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Itamar-Medical’s WatchPAT technology chosen as one of The Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2010

Itamar-Medical’s WatchPAT technology has been selected to The Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2010 at the seventh annual Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit. In developing the Top 10, Cleveland Clinic enlisted the expertise of AlixPartners, LLP, an independent international management advisory firm in order to develop a consensus perspective on the Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2010.

12 Oct 2009

eGistics Digital Medical Practice solution for hospitals and healthcare providers

eGistics, Inc. today announced the availability of a hosted solution that helps physician groups, hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare providers to electronically manage administrative documents such as those for patient registration, A/R management (appeal letters, EOP’s (Explanation of Payment)), contracts, human resources, and credentialing.

12 Oct 2009

New symbol announced by Horizon Health International Corp.

HORIZON HEALTH INTERNATIONAL CORP. (Formerly URANIUMCORE COMPANY, UCCO), (The Company) is pleased to announce its New Symbol: OTC-Pinksheet 'HZHI', to take effect at the open of trading, Friday, October 09, 2009.

12 Oct 2009

Grid technology enables accurate healthcare data exchange between physician EHRs and hospitals

Medicity, Inc., leading provider of health information exchange (HIE) technology, announced today that Craig Bakken, CEO of Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology Associates (RMGA), will co-present with Medicity Vice President Doug Arent at the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) annual conference on Monday, October 12th, from 3:15-4:30 p.m. Mountain Time at the Colorado Convention Center.

12 Oct 2009

VirtualHealth Technologies, Wound Care Innovations enter licensing agreement to use Cifra healthcare platform

VirtualHealth Technologies, Inc., a provider of secure technology for electronic health records and connectivity for web-based healthcare solutions, announced today that its subsidiary Secure eHealth has entered into an agreement with Wound Care Innovations, LLC, a subsidiary of Wound Management Technologies Inc., to use its Cifra secure healthcare platform.

12 Oct 2009

Communications technology for students and employees to manage their healthcare relationships

Allviant Corporation today announced the launch of its CarePass™ pilot program with Arizona State University to add another tool to the university’s health and wellness communications and services while empowering its employees and students with tools to manage their healthcare relationships.

12 Oct 2009

Xoft to showcase a variety of investigational IORT oncology applications at ACS Annual Congress

Clinical experience with the FDA cleared Axxent® Electronic Brachytherapy, eBx(TM), System from Xoft shows promise for the multi-disciplinary use of the isotope-free cancer treatment platform to deliver intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT). Xoft will showcase a variety of investigational IORT oncology applications at the American College of Surgeons 95th Annual Clinical Congress here in Chicago, October 11-15, 2009.

12 Oct 2009

Study on Lumalier's automated UV device for decontaminating hospital rooms presented at the ICAAC

In a study presented at the 49th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), researchers used a mobile, automated UV device to decontaminate hospital rooms at the Cleveland Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Ohio and analyzed its ability to remove troublesome bacteria, including C. difficile spores.

12 Oct 2009

Buehler Motor relocates and expands its U.S. headquarters

Buehler Motor, Inc. (BMI), a leading international provider of mechatronic drive solutions, has relocated and expanded its U.S. headquarters to allow it to better provide its customers in automotive, aerospace, medical devices, office and building automation with the latest advances in green technology.

12 Oct 2009

Wolverine Venture Fund to participate in Direct Flow Medical's Series C round of financing

Wolverine Venture Fund (WVF), managed by The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, today announced participation in Direct Flow Medical Inc.'s Series C round of financing. Direct Flow Medical is an emerging medical device company developing a next-generation, catheter based, percutaneous-delivered prosthetic aortic valve.

12 Oct 2009

ImmuneRegen BioSciences to test efficacy of Homspera against H5N1 Avian Influenza

ImmuneRegen BioSciences, Inc.®, a wholly owned subsidiary of IR Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: IRBS), today announced that its lead anti-influenza drug, Homspera, will be tested for efficacy against highly lethal H5N1 Avian Influenza in the laboratories of a widely respected University scientist. Additionally, testing at an independent facility will further define the adjuvant efficacy of Homspera when coupled with a novel vaccine for H5N1 in studies sponsored by an ImmuneRegen industry partner.

12 Oct 2009

Orion Genomics enters collaboration and license agreement with Novartis Pharma

Orion Genomics today announced that it has entered into a multi-year collaboration and license agreement with the molecular diagnostics unit of Novartis Pharma AG. Under the collaboration, the parties seek to discover novel epigenetic biomarkers, and both parties have rights to independently develop and commercialize diagnostic products in their respective fields.

