State extends Upp deal

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on September 3, 2009 at 6:44 am

The Tennessee Department of Health has renewed and expanded its contract with Illinois-based Upp Technologies for the latter’s mobile logistics platforms.

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Research firm nabs WIC contract

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on March 31, 2009 at 9:44 pm

Green Hills-based Edge Healthcare Research will survey a portion of the 150,000 people enrolled in Tennessee’s WIC program ahead of an overhaul later this year.

New federal guidelines to take effect October 2009 have modified the current supplemental food packages offered through the WIC Program, and the Tennessee Department of Health wants to ensure that WIC recipients have access to the foods they use which are covered under the new food package guidelines.

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