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superDimension launches the iLogic electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy tool

superDimension, Inc.®, a private company that develops minimally invasive interventional pulmonology devices, announced today the launch of the iLogic System for early lung cancer detection and diagnosis. The device is the second generation version of inReach(TM), superDimension's electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) minimally invasive tool.

2 Nov 2009

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, OPR launch an innovative oncology treatment initiative

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Oncology Physician Resource announced today the launch of an innovative oncology treatment initiative aimed at enhancing the quality of care for patients with certain types of cancer.

2 Nov 2009

Phase Forward to support FDA's production rollout of the WebSDM tool

Phase Forward, a leading provider of data management solutions for clinical trials and drug safety, today announced a contract award to support the FDA’s production rollout of the company’s WebSDM™ Release 3.0 software, including the Empirica™ Study Clinical Trials Signal Detection system.

2 Nov 2009

Click4Care releases next-generation Utilization Management module for health plan users

Click4Care, a leading provider of care management software for payors, today announced the next-generation Utilization Management (UM) module for its industry leading software platform. By leveraging the UM solution’s extensive configurability, payors and providers can achieve greater levels of productivity while improving clinical, administrative and financial performances.

2 Nov 2009

DSPA chooses SAS Solutions OnDemand as a technology platform for clinical development

SAS announced today that Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. (DSPA), a U.S. pharmaceutical company, has selected SAS Solutions OnDemand: Drug Development as a technology platform for clinical development. With SAS OnDemand, DSPA will have a globally accessible, fully regulatory compliant repository for all of its clinical data.

2 Nov 2009

ZirMed forges alliance with Raintree Systems to jointly market their combined solutions

ZirMed®, a national provider of revenue cycle management services for healthcare practices, and leading integrated healthcare technology company Raintree Systems Inc. today announced a working partnership to jointly market their combined solutions to current and prospective customers. As a result of the partnership, ZirMed's flagship revenue cycle management platform will be integrated with Raintree's practice management and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) products, giving users state-of-the-art technology with which to better manage their daily operations.

2 Nov 2009

Artificial Medical Intelligence releases enhanced EMscribe CAC software

Artificial Medical Intelligence (AMI) today announced its newly enhanced EMscribe™ Computer Assisted Coding (CAC) software, version 4.0.

2 Nov 2009

OMG to conduct Terminology Services Information Day to explore terminology services

OMG(TM) today announced that a special event, Terminology Services Information Day, will be co-located with the OMG Technical Meeting in Long Beach, CA USA on December 8, 2009. For more information and to register for this special event, please visit http://www.omg.org/terminology-services-day.

31 Oct 2009

Benefitfocus introduces new “Just Press Play” Open Enrollment Video

Enrolling in benefits can be confusing and stressful for employees. In anticipation of the upcoming Open Enrollment season, Benefitfocus, the largest healthcare benefits software provider in the U.S., is excited to announce its newest offering, the “Just Press Play” Open Enrollment Video. This video offering makes it easy for companies to deliver a branded, personalized message explaining employee benefit offerings and changes in a simplified and cost-effective manner.

31 Oct 2009

GE Healthcare to showcase its sophisticated imaging systems for oncology at the ASTRO meeting

According to the American Cancer Society, more than one million people are diagnosed with cancer each year. In the United States, about 1 out of every 2 men and 1 out of every 3 women will have some type of cancer at some point during their lifetime. The sooner a cancer is detected and treatment begins, the better the patient’s chances for survival.

31 Oct 2009

Initiate Systems announces Accenx Technologies acquisition; expands growth strategy in the healthcare market

Initiate Systems, Inc., a leader in data management solutions for information sharing and improved data quality, has acquired Accenx Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of health information exchange solutions. This acquisition furthers Initiate’s growth strategy and expands its offerings in the healthcare market. The terms of the deal are confidential.

31 Oct 2009

Innovative optical system to study the complex mechanisms that lead to sudden cardiac arrest developed

A research team at Vanderbilt University has developed an innovative optical system to simultaneously image electrical activity and metabolic properties in the same region of a heart, to study the complex mechanisms that lead to sudden cardiac arrest.

31 Oct 2009

Cancer patients in northern Portugal to gain access to advanced cancer treatments

Cancer patients in northern Portugal will gain access to advanced cancer treatments with the acquisition of seven new treatments machines from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) by the Instituto Portugues Oncologia, IPO Porto.

