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Improving health outcomes with mHealth

"The use of cell phones by community health workers and other medical practitioners in low-income countries has been promoted as a potential revolution for health systems development," Sanjay Basu, a resident physician in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, writes in this GlobalHealthHub.org post.

21 Mar 2012

Enrollment commences in Global Registry for Endovascular Aortic Treatment

W. L. Gore & Associates today reported the first Australian patients enrolled in the Global Registry for Endovascular Aortic Treatment.

21 Mar 2012

Colorectal cancer screening rates higher in population with multiple morbidities

A study by University of Kentucky researchers showed that in Appalachia, colorectal cancer screening rates were higher in the population with multiple morbidities or diseases compared to those who had no morbidities at all.

21 Mar 2012

New way to accurately test for peanut allergy

Researchers from Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and the University of Melbourne have identified a new way to accurately test for peanut allergy.

21 Mar 2012

OriGene releases UltraMAB Antibodies for IHC applications

OriGene Technologies today announced the release of a new line of ultra specific and extensively validated monoclonal antibodies under the UltraMAB brand.

21 Mar 2012

HCPSS selects Benefitfocus HR InTouch

Benefitfocus today announced that Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) has selected Benefitfocus for online enrollment, benefits management and communication technology.

21 Mar 2012

BioDrain announces installation of two STREAMWAY units at Specialty Surgery Center

BioDrain Medical, Inc., producer of the FDA cleared STREAMWAY System for automated surgical fluid disposal, announced today that the Company has installed two units of the STREAMWAY System at Specialty Surgery Center in Sparta, NJ.

21 Mar 2012

Two SpinalMotion's sub-5mm Kineflex|C cervical total disc replacements receive CE Mark

SpinalMotion, developer of the investigational Kineflex lumbar and Kineflex|C cervical disc implants for treating degenerative disc disease (DDD), today announced that it has received CE Mark for two sub-5mm Kineflex|C cervical total disc replacements to address the widest range of patients by best matching disc height to the existing anatomy.

21 Mar 2012

Axial Exchange care transition products now available for cloud deployment

Axial Exchange, Inc. announced that its award-winning care transition products are now available for cloud deployment. The private cloud infrastructure scales to thousands of hospitals and clinics and millions of patients, and already has been validated by multi-hospital health systems as well as Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers.

21 Mar 2012

HCD implements HLI's Language Engine

Health Language, Inc. (HLI), the global leader in healthcare terminology management, today announced its Language Engine has been selected by Health Care DataWorks, Inc. (HCD), to map disparate data entered into its KnowledgeEdge brand Enterprise Data Warehouse, providing health systems with standard code sets, enhanced analytics, reporting and business intelligence.

21 Mar 2012

Jersey Shore University Medical Center installs Asteres' ScriptCenter

Asteres Inc., the industry's leading provider of automated prescription pickup kiosks for retail, hospital, and Veterans Affairs/military pharmacies, announced today their first New Jersey hospital installation at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, a member of Meridian Health, in Neptune, New Jersey.

21 Mar 2012

Closer to effective screening for TB

An Australian scientist will bring effective screening for tuberculosis a step closer with his latest study in Vietnam- where he now lives and works.

21 Mar 2012

Terason receives FDA 510(k) clearance to use Soma's AxoTrack technology

Terason, the leading manufacturer of high-performance portable ultrasound systems and Soma Access Systems LLC today announced that they have received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for a new transducer equipped with AxoTrack needle visualization technology.

21 Mar 2012

Systagenix announces U.S. launch of EPIFIX amniotic membrane allograft

Systagenix, announced today that it will launch EPIFIX in the United States in March as part of a global distribution agreement reached with MiMedx Group, Inc.

21 Mar 2012

IQMS releases new version of ERP software, EnterpriseIQ

IQMS, a manufacturing ERP software developer with an ongoing, proactive commitment to its product and relationships, today announced the release of a new version of its manufacturing ERP software, EnterpriseIQ. Featuring more than 1,000 enhancements and reports across all aspects of the system, IQMS' newest release again demonstrates its commitment to the product and its clients.

21 Mar 2012

Study tests new method of sound simulation for treating tinnitus

A new clinical trial is to test whether a pocket-sized device that uses sound simulation to reboot faulty 'wiring' in the brain could cure people with the debilitating hearing disorder tinnitus.

21 Mar 2012

Healthper mobile application now available for Apple devices

Healthper, Inc., a social game-based health engagement and achievement platform, announced today the launch of a mobile application for Apple mobile devices.

21 Mar 2012

Delcath receives first commercial order for CHEMOSAT system from IEO

Delcath Systems, Inc. announced today that it has received the first commercial order for the Company's Hepatic CHEMOSAT Delivery System from the European Institute of Oncology (Instituto Europeo di Oncologia – IEO) –a premier cancer treatment and research center in Europe.

20 Mar 2012

n3D releases new 24-well Bio-Assembler

Only days after Rainbow BioSciences closed a deal to acquire an equity interest in Nano3D Biosciences, n3D announced the release of its groundbreaking new 24-well Bio-Assembler.

20 Mar 2012

Chemists produce first high resolution structure of HCV viral RNA-inhibitor complex

Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have produced the first high resolution structure of a molecule that when attached to the genetic material of the hepatitis C virus prevents it from reproducing.

20 Mar 2012