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New blog on health information technology

Dr. David Blumenthal, HHS’ National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, today announced the launch of Health IT Buzz, a new blog that will allow readers to learn more about health information technology (health IT) and provide a space for consumers, providers, policymakers, and technology experts to share their ideas and concerns regarding health IT. The blog is available at http://healthit.hhs.gov/blog/onc.

23 Nov 2009

New technology to measure tissue elasticity introduced by GE Healthcare

GE Healthcare today introduced MR-Touch, a visual palpation technology that uses low frequency sound waves in combination with MRI to measure tissue elasticity. For centuries, clinicians have evaluated tissue stiffness—the physical property of tissue most affected by disease—through palpation. Based on technology invented at Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) and licensed to GE Healthcare,

23 Nov 2009

AP/News-Observer examines state of vaccine research

The Associated Press/News-Observer examines revitalized vaccine research, including for such conditions as malaria, TB and HIV. "Vaccines are no longer a sleepy, low-profit niche in a booming drug industry.

23 Nov 2009

Health debate bears down on senators

"As one of the few senators undecided on healthcare reform, Arkansas Democrat Blanche Lincoln faces a huge headache. Liberals attack her as an obstructionist, even though she cast a key vote keeping the effort alive. Republicans are lining up to run against her -- seven, so far, and counting. The voters here at home seem conflicted, if not downright confused.

23 Nov 2009

Urodynamix Technologies announces the publication of AMA's 2010 Current Procedural Terminology

Urodynamix Technologies Ltd. today announced that the American Medical Association (AMA) has published its 2010 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes with additions, changes and deletions of billing codes for all medical specialities including urology.

23 Nov 2009

Cerner connects to its associates, clients globally through AT&T Telepresence Solution

Connecting associates around the world and collaborating with clients is now a quicker, more interactive process for global healthcare solutions provider Cerner ( CERN). Cerner began using the AT&T* Telepresence Solution, an immersive video technology that connects remote participants, earlier this year to help respond to client service requests in a timely manner and to conduct virtual business meetings with its associates, clients and business partners around the world.

23 Nov 2009

Absolute Match DNA specimen verification test introduced by AIBioTech

American International Biotechnology Services™ announces the launch of its Absolute Match™ DNA specimen verification test. The test, which will be performed through AIBioTech’s Fairfax Identity Laboratories™ division, provides absolute confidence for a patient undergoing a biopsy procedure that their specimen and diagnosis is their own.

23 Nov 2009

Visage 7 PACS solution to be installed at all Lake Imaging sites

Visage Imaging® Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pro Medicus Ltd. announced today a signed deal to provide Lake Imaging, one of Australia's largest independent diagnostic imaging groups, with Visage 7 - its next generation, thin client streaming digital imaging technology (PACS) solution.

23 Nov 2009

Digital divide appears between hospitals that treat the rich and poor

"Hospitals that disproportionately care for poor patients are less likely than other hospitals to have adopted health information technology," according to an October study published in Health Affairs, American Medical News reports. The economic stimulus legislation in February directed $19 billion in federal investments to help all types of hospitals adopt electronic records, but some researchers are concerned the money may not close that divide.

23 Nov 2009

Eclipsys reaches milestone: 50 millionth order entered into its EHR system

Eclipsys Corporation®, The Outcomes Company®, continues to strengthen its position as a leader in computerized physician order entry (CPOE) with the announcement today that long-standing client Sarasota Memorial Health Care System (Sarasota Memorial), located in Sarasota, FL, recently entered its 50 millionth order into its electronic health record (EHR) system. The notable physician order was entered by emergency medicine specialist Bill Colgate, MD.

23 Nov 2009

InteGreat to implement its InteGreat EHR application at Golden Valley Medical Clinics in Clinton, Missouri

InteGreat, a MED3OOO Company, recently entered into an agreement to implement and deploy InteGreat EHR(TM), a browser-based electronic health record (EHR) application, for the Golden Valley Medical Clinics in Clinton, Missouri.

23 Nov 2009

AMD LASERS announces new collaboration to continue its dental education

AMD LASERS announced this week that it continues with an ongoing commitment to dental education by partnering with prestigious industry-leader Dr. Larry Rosenthal and Aesthetic Advantage. Picasso, by AMD LASERS, will be the exclusive soft tissue diode laser used during all international educational activities, which are targeted to the top 2% of dentists.

From AMD Lasers 23 Nov 2009

Masimo announces the renewal of multi-year agreement by Advocate Health Care

Masimo, the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry(TM) and Measure-Through Motion and Low-Perfusion pulse oximetry, announced today that Advocate Health Care--Illinois' largest health care provider--has renewed its multi-year, system-wide contract for Masimo SET pulse oximetry technology.

23 Nov 2009

Isis Pharmaceuticals CEO's letter to shareholders

I would like to start by thanking you for your continuing support of Isis. We believe we are at one of the most successful moments in our history. We are truly at the end of the beginning of creating a unique company with a novel drug discovery platform, which we believe addresses many of the issues haunting the pharmaceutical industry.

23 Nov 2009

Nevada Cancer Institute selects Sprint as its wireless communications provider at its new Las Vegas facility

Nevada Cancer Institute has selected Sprint as its wireless communications provider of choice at its new, state-of-the-art facility near Las Vegas. This is the first Sprint in-building coverage and capacity agreement involving a large healthcare institution in the Las Vegas market.

23 Nov 2009

Receptos raises $25 million through Series A financing

Receptos, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, announced the closing of a two-tranche $25 million Series A financing. The company is focused on identifying and developing best- and first-in-class GPCR therapeutic candidates through information-driven drug discovery, including GPCR structure. Investors include ARCH Venture Partners, Flagship Ventures, Lilly Ventures and Venrock.

23 Nov 2009

Bio-Quant to be acquired by NexMed

NexMed, Inc., a developer of products based on the NexACT® technology, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bio-Quant, Inc., a revenue generating privately-held leading research organization for in vitro and in vivo contract drug discovery and pre-clinical development services, headquartered in San Diego, CA.

23 Nov 2009

AppDetectivePro solution from Application Security awarded Certificate of Networthiness by U.S. Army

Application Security, Inc., the leading provider of database security, risk and compliance solutions (SRC) for the enterprise, today announced that its has received a Certificate of Networthiness (CoN) from the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM) for its AppDetectivePro™ solution. With over one hundred thousand databases protected, AppDetectivePro is the defacto standard tool for database auditing.

23 Nov 2009

RXi Pharmaceuticals receives prestigious Innovation of the Year Award

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company pursuing the development and commercialization of proprietary therapeutics based on RNA interference (RNAi), today reported that the Company has received Frost & Sullivan’s 2009 North American RNAi Therapeutic Design & Delivery Technology Innovation of the Year Award for the development of its proprietary RNAi compounds, rxRNA™, and advanced delivery approaches.

23 Nov 2009

New FluCide better than the older version

NanoViricides, Inc., announced today that Dr. Eugene Seymour, MD MPH, CEO of the Company, presented lifetime data from the recent FluCide™ animal study on November 19th at the Influenza Congress USA 2009 in Washington, DC (www.terrapinn.com/usaflu). These data clearly established that the new version of FluCide™ is superior to the older version.

23 Nov 2009