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Telemedicine plays important role in providing access to care for Medi-Cal members

According to US Department of Health and Human Services, compared with urban Americans, rural residents have higher poverty rates, have fewer doctors, hospitals, and other health resources, and face more difficulty getting to health services. Beginning 2014, when health care reform becomes effective, an estimated 2.4 million Californians will be newly-eligible for Medi-Cal.

13 Jul 2010

AnaptysBio awarded DARPA contract to generate novel high affinity thermally stable antibodies

AnaptysBio, Inc., a privately-held therapeutic antibody platform and product company, today announced it has been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), to use its proprietary somatic hypermutation (SHM) technology platform to generate novel high affinity thermally stable antibodies that could be used by the military in antibody-based biosensors, including those that can detect bioterrorist threats.

13 Jul 2010

OvaGene Oncology completes license agreements with key Norwegian cancer researchers

OvaGene Oncology Inc., a biotechnology company specializing in the development and commercialization of personalized DNA-based diagnostics for gynecologic cancer, announced today that it has completed license agreements with key Norwegian cancer researchers. The agreements allow OvaGene to validate two new promising genomic technologies with the intention of developing these into clinical laboratory tests.

13 Jul 2010

vRad stockholders approve merger agreement for acquisition by Providence affiliate

Virtual Radiologic Corporation ("vRad"), a national radiology practice and a leader in the development of radiologist workflow technology, and Providence Equity Partners, a leading global private equity firm that manages over $22 billion in equity capital, announced that earlier today vRad's stockholders approved and adopted the merger agreement providing for the acquisition of vRad by an affiliate of Providence. The transaction is valued at approximately $294 million and was completed today.

13 Jul 2010

News outlets examine Haitian rebuilding effort six months after major quake

"Six months to the day since a magnitude-7.0 earthquake leveled 60% of [Port-Au-Prince's] buildings and killed 230,000 people, there are few visible signs of improvement," USA Today reports.

13 Jul 2010

Westbury Hospital to implement Prognosis ChartAccess Comprehensive EMR

Westbury Hospital is implementing an electronic medical records system from Prognosis Health Information Systems – a move that is putting the new 137-bed acute care hospital on the fast track toward meeting meaningful use requirements and qualifying for incentive funds associated with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

12 Jul 2010

healthychat.com addresses myriad consumer health care questions

Health care reform will impact every American in some way. The question is how and when? The healthychat.com website was created to address the many questions consumers have about health insurance. Since its launch on May 1, thousands have viewed healthychat.com, creating a community forum addressing myriad health care questions.

12 Jul 2010

IDSI installs CT Laser Mammography system at Tata Memorial Hospital

Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., a pioneer in laser optical breast imaging, announced today that it has installed the first CT Laser Mammography (CTLM) system at Tata Memorial Hospital, the national comprehensive cancer centre in Mumbai, India.

12 Jul 2010

Iowa HITREC selects Greenway's PrimeSuite EHR solution for statewide deployment

The Iowa Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (HITREC) has selected Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc., provider of the single-database, integrated electronic health record (EHR), practice management and interoperability solution PrimeSuite®, as a preferred EHR solution for its statewide deployment program within the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) REC healthcare grant program.

12 Jul 2010

BioImagene licenses Olympus patents in digital pathology, virtual microscopy

Olympus America Inc. has signed a nonexclusive worldwide licensing agreement with BioImagene, Inc. of Sunnyvale, California, allowing BioImagene to access an extensive portfolio of Olympus patents in the field of digital pathology and virtual microscopy. This is the most recent of several licenses that Olympus has granted for the technologies, which are considered critical for developing future digital imaging and data handling systems for pathology.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 12 Jul 2010

Biomagnetics signs LOI to acquire Lanzhou Sanhuan New Technology Development

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis and malaria detection, and other innovative technologies, today announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Lanzhou Sanhuan New Technology Development Ltd. of Ganzu, China. This expected acquisition is the first of several planned acquisitions targeted at a $1.00 share price for Biomagnetics Diagnostics' common shares.

12 Jul 2010

QSpex Technologies receives $4.5M credit facility from GE Capital

GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services today announced it has provided a $4.5 million credit facility to QSpex Technologies, Inc. The financing provides working capital and funds capital equipment expenditures supporting QSpex's product launch in late 2010.

12 Jul 2010

Eclipsys' PeakPractice EMR solution receives NEyePA's preferred provider endorsement

Eclipsys Corporation, The Outcomes Company®, today announced that Eclipsys' PeakPractice™ electronic medical record (EMR) solution recently received preferred provider endorsement by the National EyePA Coalition (NEyePA), a large independent physician association (IPA) representing 4,900 optometrists and ophthalmologists in 28 IPAs in 26 states.

