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New version of QuadraMed Computerized Patient Record now available

QuadraMed Corporation is pleased to announce the General Availability of the next major version of its enterprise EHR solution, QuadraMed Computerized Patient Record. QCPR version 6.0 provides key capabilities and improvements that help organizations provide high-quality and efficient care; meet pressing Canadian, as well as U.S. governmental and industry regulations; and deliver better patient safety, patient engagement, data security, and privacy while being fully interoperable.

11 Mar 2014

Nonin announces that MVI mode added to WristOx2 Model 3150 wrist-worn pulse oximeter

Nonin Medical, Inc., the inventor of fingertip pulse oximetry and a leader in noninvasive medical monitoring, announced today that a Memory Volume Indicator (MVI) mode has been added to the company's WristOx2 Model 3150 wrist-worn pulse oximeter.

11 Mar 2014

PowerVision develops world's first fluid-based accommodating intraocular lens

PowerVision, Inc., a medical device company developing the world's first fluid-based accommodating intraocular lens, today announced that the first 10 patients have received lens implants in its multi-center clinical study assessing the performance of the lens in cataract patients.

11 Mar 2014

Quest Diagnostics enters into definitive purchase agreement to acquire Summit Health

Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement under which Quest will acquire Summit Health.

From Quest Diagnostics 11 Mar 2014

Healthy Directions partners with WebLinc to launch Responsive Web Design

Healthy Directions, LLC, a top source of natural health advice and doctor-formulated nutritional products, recently partnered with WebLinc to launch Responsive Web Design (RWD) across its four websites, including healthydirections.com, drsinatra.com, drwhitaker.com and drdavidwilliams.com.

11 Mar 2014

Promethera Biosciences, EMD Millipore partner to develop ready-to-use microfluidic perfusion liver assay

Promethera Biosciences, a company that develops innovative therapies for the treatment of liver diseases, today announces a collaboration with EMD Millipore to develop an improved ready-to-use microfluidic perfusion liver assay. This new product is designed to perform more robust studies in pre-clinical toxicity and drug metabolism.

11 Mar 2014

Scientists invent a pair of high-tech glasses that help surgeons visualize cancer cells during surgeries

A team of scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (WUSTL) and the University of Arizona (UA) in Tucson led by Samuel Achilefu have created a pair of high-tech glasses that help surgeons visualize cancer cells during surgeries, which glow blue when viewed through the glasses.

11 Mar 2014

New sugar-test may reduce false-positive ovarian cancer screening tests

The world's most widespread test for ovarian cancer reports false-positives in 94 of 100 diagnosed cases. Now, chemists at the University of Copenhagen working with clinical researchers at University College London have developed a method able to halve the number of false-positives. When fully developed, the new test will spare a significant number of women from unnecessary worry and further testing. Furthermore, global health care providers stand to save substantial sums - just by including a test on a certain sugar molecule in tandem with the currently prevailing diagnostic test.

10 Mar 2014

EOS imaging announces CE mark of hipEOS

EOS imaging, the pioneer in orthopaedic 2D/3D imaging, announced today the CE mark of hipEOS, a 3D hip arthroplasty planning software based on EOS biplanar 3D imaging.

10 Mar 2014

Bosch Healthcare selects Brain Resource's MyBrainSolutions for use in telehealth solution

Brain Resource has announced today that Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems, Inc. (headquarters in Palo Alto, California, USA), the market leader in evidence-based telehealth solutions, has added MyBrainSolutions to their newly launched Health Buddy Web solution for the monitoring, education, and management of people living with chronic conditions.

10 Mar 2014

MHS, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital team up to implement OptIC Inventory Service

Management Health Solutions has partnered with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital to utilize its OptIC Inventory Service. The implementation of the OptIC Inventory Service will enhance visibility and accountability in the hospital's supply chain. MHS' comprehensive technology and specialty services platform will help MedStar Georgetown realize significant, recurring, hard-dollar, P&L savings on their supply spend.

