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Scientists devise software algorithm to detect medically useful information from whole-blood samples

Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a software algorithm that could enable a common laboratory device to virtually separate a whole-blood sample into its different cell types and detect medically important gene-activity changes specific to any one of those cell types.

8 Mar 2010

Sandata Technologies, Infocrossing reach agreement over patent infringement lawsuit

Sandata Technologies, Inc., a leading nationwide provider of information technology solutions to the home healthcare and social services communities, and Infocrossing, Inc. today announced the settlement of the patent infringement lawsuit between the two companies.

6 Mar 2010

ILS selects Provantis for fully automating toxicology data acquisition, analysis and reporting processes

Instem, a leading provider of early drug development software solutions, announced today that Integrated Laboratory Systems (ILS) has subscribed to Provantis™ Online, enhancing their existing software systems.

6 Mar 2010

American College of Cardiology and HOS establish strategic partnership

A recently established a strategic partnership between the American College of Cardiology and Health Outcomes Sciences (HOS), signals a paradigm shift in the way healthcare is practiced.

6 Mar 2010

AMICAS and Merge Healthcare sign definitive merger agreement

AMICAS, Inc. and Merge Healthcare Incorporated (Nasdaq: MRGE) today announced that they will enter into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Merge will acquire all of the outstanding shares of AMICAS for $6.05 per share in cash, or an aggregate of $248 million.

5 Mar 2010

Small health IT firms may be able to compete with GE-sized giants

Federal funding for electronic medical records will likely reshape the health IT industry, CNN reports. "There are an estimated 300 to 400 companies in the United States peddling [EMR] systems to the nation's hospitals, medical clinics and solo practitioners.

5 Mar 2010

Life Technologies, TGen, US Oncology collaborate to sequence genomes of triple negative breast cancer patients

Life Technologies Corporation today announced that it is collaborating with the Translational Genomics Research Institute and US Oncology to sequence the genomes of 14 patients afflicted with triple negative breast cancer whose tumors have progressed despite multiple other therapies.

5 Mar 2010

Harmful health IT malfunctions

With the new health care IT technology already in use, preparation for the accompanying consequences should be on every family’s mind, advises Martine Ehrenclou, author of the multiple award-winning, self-help guide Critical Conditions: The Essential Hospital Guide To Get Your Loved One Out Alive (Lemon Grove Press).

5 Mar 2010

MetroLaser introduces new portable scanning laser Doppler vibrometer

MetroLaser is pleased to introduce the VibroMet(TM) 500 SLDV, the first truly portable scanning laser Doppler vibrometer. The vibrometer enables a user to perform a complete point-by-point vibrational analysis of any surface from a distance up to 5 meters without touching it. This system can be transported, set up, and operated by one person in real-world conditions.

4 Mar 2010

AB SCIEX collaborates with Mass Spectrometry Centre to improve drug discovery and development

AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced that it is collaborating with the University of Geneva’s Mass Spectrometry Centre to create new workflows and analytical strategies intended to significantly improve drug discovery and development.

4 Mar 2010

SXC Health Solutions reports 2009 financial results

SXC Health Solutions Corp., announces its financial results for the three- and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2009. Financial references are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.

4 Mar 2010

P&R Dental Strategies develops and builds Rapid Review Imaging System for digitizing x-ray images

After nearly two decades building her company into the industry leader for third-party review of dental insurance claims, Dianne Rose, D.D.S., and principal of P&R Dental Strategies, Inc., was frustrated. In spite of many advances over the years in both dental x-ray technologies and the average quality of images supplied for review of dental claims, there was no consistency and, all-too-often, regardless of how up-to-date the x-ray equipment being used may have been, the images supplied were blurred and nearly useless for making accurate diagnostic determinations.

4 Mar 2010

Move from paper to EMR: Time to start making the switch is now

The prospect of the U.S. healthcare system moving from paper to electronic medical records (EMR) has given rise to a host of thorny questions on matters of privacy, security, logistics and more. But according to EMR attorneys at the national law firm of LeClairRyan, the time to start making the switch is now–in part because the federal government will soon finalize important new guidelines on what healthcare providers need to do in order to "go digital."