12 Oct 2009

OSI Systems receives $1.3 million order from Thomas Memorial Hospital for its patient monitoring products

OSI Systems, Inc., a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its Healthcare division, Spacelabs Healthcare, has received a contract from Thomas Memorial Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia for a broad range of patient monitoring products.

12 Oct 2009

CED to host popular STREAK program

CED, formerly the Council for Entrepreneurial Development (www.cednc.org), a private, nonprofit organization that promotes entrepreneurial efforts in the Triangle region of North Carolina, has announced that it will host the next installment of its popular STREAK program, to be held Thursday, Oct. 8 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

12 Oct 2009

Santarus and Norgine enter into a licensing agreement for ZEGERID products

Santarus, Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, and Norgine B.V., a European specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that they have entered into a licensing agreement granting exclusive rights to Norgine to develop, manufacture and commercialize prescription immediate-release ZEGERID® products incorporating the proton pump inhibitor omeprazole in combination with one or more buffering agents in specified markets in Western, Central and Eastern Europe.

12 Oct 2009

GE Healthcare launches global initiative to celebrate 10th anniversary of digital mammography

GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) wishes to issue the following update and correction to its release NewsItemID 20090923005515 (GE-HEALTHCARE) "GE Healthcare Launches Global Initiative to Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Digital Mammography" issued September 23, 2009/

12 Oct 2009

Navinet to outline ways in which healthcare providers can maximize reimbursement in a post-CDH world

NaviNet, America’s largest real-time healthcare communications network, announces that Timothy Mills, senior vice president, provider operations, will speak about how healthcare providers can maximize reimbursement in a post-CDH world, at the MGMA 2009 Annual Conference, held in Denver, Colorado from October 11-14, 2009.

12 Oct 2009

InTouch Health to feature at FiReGlobal's conference

FiReGlobal : West Coast is proud to announce that InTouch Health has been selected as a FiReStar company to be featured at the FiReGlobal : West Coast conference.

12 Oct 2009

The third “Exciting Biologies” meeting focuses on “Biology In Balance”

In a continuing series called “Exciting Biologies” Cell Press, Massachusetts General Hospital and La Fondation Ipsen collaborate to offer annual meetings designed to highlight emerging intersections in biomedical research and promote interactions between scientists from converging disciplines. This third meeting, held in Buenos Aires between the 8th and 10th of October, focused on “Biology in Balance”.

12 Oct 2009

NOXXON Pharma announces the successful completion of the first phase I trial of Spiegelmer NOX-E36

NOXXON Pharma AG, the biopharmaceutical company focusing on the development of novel drugs based on its unique proprietary Spiegelmer® technology, today announced successful completion of the first phase I trial with its anti-inflammatory Spiegelmer® NOX-E36. This drug candidate will be developed for the treatment of complications of type 2 diabetes, preferentially diabetic nephropathy, but also others.

12 Oct 2009

Technology News and Research

Itamar-Medical’s WatchPAT technology chosen as one of The Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2010

eGistics Digital Medical Practice solution for hospitals and healthcare providers

New symbol announced by Horizon Health International Corp.

Grid technology enables accurate healthcare data exchange between physician EHRs and hospitals

VirtualHealth Technologies, Wound Care Innovations enter licensing agreement to use Cifra healthcare platform

Communications technology for students and employees to manage their healthcare relationships

Xoft to showcase a variety of investigational IORT oncology applications at ACS Annual Congress

Study on Lumalier's automated UV device for decontaminating hospital rooms presented at the ICAAC

Buehler Motor relocates and expands its U.S. headquarters

Wolverine Venture Fund to participate in Direct Flow Medical's Series C round of financing

ImmuneRegen BioSciences to test efficacy of Homspera against H5N1 Avian Influenza

Orion Genomics enters collaboration and license agreement with Novartis Pharma

OSI Systems receives $1.3 million order from Thomas Memorial Hospital for its patient monitoring products

CED to host popular STREAK program

Santarus and Norgine enter into a licensing agreement for ZEGERID products

GE Healthcare launches global initiative to celebrate 10th anniversary of digital mammography

Navinet to outline ways in which healthcare providers can maximize reimbursement in a post-CDH world

InTouch Health to feature at FiReGlobal's conference

The third “Exciting Biologies” meeting focuses on “Biology In Balance”

NOXXON Pharma announces the successful completion of the first phase I trial of Spiegelmer NOX-E36

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