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Virginia Blood Services certifies Mediware's LifeTrak blood donor management software

Mediware Information Systems, Inc. announced today that Virginia Blood Services (VBS) has licensed the company's LifeTrak® blood donor management software to enhance the automation of data management capabilities. The addition of LifeTrak will enable the blood center to more efficiently manage thousands of donor records, including the complex donor eligibility requirements that blood centers are required to calculate.

30 Sep 2009

SUNY Stony Brook implements PatientKeeper ePrescription and Pay for Performance

PatientKeeper®, Inc., the leading provider of Physician Information Technology, announced today that the physicians at State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook will be using PatientKeeper ePrescription™ and PatientKeeper Pay for Performance (P4P)™, expanding their deployment of the PatientKeeper’s physician-focused applications.

29 Sep 2009

Abnormal results on outpatient imaging tests may not receive timely follow-up, says report

Abnormal results on outpatient imaging tests sometimes may not receive timely follow-up even when clinicians receive and read results in an advanced, integrated electronic medical record system, according to a report in the September 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

29 Sep 2009

Mercy Memorial implements CDW's disaster recovery solution to increase reliability of critical clinical applications

CDW Healthcare, part of the public sector subsidiary of CDW Corporation and a leading provider of technology products and services to healthcare organizations, today announced that Mercy Memorial Hospital of Monroe, Mich., launched an extensive server virtualization and disaster recovery solution acquired from CDW Healthcare.

28 Sep 2009

Increment in 2010 PET reimbursement may increase the demand for Cardiac PET imaging

Positron Corporation, a molecular imaging solutions company focused on Nuclear Cardiology, predicts a significant rise in demand for Cardiac PET in 2010 with a proposed cut in SPECT reimbursement of 46% and an increase in PET reimbursement of 22%, issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

28 Sep 2009

S&P Consultants and Vedant collaborate to increase patient safety in Cerner Millennium implementations

A new business partnership of S&P Consultants, Inc. and Vedant Incorporated will now offer the highest levels of quality- and patient-safety assurance to both standard and customized applications built on the Cerner Millennium® platform. Both companies have particular expertise in the Cerner Millennium® environment, with S&P providing a broad range of consulting services and Vedant offering TestStream®, a comprehensive suite of software testing and validation solutions for systems of all levels of complexity and scale.

26 Sep 2009

ProSperus, Genesis Physicians Group launch GenPro Practice Management Solutions

ProSperus, a Mequon, Wis.,-based, full-service practice management company, and Genesis Physicians Group, a Dallas-based independent physicians association (IPA), today announced the launch of GenPro Practice Management Solutions.

26 Sep 2009

PureSafety's OHM solutions at Salem Hospital

Salem Hospital, a 464-acute care non-profit hospital that operates the busiest emergency department in Oregon, has partnered with PureSafety to utilize the company’s Occupational Health Manager® (OHM) solutions to streamline the hospital’s occupational health and medical management processes.

26 Sep 2009

Perot Systems to provide Revenue Cycle services to the West Georgia Health System

West Georgia Health System and Perot Systems today announced that Perot Systems will provide Revenue Cycle services to the LaGrange, Georgia-based hospital organization. The agreement will enable WGHS to utilize Perot Systems' revenue cycle technology and its proven best practices for revenue cycle improvements.

25 Sep 2009

Free electronic medical records software for physicians

The Obama administration has set aside $19B for physicians to adopt electronic medical record systems. Today, 75% of doctors practice in offices with 10 doctors or fewer. For them, the investment is cost-prohibitive: the technology costs from $25,000 to over $75,000. Not surprisingly, only 17% of physicians use computerized records, according to the New York Journal of Medicine. Yet, one service provider allows physicians to switch to electronic medical records -- free -- and make their practice more profitable.

25 Sep 2009

Pakistan cardiology institute purchases Positron's Pulse compact digital cardiac camera

Positron Corporation a molecular imaging solutions company focused on Nuclear Cardiology, announces the sale of a Pulse CDCC camera to CPE Institute Of Cardiology in Multan, Pakistan.

