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Pros and cons of apps for common New Year's resolutions

With about 400,000 apps available for Smartphones and news ones added daily, there is an app for almost everything, from losing weight to finding a job.

24 Dec 2010

New York Times reports on Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health grant program

The New York Times examines the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health program, which gave a total of $450 million to 43 research projects over five years. "On drawing attention to ways that lives might be saved through scientific advances, I'd give us an A," Bill Gates, co-founder of the foundation, said of the program in an interview with the newspaper. "But I thought some would be saving lives by now, and it'll be more like in 10 years from now," Gates said.

23 Dec 2010

Edge releases edgeDMS for iPad for Dentists and Dental offices

Edge EHR Corp., EDGE, a provider of Dental Practice Management solutions for the Mac OS®, is pleased to announce the release of edgeDMS™ for iPad® for Dentists and Dental offices looking to leverage the awesome power of the Apple® iPad.

22 Dec 2010

RadNet to acquire Imaging On Call

RadNet, Inc., a national leader in providing high-quality, cost-effective, fixed-site outpatient diagnostic imaging services through a network of 198 fully-owned and operated outpatient imaging centers, today reported it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Imaging On Call, LLC for $5.5 million plus contingent compensation of up to an additional $2.5 million if Imaging On Call achieves certain 2011 performance milestones.

22 Dec 2010

Esprida software solution can help improve patient care

Esprida Corporation, a leading remote device management platform solution provider, today announced its partnership with Careworx Inc., a technology vendor and consulting firm dedicated to working with long-term healthcare facilities.

22 Dec 2010

Verizon grants will eanble heart attack patients to receive life-saving treatments more quickly

Heart attack patients can receive life-saving treatments more quickly thanks to $100,000 in grants from the Verizon Foundation to the Foundation of UMDNJ for a program that enables heart attack patients to bypass the emergency room and go directly to the cardiac catheterization laboratory at UMDNJ-The University Hospital.

22 Dec 2010

CoreMatrix delivers new cloud based, integrated, on demand marketing solutions

CoreMatrix Systems™, one of the country's leading cloud computing consulting and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) development companies, announced today that it has developed and delivered two new integrated, on demand marketing solutions. Built on Aprimo Marketing Studio® On Demand, the cloud-based solutions are designed to empower marketers to more efficiently execute and measure integrated marketing campaigns, while reducing costs, for improved ROI.

21 Dec 2010

LUMEDX announces subscription of 50 hospitals to cardiovascular SaaS solution

LUMEDX Corporation, a leading provider of vendor-neutral, integrated medical imaging and information systems, announced today that 50 hospitals now subscribe to its cardiovascular software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution. LUMEDX's SaaS delivery model allows clients to access and utilize software remotely via the web — resulting in faster implementations and lower licensing, maintenance and personnel costs. The service also includes built-in disaster recovery and high-intensity security systems.

21 Dec 2010

Diopsys develops new SD-OCT imaging software for ophthalmologists

Diopsys, today announced the development of software that uses existing Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography images to assist ophthalmologists and optometrists in diagnosing retinal and optic nerve disease such as glaucoma.

21 Dec 2010

Veeva announces seamless integration of CRM solution with Mederi

Veeva Systems, the global leader in cloud CRM solutions for the life sciences industry announces the ability to integrate with Mederi, a leading provider of network intelligence and insights for the healthcare industry. The seamless integration between Veeva CRM and Mederi allows pharmaceutical companies to manage their customer relationships and to analyse professional networks within one application, ensuring a much more coordinated and effective interaction with key stakeholders.

20 Dec 2010

Criterions EHR earns ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification

Criterions EHR has received the federal government's "meaningful use" stamp of approval by earning Complete EHR Ambulatory certification. The designation officially deems the electronic health record (EHR) software capable of enabling providers to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

20 Dec 2010

Mind Technologies to sell Emotiv EEG headset

Mind Technologies, Inc., announced today that the Company will begin selling the Emotiv EEG headset in addition to the thought-controlled software applications the Company develops.