10 Mar 2014

CSI's new Diamondback Peripheral 60cm systems receive FDA clearance for PAD treatment

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., announced today it has received FDA clearance of its new Diamondback 360 60cm Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy Systems (OAS) for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

10 Mar 2014

Integrity Applications enters into distribution agreements for GlucoTrack device

Integrity Applications, Inc., developer of the GlucoTrack® model DF-F noninvasive blood glucose measurement device, has entered, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Integrity Applications Ltd., into distribution agreements for the GlucoTrack device in Italy, Thailand and Uruguay.

10 Mar 2014

3D mammography now available at Lenox Hill Radiology

Lenox Hill Radiology, a wholly owned subsidiary of RadNet, Inc., a national leader in providing high-quality, cost-effective diagnostic imaging services through a network of owned and operated outpatient imaging centers, announces that 3D mammography, the latest innovation in breast cancer screening, is now available at its 79th Street location on the Upper West Side.

10 Mar 2014

WuXi Genome Center buys Illumina HiSeq X Ten sequencing system

Illumina, Inc. and WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc., a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device R&D outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, today announced that the WuXi Genome Center has purchased an Illumina HiSeq X Ten sequencing system.

From Illumina, Inc. 10 Mar 2014

Proteus Digital Health teams up with leading organisations to bring digital health technology to the UK

Leading digital medicines company Proteus Digital Health is partnering with Eastern Academic Health Science Network, The Northern Health Science Alliance and Oxford University, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and Oxford Academic Health Science Network to bring digital health technology and global operations and manufacturing to the UK.

10 Mar 2014

Scientists develop new nasal filter that helps people with nasal symptoms from seasonal hay fever

A small filter the size of a contact lens could possibly make life easier for some of the estimated 500 million people worldwide who suffer from itching, sneezing and a runny nose as soon as the pollen season starts.

10 Mar 2014

MedScope's new mobile medical alert system now available

MedScope, the leading developer and marketer of high tech medical alert systems, has announced its new two-way communication mobile Personal Emergency Response System (mPERS), that can be used anywhere, is now available.

10 Mar 2014

UOC ventures into U.S. market to offer safe, cost-effective hip and knee devices

Today, United Orthopedic Corporation (UOC) - a leading international designer, manufacturer, and distributor of innovative orthopedic implants and instruments - announced its entrance into the American market, offering clinically proven, safe and cost-effective hip and knee devices through its U.S. subsidiary, UOC USA.

7 Mar 2014

National clinical trial to test new avenue for tinnitus treatment

UT Southwestern Medical Center will take part in a national clinical trial to test a device that could provide relief for people suffering from tinnitus, a persistent buzzing or ringing sound in the ears. The device uses nervous system stimuli to rewire parts of the brain, in hopes of significantly reducing or removing tinnitus.

7 Mar 2014

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New version of QuadraMed Computerized Patient Record now available

Nonin announces that MVI mode added to WristOx2 Model 3150 wrist-worn pulse oximeter

PowerVision develops world's first fluid-based accommodating intraocular lens

Quest Diagnostics enters into definitive purchase agreement to acquire Summit Health

Healthy Directions partners with WebLinc to launch Responsive Web Design

Promethera Biosciences, EMD Millipore partner to develop ready-to-use microfluidic perfusion liver assay

Scientists invent a pair of high-tech glasses that help surgeons visualize cancer cells during surgeries

New sugar-test may reduce false-positive ovarian cancer screening tests

EOS imaging announces CE mark of hipEOS

Bosch Healthcare selects Brain Resource's MyBrainSolutions for use in telehealth solution

MHS, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital team up to implement OptIC Inventory Service

CSI's new Diamondback Peripheral 60cm systems receive FDA clearance for PAD treatment

Integrity Applications enters into distribution agreements for GlucoTrack device

3D mammography now available at Lenox Hill Radiology

WuXi Genome Center buys Illumina HiSeq X Ten sequencing system

Proteus Digital Health teams up with leading organisations to bring digital health technology to the UK

Scientists develop new nasal filter that helps people with nasal symptoms from seasonal hay fever

MedScope's new mobile medical alert system now available

UOC ventures into U.S. market to offer safe, cost-effective hip and knee devices

National clinical trial to test new avenue for tinnitus treatment

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