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ASGE announces 35 new honorees under Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has recognized 35 endoscopy units as part of its program specifically dedicated to promoting quality in endoscopy, in all settings where it is practiced in the United States. The ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program honors endoscopy units that follow the ASGE guidelines on privileging, quality assurance, endoscopy reprocessing and CDC infection control guidelines. To date, 307 endoscopy units have been recognized by ASGE.

23 Feb 2011

T.H.E. Clinic to provide CompuMed's ECG telemedicine, CardioGramKids technology to Lennox School District

CompuMed, Inc., a telemedicine and medical informatics company, has entered into an agreement with T.H.E. Clinic to provide CompuMed's electrocardiogram (ECG) telemedicine and CardioGramKids® technology and services to the students and parents of the Lennox School District, at the Lennox Healthy Start Clinic operated by T.H.E. (To Help Everyone) Clinic, Inc.

23 Feb 2011

New method integrates supercomputer simulation and experimental results

A theoretical technique developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is bringing supercomputer simulations and experimental results closer together by identifying common "fingerprints."

23 Feb 2011

USPTO issues patent to Silence Therapeutics' siRNA technology

Silence Therapeutics plc announces the issuance of United States patent 7,893,245, titled "Interfering RNA Molecules," by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

23 Feb 2011

Online Negative Enabling Support Group embraces anorexia as a choice

It can be a helpless and heartbreaking situation for families as they try to confront a family member with an eating disorder. What they may not know is that there's a society on the Internet that is dedicated to thwarting any recovery from this dangerous and possibly fatal behavior.

23 Feb 2011

Kaiser Permanente leads nation in number of Stage 7 Awards from HIMSS

Kaiser Permanente, the nation's leading health care provider and not-for-profit health plan, continues to lead the nation in the number of Stage 7 Awards from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. The Stage 7 Award honors hospitals that have achieved the highest level of electronic health record implementation. In the last three years, Kaiser Permanente has now received a total of 35 awards in recognition of its health information technology expertise.

23 Feb 2011

GE Healthcare IT introduces eHealth Community Desktop solution

GE Healthcare IT, a leading provider of health information technologies, today announced its eHealth Community Desktop, an open standards framework for delivering clinical applications built on top of a connected healthcare community. Its foundation is a portal technology that provides Clinicians and other providers across the healthcare continuum a web-based, simple and easy way to view patient data available within a Health Information Exchange (HIE).

23 Feb 2011

New DNA microarray detects genetic changes differentiating cancer patients from healthy individuals

A group of researchers led by scientists from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have developed a new technology that detects distinct genetic changes differentiating cancer patients from healthy individuals and could serve as a future cancer predisposition test.

23 Feb 2011

Caliper Life Sciences, IntegenX enter license agreement for microfluidics patent portfolio

IntegenX Inc. and Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. today announced a license agreement providing IntegenX access to Caliper's microfluidics patent portfolio.

23 Feb 2011

New footprint calculator shows human impact on nitrogen cycle

People who want to eat healthy and live sustainably have a new way to measure their impact on the environment: a Web-based tool that calculates an individual's "nitrogen footprint."

23 Feb 2011

Study: Hemoglobin A1c is not a reliable test to diagnose diabetes in children

Doctors are increasingly using a convenient blood glucose test for diagnosing diabetes and pre-diabetes, but a study by the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital shows it's not the best way to diagnose diabetes in children.

23 Feb 2011

Biomoda completes sample collection in pilot study of CyPath diagnostic assay for lung cancer

Cancer diagnostics company Biomoda, Inc. today announced that it has completed patient enrollment and sample collection for the pilot study to determine the clinical sensitivity and specificity of its CyPath® diagnostic assay for the early detection of lung cancer.

23 Feb 2011

Phoenix, Uniontown sign three year agreement for comprehensive IT infrastructure outsourcing services

Phoenix Health Systems, a premier provider of integrated information technology outsourcing and consulting services for healthcare organizations, announced today that Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown, PA, has signed a three year agreement with Phoenix for comprehensive IT infrastructure outsourcing services.

