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OrthoSensor receives CE Mark approval to launch VERASENSE Knee System

OrthoSensor announced today plans to launch its VERASENSE Knee System in European markets after recently receiving CE Mark approval. VERASENSE is the first integrated intelligent orthopaedic device to provide surgeons with real-time quantitative data on knee implant positioning, limb alignment and soft tissue balance during total knee replacement surgery.

5 Oct 2013

Researchers develop app to encourage and support cognitive creativity by dementia caregivers

Dementia is an ageing-related condition affecting mental acuity and memory. Incidence doubles in a population for every five years over the age of 65 years, so that almost one fifth of those living to 85 can expect to have the condition and a third of those over the age of 95 will likely be affected.

5 Oct 2013

Insurers see trickle of enrollees from Obamacare exchanges

Insurers report that a small number of people are enrolling in coverage through the federal insurance exchange, but the government has declined to release any numbers. Meanwhile, the federal government scrambles to make fixes as experts debate whether the glitches are a result of the high level of consumer interest or if other issues are at work.

5 Oct 2013

ABC50plus launches new and user-friendly website

ABC50plus, a company that offers quality software solutions for aged care facilities, retirement villages and those in the 50 and up age group, has just announced the launch of its new and user-friendly website.

5 Oct 2013

BioTek’s cell imaging multi-mode reader wins New Product Innovation Award

BioTek’s Cytation™3 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader was recently honored with the first annual New Product Innovation Award, given by MipTec organizers at the 2013 MipTec Conference & Exhibition in Basel, Switzerland. Cytation3 was one of three winning products announced at the exhibition on September 25, 2013.

4 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 4, 2013

Today's headlines include continued status reports on state and federal health exchanges as well as the ongoing Capitol Hill budget drama.

4 Oct 2013

Day 2: Consumers shopping for insurance on exchanges continue to confront delays, challenges

Interest and demand appeared to overload websites and clog phone lines. Federal officials, who were taking steps to build additional capacity into the system, said traffic to the website exceeded expectations.

4 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 3, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about how the federal and state health exchanges worked on their second day of operations. In the background, the congressional budget stand off continues.

3 Oct 2013

SDSC receives $12M grant to deploy Comet to extend computational resources to diversified user base

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has been awarded a $12-million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to deploy Comet, a new petascale supercomputer designed to transform advanced scientific computing by expanding access and capacity among traditional as well as non-traditional research domains.

3 Oct 2013

Digital security: an interview with Jon Edgcombe, leader of the software technologies group at Cambridge Consultants

Digital security is a key requirement in our product designs, especially in markets such as healthcare where the design is complete long before final regulatory approval. From a commercial point of view, ignoring data privacy, device authentication, and anti-counterfeit at design stage is no longer a tenable position for a connected product that produces sensitive patient data – even if it is nominally pseudonomised.

2 Oct 2013

Obama says marketplaces overwhelmed by demand

In remarks in the Rose Garden to mark the opening of these centerpieces of the health law, the president says federal officials are will overcome the technical problems.

2 Oct 2013

Two new, bench top analyzers from Diatron to be showcased at Medica

The Diatron Group, global provider of hematology and clinical chemistry analyzers, will be showing two new, bench top analyzers on booth 3A 07 at Medica, Dusseldorf (20-23 November 2013). The new version of the established Abacus 3CT hematology analyzer has been enhanced to make it even easier to use. In addition, Diatron will also be previewing a prototype version of the brand new Pictus 500 clinical chemistry analyzer.

From Diatron 2 Oct 2013

Short-term hearing loss during childhood may lead to persistent hearing deficits

Short-term hearing loss during childhood may lead to persistent hearing deficits, long after basic auditory sensitivity has returned to normal. The processing of sound in the brain is shaped by early experience.

1 Oct 2013

Concerns about technical snags on marketplace opening day

Advocates and foes of health law acknowledge that technical glitches could create some problems.

1 Oct 2013

First Edition: September 30, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about the readiness of the health law's online marketplaces and other key provisions the day before their Oct. 1 launch date even as the looming government shutdown becomes more of a reality.

30 Sep 2013

Pan-Cancer Initiative: Patterns Emerge Across Diverse Tumor Types

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27 Sep 2013

Length of telomere may help determine prostate cancer patient's prognosis

Like the plastic caps at the end of shoelaces, telomeres protect — in their case — the interior-gene containing parts of chromosomes that carry a cell's instructional material. Cancer cells are known to have short telomeres, but just how short they are from cancer cell to cancer cell may be a determining factor in a prostate cancer patient's prognosis, according to a study led by Johns Hopkins scientists.

27 Sep 2013

HARM score tool to measure quality, clinical outcomes for colon, rectal surgery patients

Since the publication in 2000 of a report titled "To Err is Human" by the Institute of Medicine which called for a reduction in preventable medical errors, there has been an increasing demand for making improvements in the quality and measurement of health care outcomes.

27 Sep 2013

State highlights: N.C. Medicaid director resigns, heads to private sector; Ohio readies funding for new Medicaid computer system

Carol Steckel, the state's Medicaid director, is leaving after eight months on the job. Her departure is the latest in a string of high-profile departures from the Department of Health and Human Services, which has been plagued of late by personnel issues (Hoban, 9/23).

25 Sep 2013

FDA says most smartphone health apps won't get regulatory scrutiny

The federal agency will reserve its attention for apps that function like medical devices.

25 Sep 2013

Software News and Research

OrthoSensor receives CE Mark approval to launch VERASENSE Knee System

Researchers develop app to encourage and support cognitive creativity by dementia caregivers

Insurers see trickle of enrollees from Obamacare exchanges

ABC50plus launches new and user-friendly website

BioTek’s cell imaging multi-mode reader wins New Product Innovation Award

First Edition: October 4, 2013

Day 2: Consumers shopping for insurance on exchanges continue to confront delays, challenges

First Edition: October 3, 2013

SDSC receives $12M grant to deploy Comet to extend computational resources to diversified user base

Digital security: an interview with Jon Edgcombe, leader of the software technologies group at Cambridge Consultants

Obama says marketplaces overwhelmed by demand

Two new, bench top analyzers from Diatron to be showcased at Medica

Short-term hearing loss during childhood may lead to persistent hearing deficits

Concerns about technical snags on marketplace opening day

First Edition: September 30, 2013

Pan-Cancer Initiative: Patterns Emerge Across Diverse Tumor Types

Length of telomere may help determine prostate cancer patient's prognosis

HARM score tool to measure quality, clinical outcomes for colon, rectal surgery patients

State highlights: N.C. Medicaid director resigns, heads to private sector; Ohio readies funding for new Medicaid computer system

FDA says most smartphone health apps won't get regulatory scrutiny

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