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New EHR and practice management solution from Nuesoft Technologies

Nuesoft Technologies Inc. today announced the launch of its electronic health record (EHR). The NueMD® EHR 5.2 is certified for Ambulatory EHR 2007 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), and accompanies NueMD's medical practice management software solution to comprise NueMD® Complete, a fully integrated practice management and electronic medical record.

20 Oct 2009

Computerized decision support solution from GE Healthcare

As part of GE’s healthymagination commitment, GE Healthcare today announced a new solution that puts clinical data and treatment practices in the hands of doctors and clinicians in real-time so that they can make informed decisions right at the point of care.

20 Oct 2009

Covalon and Bard sign license agreement; Bard to apply Covalon's technology on its products

Covalon Technologies Ltd. (the "Company" or "Covalon") (TSX VENTURE:COV), an advanced medical products company, announced that it has signed a License Agreement as well as a Services and Supply Agreement with a division of C. R. Bard, Inc.

20 Oct 2009

Eclipsys supports healthcare providers to meet the goal of ARRA

To support healthcare organizations in making the appropriate technology decisions to maximize federal stimulus dollar opportunity, Eclipsys Corporation®, The Outcomes Company®, today announced the multiple superior outcomes its client organizations are achieving today.

20 Oct 2009

Researchers use biotechnological tools to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease

No one has yet found a cure or a way to prevent people from developing Alzheimer's disease. Researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, among others, are breaking new ground in biotechnology to find new tools that can help provide new solutions.

20 Oct 2009

Vertos Medical raises $15.5 million for U.S. commercialization of the company’s "mild" technology

Medical device company Vertos Medical, Inc., developer of the mild® procedure for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), today announced it has completed a $15.5 million Series D financing. New investor, ONSET Ventures, led the round with additional participation from existing Vertos investors CHL Medical Partners, Foundation Medical Partners, Aweida Venture Partners and DFJ Mercury.

20 Oct 2009

TechniScan becomes publicly traded company through reverse merger with Castillo

TechniScan, Inc. (OTCBB: TSNI) (“TechniScan” or the “Company”), a medical device company engaged in the development and commercialization of an automated breast ultrasound imaging system, has become a publicly traded company through a reverse merger with and into Castillo, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

20 Oct 2009

TechnoVax receives NIH grant to further the development of its VLP-based, vaccine program

TechnoVax, Inc., a biotechnology developer of novel vaccines was awarded a three-year $2.9 million SBIR phase II grant from the National Institutes of Health to further the development of its VLP-based, vaccine program.

20 Oct 2009

Tyrian Diagnostics and BD end collaboration to develop a Point-of-Care test for TB diagnosis

Tyrian Diagnostics Limited announced today that Tyrian and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) will not continue their collaboration to develop a Point-of-Care (PoC) test for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis (TB).

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 20 Oct 2009

Unitedhealth announces third quarter results; reports growth in revenues and net earnings

UnitedHealth Group reported third quarter results today, including growth in revenues and net earnings and a continued strong financial position.

20 Oct 2009

Cardiac Science and OMRON Healthcare sign distribution agreement

Cardiac Science Corporation (Nasdaq: CSCX), a global leader in automated external defibrillator (AED) and diagnostic cardiac monitoring devices, entered into an exclusive agreement with OMRON Healthcare distribute Omron's vital signs and spot check monitors under the Cardiac Science brand in the United States and Canada.

20 Oct 2009

Conference to discuss the pent-up demand for home based eldercare personal robots

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. announced today that during their first annual "Mobile Robots in Motion" conference November 4-5, 2009, attendees will be able to learn and discuss the basis for GeckoSystems' belief that pent-up demand exists for their cost effective, home based eldercare personal robots.

20 Oct 2009

Cork University Hospital uses a computer simulation system in its clinical trials

SensAble Technologies, Inc., announced that its customer, the Cork University Hospital, is leading clinical trials in two European hospitals using a haptically-enabled computer simulation system for testing physician competency in administering spinal anesthesia.

