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Affymetrix introduces GeneAtlas System for processing arrays and characterizing changes in gene expression

Affymetrix, Inc. today announced the launch of the GeneAtlas™ System, a complete, personal solution for processing Affymetrix arrays and characterizing changes in gene expression in a variety of research applications.

2 Mar 2010

Supercomputer receives powerful supercomputer for biomedical and life sciences research from IBM

Rice University and IBM today unveiled a new high-performance computing initiative for biomedical and life sciences research that features one of the most powerful supercomputers in the Texas Medical Center. Rice scientists will use the supercomputer in collaboration with researchers from across the medical center to study cancer, AIDS and other complex diseases.

2 Mar 2010

Express Logic, IAR Systems announce commercial-grade integration for embedded application developers

Express Logic, Inc., a worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS), and IAR Systems, a leading provider of software tools for embedded systems, today announced a commercial-grade integration for developers of serious applications.

2 Mar 2010

Use of at-home medical devices can help patients and physicians efficiently manage chronic conditions

The use of at-home medical devices to connect doctors and patients via the Internet can help patients and their physicians work more efficiently together to manage chronic conditions, according to research at Cleveland Clinic.

2 Mar 2010

IBM introduces new service that can enable health systems to exchange patient data with physicians

At the HIMSS10 Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, IBM introduced Initiate Exchange, a new service that enables health systems to exchange patient data with physicians. The company also announced that Initiate client CareSpark, has been awarded a Social Security Administration contract through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

2 Mar 2010

UC Davis Medical Center to implement LUMEDX Apollo interoperability solutions for cardiovascular information management

LUMEDX Corporation, a leading provider of vendor-neutral, integrated medical imaging and information systems, today announced that UC Davis Medical Center purchased LUMEDX Apollo structured reporting, analytic and interoperability solutions for their Heart and Vascular Centers. Prior to these purchases, UC Davis Medical Center used the Apollo clinical data repository solely to support cardiac registry participation.

2 Mar 2010

Axolotl and Rochester RHIO: 50 New York area eldercare agencies join HIE

Axolotl Corp., the nationwide leader in health information exchange (HIE) solutions and services and Rochester RHIO, the regional health information organization connecting medical providers across nine counties in New York today announced that fifty area eldercare agencies are joining the health information exchange. For the first time anywhere, health care providers are now able to view medical and social supports that human service agencies provide senior patients, alongside their clinical information.

2 Mar 2010

APTA: CMS announces dates for holding claims

(U.S. Physical Therapy) The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) reported on its website (APTA.org) on Friday, February 26, 2010 that “The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will hold claims for the first 10 business days of March. The hold will apply to claims with dates of service of March 1, 2010 through March 12, 2010. Claims with dates of service of January 1, 2010-February 28, 2010 will continue to be paid based on the 0% update approved by Congress.

2 Mar 2010

Aspirus implements EMC solutions and services for data center consolidation and virtualization

EMC Corporation, the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced that Aspirus, a non-profit system of hospitals, clinics and other healthcare facilities with more than 4,200 employees and more than 400 licensed inpatient beds in its system, is helping its practitioners streamline workflows while reducing IT administrative costs leveraging EMC solutions and services for data center consolidation and virtualization.

2 Mar 2010

InterSystems Ensemble platform enables first successful electronic transmission of genetic data

InterSystems Corporation, the global leader in software for connected healthcare, today announced that InterSystems Ensemble® was the software platform for the first-ever successful electronic transmission of comprehensive genetic data. The information was sent cross-country from Boston-based Partners HealthCare Center for Personalized Genetic Medicine (PCPGM) to Intermountain HealthCare in Salt Lake City, Utah. The announcement about reaching this milestone in personalized medicine came at the HIMSS10 conference.

2 Mar 2010

Lexmark International to showcase printer-based healthcare downtime solution at HIMSS 2010

Lexmark International, Inc. will showcase Lexmark Downtime Reports, the first printer-based healthcare downtime solution, at the 2010 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference being held in Atlanta.

2 Mar 2010

Most strains of pandemic H1N1 flu virus resist Tamiflu, say scientists

If the behavior of the seasonal form of the H1N1 influenza virus is any indication, scientists say that chances are good that most strains of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus will become resistant to Tamiflu, the main drug stockpiled for use against it.

