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Continua Health Alliance, Vignet partner to develop interoperable reference code library for mobile platforms

Continua Health Alliance, an international organization of leading healthcare and technology companies, today announced it will begin developing an interoperable source code software library for various mobile platforms. The Alliance has selected Vignet, a leading provider of person-centric connected health platform and solutions, to develop this mobile Continua Enabling Source Library (mCESL) to be made available to Continua Health Alliance members.

14 Jun 2010

Ontario Shores creates new public website to better serve needs of users

Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) is creating a new public website intended to better serve the needs of users and provide opportunities to engage in online dialogue with a variety of stakeholders.

14 Jun 2010

New SACS Instrument launched to assess and classify peristomal skin lesions

A new evidence-based instrument to assess and classify peristomal skin lesions was launched at the 2010 Joint Conference of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society and World Council of Enterostomal Therapists. The instrument, known as the SACS Instrument, represents the first content-validated instrument to objectively assess and classify peristomal lesions by type and location in relation to an individual's stoma.

14 Jun 2010

PolyMedix awarded $150,000 grant to support development of antimicrobial sutures to reduce SSIs

A new discovery may help curb surgical site infections through the use of a novel antibiotic agent that can be incorporated into sutures. SSIs are the third most common hospital-acquired infection and may be associated with severe morbidity and mortality. Since more than 60% of SSIs occur in the area of the incision, the use of sutures coated with an antibacterial agent called PolyCides, created by Radnor, PA-based PolyMedix Inc., may reduce infection rates.

14 Jun 2010

Allied Telesis to provide integrated network solutions for TAF hospital system

Allied Telesis, Inc., a global provider of secure IP/Ethernet switching solutions and an industry leader in the deployment of converged multi-play networks, was selected by the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF), the second-largest standing force in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as the network solutions provider for improvements to 34 military medical facilities as part of an ongoing technology modernization effort driven by the Turkish Ministry of Defense.

14 Jun 2010

NTI's standalone ePrescribing solution RxNT eRx achieves Gold Solution Provider status

Networking Technology, Inc., the leader in electronic healthcare technology, today announced that their standalone eprescribing software product received Gold Solution Provider status from Surescripts. NTI's standalone ePrescribing solution RxNT eRx has achieved Gold Solution Provider status placing their standalone eprescribing solution into an elite group of certified products for the fourth year in a row.

11 Jun 2010

PharmaTrust to demonstrate MedCenter technology at Annual Healthcare Conference

PharmaTrust has been invited to participate in the Private Company forum of the Goldman Sachs 31st Annual Healthcare Conference in Los Angeles, June 14th to 17th. The company will demonstrate its revolutionary Healthcare…Everywhere MedCenter which will connect conference 'patients' in Los Angeles to PharmaTrust pharmacists in Toronto.

11 Jun 2010

TransEnterix selects SYSPRO ERP software

SYSPRO, the leading provider of visionary, pragmatic ERP software, has today announced that TransEnterix, a fast-growing medical device manufacturer based in Durham, North Carolina, has selected SYSPRO ERP software after a lengthy selection process that included a thorough analysis of seven mid-range ERP software providers.

11 Jun 2010

Sundise to implement Medidata Rave as its EDC and CDM solution

Medidata Solutions, a leading global provider of SaaS-based clinical development solutions, today announced that Traditional Chinese Medicine company Sundise will implement Medidata Rave as its electronic data capture and clinical data management solution. Selected for its ability to offer a broad global reach with local in-country support, Medidata will work with Sundise to conduct its first U.S. trial for its TCM treatment for liver fibrosis and will play a key role in supporting the company's strategy to launch in the U.S.

11 Jun 2010

Cook Medical files for PMA of Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent with FDA

Cook Medical has submitted its Pre-Market Approval (PMA) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the company's unique polymer-free Zilver® PTX® Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent. Intended for use in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the superficial femoral artery (SFA), Zilver PTX is a self-expanding, highly durable nitinol stent that uses a proprietary, polymer-free technology to deliver a locally therapeutic dose of paclitaxel, an antiproliferative drug, to the target lesion.

