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Virtual ultrasound elastography can improve breast cancer detection

Next to lung cancer, breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women, according to the American Cancer Society.

17 Oct 2014

Otoharmonics receives Class 2 medical device license for Levo system from Health Canada

Otoharmonics Corporation, announces that it has received a Class 2 medical device license from Health Canada for the Levo system, a personalized neuroscience-based sound therapy for use in the temporary relief of tinnitus symptoms.

16 Oct 2014

Johns Hopkins Hospital completes Nelson/Harvey Building renovations

Nelson/Harvey Building renovations at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in East Baltimore are complete after a nearly 24-month construction project to completely modernize the two buildings originally built in 1977. The makeover adds 136 new private patient rooms, which will be used primarily for Department of Medicine, pulmonology, gastroenterology and cardiac medicine patients.

16 Oct 2014

University of Alicante develops tool for people with autism spectrum disorders

The University of Alicante has developed, together with centres in the UK, Spain and Bulgaria, a tool designed to assist people with autism spectrum disorders by adapting written documents into a format that is easier for them to read and understand. This is the main result of the three-year project FIRST (A Flexible Interactive Reading Support Tool), funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme.

15 Oct 2014

Precyse's CDI services receive high scores in KLAS report

Precyse, an industry leader in Health Information Management (HIM) performance solutions, is pleased to announce Precyse's Clinical Documentation Improvement services received high scores in a recent KLAS report, titled "CDI Services 2014: Providing Light to Documentation Darkness."

14 Oct 2014

Findings suggest that more help needed for family doctors to spot signs of lung cancer

The findings suggest that family doctors may not be picking up the signs of lung cancer and investigating them as appropriately as they might, or promptly enough, say the researchers.

14 Oct 2014

University of Pittsburgh awarded NIH grant to lead Big Data to Knowledge Center of Excellence

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of Pittsburgh an $11 million, four-year grant to lead a Big Data to Knowledge Center of Excellence, an initiative that will help scientists capitalize more fully on large amounts of available data and to make data science a more prominent component of biomedical research.

10 Oct 2014

Columbia University's imaging software gets FDA 510k clearance

Columbia University's imaging software that facilitates 3-D lung tumor segmentation, licensed to Varian Medical Systems, has been incorporated into the Smart Segmentation module of Varian's Eclipse treatment planning system and has received FDA 510k clearance.

10 Oct 2014

Digital Clinic International acquired by Voice Solutions

As the digital signage industry continues to gain momentum, Voice Solutions announced that it has acquired Digital Clinic International LLC, a digital signage company focused on the needs of dental, cosmetic surgery and health care clinics.

8 Oct 2014

UVA Health System chooses StrataJazz for decision support and cost accounting

Strata Decision Technology (Strata Decision), a pioneer and leader in the development of innovative software tools for financial analytics, business intelligence and decision support in the U.S. healthcare market, announced today that University of Virginia Health System (UVA Health System) has selected StrataJazz® for decision support and cost accounting.

8 Oct 2014

Hands-free, voice-controlled automobile infotainment systems can distract drivers, show studies

Two new AAA-University of Utah studies show that despite public belief to the contrary, hands-free, voice-controlled automobile infotainment systems can distract drivers, although it is possible to design them to be safer.

8 Oct 2014

Finesse Solutions launches SmartFactory for single-use facilities

Finesse Solutions, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, a manufacturer of measurement and control solutions for life sciences process applications, announced the launch of SmartFactory, which is a uniquely configurable design architecture for single-use facilities.

8 Oct 2014

Viewpoints: Relatively few face insurance cancellations; new doctor payment site is 'impenetrable'

People are starting to get letters telling them their health insurance plans have been canceled because of the Affordable Care Act. Because the letters will go out just before the midterm congressional elections, they are likely to get a lot of attention. There have been several stories this past week. But the people affected will represent only a small fraction of the population with health insurance (Margot Sanger-Katz, (10/6).

