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Kessler Foundation neuropsychologists receive National Multiple Sclerosis Society grants

Two neuropsychologists at Kessler Foundation Research Center were awarded more than $100,000 in grants by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, received $63,000 to conduct a pilot study, "Speed of Processing Training for Improving Processing Speed in Persons with MS".

8 Nov 2011

Premier, RF Surgical sign three year agreement for detection technology

RF Surgical, Inc., the leader in prevention and detection of retained surgical items (RSI), today announced a three year agreement with the Premier healthcare alliance, a leader in healthcare performance improvement.

8 Nov 2011

UC Santa Barbara's ImmuNet project focuses on targeted immunizations for infants, children

The University of California, Santa Barbara announced today that it will receive funding through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enables researchers worldwide to test unorthodox ideas that address persistent health and development challenges. Professors Elizabeth Belding and Amr El Abbadi in the Computer Science Department will pursue an innovative global health research project, titled "ImmuNet: Targeted Immunizations for Infants and Children".

8 Nov 2011

Health Net expands Improving the Patient Experience toolkit

Health Net, Inc. has expanded its Improving the Patient Experience toolkit for its contracted providers in three new markets. Piloted first in California in 2010, the insurer now offers the toolkit in Arizona, Oregon and Washington.

8 Nov 2011

Cordis receives FDA 510(k) clearance for EMPIRA Balloon Catheters

Cordis Corporation today announced EMPIRA and EMPIRA NC RX PTCA Dilatation Catheters have received 510(k) regulatory clearance for the treatment of coronary artery disease.

8 Nov 2011

Study to explore how people with disabilities can better access personal health records

Personal health records have been going electronic, and patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers are learning to navigate the new digital world of health information. Now three institutions are teaming up to discover how a large population—people with disabilities—can best access this information.

8 Nov 2011

Computer-tailored intervention may have positive effects on eating behaviors in adolescents

A web-based computer-tailored intervention aiming to increase physical activity, decrease sedentary behavior, and promote healthy eating among adolescents was not associated with positive long-term outcome measures, but may have positive short-term effects on eating behaviors, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

8 Nov 2011

Older women do not benefit from improvements in breast cancer treatments

The survival rates for older women with breast cancer lag behind younger women diagnosed with the disease, indicating that the elder population may be missing out on improvements in treatment and detection, according to new research from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

8 Nov 2011

Brain bypass still plays a critical role in management of selected neurovascular disorders

A microsurgical procedure that has lost some ground to advances in endovascular therapy still plays a critical role in the management of selected neurovascular disorders, according to a University Hospitals Case Medical Center neurosurgeon who performs the procedure.

8 Nov 2011

QUBYX releases its medical display calibration software PerfectLum Version 3.

QUBYX has announced the official release of the new version 3 of its medical display calibration and verification software PerfectLum. The software is designed to improve imaging precision of medical monitors, used for X-Ray viewing, mammoghraphy, MRI and other radiology subindustries, and is based on such standards, as NEMA DICOM part 14 GSDF, AAPM TG18, DIN 6868-57, JESRA X-0093 and IEC 62563-1.

8 Nov 2011

Survey shows low awareness for non-surgical permanent birth control methods

A recent first-of-its-kind survey of 1,006 mothers in the U.S. showed that more than 75 percent of women reported being done having children, but only 24 percent discussed this decision with their OB/GYNs.

8 Nov 2011

New technology can detect toxins in a person's breath

Breathing. Anyone reading this article is doing it right now. But what chemicals are we breathing in, and out? A group of Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers has published a paper in the journal Environmental Science & Technology that details how to learn just that, using microelectromechanical systems to focus on toxins and everyday impurities that enter the body through the air we intake.

8 Nov 2011

Georgia Tech/CDC project focuses on microneedle patches for polio vaccination

Mark Prausnitz, Regents' professor in Georgia Tech's School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, will pursue an innovative global health research project focused on using microneedle patches for the low-cost administration of polio vaccine through the skin in collaboration with researchers Steve Oberste and Mark Pallansch of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

8 Nov 2011

High-field MRI can reveal tiny brain injuries in preterm infant

Pediatric neuroscientists at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children's Hospital are the first to use high magnetic field strength MRI to reveal tiny white matter injuries in the developing brain previously undetectable using standard MRI.

8 Nov 2011

First city-wide study of impact of widespread HIE data access in EDs

Sharing of electronic health information across every major emergency department in the Memphis, Tenn., area resulted in reduced hospital admissions, reduced radiology tests and an annual cost savings of nearly $2 million, according to a Vanderbilt study released today by the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

8 Nov 2011

FDA clears Femasys' first low pressure HSG device

Femasys Inc., an emerging medical device developer of women's healthcare solutions, announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance for the FemChec Pressure Management Device, the first device designed for a low pressure HSG as a confirmation test after a permanent sterilization procedure is performed.

8 Nov 2011

DSS VistA Chemotherapy Manager goes live at San Francisco VA Medical Center

DSS, Inc., a leading provider of software development, integration, project management, implementation and support of VistA, today announced that its customized VistA Chemotherapy Manager (VCM) system is now live and in production at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.

7 Nov 2011

SurgLine to deliver first surgical instrumentation products to Denver hospital system

China Nuvo Solar Energy, Inc. today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, SurgLine will deliver its first surgical instrumentation products to one of Denver's largest acute care hospital systems for use by one of its outpatient surgery centers.

7 Nov 2011

Conway to deploy PatientKeeper's physician healthcare information systems

PatientKeeper, Inc., the leading provider of physician healthcare information systems, today announced that Conway Medical Center has purchased PatientKeeper's suite of advanced clinical applications to automate physician workflow and drive physician adoption of healthcare information technology at their 210-bed hospital located near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

7 Nov 2011

Medtronic CoreValve System for direct aortic and subclavian implantation receives CE Mark

Medtronic, Inc. today announced it has received CE Mark for the Medtronic CoreValve System to be delivered using direct aortic access.

From Medtronic 7 Nov 2011

Device / Technology News

Kessler Foundation neuropsychologists receive National Multiple Sclerosis Society grants

Premier, RF Surgical sign three year agreement for detection technology

UC Santa Barbara's ImmuNet project focuses on targeted immunizations for infants, children

Health Net expands Improving the Patient Experience toolkit

Cordis receives FDA 510(k) clearance for EMPIRA Balloon Catheters

Study to explore how people with disabilities can better access personal health records

Computer-tailored intervention may have positive effects on eating behaviors in adolescents

Older women do not benefit from improvements in breast cancer treatments

Brain bypass still plays a critical role in management of selected neurovascular disorders

QUBYX releases its medical display calibration software PerfectLum Version 3.

Survey shows low awareness for non-surgical permanent birth control methods

New technology can detect toxins in a person's breath

Georgia Tech/CDC project focuses on microneedle patches for polio vaccination

High-field MRI can reveal tiny brain injuries in preterm infant

First city-wide study of impact of widespread HIE data access in EDs

FDA clears Femasys' first low pressure HSG device

DSS VistA Chemotherapy Manager goes live at San Francisco VA Medical Center

SurgLine to deliver first surgical instrumentation products to Denver hospital system

Conway to deploy PatientKeeper's physician healthcare information systems

Medtronic CoreValve System for direct aortic and subclavian implantation receives CE Mark

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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