12 Jul 2010

Penn Pharma, Xcelience partner to market Capsugel's Xcelodose micro-dosing system technology

Penn Pharma and Xcelience, LLC today announced that the two companies have entered into a joint venture agreement to provide Capsugel's Xcelodose® precision powder micro-dosing system technology on a global basis.

12 Jul 2010

Medrium signs partnership agreement with RelayHealth for Results Distribution Systems

Medrium, Inc., one of the nation's top independent medical healthcare information technology companies, today announced it has signed a partnership agreement with RelayHealth to use their Results Distribution Systems (RDS) to leverage Relay's national relationship with LabCorp and to provide LabCorp results to physicians utilizing the Medrium EMR.

12 Jul 2010

MiCK assay effective in predicting best chemotherapy response for Endometrial Cancer patients: Study

Oncologists working with DiaTech Oncology have published the results of a comprehensive study to determine the effectiveness of the Microculture Kinetic (MiCK) assay for apoptosis in predicting the best chemotherapy response for Endometrial Cancer patients. (Journal of Gynecologic Oncology March 2010 Mar)

12 Jul 2010

AngioDynamics adds low-profile, mini models to Smart Port CT family of power-injectable ports

AngioDynamics announced today the global expansion of its Smart Port CT family of power-injectable ports, featuring its patented Vortex® port technology - to include low-profile and mini models for repeated treatments such as chemotherapy and for use with computed tomography (CT).

12 Jul 2010

Concord Medical announces joint venture with Chang'An Hospital for operation of cancer treatment facilities

Concord Medical Services Holdings Limited, the operator of the largest network of radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging centers in China, today announced that effective as of July 1, 2010 it has entered into a joint venture with Chang'An Hospital for the operation of Chang'An Hospital's cancer treatment facilities by acquiring a 52% equity interest in Xi'an Wan Jie Hua Xiang Medical Technology Development Limited.

12 Jul 2010

Manuscript based on study of Clarient InsightDx Mammostrat to be published in Breast Cancer Research

Clarient, Inc., a premier technology and services resource for pathologists, oncologists and the pharmaceutical industry, today announced that a manuscript based on a study of Clarient InsightDx Mammostrat, a test used to classify the risk of recurrence of breast cancer following surgery and chemotherapy, will be published in an upcoming edition of Breast Cancer Research, a prominent peer-reviewed medical journal.

12 Jul 2010

FDA grants Catheter Connections 510(k) clearance for DualCap disinfecting product

Catheter Connections, Inc., a manufacturer of innovative vascular access and infection control products, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company 510(k) clearance to market its DualCap™ product. DualCap is the only device that nests two disinfecting caps together - for both IV access points, the needleless injection site (NIS) and the male luer at the end of the IV tubing. Previously overlooked as a route of microbial colonization, Catheter Connections has developed the first disinfecting cap for the male luer.

12 Jul 2010

Technology News and Research

Telemedicine plays important role in providing access to care for Medi-Cal members

AnaptysBio awarded DARPA contract to generate novel high affinity thermally stable antibodies

OvaGene Oncology completes license agreements with key Norwegian cancer researchers

vRad stockholders approve merger agreement for acquisition by Providence affiliate

News outlets examine Haitian rebuilding effort six months after major quake

Westbury Hospital to implement Prognosis ChartAccess Comprehensive EMR

healthychat.com addresses myriad consumer health care questions

IDSI installs CT Laser Mammography system at Tata Memorial Hospital

Iowa HITREC selects Greenway's PrimeSuite EHR solution for statewide deployment

BioImagene licenses Olympus patents in digital pathology, virtual microscopy

Biomagnetics signs LOI to acquire Lanzhou Sanhuan New Technology Development

QSpex Technologies receives $4.5M credit facility from GE Capital

Eclipsys' PeakPractice EMR solution receives NEyePA's preferred provider endorsement

Penn Pharma, Xcelience partner to market Capsugel's Xcelodose micro-dosing system technology

Medrium signs partnership agreement with RelayHealth for Results Distribution Systems

MiCK assay effective in predicting best chemotherapy response for Endometrial Cancer patients: Study

AngioDynamics adds low-profile, mini models to Smart Port CT family of power-injectable ports

Concord Medical announces joint venture with Chang'An Hospital for operation of cancer treatment facilities

Manuscript based on study of Clarient InsightDx Mammostrat to be published in Breast Cancer Research

FDA grants Catheter Connections 510(k) clearance for DualCap disinfecting product

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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