Marlborough, MA.

New York, NY (PRWEB) August 12, 2009

It is a regular practice amongst health professionals to single out those who have made outstanding contributions to the field. New York City resident Michael Ellner, was honored by being the recipient on August 8, 2009 of The National Guild of Hypnotists' Charles Tebbetts Award for" Spreading the Light of Hypnotism" during their 22nd Awards Dinner Banquet.
This honor follows Ellner receiving The International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association's (IMDHA) Educator of the Year Award in 2008 and their Distinguished Service Award in 2009, both presented at their Annual May Conference in Daytona, Beach FL.
"Receiving a Top Honor is always thrilling, but being honored in front of thousands of hypnosis professionals from around the world at the National Guild of Hypnotists' Awards Dinner was a peak experience. I am still enjoying the buzz of being honored with the NGH's Educator of the Year of Award in 1995," Ellner said. He added: "Both NGH awards were icing on an already delicious cake, because I love teaching, studying and meeting new and old friends at the NGH's annual conferences."

The National Guild of Hypnotists, Inc. is a not-for-profit, educational corporation. Founded in Boston, MA in 1951, the Guild is a professional organization comprised of dedicated individuals committed to advancing the field of hypnotism.

Ellner will be educating licensed health care professionals as a faculty member of PAINWeek 2009 in Las Vegas, September 9th - 10th 2009 (http://painweek. org/ (http://painweek. org/)) He will then be heading to South Africa to train helping professionals in his Award winning approach to helping people get unstuck and take charge of their lives (Cape Town, South Africa October 17th-18th, Johannesburg October 24-25. www. hypnotherapy. co. za/calendar. php (http://www. hypnotherapy. co. za/calendar. php)). He is back and teaching in NYC, (November 6th, 7th & 8th 2009, http://hypnosischangeslives. com/thhi/courses/painrelief. cfm (http://hypnosischangeslives. com/thhi/courses/painrelief. cfm))

Michael Ellner is a hypnosis practitioner and educator. He teaches Hypnotic Pain Relief theory and techniques to doctors, dentists, nurses and therapists of all persuasions for PAINWeek, a recurring major medical conference. Ellner also certifies Hypnosis practitioners as Self-help Educators in Pain Relief as an adjunct instructor for major hypnosis certifying organizations like the National Guild of Hypnotists and the International and Medical Dental Hypnotherapy Association. Ellner was a member of a NIH Community Research Initiative exploring Alternative Medicine from 1988 to1992 and his Complementary and Alternative Medicine Blog appears on www. therapytimes. com.
Ellner can speak extensively about the many benefits of Hypnosis and is available for interview. For more info visit his websites: www. ellner. info and www. quantumfocusing. com

Contact:

Michael Ellner
212 5803471
Www. ellner. info

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Dangerous Medicine Website Reveals Hidden Side Effects of Common Medications

Dangerous Medicine Website Reveals Hidden Side Effects of Common Medications

New web forum allows consumers to share medical complications and side effects they've experienced using pharmaceutical drugs and other medications.

Tucson, AZ (PRWEB) May 18, 2006

Lack of truthful information about the dangers of prescription drugs led to more than 100,000 people suffering heart attacks, strokes or blood clots from the arthritis drug Vioxx. To prevent needless tragedies such as the Vioxx incident and help consumers become better informed about the adverse side effects of medications, Truth Publishing recently launched the Dangerous Medicine website. This interactive site is an online forum where consumers can post their personal experiences with pharmaceuticals and other medical treatments, raising awareness about serious medical complications. Dangerous Medicine is located at http://www. DangerousMedicine. com (http://www. DangerousMedicine. com)

"This site is intended to shed light on issues that drug companies, hospitals and the FDA are failing to address," said Mike Adams, Truth Publishing spokesperson and chief writer. "Many people don't realize that doctors are not required to report dangerous side effects observed in patients. It's a voluntary system, and as a result, problems are underreported by doctors and drug complications receive no publicity until thousands of people are hurt or killed."

Dangerous Medicine facilitates an exchange of health warnings, allowing patients to discover possible complications before drug companies admit problems. At http://www. DangerousMedicine. com (http://www. DangerousMedicine. com) visitors find honest stories about complications with painkillers, antidepressants, cholesterol drugs, anti-inflammatory drugs, bariatric surgery, heart surgery and dental surgeries among others. Users may also post questions and new forum topics, expanding the breadth of information available on the site.

To learn more, please visit http://www. dangerousmedicine. com (http://www. dangerousmedicine. com)

About Truth Publishing

Truth Publishing is dedicated to a mission of public service through the creation and distribution of educational materials covering natural health, wellness, environmental responsibility, and other topics important to people everywhere. Articles and commentary are published at www. newstarget. com, and books and interviews are published at www. truthpublishing. com.

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