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Bill Horne, CEO of Laser Spine Institute, the leader in endoscopic spine surgery, has announced that Mary Mayer, CPC and health information manager, has been appointed as the chairwoman of the advisory board for Erwin Technical Center’s medical coding and billing program. Mayer established a medical coding externship with Erwin Technical Center, which is a vocational-technical college, in 2009. The program’s partnership brings medical coding externs to the Laser Spine Institute Tampa facility to work alongside Mayer’s medical coding team for increased learning and utilization of additional resources provided by the facility. In this volunteer position, Mayer will aid in curriculum enhancement and offer program guidance for the college and its future students.

Custom Comfort Medtek, a medical furniture and supplies manufacturer, has launched a new line of power chairs, tables and donor beds. The Power Blood Draw Chairs, Beds and Tables have been launched in keeping with the aim of the manufacturer to provide comfortable, customized medical furniture to its customers. The height adjustable chairs, tables and donor beds have fully welded steel frames and high quality padded upholstery.

Becoming mobile in today’s world is important. Whether it’s going to the kitchen or getting to work, mobility of some kind is important to get us there. There are numerous ways we can get from one place to another, but one viable option is with a scooter.

StCloudStairLifts.com share 9 tips to buy the best stairlift. Bruce Stevenson, local owner operator of TwinCityStairLifts.com expands his successful business across the 13 county metro and more. Bruce has been helping remove barriers for folks and keeping them in their homes where they want to stay for more than 7 years professionally. However, since he was a child he helped family with disabilities gain access to their entire home with many solutions. Bruce has an A+ rating with the BBB and continues to get testimonials. Our Saint Cloud Stair Lift telephone number is 320-253-5640. Please call with any questions or feel free to visit our website to compare which chair stair lift is right for you.

HIPAA Compliance: The objective behind Sensitivity in maintaining individual health record of every person is too significant and this is what gets ensured under HIPAA security compliance, which aims at protecting an individual’s information to be obtained, created, used and maintained electronically at a specific healthcare unit or hospital. As a result of this rule, the healthcare unit is responsible for taking every measure to keep this information confidential, secure, reliable and free from any electronic interference. But healthcare units usually find it tough to meet the expectations of this security rule & it requires a more technical approach in abiding by the directives of the security rule.

Supremus Group LLC will be conducting HIPAA training and certification courses to be held in Huston, TX from November 14 to November 17, 2011.

The Pride Wrangler is one of the most diversified scooters on the market. When one considers its uses, one should consider where the scooter can be used. Pride Wrangler can be used both in the indoor and outdoor environment, allowing users options. Because no one truly knows what the outdoor environment holds for any one user, it’s important to get one that can not only withstand the outside elements, but can withstand the ground on which the scooter lies. Never more does one have to look outside when there is a family outing or a celebration.

Bill Horne, CEO of Laser Spine Institute the leader in endoscopic spine surgery, has announced that the company has opened its newest ambulatory surgery center in Oklahoma City. The new facility will offer convenient patient access to board-certified surgeons, including Michael Weiss, D.O., Mark Flood, M.D. and physicians including Kit McCalla, D.O., MBA. In addition, administrative functions and complimentary medical consultations will be performed at the surgical center. A 9,728 square-foot facility, the Oklahoma City ambulatory surgery center opening is an expansion from the company’s previously held office-based surgery center. The newly expanded facility is located at 4727 Gaillardia Parkway.

When people often think of mobility scooters in their minds, they think about the Hoveround commercial that was so popular in the late 80’s and early 90’s. You might be able to see those old school commercials today if you stay up late enough.

Custom Comfort Medtek, a market leader and manufacturer of medical furniture and supplies, announced today a partnership with Attania, an industry leading online marketplace for Hospitals, Health Facilities and Medical Centers throughout the world. CCM Vice President Doug Patton says "In phase one; we are focusing on bringing online all our capital equipment products and making available to all planners the necessary revit files and technical specs. This will allow Custom Comfort Medtek to seamlessly collaborate with the Equipment Planners, Architects, Contractors and Hospital Administrators, who are primarily responsible for building and equipping these new facilities."

Ultrasound is considered to be a very popular imaging modality that has relatively more market competition than other technologies such as CT and MRI. The procedures cost lesser than any other such as MRI and CT scan.

Various continuous innovations in MRI have led to the development of more efficient MRI which is more efficient and can be used in various other applications such as Breast MRI. The high-field MRI provides the benefit of higher signal-to-noise ratio, contrast-to-noise ratios, and spectral resolution for certain applications.

Bill Horne, CEO of Laser Spine Institute, the leader in endoscopic spine surgery, has announced that Laser Spine Institute has been recognized by Inc. magazine as one of America’s fastest-growing privately held companies for the second consecutive year. The gold standard of entrepreneurial success, the Inc. 5000, recognizes the nation’s top 5,000 fastest-growing businesses based on accumulated revenue growth in 2010. Businesses named to Inc. 5000 must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, independent organizations. With 76 percent growth experienced in the last three years, Laser Spine Institute ranked No. 2,833 overall and No. 248 in the healthcare category. The minimally invasive spine surgery provider ranked in the top ten percent based on revenue, and nineteenth among health firms with headquarters in Florida. Among Tampa-based companies, Laser Spine Institute ranked No. 40 among 69 area businesses that made the list.

The Private Duty Homecare Association (PDHCA) today announced LeadingAge as the next webinar partner in the PDHCA “Help Choose Home” educational webinar series. LeadingAge is an association of not-for-profit organizations dedicated to advancing policies, promoting practices and conducting research that supports, enables and empowers people to live fully as they age. PDHCA and LeadingAge will come together on October 11, 2011 to present on the topic "Signs that In-Home Care is Needed."

There are power chairs, but then there are power chairs – like that of the X5 Frontier Off Road Power Chair. Users can take this unique chair on virtually any kind of terrain that they see fit because its sheer power allows them safe passage.

Nationwide Mobility, a premium company providing innovative bathing solutions, introduces a wide variety of bathing products such as the Disabled Bath, Walk in Bathtub, Bath Cushion and other Bathing Aids. Designed with great creativity and built with quality materials, these products will be an instant hit with users.

During your growing-up years, you looked to your mother or father to take care of you. Now, with failing physical or mental faculties, your parent may become more dependent on you.

All-Terrain power chairs are great for users of all types because they simply do not know where they will be or what kind of terrain they will experience. They also provide the necessary stability and balance that they need.

Clinical trials market now witnesses a paradigm shift. Naïve heterogeneous patient populations in the developing nations are opening up new avenues for the clinical trials market.

Knee walkers are so vitally essential for users that it is absolutely necessary to have something of quality. Those individuals dealing with post-surgery or other injuries should take advantage of a knee walker to get on the path of healing.

Twin City Stair Lifts, An established company in Minnesota which sells stair lifts has just announced the launch of their new Rochester, MN division and website.

The 16th annual Treasure Street, signature event of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (TSRHC), will serve as TSRHC’s official 90th birthday party on Thursday, October 13, 2011. Under the leadership of 2011 Treasure Street chairmen, Carolyn & Karl Rathjen, M.D., the highly anticipated evening will include a variety of celebratory activities and feature a live performance by Grammy award-winning singer Lee Ann Womack.

There are powerful scooters and there are even more power scooters. The Summit mobility scooters fall in the latter category. They have tremendous power and features that many other scooters do not have.

Not many companies will go so far as to let potential users pre-ride their products, but Top Mobility does. They will have the opportunity to test ride a scooter for free at their home, as that is where the majority of the riding will take place.

The November/December issue of Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare will include the launch of new annual supplement on Point of Care Medical Devices