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IBM expands Dallas Health Analytics Solution Center

IBM today announced the expansion of its Health Analytics Solution Center. Located in Dallas, the center is adding new technology and has doubled the number of healthcare solution architects and technology specialists working at the center.

27 May 2011

First Medicare Meaningful Use incentive dollars issued to physicians using athenahealth EHR

athenahealth, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health record (EHR), and patient communication services to medical groups, today announced that the first Medicare Meaningful Use incentive payment dollars have been issued to its physician clients using athenaClinicals®, the company's EHR offering.

27 May 2011

New ways to replicate what happens to stents tucked inside blood vessels

If by chance you should have a stent inserted in a clogged coronary artery, you can probably count on it staying around for a very long time. So it's important to know what will happen to it.

27 May 2011

CMS announces dollars doled out to encourage docs, hospitals to adopt electronic health records

The Boston Globe reports on Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, which is one of the facilities that received one of these grants.

27 May 2011

EPO awards Trilink patent for CleanAmp Primers

TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc., a leader in manufacturing high quality oligonucleotides and nucleoside triphosphates, announced today the award of their CleanAmp Primer patent by the European Patent Office (EPO Patent no. 2032714).

27 May 2011

New Web portal makes FDA's enforcement and compliance-related activities more accessible

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it is disclosing more information about inspections and court actions, and now has a Web portal on its enforcement activities as part of Phase II of the agency's Transparency Initiative. These actions are being taken to make FDA's enforcement and compliance-related activities more accessible, downloadable, and searchable online.

27 May 2011

Phadia ImmunoCAP Specific IgE blood test used in largest cross-sectional allergy study

Phadia, the worldwide leader of in vitro allergy diagnostics, is pleased to contribute to the largest cross-sectional allergy study ever conducted through the use of its ImmunoCAP Specific IgE blood test, the market leading in vitro allergy diagnostic test.

27 May 2011

D3 Oncology Solutions provides six-month free trial period for Via Oncology Pathways program

D3 Oncology Solutions today announced that it will provide its Via Oncology Pathways for a six-month free trial period to enable cancer programs to align the timing of their investment with a strategy for sharing potential savings with payors and other key stakeholders.

27 May 2011

U.S. Branding Group introduces USB Insert nano webkeys with anti-virus certification

Technology marketing solutions company U.S. Branding Group, LLC announced today that their patented USB Insert nano webkeys that are integrated in any custom physical print media such as brochures, direct mail and magazine ads are now certified McAfee Secure, thus becoming the first and only webkey on the market with anti-virus certification.

27 May 2011

Switching to a newer electronic health record system reduces prescription errors

As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the government is investing billions of dollars to encourage health care providers to use electronic health record systems. Many providers will probably switch from older systems to new systems to qualify for the federal incentives, but whether the upgrade improves patient care and safety has remained an open question.

27 May 2011

OVA1 more effective than CA 125 test in evaluating likelihood of ovarian cancer

A paper published in the June issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology demonstrated that adding OVA1 to a physician's preoperative assessment of a woman's ovarian mass would identify more ovarian cancers than a physician's preoperative assessment alone.

From Quest Diagnostics 27 May 2011

Life Technologies launches new genomic analysis software

Addressing the issue of data overload from next-generation sequencers, Life Technologies Corporation today launched its LifeScope 2.0 Genomic Analysis Software, a significantly enhanced bioinformatics system for analyzing data from genomic sequencing instruments to study human disease such as cancer.

27 May 2011

Transgenomic secures exclusive license from Montefiore for cancer predictive markers

Transgenomic, Inc. announced today that it has acquired an exclusive worldwide license to Montefiore Medical Center's patent application, "Method of Determining the Sensitivity of Cancer Cells to EGFR Inhibitors including cetuximab, panitumumab and erlotinib".

27 May 2011

Quest Diagnostics announces results of largest ImmunoCAP cross-sectional allergy study

ImmunoCAP, the worldwide leader of in vitro allergy diagnostics, is pleased to present the results of the largest cross-sectional allergy study ever conducted. The landmark study, announced today by Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information, and services, includes test results from over 2 million patients.

From Quest Diagnostics 27 May 2011

BioDiscovery, Affymetrix enter co-marketing agreement for OncoScan FFPE Express Service

Affymetrix, Inc. today announced a co-marketing agreement naming BioDiscovery, Inc. its preferred software provider for Affymetrix OncoScan FFPE Express Service data analysis.

27 May 2011

Recombinant partners with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in genomic research program

Recombinant Data Corp., a Massachusetts-based healthcare data warehousing and clinical intelligence solutions provider, today announced its continued contributions to innovative IT tools for clinical research, through the company's key role in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Million Veteran Program (MVP).

27 May 2011

'Spongy' silicon biosensor shows promise for medical, security applications

Vanderbilt University engineers have created a "spongy" silicon biosensor that shows promise not only for medical diagnostics, but also for the detection of dangerous toxins and other tiny molecules in the environment.

27 May 2011

Biosign to demonstrate latest generation medical measurement system at International MeMeA symposium

Biosign Technologies Inc. announced today that it will introduce its latest generation medical measurement system, the UFIT TEN-20, at the International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications, being held in Italy by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers on May 30-31, 2011. Dr Radu Leca, Biosign's CEO, will speak and demonstrate the system during the Plenary Session - Invited Lecture "Issues in Medical Measurement".

27 May 2011

Defense, VA wrestle with health record system

Members of a Senate committee expressed concern Wednesday that reforms taken by the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have done little to cut the maze of bureaucracy experienced by many service members and veterans trying to navigate the military health-care system.

27 May 2011

New biomaterial for repairing damaged human tissue doesn't wrinkle up when stretched

A new biomaterial designed for repairing damaged human tissue doesn't wrinkle up when it is stretched. The invention from nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego marks a significant breakthrough in tissue engineering because it more closely mimics the properties of native human tissue.

27 May 2011

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IBM expands Dallas Health Analytics Solution Center

First Medicare Meaningful Use incentive dollars issued to physicians using athenahealth EHR

New ways to replicate what happens to stents tucked inside blood vessels

CMS announces dollars doled out to encourage docs, hospitals to adopt electronic health records

EPO awards Trilink patent for CleanAmp Primers

New Web portal makes FDA's enforcement and compliance-related activities more accessible

Phadia ImmunoCAP Specific IgE blood test used in largest cross-sectional allergy study

D3 Oncology Solutions provides six-month free trial period for Via Oncology Pathways program

U.S. Branding Group introduces USB Insert nano webkeys with anti-virus certification

Switching to a newer electronic health record system reduces prescription errors

OVA1 more effective than CA 125 test in evaluating likelihood of ovarian cancer

Life Technologies launches new genomic analysis software

Transgenomic secures exclusive license from Montefiore for cancer predictive markers

Quest Diagnostics announces results of largest ImmunoCAP cross-sectional allergy study

BioDiscovery, Affymetrix enter co-marketing agreement for OncoScan FFPE Express Service

Recombinant partners with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in genomic research program

'Spongy' silicon biosensor shows promise for medical, security applications

Biosign to demonstrate latest generation medical measurement system at International MeMeA symposium

Defense, VA wrestle with health record system

New biomaterial for repairing damaged human tissue doesn't wrinkle up when stretched

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

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