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New 256-slice CT scanner to predict potential heart attack in one second

What can you do in one second? Snap your fingers, blink your eyes, or get a diagnostic scan on a 256-slice computed tomography (CT) scanner? You can do all of those things in one second, but the one that may help save your life is the 256-slice CT scan.

21 Feb 2014

AT Group to present new MatrixView PACStream platform at HiMSS 14

At the upcoming HiMSS 14, the AT Group exhibit, Booth #7384, presents MatrixView demonstrating its new turnkey PACS solution, MatrixView PACStream. The new MatrixView PACStream offering satisfies complex demands that are inherent in the movement and storage of medical imaging records and files.

21 Feb 2014

Convergent announces implementation of PatientQuest patient access solution at Moffitt Cancer Center

Convergent Revenue Cycle Management, Inc., leading provider of healthcare revenue cycle management and patient access solutions to hospitals across the nation, announces today the implementation of their PatientQuest patient access solution at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute (Moffitt Cancer Center) in Tampa, Florida. Moffitt Cancer Center is a Siemens Soarian customer.

20 Feb 2014

DexCom reports 62% increase in product revenue for fourth quarter 2013

DexCom, Inc. today reported its audited financial results as of and for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.

20 Feb 2014

Certify Data Systems to introduce latest version of HealthLogix platform at HIMSS 2014

Certify Data Systems, Inc., a pioneer of inspired technology for life, will introduce the latest version of HealthLogix, a next-generation, fully integrated population health management platform, at the 2014 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida. Certify is a subsidiary of Humana Inc.

20 Feb 2014

Hu-Friedy, EMS partner to deliver clinically advanced prophylaxis protocol to U.S. and Canadian markets

Hu-Friedy, a global leader in the manufacturing of dental instruments and products, and Switzerland-based Electro Medical Systems today announced a strategic alliance to deliver the most clinically advanced prophylaxis protocol to the U.S. and Canadian markets by leveraging Hu-Friedy's heritage in high-quality hand instrumentation, coupled with best-in-class EMS offerings in Piezo power scaling and air polishing.

20 Feb 2014

BettrLife, Withings partner to jointly promote interactive mobile healthcare applications and products

Health and wellness technology leader BettrLife, and pioneer in consumer connected health devices Withings, have announced a business partnership to jointly promote their interactive mobile healthcare applications and products.

20 Feb 2014

Advances in data analysis technology are effective in controlling Medicare and Medicaid fraud

The annual bill for Medicare and Medicaid fraud hit 11 digits in 2012. That's tens of billions. The numbers might be daunting, but University of Cincinnati research shows that recent strategies to combat this unique form of white-collar crime are increasingly effective.

20 Feb 2014

Cyberonics receives CE Mark approval in Europe for AspireSR generator

Cyberonics, Inc. announced today the CE Mark (Conformité Européenne) approval in Europe for the AspireSR generator, the novel sixth-generation VNS Therapy generator.

20 Feb 2014

Syneron Medical enters into agreement to acquire New Star Lasers

Syneron Medical Ltd., the leading global aesthetic device company, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire New Star Lasers, Inc., which conducts business as CoolTouch, Inc., for approximately $11 million in cash and earn out based on certain milestones of up to $4 million until end of 2015.

20 Feb 2014

New technology offers potential to link patient records at different hospitals, overcome communication problems

Although trauma, heart and stroke patients benefit from being transferred from a local hospital to a higher-level care facility, it's unclear why patients transferred with non-urgent medical conditions show at least a 30 percent higher death rate than had they stayed put, according to researchers from Case Western Reserve University's nursing school.

20 Feb 2014

iASSIST device improves surgical precision, accuracy in total knee replacements

Each year, approximately 600,000 total knee replacement procedures are performed in the United States, a number that is expected to rise exponentially in the next decade as the population ages. Successful surgeries require precise alignment in the knee, a challenging task made even more daunting by the expected rise in procedures. To help meet this demand, UC San Diego Health System is the first in the nation to use iASSIST, a computer navigation system with Bluetooth-like technology that improves surgical precision and accuracy in total knee replacements, decreasing the need for revision surgery.

