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Clerity, GE partner to provide healthcare IT systems

Clerity Healthcare, a leading provider of end-to-end IT solutions, today announced that it has been selected by GE Healthcare as the exclusive systems integration technical solutions provider for GE Centricity Practice Solution and Centricity Electronic Medical Records (EMR) customers.

23 Aug 2011

Spinifex secures AU$6.25 million in expanded Series B funding

Spinifex Pharmaceuticals, an Australian pain drug development company, today announced it has secured a further AU$6.25 million of venture capital investment from GBS Venture Partners Limited, Brandon Capital Partners Pty Limited, Uniseed Management Pty Limited and UniQuest Pty Limited to fund the development of its pain management drug, EMA401.

23 Aug 2011

Cambridge Memorial Hospital installs Toshiba's CT and ultrasound system

Since quick and accurate diagnosis is critical in an acute setting, Cambridge Memorial Hospital, a critical care hospital in Nebraska operating as part of the integrated Tri Valley Health System, has installed the Aquilion 64 CT system and the Aplio XG ultrasound system from Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.

23 Aug 2011

RMS opens new Innovation Center, updated medical solution testing facility

Rubbermaid Medical Solutions (RMS), the leading provider of medication carts and mobile computing solutions for healthcare facilities, announced the opening of its new Innovation Center and updated testing facility today.

23 Aug 2011

NextDocs receives $10.3 million in Series A financing

NextDocs Corporation, the global leader in Microsoft SharePoint based software solutions for life sciences industries, today announced that the Company has received $10.3 million in a Series A financing from OpenView Venture Partners.

23 Aug 2011

New EHNAC accreditation program for HIE technology service providers

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body, announced today the development of Outsourced Services Accreditation Program for Health Information Exchange Services (OSAP-HIE), a new accreditation program offering for health information exchange (HIE) technology service providers.

23 Aug 2011

CompTIA to offer live healthcare IT training sessions in Los Angeles, Chicago

Training programs designed to help information technology (IT) companies broaden their business skills and knowledge in the emerging areas of healthcare IT and unified communications are available in the coming weeks from CompTIA, the non-profit association for the IT industry.

23 Aug 2011

OICR President announces $12.6M in funding for High Impact Clinical Trials Program

Dr. Tom Hudson, President and Scientific Director of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), today announced $12.6 million in funding over four years for OICR's High Impact Clinical Trials (HICT) Program.

23 Aug 2011

Phadia launches new allergy and autoimmunity testing instruments

Today Phadia, the global leader in allergy and autoimmune related diseases diagnostics, announced the launch of Phadia's new allergy and autoimmunity testing instruments; Phadia 2500 and Phadia 5000.

23 Aug 2011

IFMC changes company name to Telligen

IFMC has changed its name to Telligen, effective today.

23 Aug 2011

Modern Healthcare names Encore as one of 2011 top Best Places to Work in Healthcare

Modern Healthcare Magazine today named Houston-based Encore Health Resources, a leading provider of advanced information-technology services for the global healthcare industry, as one of its 2011 top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. The selection marks the second consecutive year that Encore has earned the coveted award.

23 Aug 2011

New report: Molecular imaging market to reach $6 billion by 2015

By 2015, it is anticipated that the molecular imaging (MI) market will achieve a value of over $6 billion, according to a new report on companiesandmarkets.com.

23 Aug 2011

Medworxx 2011 Client Conference to take place in Toronto, ON

Medworxx Inc., a leader in clinical patient flow, compliance and education solutions, announces the Medworxx Client Conference will take place October 18 - 20, 2011 at the Novotel Toronto Centre, Toronto, ON.

23 Aug 2011

NHIC receives CMS contract to continue Durable Medical Equipment services

HP Enterprise Services today announced that NHIC Corp., a subsidiary of HP, has been awarded a $72.3 million, five-year contract renewal by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue servicing Durable Medical Equipment (DME) suppliers in 11 northeastern U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

23 Aug 2011

Bruker introduces new high performance X-ray crystallography systems for structural biology

At the XXII Congress and General Assembly of the IUCr held in Madrid, Bruker today launches the D8 QUEST and D8 VENTURE high performance X-ray crystallography systems for structural biology.

23 Aug 2011

Samaritan Medical Center selects ProVation Order Sets electronic solution

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Samaritan Medical Center has selected ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, as the organization's electronic order set solution.

23 Aug 2011

NovaDel, Rechon enter license and distribution agreement for Zolpimist

NovaDel Pharma Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops oral spray formulations of marketed pharmaceutical products, today announced its entry into an exclusive license and distribution agreement with Rechon Life Science AB to manufacture and commercialize Zolpimist® outside the United States and Canada. Zolpimist is our oral spray formulation of zolpidem tartrate approved by the FDA in December of 2008.

23 Aug 2011

GE launches new release of healthcare revenue cycle management solution

GE Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare information technology, today launched Centricity Business 5.0, the next-generation revenue cycle management solution for hospital networks, academic medical centers, large practices and physician billing groups.

23 Aug 2011

PracticeMax acquires American Billing Services of Portland

PracticeMax, a provider of revenue cycle management and software services, today announced it has acquired American Billing Services (ABS) of Portland, Oregon, expanding the operations and geographical footprint of PracticeMax in the northwestern United States.

23 Aug 2011

ARUP Laboratories introduces Affymetrix CytoScan HD Array

ARUP Laboratories, a leading national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and a leader in innovative laboratory research and development, is pleased to introduce its newest SNP-based microarray technology, the Affymetrix CytoScan HD Array.

23 Aug 2011