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iVillage launches new Health site to help women manage their health needs online

iVillage today announced the launch of its new Health site (www.ivillage.com/Health), the first women's destination on the Web that combines medical expertise and original health content with community conversations and interactive tools, to help women manage their health needs online.

18 Mar 2010

ForSight Labs licenses non-core ophthalmology technology from SurModics

SurModics, Inc., a leading provider of drug delivery and surface modification technologies to the healthcare industry, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with ForSight Labs, LLC to license certain non-core ophthalmology technology. The technology licensed in this agreement does not include the Company’s I-vation™ drug delivery technology. While the license agreement contains an up-front license fee, milestone payments and royalties, specific terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

18 Mar 2010

Jordan Physician Associates implements MedAptus Inpatient Edition for charge capture automation

MedAptus(R), the market leader for charge capture technologies, today announced that providers across multiple specialties at Jordan Physician Associates, located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, are using the MedAptus Inpatient Edition to capture and submit professional charges while on service at Jordan Hospital.

18 Mar 2010

Berkeley HeartLab adopts GenTegra DNA to support diagnostic genetic testing for cardiovascular disease

GenVault Corporation today announced that Berkeley HeartLab, a subsidiary of Celera Corporation, has adopted GenTegra DNA to preserve and store diagnostic samples for genetic testing related to the management of cardiovascular disease.

18 Mar 2010

Low T Center opens new men's testosterone diagnosis and treatment center in Southlake, Texas

Low T Center announces the grand opening of its new men's testosterone diagnosis and treatment center located at 601 Zena Rucker Road, Suite 101 – the corner of Byron Nelson Parkway and FM 1709 in Southlake, Texas. This is the first and only low testosterone therapy clinic for men in the Metroplex.

18 Mar 2010

FCC makes recommendations for using high-speed broadband networks to increase use of telemedicine

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. was pleased on learning that The Federal Communication Commission’s national strategy for broadband issued today emphasizes health care, including electronic health record adoption and use, health data exchanges, telemedicine and mobile health services.

18 Mar 2010

McGill researchers pioneer major breakthrough in DNA nanotechnology

A team of McGill Chemistry Department researchers led by Dr. Hanadi Sleiman has achieved a major breakthrough in the development of nanotubes - tiny "magic bullets" that could one day deliver drugs to specific diseased cells.

18 Mar 2010

Virtuoso Digital Pathology Software: BioImagene adds Companion Algorithms for colon cancer

BioImagene, Inc., the leading provider of end-to-end digital pathology solutions, today announced the availability of Companion Algorithms™ for colon cancer in their Virtuoso™ Digital Pathology Software. BioImagene’s Companion Algorithms are unique in the digital pathology industry as they are specific to a biomarker and a tissue type. Therefore, pathologists are not faced with the challenges of customizing generic algorithms in order to make them work.

18 Mar 2010

Kinetic Concepts’ Prevena Incision Management System may help reduce post-operative complications

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. today announced the initial European and Canadian launch of the Prevena™ Incision Management System, the first and only powered negative pressure product designed specifically for management of surgically closed incisions.

18 Mar 2010

NIST and HHS to develop software tools to support health IT testing infrastructure

Fully incorporating modern information technology into the healthcare system promises many benefits, including better quality care, less paperwork and fewer medical errors while reducing unnecessary costs. In any such critical application, however, it's important to ensure that the new technology behaves as expected.

18 Mar 2010

OrbusNeich's Genous Bio-engineered R stent demonstrates long term clinical efficacy

OrbusNeich today announced that 12 month follow up data from real world patients demonstrated long term clinical efficacy of the company's Genous Bio-engineered R stent.

18 Mar 2010

Device manages care online for chronic disease patients

The Cleveland Plain Dealer: A pilot project at the Cleveland Clinic that monitored 250 patients with chronic diseases showed patients were able to increase the number of days between visits. The study used a medical device that shared daily patient data online with doctors and nurses and found that patients better managed their care using the system.

18 Mar 2010

FDA approves Envoy Medical's prosthetic hearing restoration device

On March 17, 2010 the FDA gave approval to Envoy Medical Corporation to market a "First of its Kind" prosthetic hearing restoration device. The approval follows a December 18, 2009 unanimous 15 to 0 vote by an independent advisory panel in favor of approving the Esteem® for moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss. The FDA chose an expedited review process, noting that they believe the Esteem® "represents a breakthrough technology."