30 Oct 2009

New cost-effective and user-friendly healthcare management system from ClinicTools

Implementation of electronic medical records (EMR) by healthcare providers and facilities remains at an all-time low. According to so many reports, the determining factor responsible for this type of low implementation of EMR is cost. As reported by USA Today, upfront costs (which include purchasing servers, computers and software) can be as high as $36,000 per physician. In addition, the learning curve for these programs is steep, increasing the amount of time a physician spends per patient. All of these are true until now.

30 Oct 2009

Siemens Hearing Instruments introduces new hearing solutions at the ADA 2009 Convention

Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc., (www.usa.siemens.com/hearing) one of the largest manufacturers of hearing instruments in the world, today announced several new product models and enhancements at SPLASH: The Academy of Doctors of Audiology's (ADA) 2009 Convention held October 29-31, 2009, in Clearwater, Florida.

30 Oct 2009

Celsius RMT ThermoCool catheter of Stereotaxis receives CE Mark for distribution in the European market

Stereotaxis received notice that the Celsius® RMT ThermoCool® catheter has received CE Mark for distribution in the European market. The product is the fifth advanced ablation catheter resulting from the on-going co-development agreement between Stereotaxis and Biosense Webster to design and distribute magnetically enabled catheters for use in the Niobe Magnetic Navigation System (MNS).

30 Oct 2009

Hospira's patient-controlled analgesia infusion system celebrates 25 years of pain management

Today Hospira, Inc. celebrates the 25th anniversary of its market-leading patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) infusion system. Introduced in 1984, Hospira's PCA was the first pump of its kind, revolutionizing pain management. It was a simple concept: patients know best when they are in pain, so allow them, within limits, to control their medication.

30 Oct 2009

MasterControl and i4DM to implement a quality management system for the U.S. FDA

MasterControl, a global provider of software solutions that enable regulated companies to improve internal efficiency and reduce overall costs while accelerating time to market, announced today that the company and i4DM, a MasterControl partner, have been selected as the software provider and implementation team of a quality management system (QMS) for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

30 Oct 2009

Mobile phones on the verge of becoming powerful tools

Computer scientists at the University of Washington have used Android, the open-source mobile operating system championed by Google, to turn a cell phone into a versatile data-collection device. Organizations that want a fully customizable way to, say, snap pictures of a deforested area, add the location coordinates and instantly submit that information to a global environmental database now have a flexible and free way to do it.

30 Oct 2009

NeuroVigil and Roche collaborate to speed up drug development for CNS disorders

Today, leading California Neurotechnology company NeuroVigil and Swiss Pharma giant Roche announced an agreement regarding a major innovation in collecting and analyzing data from clinical trials.

30 Oct 2009

Software News and Research

superDimension launches the iLogic electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy tool

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, OPR launch an innovative oncology treatment initiative

Phase Forward to support FDA's production rollout of the WebSDM tool

Click4Care releases next-generation Utilization Management module for health plan users

DSPA chooses SAS Solutions OnDemand as a technology platform for clinical development

ZirMed forges alliance with Raintree Systems to jointly market their combined solutions

Artificial Medical Intelligence releases enhanced EMscribe CAC software

OMG to conduct Terminology Services Information Day to explore terminology services

Benefitfocus introduces new “Just Press Play” Open Enrollment Video

GE Healthcare to showcase its sophisticated imaging systems for oncology at the ASTRO meeting

Initiate Systems announces Accenx Technologies acquisition; expands growth strategy in the healthcare market

Innovative optical system to study the complex mechanisms that lead to sudden cardiac arrest developed

Cancer patients in northern Portugal to gain access to advanced cancer treatments

New cost-effective and user-friendly healthcare management system from ClinicTools

Siemens Hearing Instruments introduces new hearing solutions at the ADA 2009 Convention

Celsius RMT ThermoCool catheter of Stereotaxis receives CE Mark for distribution in the European market

Hospira's patient-controlled analgesia infusion system celebrates 25 years of pain management

MasterControl and i4DM to implement a quality management system for the U.S. FDA

Mobile phones on the verge of becoming powerful tools

NeuroVigil and Roche collaborate to speed up drug development for CNS disorders

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