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Individualized MicroNutrient Testing for patients

In response to the current trend toward personalized medicine, the Beaumont Weight Control Center, affiliated with Beaumont Hospitals, a major Detroit-area health system, now offers individualized MicroNutrient Testing for patients.

31 Oct 2009

130 million children to be immunised against pneumonia

Marking the first international World Pneumonia Day on 2 November, the GAVI Alliance plans to immunise 130 million children in poor countries against pneumonia, the world's leading child killer.

30 Oct 2009

Government to decide on payment for doctors who use medical-imaging

The government is weighing whether to cut Medicare payments to physicians who use medical-imaging machines to screen patients for diseases like cancer and heart problems. The decision could come as early as Friday. Lawmakers and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services see the cuts as a way to prevent overuse of the technology, which drives up health care costs.

30 Oct 2009

Cardio Infrared Technologies receives new orders for Commercial Cardio Cor and Personal Cardio Cor II bikes

Cardio Infrared Technologies, Inc., a leading Health and Wellness technology and marketing company, announced today that it has received orders from a new Florida-based client for two of the Commercial Cardio Cor bikes and six Personal Cardio Cor II™ bikes.

30 Oct 2009

GE takes a swing at health IT networking opportunities

The value of the federal government's investments in health information technology - better, cheaper care - may not be fully realized unless information can be safely and easily exchanged between health care providers, the New York Times blog Bits reports.

30 Oct 2009

PMSI Holdings to purchase rights under the patent portfolio held by Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing

Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. announced today that PMSI Holdings Corporation, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical services companies serving the United States with headquarters in Tampa, FL, has entered into an agreement to purchase rights under the patent portfolio held by Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. and licensed through its affiliate, A2D, L.P.

30 Oct 2009

Merge Healthcare and MEDRAD announce an expansion of their EU Distribution Agreement for CADstream

Merge Healthcare, a health IT solutions leader, and MEDRAD, a leading provider of medical devices and services for diagnostic imaging, today announced an expansion of their European Union Distribution Agreement for CADstream, a dedicated CAD system for MRI.

30 Oct 2009

Siemens Hearing Instruments introduces new hearing solutions at the ADA 2009 Convention

Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc., (www.usa.siemens.com/hearing) one of the largest manufacturers of hearing instruments in the world, today announced several new product models and enhancements at SPLASH: The Academy of Doctors of Audiology's (ADA) 2009 Convention held October 29-31, 2009, in Clearwater, Florida.

30 Oct 2009

Celsius RMT ThermoCool catheter of Stereotaxis receives CE Mark for distribution in the European market

Stereotaxis received notice that the Celsius® RMT ThermoCool® catheter has received CE Mark for distribution in the European market. The product is the fifth advanced ablation catheter resulting from the on-going co-development agreement between Stereotaxis and Biosense Webster to design and distribute magnetically enabled catheters for use in the Niobe Magnetic Navigation System (MNS).

30 Oct 2009

Soundview Medical Associates chooses Allscripts' EHR and PM for better management

Allscripts announced today that Soundview Medical Associates has selected Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management (PM) to enhance the quality of the care delivered by its 22 physicians, improve patient communications, and better manage the cost of care delivery.

30 Oct 2009

Hospira's patient-controlled analgesia infusion system celebrates 25 years of pain management

Today Hospira, Inc. celebrates the 25th anniversary of its market-leading patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) infusion system. Introduced in 1984, Hospira's PCA was the first pump of its kind, revolutionizing pain management. It was a simple concept: patients know best when they are in pain, so allow them, within limits, to control their medication.

30 Oct 2009

Immersive learning program for nursing students

University of Phoenix will debut its immersive learning center featuring state-of-the-art wireless high-fidelity SIM Man 3G "patient" mannequins that cry, talk, sweat, cough and breathe; and a high-fidelity baby that reacts astonishingly similar to its live counterpart, at a private reception and grand opening on Thursday, Oct. 29, across from its Elwood Street campus in Phoenix.