23 Feb 2011

FDA grants 510(k) clearance to Vapotherm Flowrest homecare device

Vapotherm, the global leader in High Flow Therapy (HFT™) products, has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Flowrest® homecare device. The device also recently received CE marking.

23 Feb 2011

Claraview's Healthcare Analytics Solutions is now available for hospitals, clinics and health insurers

Claraview, a division of Teradata Corporation, a strategy and technology consultancy focused on business intelligence and analytics, today announced the availability of its Healthcare Analytics Solutions for hospitals, clinics, physician-practices, long-term care facilities, pharmacy benefit managers and health insurers.

22 Feb 2011

Canadian Intellectual Property Office grants patent to CardioGenics' QL Care Analyzer

CardioGenics Holdings Inc. announced today that it has been notified by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office that its patent application for the "core technology" utilized in its ultra-sensitive point-of-care immuno-analyzer, the QL Care Analyzer, has been granted. Patents covering the "core technology" have now been issued in Canada, the European Union and Japan.

22 Feb 2011

NanoString launches fixed-panel assay product for human molecular karyotyping

NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held life sciences company marketing a complete solution for detecting and counting large sets of target molecules in biological samples, today announced the first fixed-panel assay product to be developed on its Copy Number Variation detection platform - the nCounter Human Karyotype Panel.

From NanoString Technologies 22 Feb 2011

FDA clears ArthroCare's Parallax Contour-enhanced Vertebral Augmentation Device

ArthroCare Corp., a leader in developing state-of-the-art, minimally invasive surgical products, announced today that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its second-generation Parallax Contour -enhanced Vertebral Augmentation Device specifically for void creation in a vertebral body followed by injection of bone cement.

22 Feb 2011

Macrogen announces formation of Axeq Technologies in the US, Europe and Asia

Macrogen, Inc announces the formation of Axeq Technologies, a US-based division with operations and offices in the US, Europe and Asia. "Axeq" is a premium brand representing a whole new experience and industry-leading standards in DNA sequencing service.

22 Feb 2011

CTS unveils world's first adjustable Patient Passport Express kiosks at HIMSS conference

Connected Technology Solutions has unveiled the world's first adjustable self-service healthcare kiosk in Booth 3184 at the 2011 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, the annual tradeshow for healthcare IT professionals in Orlando, Florida.

22 Feb 2011

Device / Technology News

ASGE announces 35 new honorees under Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program

T.H.E. Clinic to provide CompuMed's ECG telemedicine, CardioGramKids technology to Lennox School District

New method integrates supercomputer simulation and experimental results

USPTO issues patent to Silence Therapeutics' siRNA technology

Online Negative Enabling Support Group embraces anorexia as a choice

Kaiser Permanente leads nation in number of Stage 7 Awards from HIMSS

GE Healthcare IT introduces eHealth Community Desktop solution

New DNA microarray detects genetic changes differentiating cancer patients from healthy individuals

Caliper Life Sciences, IntegenX enter license agreement for microfluidics patent portfolio

New footprint calculator shows human impact on nitrogen cycle

Study: Hemoglobin A1c is not a reliable test to diagnose diabetes in children

Biomoda completes sample collection in pilot study of CyPath diagnostic assay for lung cancer

Phoenix, Uniontown sign three year agreement for comprehensive IT infrastructure outsourcing services

FDA grants 510(k) clearance to Vapotherm Flowrest homecare device

Claraview's Healthcare Analytics Solutions is now available for hospitals, clinics and health insurers

Canadian Intellectual Property Office grants patent to CardioGenics' QL Care Analyzer

NanoString launches fixed-panel assay product for human molecular karyotyping

FDA clears ArthroCare's Parallax Contour-enhanced Vertebral Augmentation Device

Macrogen announces formation of Axeq Technologies in the US, Europe and Asia

CTS unveils world's first adjustable Patient Passport Express kiosks at HIMSS conference

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