8 Oct 2014

GeneSolve to license its health optimization system to highly qualified doctors

GeneSolve announced today that it will begin licensing its proprietary health optimization system to a network of highly qualified doctors nationwide.

7 Oct 2014

Connecture launches private health insurance exchange solution, On Ramp

Connecture, Inc. ("Connecture"), a leading provider of web-based information systems used to create health insurance marketplaces, today announced the immediate availability of On Ramp, a full service, private health insurance exchange solution and corresponding benefits portal that provides the functionality needed to dramatically enhance the delivery of employee benefits and empower consumers to make more informed health insurance decisions with ease.

7 Oct 2014

COMS Interactive, PointRight partner to integrate advanced clinical services and predictive analytics

PointRight Inc., the industry-standard analytics leader for healthcare providers and payers, and COMS Interactive, also known as Clinical Outcomes Management Systems, the leading disease management software provider in the post-acute care marketplace, announce that the two companies will leverage their collective clinical strengths and sales and marketing resources.

7 Oct 2014

BenefitMall bags bronze Stevie Award for website HealthcareExchange.com

BenefitMall, the leading provider of employee benefit, human resources (HR), and payroll products and services, today announced it won the bronze Stevie Award in the 2014 American Business Awards for its website HealthcareExchange.com.

7 Oct 2014

As new Obamacare enrollment period approaches, challenges loom

Officials hope to renew coverage for the 15 million people who signed up last year as well as expand the pool by another 10 million, but there are concerns about consumer costs and choices.

6 Oct 2014

2014 Norman R. Alpert Award winner announced

Dr. Chris Berger, CMB Interim Director and Director of Graduate Education for the College of Medicine, announced the winner of the 2014 Norman R. Alpert Award at the annual Graduate Research Day for the CMB Program event held October 2, 2014. Jacqueline Leung, a graduate student in the Cellular, Molecular and Biosciences (CMB) Program at the University of Vermont won for her publication, “Identification of T. gondii Myosin Light Chain-1 as a Direct Target of TachypleginA-2, a Small-Molecule Inhibitor of Parasite Motility and Invasion.”1

6 Oct 2014

Bitplane and microDimensions announce partnership to bring Voloom to the wider life sciences market

Bitplane, an Oxford Instruments company and microDimensions today announce a partnership to bring Voloom, from microDimensions, to the wider life sciences market via the Bitplane sales channels.

From microDimensions - Bramlage Scientific GmbH 3 Oct 2014

Software News and Research

Virtual ultrasound elastography can improve breast cancer detection

Otoharmonics receives Class 2 medical device license for Levo system from Health Canada

Johns Hopkins Hospital completes Nelson/Harvey Building renovations

University of Alicante develops tool for people with autism spectrum disorders

Precyse's CDI services receive high scores in KLAS report

Findings suggest that more help needed for family doctors to spot signs of lung cancer

University of Pittsburgh awarded NIH grant to lead Big Data to Knowledge Center of Excellence

Columbia University's imaging software gets FDA 510k clearance

Digital Clinic International acquired by Voice Solutions

UVA Health System chooses StrataJazz for decision support and cost accounting

Hands-free, voice-controlled automobile infotainment systems can distract drivers, show studies

Finesse Solutions launches SmartFactory for single-use facilities

Viewpoints: Relatively few face insurance cancellations; new doctor payment site is 'impenetrable'

GeneSolve to license its health optimization system to highly qualified doctors

Connecture launches private health insurance exchange solution, On Ramp

COMS Interactive, PointRight partner to integrate advanced clinical services and predictive analytics

BenefitMall bags bronze Stevie Award for website HealthcareExchange.com

As new Obamacare enrollment period approaches, challenges loom

2014 Norman R. Alpert Award winner announced

Bitplane and microDimensions announce partnership to bring Voloom to the wider life sciences market

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