18 Mar 2010

Medical Alarm Concepts Holding signs distribution agreement for MediPendant with major U.S. grocery store chain

Medical Alarm Concepts Holding, Inc., manufacturer of the MediPendant™, the only fully-monitored medical alarm system that allows you to speak and listen directly through the pendant, announced today that it has signed an unprecedented distribution agreement for the Company's MediPendant™ with one of the largest grocery store chains in the United States.

18 Mar 2010

RainDance Technologies partners with Ambry Genetics to provide sequence enrichment solution for clinical and research studies

Ambry Genetics and RainDance Technologies today jointly announced at the Annual CHI Next Generation Sequencing Conference in San Diego, CA their partnership utilizing the RDT 1000 for sequence enrichment and resequencing validation.

18 Mar 2010

Esteem hearing system receives FDA approval for treatment of sensorineural hearing loss

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the approval of the Esteem – an implanted hearing system used to treat moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss, a type of permanent hearing loss.

18 Mar 2010

Access MediQuip enhances Recall Management Service for implantable devices

Access MediQuip, LLC, the nation's first and largest provider of outsourced implantable medical device management solutions to the healthcare industry, announced today it has enhanced its proprietary Recall Management Service, "RMS," for its customers nationwide. The new release is designed to protect patients, inform and empower surgeons and facilities, and help payers improve quality while managing cost.

17 Mar 2010

Industry game changers to watch in healthcare IT

Whatever the outcome of healthcare reform, this much is clear: Information technology will play a critical role in the improvement and delivery of patient outcomes. So, will government contractors — they already are. So, who’s in the lead?

17 Mar 2010

Hospitals can save more than $1M annually by implementing Masimo Patient SafetyNet with SET pulse oximetry

Masimo, the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry™ and Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, announced today that a new cost-effectiveness study shows that implementation of the Masimo Patient SafetyNet remote monitoring and clinician notification system with Masimo SET pulse oximetry saved one hospital $817,000 in its first year.

17 Mar 2010

Synergetics launches fully disposable instrument line for retinal surgery

Synergetics USA, Inc., a medical device company that designs, manufactures, and markets innovative microsurgical instruments for ophthalmic and neurosurgical applications, today announced the launch of its newest fully disposable line of hand-held instruments for retinal surgery, Pinnacle 360oTM. The launch occurred at Vail Vitrectomy 2010, a surgical meeting held on March 13 - 17, 2010.

17 Mar 2010

Device / Technology News

iVillage launches new Health site to help women manage their health needs online

ForSight Labs licenses non-core ophthalmology technology from SurModics

Jordan Physician Associates implements MedAptus Inpatient Edition for charge capture automation

Berkeley HeartLab adopts GenTegra DNA to support diagnostic genetic testing for cardiovascular disease

Low T Center opens new men's testosterone diagnosis and treatment center in Southlake, Texas

FCC makes recommendations for using high-speed broadband networks to increase use of telemedicine

McGill researchers pioneer major breakthrough in DNA nanotechnology

Virtuoso Digital Pathology Software: BioImagene adds Companion Algorithms for colon cancer

Kinetic Concepts’ Prevena Incision Management System may help reduce post-operative complications

NIST and HHS to develop software tools to support health IT testing infrastructure

OrbusNeich's Genous Bio-engineered R stent demonstrates long term clinical efficacy

Device manages care online for chronic disease patients

FDA approves Envoy Medical's prosthetic hearing restoration device

Medical Alarm Concepts Holding signs distribution agreement for MediPendant with major U.S. grocery store chain

RainDance Technologies partners with Ambry Genetics to provide sequence enrichment solution for clinical and research studies

Esteem hearing system receives FDA approval for treatment of sensorineural hearing loss

Access MediQuip enhances Recall Management Service for implantable devices

Industry game changers to watch in healthcare IT

Hospitals can save more than $1M annually by implementing Masimo Patient SafetyNet with SET pulse oximetry

Synergetics launches fully disposable instrument line for retinal surgery

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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