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Majority of physicians think EMRs can compromise patients' safety

Press Ganey Associates' 2009 Hospital Pulse Report: Physician Perspectives on American Hospitals found physicians' satisfaction with electronic medical records (EMRs) is decreasing. Many physicians actually consider this increasingly common technology to be time-consuming and fear that it may compromise patient safety.

31 Dec 2009

Victhom Human Bionics to be classified as Tier 1 Technology Issuer on TSX Venture Exchange

Victhom Human Bionics Inc. ("Victhom" or the "Company") announced today that concurrent to voluntary delisting from the Toronto Stock Exchange, the common shares of the Company will commence trading on the TSX Venture Exchange effective at the opening of trading on December 31, 2009.

31 Dec 2009

Sonomax Hearing Healthcare completes milestone development of custom-fitted earpieces

Sonomax Hearing Healthcare Inc. announces that it has completed Phase V, its final milestone in the development of its off-the-shelf, self-fitting, custom earpieces. The company is now in a position to roll out its prototype V4(R), establishing Sonomax as the world's only producer of instant self-fitting custom earpieces.

31 Dec 2009

Ford and MIT explore automotive technology solutions to reduce driver stress

As Americans fight through the most stressful time of the year, Ford Motor Company and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are embarking on a plan to study driver workload and identify new opportunities to use in-vehicle technologies to improve driver safety by lowering stress.

31 Dec 2009

St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital renews campus-wide contract for Masimo SET pulse oximetry technology

Masimo, the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry(TM) and Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, announced today that St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital has renewed its campus-wide contract for Masimo SET pulse oximetry technology.

31 Dec 2009

JumpStart announces two JumpStart Ventures investments

JumpStart Inc., the Northeast Ohio venture development organization that accelerates the progress of high growth early-stage businesses, announces two JumpStart Ventures investments.

31 Dec 2009

NCD's monthly bulletin for December, 2009

National Council on Disability's monthly bulletin for December 2009.

30 Dec 2009

Santarus submits rifamycin SV MMX IND to the FDA

Santarus, Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has submitted an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting approval to begin a Phase III clinical program evaluating rifamycin SV MMX® in patients with travelers’ diarrhea.

30 Dec 2009

Tele-ICU system not linked to overall hospital mortality

Remote monitoring of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) was not associated with an overall improvement in the risk of death or length of stay in the ICU or hospital, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA.

30 Dec 2009

Current commercial EMR's better for billable events rather than care coordination

A gap exists between policy makers' expectations that current commercial electronic medical records (EMRs) can improve coordination of patient care and clinicians' real-world experiences with EMRs, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) published online in The Journal of General Internal Medicine.

30 Dec 2009

Experts release recommendations to help adults bolster their cognitive health

A panel of experts from leading northeastern universities recently reached consensus that proper nutrition, regular physical and mental activity, and adequate sleep can help to maintain and even improve cognitive skills in healthy adults.

30 Dec 2009

Chlorophyll and chlorophyllin effective in limiting aflatoxin absorption in humans

A new study has found that chlorophyll and its derivative chlorophyllin are effective in limiting the absorption of aflatoxin in humans. Aflatoxin is produced by a fungus that is a contaminant of grains including corn, peanuts and soybeans; it is known to cause liver cancer - and can work in concert with other health concerns, such as hepatitis.

30 Dec 2009

RxNT V 6.1.4 wins CCHIT Certified 2011 Standalone ePrescribing certification

Networking Technology, Inc. (NTI), the leader in eprescribing, today announced that their nationally recognized eprescribing product, RxNT V 6.1.4, has achieved CCHIT Certified® 2011 Standalone ePrescribing certification.

30 Dec 2009

Tarantula venom protein promising for MD

University at Buffalo biophysicists have found a protein in tarantula venom that shows promise as a potential therapy for muscular dystrophy (MD). They have formed a start-up biotech company in Buffalo -- Rose Pharmaceuticals -- to advance the drug to clinical trials.

30 Dec 2009

Pueblo Radiology Medical Group signs two year contract extension with Zotec Partners

Zotec Partners, an industry leader in medical billing, practice management and Radiology Information Systems (RIS) software and services, announces today that Pueblo Radiology Medical Group, Inc. out of Santa Barbara, Calif. has inked a two year contract extension with the company.

30 Dec 2009

TheScientist honors Seahorse Bioscience's XF96 Extracellular Flux Analyzer as a 2009 Top Ten Innovation

Seahorse Bioscience, Inc., leader in the design and development of instruments for measuring cellular bioenergetics, announced that TheScientist magazine cited their XF96 Extracellular Flux Analyzer as a 2009 Top Ten Innovation.

30 Dec 2009

Advances in development of “lipidoid” formulations for systemic delivery of RNAi therapeutics

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading RNAi therapeutics company, and collaborators from the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) today announced the publication of new data in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) describing further advancements in discovery and development of novel “lipidoid” formulations for the systemic delivery of RNAi therapeutics.

30 Dec 2009

Scientists develop straightforward technique to find ethnic origin of stem cells

An international team of scientists led by researchers at The Scripps Research Institute has developed a straightforward technique to determine the ethnic origin of stem cells.

30 Dec 2009

NeurAxon closes the sale of $8.75 million of unsecured subordinated convertible debentures

NeurAxon, Inc., a development-stage pharmaceutical company that is designing and developing next-generation pain therapeutics targeting neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), today announced that it has closed the sale of approximately $8.75 million of unsecured subordinated 2.0% convertible debentures that are convertible under specified circumstances into existing class B preferred shares.

29 Dec 2009

Luna Innovations acquires intellectual property assets of Tego Biosciences

Luna Innovations Incorporated has acquired certain intellectual property assets of Tego Biosciences, its main competitor in developing medicines based on carbon nanomaterials.

29 Dec 2009

Technology News and Research

Majority of physicians think EMRs can compromise patients' safety

Victhom Human Bionics to be classified as Tier 1 Technology Issuer on TSX Venture Exchange

Sonomax Hearing Healthcare completes milestone development of custom-fitted earpieces

Ford and MIT explore automotive technology solutions to reduce driver stress

St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital renews campus-wide contract for Masimo SET pulse oximetry technology

JumpStart announces two JumpStart Ventures investments

NCD's monthly bulletin for December, 2009

Santarus submits rifamycin SV MMX IND to the FDA

Tele-ICU system not linked to overall hospital mortality

Current commercial EMR's better for billable events rather than care coordination

Experts release recommendations to help adults bolster their cognitive health

Chlorophyll and chlorophyllin effective in limiting aflatoxin absorption in humans

RxNT V 6.1.4 wins CCHIT Certified 2011 Standalone ePrescribing certification

Tarantula venom protein promising for MD

Pueblo Radiology Medical Group signs two year contract extension with Zotec Partners

TheScientist honors Seahorse Bioscience's XF96 Extracellular Flux Analyzer as a 2009 Top Ten Innovation

Advances in development of “lipidoid” formulations for systemic delivery of RNAi therapeutics

Scientists develop straightforward technique to find ethnic origin of stem cells

NeurAxon closes the sale of $8.75 million of unsecured subordinated convertible debentures

Luna Innovations acquires intellectual property assets of Tego Biosciences

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