20 Oct 2009

IntegraMed America expands its Attain IVF treatment financing offerings

IntegraMed America, Inc., the nation’s leading manager of specialty outpatient healthcare facilities in the emerging, technology-focused medical niches of fertility and vein care, today announced that it has expanded its Attain™ IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) family of treatment financing offerings to include the Attain IVF Multi-Cycle Program.

20 Oct 2009

Aspect Medical Systems to present a complete family of BIS monitoring technologies at ASA meeting

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Annual Meeting will feature 62 scientific presentations that reference BIS® monitoring when it convenes on October 17-21, 2009 in New Orleans. BIS-related research will cover a broad range of applications for BIS monitoring, including initial results from studies conducted as part of a comparative effectiveness research collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic as well as findings from a study evaluating use of a Composite Variability Index (CVI) that is based on BIS parameters.

20 Oct 2009

Remote-controlled robot for testing visual prosthesis

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a remote-controlled robot that is able to simulate the "visual" experience of a blind person who has been implanted with a visual prosthesis, such as an artificial retina.

20 Oct 2009

Preliminary findings from EDC survey presented at DIA 3rd Annual Clinical Forum

Preliminary findings from a new survey on electronic data capture (EDC) use in clinical trials were presented today at the Drug Information Association's (DIA) 3rd Annual Clinical Forum in Nice, France. The survey, titled "Investigational Site Perspectives on Clinical Trial Information Systems," is the first update to a 2001 survey published on the topic.

20 Oct 2009

Novavax, Avimex and GE Healthcare initiate clinical study of H1N1 VLP influenza vaccine

Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) announced today that it has initiated a two-stage clinical study of its virus-like-particle (VLP) H1N1 influenza vaccine in Mexico in collaboration with Avimex Laboratories (Avimex) and GE Healthcare.

20 Oct 2009

Biomagnetics Diagnostics to raise $1 million

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp. (Pink Sheets:BMGP), a producer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for malaria, tuberculosis, HIV and hepatitis testing today announced the completion of its equity financing designed to fund entry into the Integrated Optical Biosensor Systems (IOBS) market.

20 Oct 2009

Health Discovery Corporation granted additional patents for Recursive Feature Elimination using Support Vector Machines

Health Discovery Corporation is pleased to announce numerous additional issued patents and Notices of Allowance since its last press release describing its intellectual property portfolio. The Company now has a total of 37 issued patents, 4 Notices of Allowance and 30 pending patent applications.

20 Oct 2009

Technology News and Research

New EHR and practice management solution from Nuesoft Technologies

Computerized decision support solution from GE Healthcare

Covalon and Bard sign license agreement; Bard to apply Covalon's technology on its products

Eclipsys supports healthcare providers to meet the goal of ARRA

Researchers use biotechnological tools to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease

Vertos Medical raises $15.5 million for U.S. commercialization of the company’s "mild" technology

TechniScan becomes publicly traded company through reverse merger with Castillo

TechnoVax receives NIH grant to further the development of its VLP-based, vaccine program

Tyrian Diagnostics and BD end collaboration to develop a Point-of-Care test for TB diagnosis

Unitedhealth announces third quarter results; reports growth in revenues and net earnings

Cardiac Science and OMRON Healthcare sign distribution agreement

Conference to discuss the pent-up demand for home based eldercare personal robots

Cork University Hospital uses a computer simulation system in its clinical trials

IntegraMed America expands its Attain IVF treatment financing offerings

Aspect Medical Systems to present a complete family of BIS monitoring technologies at ASA meeting

Remote-controlled robot for testing visual prosthesis

Preliminary findings from EDC survey presented at DIA 3rd Annual Clinical Forum

Novavax, Avimex and GE Healthcare initiate clinical study of H1N1 VLP influenza vaccine

Biomagnetics Diagnostics to raise $1 million

Health Discovery Corporation granted additional patents for Recursive Feature Elimination using Support Vector Machines

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