20 Dec 2010

Wolters Kluwer Health announces completion of Pharmacy OneSource acquisition

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for professionals, students and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health and pharmacy, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Pharmacy OneSource, a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider in the hospital pharmacy market. The agreement to acquire Pharmacy OneSource was announced on November 29, 2010.

20 Dec 2010

MDI adds McKesson's CareEnhance Disease Monitor software to Viewpoint Analytics solutions portfolio

MDI announced today that it has added McKesson's CareEnhance® Disease Monitor software to the Viewpoint Analytics solutions portfolio. Integrating one of the industry's leading disease management products increases the breadth of solutions available from Viewpoint Analytics.

20 Dec 2010

Scientists receive $1.4 million NSF grant to develop robotic device for heart surgery

In a truly interdisciplinary effort, a team of biomedical scientists and engineers from the University of Houston and physicians from The Methodist Hospital Research Institute are collaborating to develop a platform for image-guided and robot-assisted surgeries on beating hearts that is minimally invasive.

17 Dec 2010

Recent mergers and acquisitions in the ultrasound market

The recent shake-up of the global ultrasound market following the merger of Aloka and Hitachi Medical, and the recently announced acquisition of Medison by Samsung Electronics, points to an intriguing future. Research Analyst Stephen Holloway, author of InMedica’s acclaimed “World Market for Ultrasound Imaging Equipment – 2010 edition” assesses the repercussions.

16 Dec 2010

GSK to deploy BioClinica's Trident IWR system across Phase I-IV clinical trials

BioClinica®, Inc.,, a global provider of clinical trial management services, today announced that GlaxoSmithKline LLC ("GSK") has signed a multi-year enterprise technology agreement to deploy BioClinica's Trident IWR (Interactive Web Response) system across its Phase I-IV clinical trials.

From Clario 16 Dec 2010

Guardian 24/7 selects Glowpoint's video managed services for remote diagnosis and patient collaboration

Glowpoint, Inc., a provider of cloud-based managed services for telepresence, video conferencing and collaboration, today announced that Guardian 24/7, a health care provider for high-profile executives, has selected Glowpoint's video managed services for providing remote diagnosis and patient collaboration using high-quality video conferencing.

16 Dec 2010

New visualisation software tool for older people to understand mobility problems

Mobility challenges facing older people can now be better understood by clinicians, healthcare practitioners and design professionals, thanks to a new innovative software tool.

16 Dec 2010

MCSA Tool for colonoscopy trainees to assess cognitive and motor skills

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, have developed a new skills assessment tool for colonoscopy trainees.

15 Dec 2010

Software News and Research

Pros and cons of apps for common New Year's resolutions

New York Times reports on Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health grant program

Edge releases edgeDMS for iPad for Dentists and Dental offices

RadNet to acquire Imaging On Call

Esprida software solution can help improve patient care

Verizon grants will eanble heart attack patients to receive life-saving treatments more quickly

CoreMatrix delivers new cloud based, integrated, on demand marketing solutions

LUMEDX announces subscription of 50 hospitals to cardiovascular SaaS solution

Diopsys develops new SD-OCT imaging software for ophthalmologists

Veeva announces seamless integration of CRM solution with Mederi

Criterions EHR earns ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification

Mind Technologies to sell Emotiv EEG headset

Wolters Kluwer Health announces completion of Pharmacy OneSource acquisition

MDI adds McKesson's CareEnhance Disease Monitor software to Viewpoint Analytics solutions portfolio

Scientists receive $1.4 million NSF grant to develop robotic device for heart surgery

Recent mergers and acquisitions in the ultrasound market

GSK to deploy BioClinica's Trident IWR system across Phase I-IV clinical trials

Guardian 24/7 selects Glowpoint's video managed services for remote diagnosis and patient collaboration

New visualisation software tool for older people to understand mobility problems

MCSA Tool for colonoscopy trainees to assess cognitive and motor skills

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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