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Emerus implements Stockell's suite of Patient Access and Revenue Cycle Management solutions

Stockell Healthcare Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce that Emerus Hospital Partners based in The Woodlands, Texas, has selected the company's InsightCS® Patient Access, Patient Accounting and Revenue Cycle Information software solution.

22 Apr 2011

iMD to expand Medical Diagnostics operations

As a result of its recent acquisition announced yesterday of Optimum Mobile Imaging LLC ("OMI"), iMD is actively seeking to dramatically expand its overall Medical Diagnostics operations. Currently operating mainly in the Phoenix area, iMD will expand OMI's services throughout the state.

22 Apr 2011

Digital Assent announces 100th customer of PatientPad self-service patient check-in and education solution

Just weeks after launching a national sales campaign, Digital Assent, provider of the award-winning PatientPad® self-service patient check-in and patient education solution, has signed its 100th PatientPad customer and expanded its point-of-care network to 15 states.

22 Apr 2011

Halfpenny adds 13 new clients for clinical data connectivity in first quarter 2011

Halfpenny Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of clinical data exchange solutions, today announced that during the first quarter of 2011, it has added 13 new clients to its growing customer list.

22 Apr 2011

Canada Prime Minister announces $10 million fund for defibrillators and related training

Today Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a $10 million plan to fund life-saving automated external defibrillators and related training in hockey arenas and community recreation centres across Canada.

22 Apr 2011

Studies emphasize need to avoid central venous catheters in patients on hemodialysis

Patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) typically have a higher early survival rate than patients on hemodialysis (HD). New data suggest that this difference may be explained by a higher risk of early deaths among patients undergoing HD with central venous catheters, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).

22 Apr 2011

ESHRE's Guide for CBRC aims to ensure high-quality assisted reproduction treatment

The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology is setting the first ever standards in Cross Border Reproductive Care. The safety of patients, gamete donors, surrogates and future children take centre stage in ESHRE's Good Practice Guide for Cross Border Reproductive Care.

22 Apr 2011

Latest advancements in telemedicine to be presented at ATA 2011

The latest technologies, research and applications in telemedicine will be presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the American Telemedicine Association, which will take place Sunday, May 1 - Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida.

22 Apr 2011

Health IT creates demand for new group of employees — 'Medical scribes'

The rise in electronic medical records has given Brittany Fera, a premed student at Temple University, an "awesome" job that she had no idea existed before she saw an ad last year.

22 Apr 2011

Eaton, Spiceworks release first free power management software features

Spiceworks, the largest social business network for IT, teaming with Eaton Corporation, a leading diversified power management company, today released the industry's first free power management software features that allow its 1.4 million small-to-medium business users to remotely monitor and manage uninterruptible power systems for free through Spiceworks.

22 Apr 2011

HTX provides $248,750 financing to Baylis Medical for development of novel surgical device

HTX today announced it is providing $248,750 in financing to Baylis Medical Company, a developer of innovative cardiology, endovascular, pain management, and orthopaedic devices. HTX financing will support the final development of a novel surgical device, including research-based evidence, enabling worldwide regulatory submissions, sales and marketing of the device.

22 Apr 2011

Cardiologist pioneers new test to detect sudden death syndrome in young athletes

When a high school athlete drops dead, the rare but fatal condition called "sudden death syndrome" dominates the headlines. For reasons that remain a mystery to scientists, some young athletes - especially young males - begin to experience an unusual heart arrhythmia. With over-exertion, their hearts stop pumping, leading to sudden death.

22 Apr 2011

Velos and Comaiba collaborate to provide healthcare risk and compliance management solutions

Velos, Inc., the trusted leader in clinical trial management systems for large academic medical centers and research institutions, today announced an initiative to provide solutions for customers in the areas of risk management and compliance monitoring in research, transplant medicine, and biospecimen management.

22 Apr 2011

Roundtable to discuss about advances in neuroscience

Jamie Tyler, assistant professor in the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, has been invited to speak at a Royal Society of London high level workshop on May 11-12 on the security implications of advances in neuroscience.

22 Apr 2011

Scientists to develop new technique for early-stage Alzheimer's detection

Scientists at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow are developing a technique based on a new discovery which could pave the way towards detecting Alzheimer's disease in its earliest stages - and could help to develop urgently-needed treatments.

22 Apr 2011

Experts question hospital's heart device data claims

The New York Times: Medical Experts Dispute A Hospital's Claims On Heart Device Data.

22 Apr 2011

DEKRA, Health Canada clear ORTHOCON's new Absorbable Bone Hemostat Matrix

ORTHOCON, Inc., a privately-held therapeutic device company, today announced that DEKRA and Health Canada have cleared its HEMASORB Absorbable Bone Hemostat Matrix for clinical use and sale in Europe and Canada.

22 Apr 2011

Misonix enters new three year distribution agreement with Instrumentacion

Misonix, Inc., a medical device company that designs, manufactures, and markets innovative, therapeutic, ultrasonic products worldwide for wound debridement, spinal surgery, cosmetic surgery, neurosurgery, laparoscopic surgery, and other surgical and medical applications, has entered into a new, three year, exclusive distribution agreement with Instrumentacion, S.A. based in Bogota, Colombia.

22 Apr 2011

UC Berkeley researchers form new Synthetic Biology Institute

An alliance of top researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has formed the UC Berkeley Synthetic Biology Institute, advancing efforts to engineer cells and biological systems in ways that promise to transform technology in health and medicine, energy, the environment, new materials, and a host of other critical arenas.

22 Apr 2011

OSI Systems introduces new patient monitoring solution for clinicians

OSI Systems, Inc., a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its Healthcare division, Spacelabs Healthcare, launched XPREZZONTM, a patient monitoring solution that delivers innovative technology and design to shape the new age of care for clinicians and patients alike.

22 Apr 2011

Device / Technology News

Emerus implements Stockell's suite of Patient Access and Revenue Cycle Management solutions

iMD to expand Medical Diagnostics operations

Digital Assent announces 100th customer of PatientPad self-service patient check-in and education solution

Halfpenny adds 13 new clients for clinical data connectivity in first quarter 2011

Canada Prime Minister announces $10 million fund for defibrillators and related training

Studies emphasize need to avoid central venous catheters in patients on hemodialysis

ESHRE's Guide for CBRC aims to ensure high-quality assisted reproduction treatment

Latest advancements in telemedicine to be presented at ATA 2011

Health IT creates demand for new group of employees — 'Medical scribes'

Eaton, Spiceworks release first free power management software features

HTX provides $248,750 financing to Baylis Medical for development of novel surgical device

Cardiologist pioneers new test to detect sudden death syndrome in young athletes

Velos and Comaiba collaborate to provide healthcare risk and compliance management solutions

Roundtable to discuss about advances in neuroscience

Scientists to develop new technique for early-stage Alzheimer's detection

Experts question hospital's heart device data claims

DEKRA, Health Canada clear ORTHOCON's new Absorbable Bone Hemostat Matrix

Misonix enters new three year distribution agreement with Instrumentacion

UC Berkeley researchers form new Synthetic Biology Institute

OSI Systems introduces new patient monitoring solution for clinicians

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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