2 Mar 2010

Xerox's DocuShare platform allows doctors to access patient records in seconds

Healthcare organizations making the switch to digital can take the lead from White Memorial Medical Center. Administrators at the Los Angeles-based hospital say Xerox Corporation’s DocuShare Enterprise Content Management Platform allows doctors to access records in seconds – not hours – to efficiently monitor and serve the more than 17,000 patients the hospital sees annually.

2 Mar 2010

Rush University Medical Center completes phase one of InterSystems Ensemble platform

InterSystems Corporation, the global leader in software for connected healthcare, today announced that Rush University Medical Center has completed phase one of an organization-wide move to the InterSystems Ensemble® rapid integration and development platform.

2 Mar 2010

Praxis to provide patient recruitment services for international type 2 diabetes study

Praxis, a company specializing in centralized patient recruitment for clinical research studies, will provide patient recruitment services to a top 20 pharmaceutical company for an international study on type 2 diabetes. The study explores an investigational drug’s effectiveness for maintaining glycemic control for individuals newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

2 Mar 2010

Agilent Technologies announces new lab informatics suite at Pittcon 2010

Agilent’s major new lab informatics suite, the OpenLAB portfolio, is designed to enable customers to easily capture, analyze and share scientific data throughout the lab and across the enterprise. OpenLAB is scalable, open architecture based on industry open standards.

2 Mar 2010

HMS initiates new interoperability product for customers

Healthcare Management Systems, Inc. ® announced today the launch of a new interoperability product for customers that will enable the exchange of clinical data between third party systems, health information exchanges, and public registries. The new product will assist clients in qualifying for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act HITECH stimulus funds.

2 Mar 2010

BIO-key International to display fingerprint biometric solutions At RSA Conference 2010

BIO-key International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification solutions, today announced that its fingerprint biometric solutions will be on display at the RSA Conference 2010, in the Initiative for Open AuTHentication (OATH) Pavilion, booth # 2023.

2 Mar 2010

Hyland Software increases domain expertise in workflow solutions by acquiring eWebHealth

Hyland Software has purchased privately held eWebHealth, a leading provider of hosted medical records workflow solutions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

2 Mar 2010

Aventyn launches healthKrypt security technology for health information and trusted transaction processing

Aventyn Inc., an innovative provider of secure connected clinical information processing solutions, today announced the introduction of healthKrypt™, patent pending technology for securing health information and trusted transaction processing. This announcement was made jointly at HIMMS in Atlanta, GA and RSA2010 in San Francisco, CA.

1 Mar 2010

Software News and Research

Affymetrix introduces GeneAtlas System for processing arrays and characterizing changes in gene expression

Supercomputer receives powerful supercomputer for biomedical and life sciences research from IBM

Express Logic, IAR Systems announce commercial-grade integration for embedded application developers

Use of at-home medical devices can help patients and physicians efficiently manage chronic conditions

IBM introduces new service that can enable health systems to exchange patient data with physicians

UC Davis Medical Center to implement LUMEDX Apollo interoperability solutions for cardiovascular information management

Axolotl and Rochester RHIO: 50 New York area eldercare agencies join HIE

APTA: CMS announces dates for holding claims

Aspirus implements EMC solutions and services for data center consolidation and virtualization

InterSystems Ensemble platform enables first successful electronic transmission of genetic data

Lexmark International to showcase printer-based healthcare downtime solution at HIMSS 2010

Most strains of pandemic H1N1 flu virus resist Tamiflu, say scientists

Xerox's DocuShare platform allows doctors to access patient records in seconds

Rush University Medical Center completes phase one of InterSystems Ensemble platform

Praxis to provide patient recruitment services for international type 2 diabetes study

Agilent Technologies announces new lab informatics suite at Pittcon 2010

HMS initiates new interoperability product for customers

BIO-key International to display fingerprint biometric solutions At RSA Conference 2010

Hyland Software increases domain expertise in workflow solutions by acquiring eWebHealth

Aventyn launches healthKrypt security technology for health information and trusted transaction processing

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