20 Feb 2014

Wellcome Trust to launch new digital publication dedicated to science of life

Mosaic, a new digital publication dedicated to exploring the science of life, is set to launch on 4 March 2014. Mosaic will carry long-form features, articles and films that tell the stories behind biomedical research and its impact on society.

20 Feb 2014

Supercomputer dramatically accelerates genome analysis

Although the time and cost of sequencing an entire human genome has plummeted, analyzing the resulting three billion base pairs of genetic information from a single genome can take many months.

20 Feb 2014

University of Iowa study finds that police work, like many other jobs, is mostly sedentary

Are you active at your job? If you're like most workers, you probably aren't. And the consequences could be deadly.

20 Feb 2014

Scientists receive 2014 Dan David Prize for exceptional excellence in sciences, arts and humanities

Pulitzer Prize-winning Holocaust historian Prof. Saul Friedlander and artificial intelligence pioneer Prof. Marvin Minsky are among the winners of the 2014 Dan David Prize, which annually bestows three awards of $1 million each.

20 Feb 2014

Pediatric Cancer Genome Project identifies genetic alteration in brain tumor ependymoma

The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital-Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has identified the most common genetic alteration ever reported in the brain tumor ependymoma and evidence that the alteration drives tumor development. The research appears February 19 as an advanced online publication in the scientific journal Nature.

20 Feb 2014

Certain fragments of DNA shed by tumors can be used to non-invasively screen for early-stage cancers

Certain fragments of DNA shed by tumors into the bloodstream can potentially be used to non-invasively screen for early-stage cancers, monitor responses to treatment and help explain why some cancers are resistant to therapies, according to results of an international study led by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center investigators.

20 Feb 2014

Study highlights lack of policies or guidelines regarding wheelchairs and seating provision in Ireland

A study on wheelchair provision, undertaken by the University of Limerick, has highlighted a worrying lack of any national policies or guidelines in support of the 40,000 people who use wheelchairs and seating assistive technology in Ireland.

20 Feb 2014

Purdue’s new innovation improves drug therapies by making real-time decisions about treatment options

Oncologists and cancer patients could improve the results of drug therapies by making real-time decisions about treatment options using an innovation developed in Purdue University's College of Pharmacy.

20 Feb 2014

Technology News and Research

New 256-slice CT scanner to predict potential heart attack in one second

AT Group to present new MatrixView PACStream platform at HiMSS 14

Convergent announces implementation of PatientQuest patient access solution at Moffitt Cancer Center

DexCom reports 62% increase in product revenue for fourth quarter 2013

Certify Data Systems to introduce latest version of HealthLogix platform at HIMSS 2014

Hu-Friedy, EMS partner to deliver clinically advanced prophylaxis protocol to U.S. and Canadian markets

BettrLife, Withings partner to jointly promote interactive mobile healthcare applications and products

Advances in data analysis technology are effective in controlling Medicare and Medicaid fraud

Cyberonics receives CE Mark approval in Europe for AspireSR generator

Syneron Medical enters into agreement to acquire New Star Lasers

New technology offers potential to link patient records at different hospitals, overcome communication problems

iASSIST device improves surgical precision, accuracy in total knee replacements

Wellcome Trust to launch new digital publication dedicated to science of life

Supercomputer dramatically accelerates genome analysis

University of Iowa study finds that police work, like many other jobs, is mostly sedentary

Scientists receive 2014 Dan David Prize for exceptional excellence in sciences, arts and humanities

Pediatric Cancer Genome Project identifies genetic alteration in brain tumor ependymoma

Certain fragments of DNA shed by tumors can be used to non-invasively screen for early-stage cancers

Study highlights lack of policies or guidelines regarding wheelchairs and seating provision in Ireland

Purdue’s new innovation improves drug therapies by making real-time decisions about treatment options

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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