30 Oct 2009

MLK Hospital to be opened with the Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation's underwriting guarantee

The Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation announced today that it would provide a $100 million underwriting guarantee to help Los Angeles County and the University of California reopen Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital (MLK) for in-patient care by 2012.

30 Oct 2009

AMGA: Medical practices nationwide focus on 'meaningful use' of electronic health records

As medical practices nationwide focus on "meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHRs), the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) reports encouraging findings from a survey of AMGA member medical groups. Although few groups have yet to fully achieve all the benefits they anticipated when they began implementation, virtually all groups now have even higher expectations for the potential of health IT, as a result of their experience.

30 Oct 2009

Smartphones for diabetic patients

Cellular phones - once a luxury used strictly for talking - have taken on many new roles in recent years. Now researchers at Saint Louis University and Old Dominion University in Virginia say smartphones can be used to help elderly diabetics manage their health and learn more about their condition.

30 Oct 2009

Mobile phones on the verge of becoming powerful tools

Computer scientists at the University of Washington have used Android, the open-source mobile operating system championed by Google, to turn a cell phone into a versatile data-collection device. Organizations that want a fully customizable way to, say, snap pictures of a deforested area, add the location coordinates and instantly submit that information to a global environmental database now have a flexible and free way to do it.

30 Oct 2009

New state-of-the-art biotechnology center opened on the West Coast

As part of its strategy to discover and develop more biotechnology medicines, Eli Lilly and Company today officially opened a new state-of-the-art biotechnology center on the West Coast.

30 Oct 2009

La Jolla Institute dedicates new Elam Discovery Wall and Type 1 Diabetes Center

The La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, an international leader in immunology research and San Diego's only research institute focused solely on immune-mediated diseases, today will dedicate its new Elam Discovery Wall and Type 1 Diabetes Center, which will focus on research into novel immunological-focused approaches to type 1 diabetes.

30 Oct 2009

Echo Therapeutics enhances its needle-free Symphony tCGM biosensor

Echo Therapeutics, Inc., a diabetes management company developing the needle-free Symphony(TM) tCGM System as a non-invasive, wireless, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring (tCGM) system and the Prelude(TM) SkinPrep System for transdermal drug delivery, announced today that it has made significant advances to the development of its needle-free Symphony tCGM biosensor.

30 Oct 2009

PSI to provide operations and maintenance support to EHR for the Military Theater environment

Planned Systems International, Inc. (PSI), a respected provider of information technology (IT) solutions and services to the federal government, announces it has been awarded a task order by the Defense Health Information Management System (DHIMS) Program Office to provide operations and maintenance support to AHLTA-Theater (AHLTA-T), the military’s electronic health record for the Military Theater environment.

30 Oct 2009

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Individualized MicroNutrient Testing for patients

130 million children to be immunised against pneumonia

Government to decide on payment for doctors who use medical-imaging

Cardio Infrared Technologies receives new orders for Commercial Cardio Cor and Personal Cardio Cor II bikes

GE takes a swing at health IT networking opportunities

PMSI Holdings to purchase rights under the patent portfolio held by Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing

Merge Healthcare and MEDRAD announce an expansion of their EU Distribution Agreement for CADstream

Siemens Hearing Instruments introduces new hearing solutions at the ADA 2009 Convention

Celsius RMT ThermoCool catheter of Stereotaxis receives CE Mark for distribution in the European market

Soundview Medical Associates chooses Allscripts' EHR and PM for better management

Hospira's patient-controlled analgesia infusion system celebrates 25 years of pain management

Immersive learning program for nursing students

MLK Hospital to be opened with the Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation's underwriting guarantee

AMGA: Medical practices nationwide focus on 'meaningful use' of electronic health records

Smartphones for diabetic patients

Mobile phones on the verge of becoming powerful tools

New state-of-the-art biotechnology center opened on the West Coast

La Jolla Institute dedicates new Elam Discovery Wall and Type 1 Diabetes Center

Echo Therapeutics enhances its needle-free Symphony tCGM biosensor

PSI to provide operations and maintenance support to EHR for the Military Theater environment

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