4 Mar 2010

athenahealth, DaVita to deliver web-based EHR and revenue cycle management service to nephrologists

athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of internet-based business services to physician practices, and DaVita Inc., a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), announced a partnership to deliver an integrated, web-based electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle management service to nephrologists across the country.

3 Mar 2010

Merge Healthcare, MGH sign agreement to build testing environment for new mobile healthcare applications

Based on their respective expertise in imaging IT and clinical workflow, Merge Healthcare and Massachusetts General Hospital have signed a partnership agreement to build a testing environment for new mobile healthcare applications.

3 Mar 2010

Acuo Technologies granted patent covering technology implemented in DSG software suite

Acuo Technologies, the market leading Vendor Neutral Archive supplier, was granted US patent number 7,640,171 by the USPTO which covers technology implemented in its DICOM Services Grid™ software suite.

3 Mar 2010

UHSM uses Aruba Networks’ VBN solution to increase quality of antenatal services

Aruba Networks, Inc., a global leader in 802.11n wireless LANs and secure mobility solutions, today announced that the University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom is using Aruba’s Virtual Branch Networking (VBN) solution to increase the quality of antenatal services delivered to the local community.

3 Mar 2010

Instacare announces filing of patent application for MD@Hand technologies

Instacare Corp., a leading provider of prescription drugs, home testing products for the chronically ill, a leading fulfillment provider of direct to patient diabetes programs, and a leading developer of revolutionary cell phone centric e-health products and technologies, today announced that on Friday, February 26, 2010, the Company filed a Provisional Patent Application to secure its MD@Hand technologies.

3 Mar 2010

athenahealth enters into strategic relationship to launch new Integrated Payment Processing service

athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of internet-based business services to physician practices, today announced that it has entered into a strategic relationship with U.S. Bancorp and its subsidiary, Elavon, to launch a new Integrated Payment Processing service that will include a new Credit Card Plus (CCP) solution for athenahealth physician clients nationwide.

3 Mar 2010

IntelliDose introduces new, integrated clinical software for medical oncology practices

IntelliDose®, a leading clinical software to manage medical oncology practices, today introduces IntelliScribe™ – a new, fully integrated module in the IntelliDose workflow – to electronically generate prescriptions at any point in the chemotherapy order writing process.

3 Mar 2010

Software News and Research

Scientists devise software algorithm to detect medically useful information from whole-blood samples

Sandata Technologies, Infocrossing reach agreement over patent infringement lawsuit

ILS selects Provantis for fully automating toxicology data acquisition, analysis and reporting processes

American College of Cardiology and HOS establish strategic partnership

AMICAS and Merge Healthcare sign definitive merger agreement

Small health IT firms may be able to compete with GE-sized giants

Life Technologies, TGen, US Oncology collaborate to sequence genomes of triple negative breast cancer patients

Harmful health IT malfunctions

MetroLaser introduces new portable scanning laser Doppler vibrometer

AB SCIEX collaborates with Mass Spectrometry Centre to improve drug discovery and development

SXC Health Solutions reports 2009 financial results

P&R Dental Strategies develops and builds Rapid Review Imaging System for digitizing x-ray images

Move from paper to EMR: Time to start making the switch is now

athenahealth, DaVita to deliver web-based EHR and revenue cycle management service to nephrologists

Merge Healthcare, MGH sign agreement to build testing environment for new mobile healthcare applications

Acuo Technologies granted patent covering technology implemented in DSG software suite

UHSM uses Aruba Networks’ VBN solution to increase quality of antenatal services

Instacare announces filing of patent application for MD@Hand technologies

athenahealth enters into strategic relationship to launch new Integrated Payment Processing service

IntelliDose introduces new, integrated clinical software for medical oncology practices

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