GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 16, 2013 -- Priority Health is laying the groundwork to become the first health plan in Michigan to publish specific, regionalized health care costs and quality information by procedure, facility and physician. The company announced today it has signed a contract with Healthcare Blue Book to publish costs associated with more than 300 health care services most utilized by members of Priority Health.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 15, 2013 -- Net Medical Xpress Solutions, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board NMXS)(OTCQB: NMXS), announced today that it will be showcasing its newest web-based telemedicine technology at the American Telemedicine Association tradeshow in Austin, Texas on May 5-7, 2013.Net Medical CEO Dick Govatski said, "In May, we are introducing the latest software and hardware technology from our technology infrastructure group. The team will demonstrate our WebRTC (Web Real Time Communications) software for Google, Chrome and Firefox browsers eliminating the need for plug-ins, downloads and other proprietary installs so that video and audio communications can be connected as easily as opening up a browser.

CARLSBAD, Calif., April 11, 2013 -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced the launch of Vector NTI® Express Designer, the latest advancement in its Vector NTI® software platform, which offers researchers comprehensive and streamlined custom vector and genetic construct design and synthesis. The desktop software tool is designed for molecular biology, metabolic engineering, genetic engineering, and synthetic biology professionals who want to rationally design, assemble and order synthetic genetic "parts," optimizing genetic components for a broad range of applications.

The holy grail of modern medicine is better heath and better healthcare at a lower cost--the so-called ‘Triple Aim’--but how far along is the United States on its journey? The latest issue of Health Affairs delves into practices from other countries and lessons the United States could absorb as it sets out to accomplish this triple pursuit.  

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 10, 2013 -- Cambridge College's School of Management will host a panel discussion on the growing Health Information Technology (HIT) job market and career opportunities in health care organizations.

WASHINGTON, April 9, 2013 -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will convene an April 23 roundtable discussion on how to create a national data infrastructure to support high-quality patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER).

WASHINGTON, April 10, 2013 -- TEDMED, www.TEDMED.com, the annual multi-disciplinary gathering where 1,500+ leaders from all sectors of society come together to explore the promise of technology and potential of human achievement in health and medicine, has announced its final speaker line up of 60+ thought leaders and performers who will be featured on the TEDMED 2013 stage.

Royal Solutions Group LLC, a provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions to the Healthcare industry, has deployed Royal Letters™ at Scottsdale Medical Imaging in Scottsdale, AZ allowing for automated letter, email, diagnostic report and notification generation. Royal Letters™ is a service that delivers encrypted emails to patients and providers and can be plugged into almost any existing system or workflow due to its unique file reading capabilities.