11 Jun 2010

Zargis Medical signs exclusive license agreement with Boston-based Stethographics

Zargis Medical Corp., a majority-owned subsidiary of Speedus Corp., today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Boston-based Stethographics, Inc. providing an exclusive license to patented, FDA-cleared Stethographics lung sounds analysis technology that automatically identifies clinically significant respiratory sounds.

11 Jun 2010

Seminar on pros and cons of robotic surgery

Robotic surgery - is it truly an advance for modern medicine, or just a product of slick consumer advertising campaigns and targeted marketing to physicians?

11 Jun 2010

New study to use genetic 'chips' for examining DNA from over 20,000 heart disease patients

New research at the University of Leicester will use the latest genetic techniques to examine DNA from over 20,000 patients with heart disease.

11 Jun 2010

New handheld biometrics device offers rapid dual-iris image capture

Black Diamond Advanced Technology has designed and delivered to Northrop Grumman a ruggedized, identity-management system for secure and efficient multi-modal biometrics collection in the field.

11 Jun 2010

Gore introduces new internet cloud-based 3-D modeling system and case planning aid

W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) today announced the launch of a new internet cloud-based 3-D advanced visualization and decision support system to aid physicians in case planning at the Society for Vascular Surgery's 2010 Vascular Annual Meeting being held in Boston, Massachusetts.

11 Jun 2010

HL survivors do not receive recommended cancer screening tests: Study

A population-based study of 2,071 Hodgkin lymphoma survivors over 15 years has discovered that while many survivors had multiple X-rays and CT scans years after treatment was finished, they often did not receive recommended cancer screening tests.

11 Jun 2010

Perceptive Informatics releases new web-based version of DataLabs Designer module

Perceptive Informatics, a leading eClinical solutions provider and a subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation, today released a new web-based version of the DataLabs Designer™ module, which is part of Perceptive's DataLabs® Electronic Data Capture (EDC) solution. The web-based study design tool, which can be hosted by Perceptive, provides clinical study teams worldwide with online access to collaboratively design trials. This core capability assists in streamlining workflow and improving the efficiency of the study design process.

11 Jun 2010

RXi announces new RNAi therapeutic strategy at Jefferies 2010 Global Life Sciences Conference

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a recognized leader in RNAi-based therapeutic discovery and development, today announced the company's new focused RNAi therapeutic strategy at the Jefferies 2010 Global Life Sciences Conference.

11 Jun 2010

NuPhysicia's technology solutions provide distinctive medical service

When Healthcare Writer Milt Freudenheim sought real patient care experience in the emerging world of telemedicine for a recent feature article in the New York Times' Sunday Business section, he turned to NuPhysicia, the nation's most experienced video telemedicine services company.

11 Jun 2010

New computer program allows early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

Researchers of the University of Granada have developed a new computer program that allows early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease through processed images.

11 Jun 2010

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Continua Health Alliance, Vignet partner to develop interoperable reference code library for mobile platforms

Ontario Shores creates new public website to better serve needs of users

New SACS Instrument launched to assess and classify peristomal skin lesions

PolyMedix awarded $150,000 grant to support development of antimicrobial sutures to reduce SSIs

Allied Telesis to provide integrated network solutions for TAF hospital system

NTI's standalone ePrescribing solution RxNT eRx achieves Gold Solution Provider status

PharmaTrust to demonstrate MedCenter technology at Annual Healthcare Conference

TransEnterix selects SYSPRO ERP software

Sundise to implement Medidata Rave as its EDC and CDM solution

Cook Medical files for PMA of Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent with FDA

Zargis Medical signs exclusive license agreement with Boston-based Stethographics

Seminar on pros and cons of robotic surgery

New study to use genetic 'chips' for examining DNA from over 20,000 heart disease patients

New handheld biometrics device offers rapid dual-iris image capture

Gore introduces new internet cloud-based 3-D modeling system and case planning aid

HL survivors do not receive recommended cancer screening tests: Study

Perceptive Informatics releases new web-based version of DataLabs Designer module

RXi announces new RNAi therapeutic strategy at Jefferies 2010 Global Life Sciences Conference

NuPhysicia's technology solutions provide distinctive medical service

New computer program allows early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

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