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Monthly Archive: May, 2011

Men’s Health By the Numbers

June’s Men’s Health Month is recognized across the country with screenings, health fairs, media appearances plus other health education and outreach activities. The Congressional Health Education Program’s goal is to heighten awareness of preventable health problems in males as well as encourage early detection and treatment of diseases in men and boys.

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Qforma’s Co-Founder & COO Presented with Who’s Who in Technology Award

Last time Quarks spoke to Dr. Roger D. Jones, Qforma’s Co-Founder and COO, he had just made the list as one of New Mexico Business Weekly’s Who’s Who in Technology 2011. Since then, Roger has attended the reception to receive his award and the New Mexico Business Weekly’s special Who’s Who in Technology issue hit news stands. Roger has applied …

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Mahmood Mirza Speaks at Qforma ACO Event

Qforma had the pleasure of hosting Mahmood Mirza of Tucson Medical Center Healthcare as a guest speaker discussing Accountable Care Organizations. Pictured: Dr. Roger D. Jones, Mahmood Mirza, and Judy Stein

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PM360 Interview with Kelly Myers

In May’s PM360 magazine, Kelly Myers, Qforma’s Co-Founder and CEO, discusses the past, present, and future strategic trends in the Pharmaceutical industry. The article summarizes Myers’ view of the near future where an organization’s ability to access more insights from data is paramount to success. Our clients are very interested in practical, real-world application of data and data analytics. There …

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Interview with Navid Sakhavand

Quarks was able to catch up with Navid Sakhavand, recipient of Qforma’s Prize for Most Outstanding Computational Thesis in School of Engineering, to discover more about his thesis, time at University of New Mexico, and his plans for the future.

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Device & Pharmaceutical Company Partnerships

Recently, I am noticing a trend with Medical Device and Pharmaceutical company partnerships and acquisitions. Pairing Device and Pharma is like beer and pretzels–they just make good sense together. In practice, many devices are naturally coupled with pharma products. In April, there was a lot of movement in this direction. Endo announced its purchase of American Medical Systems and Johnson …

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Chris Rofidal’s AMCP Recap

I live there and Garrison Keillor spins tall tails about it on “A Prairie Home Companion”. Now, Minnesota’s latest claim to fame is as host for AMCP’s 23rd Annual Meeting & Showcase. During the week of April 25th, I walked the halls of AMCP. I attended Susan Dentzer’s insightful keynote speech on Health Care Reform and Brian Kolling’s informative Pharma …

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Qforma Sponsors 3 Scholarships to YWCA’s TechGYRLS Summer Camp

It’s shocking but nationally, only 22% of working scientists are women. However, women make up 46% of the work force, according to the National Science Foundation. A new report by the National Center for Women & Information Technology discovered that the percentage of computing positions held by women declined from 36% in 1991 to 25% in 2008. These figures don’t …

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Address Your Stress

May is National Mental Health Month and Qforma’s “resident nutritionist” is sharing tips for reducing job-related stress in today’s challenging business environment. Feeling stressed-out on the job? You’re not alone.

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Qforma Sponsors Yankees & Red Sox?

Whether you root for the Yanks or the Sox, one thing both sides can agree on is that when it comes to sponsoring little league teams, it’s time to bury the hatchet and support the kids no matter the name. Qforma is the proud sponsor of the Yankees baseball team (our Yankees are Texans). They just finished the regular season …

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