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SafeTrace Tx software deployed in Schuylkill Health of Pottsville

Global Med Technologies((R)), Inc. ("Global Med" or the "Company"), an international e-Health, medical information technology company, today announced that its Wyndgate Technologies division has licensed and deployed its SafeTrace Tx((R)) transfusion management software to Schuylkill Health of Pottsville, Pennsylvania.

11 Sep 2009

New software tool for the visually impaired

To give navigational "sight" to the blind, Dr. Lahav has invented a new software tool to help the blind navigate through unfamiliar places. It is connected to an existing joystick, a 3-D haptic device, that interfaces with the user through the sense of touch.

11 Sep 2009

Electronic health records: A focus for big tech companies

"On one proposal for health care reform at least, there is a rare bipartisan consensus: the push to computerize patient records," The New York Times reports. The federal recovery package sets aside $19 billion "to encourage doctors and hospitals to install and use electronic health records. So even as the Obama administration and Congress struggle with broad health policy legislation, the technology industry is pursuing the opportunity in digital health records as never before." The money will not be available until next year, but General Electric, I.B.M. and Verizon are all "hoping to get their share."

10 Sep 2009

Capsule launches new Enterprise Medical Device Connectivity Solution

Capsule (www.capsuletech.com), the leading provider of medical device connectivity, today announces the release of their new Enterprise Medical Device Connectivity Solution enabled by the Capsule Neuron™.

10 Sep 2009

Concerro's CommandAware hospital incident management system enhanced with location-based intelligence tool

San Diego-based Concerro, Inc., the market leader in enterprise-wide hospital shift and disaster workforce management software, has enhanced its CommandAware® hospital incident management system by adding a new location-based intelligence tool to help clients identify and interact with regional data in a more efficient way.

10 Sep 2009

Second-quarter fiscal 2009 results announced by Streamline Health Solutions

Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: STRM) today announced financial results for the second quarter and six months, ended July 31, 2009.

10 Sep 2009

Hyland Software offers grant assistance to fund OnBase investments

At a time when revenues aren't growing, many organizations are looking for ways to drive out costs and inefficiencies. Because it's proven to do exactly these things by better managing processes and the documents that go along with them, many are turning to enterprise content management (ECM) applications (http://onbase.com/English/Products). But here's the roadblock: budgets are tighter than ever, so how do these projects get funded?

10 Sep 2009

Complete Genomics sequences and delivers 14 human genomes

Complete Genomics Inc., a third-generation human genome sequencing company, announced today that it has sequenced, analyzed and delivered 14 human genomes to customers since March 2009.

10 Sep 2009

NIH renews second year of a 5-year licensing agreement with BIOBASE

BIOBASE, a leading provider of biological databases and software for the life sciences industry, announced today the renewal of the second year of a 5-year licensing agreement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This 5-year contract provides all 27 NIH institutions with locally installed access to the BIOBASE Knowledge Library™ which includes the premier TRANSFAC® and PROTEOME® databases.

10 Sep 2009

Web-based software helps to reduce costs for payers and providers

"It's rare that you find anything that's win-win when it comes to payers and providers. However, as healthcare is looking for efficiency and savings, our company has created a mutually beneficial model that is rewarding, valuable and necessary. It's based on capturing and exchanging a unique piece of provider-submitted, non-billing patient data, whereby payers will find and subsequently recover many previously missed injury claim recoveries.

10 Sep 2009

OSI Systems signs partnership agreement with Irish software firm, dabl

OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIS), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its Healthcare division, Spacelabs Healthcare, has entered into an agreement with Irish software firm, dabl® Ltd.

10 Sep 2009

E.V-Trax Employee Vaccination Tracking System helps eliminate manual data entry

General Data Company, Inc., which specializes in barcode-based error-proofing and tracking system solutions, is offering a new mobile application to help healthcare organizations administer employee vaccinations and track the immunization status of their personnel for H1N1, influenza, and other vaccinations.

10 Sep 2009

Methodist Health System to implement Webmedx's transcription and content management system

Webmedx, the fourth largest medical transcription service provider in the U.S. and a premier supplier of clinical documentation technology, today announced that Methodist Health System of Dallas (Methodist) has signed an agreement to implement Webmedx's Transcription Outsourcing Service and Enterprise(TM) software solution. A web-native system for transcription and content management, the platform will support Methodist's transcription needs and interface with the organization's electronic health record (EHR).

10 Sep 2009

Aperio Technologies forges alliance with HistoRx to provide an integrated whole-slide imaging system

Aperio Technologies, Inc., (Aperio), a global leader in digital pathology for the healthcare and life sciences industry, and HistoRx, Inc., (HistoRx), a leader in the emerging field of tissue-based assays for targeted patient treatment, have entered into a partnership to provide an integrated solution for whole-slide imaging with fluorescence.

10 Sep 2009

PCG’s Virtual Examiner fraud and abuse prevention software deployed at San Diego’s Community Health Group

PCG Software, a leading provider of software solutions designed to ensure proper and accurate payment of medical claims for healthcare payer and provider organizations, today announced that Community Health Group (San Diego) has deployed PCG’s Virtual Examiner fraud and abuse prevention software.

9 Sep 2009

iDashboards urges healthcare organizations to update their Information Technology systems

The debate surrounding the current state of US healthcare and its impending reform should not detract healthcare organizations from their ultimate goal of providing superior care to their patients.

9 Sep 2009

Astra Tech launches Atlantis patient-specific abutments in shaded zirconia

Astra Tech announces the launch of Atlantis™ patient-specific abutments in shaded zirconia. The new option for Atlantis abutments, in addition to the already existing materials of titanium, gold-shaded titanium and zirconia, offers clinicians the freedom and flexibility to provide their patients with truly esthetic results.

9 Sep 2009

Craneware reports 23% increase in revenues in the fiscal year-end results

Craneware, Inc. (AIM: CRW.L), a leader in sustainable financial improvement solutions for the U.S. healthcare market, is pleased to announce results for the year ended June 30, 2009.

9 Sep 2009

PPJ Enterprise purchases medical billing service

PPJ Enterprise (PPJ) (PINKSHEETS: PPJE), a leader in proprietary automated healthcare multi-specialty provider reimbursement cycle technology and EHR development/information management digital system software for health care providers. PPJ is generating momentum for their strong comeback. The Company's short term strategic goal is to invest into a business that can sustain its everyday operational costs. So PPJ is developing alliances and making acquisitions/mergers in the medical billing service industry to eventually regain their position in the market.

8 Sep 2009

Visual Management Systems signs a dealer agreement with High Tech Innovations

Visual Management Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: VMSY), a leading developer, manufacturer and provider of video surveillance technologies, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a dealer agreement with High Tech Innovations, a leader in technology infrastructure for the healthcare industry.

8 Sep 2009