25 Sep 2009

Global Med to market the Spanish verIDhemos transfusion safety system

Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. an international healthcare information technology company, today announced that it has signed a binding letter of intent with verIDentia SL of Macanet De La Selva, Girona, Spain for its verIDhemos transfusion safety system. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

24 Sep 2009

Collaborative clinical care network at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Fostering innovation to speed the improvement of health care is the goal of an $8.3 million grant to researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

24 Sep 2009

New software to be demonstrated at the International CTIA WIRELESS IT & Entertainment 2009

AuthenTec, the world’s leading provider of smart sensor based solutions, announced that it will demonstrate its newest mobile products and software, and will highlight new commercially released phones that incorporate its award-winning technology at International CTIA WIRELESS IT & Entertainment 2009 in San Diego.

24 Sep 2009

Mountain Lakes to implement Netsmart's clinical and practice management behavioral health software solution

Netsmart Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of software and services for health and human services organizations, today announced an agreement to provide its CCHIT-certified clinical and practice management behavioral health software and related services to Mountain Lakes Behavioral Healthcare of Guntersville, Ala

24 Sep 2009

Allocate Software and NHS Professionals renew contract for StaffBank application

Allocate Software plc, the leading provider of workforce optimisation solutions, and NHS Professionals, the largest provider of flexible staff managed services to the NHS, are pleased to announce the renewal of a contract for the provision of the StaffBank application.

24 Sep 2009

ProVation MD software for GI procedures

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Outpatient Surgery Center of Jonesboro has selected its ProVation® MD software for procedure documentation and coding. The software will be used to document Gastroenterological (GI) procedures at the facility.

24 Sep 2009

CareWebQI interactive software for real-time clinical data

Hospitals, health plans and other organizations can ease their care management and patient-tracking workload with new tools and features available in CareWebQI((R)) Version 1.9 from Milliman Care Guidelines.

23 Sep 2009

Aspect and Bruker BioSpin collaborate to develop a new high performance desktop preclinical MRI system

At the 2009 World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) in Montreal, Aspect Magnet Technologies and Bruker BioSpin, a division of Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR), today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of a high performance desktop preclinical MRI system.

23 Sep 2009

New Fluorescence Molecular Tomography imaging systems from VisEn Medical

VisEn Medical Inc., a leader in fluorescence in vivo imaging from research through medicine, announced the launch and availability of a new Fluorescence Molecular Tomography (FMT) imaging system -- the FMT 1500, and an advanced version of its FMT 2500, the FMT 2500 LX.

23 Sep 2009

Software News and Research

Virginia Blood Services certifies Mediware's LifeTrak blood donor management software

SUNY Stony Brook implements PatientKeeper ePrescription and Pay for Performance

Abnormal results on outpatient imaging tests may not receive timely follow-up, says report

Mercy Memorial implements CDW's disaster recovery solution to increase reliability of critical clinical applications

Increment in 2010 PET reimbursement may increase the demand for Cardiac PET imaging

S&P Consultants and Vedant collaborate to increase patient safety in Cerner Millennium implementations

ProSperus, Genesis Physicians Group launch GenPro Practice Management Solutions

PureSafety's OHM solutions at Salem Hospital

Perot Systems to provide Revenue Cycle services to the West Georgia Health System

Free electronic medical records software for physicians

Pakistan cardiology institute purchases Positron's Pulse compact digital cardiac camera

Global Med to market the Spanish verIDhemos transfusion safety system

Collaborative clinical care network at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

New software to be demonstrated at the International CTIA WIRELESS IT & Entertainment 2009

Mountain Lakes to implement Netsmart's clinical and practice management behavioral health software solution

Allocate Software and NHS Professionals renew contract for StaffBank application

ProVation MD software for GI procedures

CareWebQI interactive software for real-time clinical data

Aspect and Bruker BioSpin collaborate to develop a new high performance desktop preclinical MRI system

New Fluorescence Molecular Tomography imaging systems from VisEn Medical

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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