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Tool kit for non-experts to measure ADA compliance

Twenty years after the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, there is finally a "tool kit" for non-experts to measure whether public facilities are in compliance.This is designed to meet the needs of anyone who is reasonably intelligent but not necessarily a techie,explains Denis Anson, director of research for the Assistive Technology Research Institute (ATRI) at Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania, and the kit's developer.

20 Jul 2010

More than half of parents interested in using at-home personal genetic testing for their children: Poll

The latest results from the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health show more than half of parents are interested in having their children checked for disease risks using at-home personal genetic testing kits.

20 Jul 2010

Cardiac Science issues update on AED recall announced in November 2009

Cardiac Science Corporation has issued an update to customers affected by a recall first announced by the Company on November 13, 2009.

20 Jul 2010

Study seeks patients with cancer of oropharynx to participate in Phase I clinical trial of SRS

The North Shore-LIJ Health System Department of Radiation Medicine announced today it is seeking patients with cancer of the oropharynx (back of the mouth)) to participate in a Phase I clinical trial.

20 Jul 2010

Cardiac Science addresses outstanding issues relating to corrective AED field action with FDA

Cardiac Science Corporation, a global leader in automated external defibrillator and diagnostic cardiac monitoring devices, announced it has addressed outstanding issues with the Food and Drug Administration relating to the corrective AED field action announced on November 13, 2009.

20 Jul 2010

Ohio Pharmacy Board approves GE Healthcare's Advanced ePrescribing solution

Marking another significant milestone for GE Healthcare's information technology business, the Ohio Pharmacy Board has approved the company's advanced ePrescribing solution for use by the state's physicians. Ohio is the only state today requiring two-factor authentication.

20 Jul 2010

Dyax launches newly enhanced product website featuring comprehensive financial assistance program

Dyax Corp. today announced that it has launched its newly enhanced product website, www.KALBITOR.com, featuring its comprehensive financial assistance program. KALBITOR (ecallantide) is approved for the treatment of acute attacks of hereditary angioedema in patients 16 years of age and older.

20 Jul 2010

Proactive Patient Outreach system, patient registry to improve care coordination, population health outcomes

Under the HITECH Act's final rules for meaningful use issued last week by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, physicians are required to demonstrate the ability to effectively report quality data, manage care coordination, engage patients and families, and improve population health in order to qualify for federal financial incentives.

20 Jul 2010

LRGHealthcare deploys Aruba's application-aware 802.11n Wi-Fi networks for clinical mobility needs

Aruba Networks, Inc., a global leader in distributed enterprise network solutions, today announced that LRGHealthcare (LRGH), a healthcare charitable trust based in New Hampshire, has deployed Aruba's application-aware 802.11n Wi-Fi networks to address growing clinical mobility needs throughout the Lakes Region General Hospital, Franklin Regional Hospital, and associated clinics in the cities of Lanconia, Franklin, Gilford, and Meredith.

20 Jul 2010

Cellectis bioresearch introduces new technology to develop cell-based assays for HTS studies

Cellectis bioresearch, a specialist in genome customization and a subsidiary of Cellectis, today announced the publication of a scientific study describing a novel method, based on meganuclease-driven targeted integration, for the generation of stable cell lines compatible with high throughput screening (HTS).The study demonstrated Cellectis bioresearch's technology to be faster, more reliable and efficient in deriving cell-based assays for HTS studies than classical methods.

20 Jul 2010

Univfy, Stanford scientists develop first validated prognostic test for predicting IVF live birth outcomes

Univfy, a pioneer in the development of personalized in vitro fertilization (IVF) prognostic tools, announced today the publication of new research findings in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) by its founding scientific team and clinical collaborators from Stanford University.

20 Jul 2010

Combined technologies offer promise for detecting colon cancer in women

A team led by a Northwestern University biomedical engineer has found that combining novel optical technologies with a common colon cancer screening test may allow doctors to more accurately detect the presence of colon cancer, particularly in women.

20 Jul 2010

T-SPOT.TB test predicts TB infected persons better than TST: Study

The authors of a recent study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine concluded that the T-SPOT.TB test is better than the tuberculin skin test at predicting which patients will develop active TB.

20 Jul 2010

Low radiation CT scans now at Saint Francis Hospital

Patients requiring a CT scan at Saint Francis Hospital will now be exposed to up to 40 percent less radiation than traditional CT scans. The hospital has acquired state-of-the-art GE™ scanning equipment featuring Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction (ASiR) that uses an advanced image reconstruction technique that makes it possible to dramatically reduce radiation dose without compromising image quality.

20 Jul 2010

John Theurer Cancer Center to acquire TrueBeam system for treating cancer patients

In a promising development for cancer patients in New Jersey and surrounding areas, the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center announced today that it will be the first cancer center in New Jersey to acquire an innovative system that enables a radically different approach to treating cancer with image-guided radiotherapy known as the TrueBeam- system.

20 Jul 2010

ACP's Medical Laboratory Evaluation program accepted by CAP's accreditation program

The American College of Physicians' Medical Laboratory Evaluation (MLE) program recently gained approval to offer certain analytes for use with the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Laboratory Accreditation Program (LAP). The CAP accreditation program is an internationally-recognized program that uses more rigorous standards than regulatory compliance to help labs achieve the highest standard of excellence. In order to qualify for accreditation, labs must perform proficiency testing on required analytes.

20 Jul 2010

Applying a supermarket strategy to patient-specific marketing

Some hospitals are using a "customer management system" to "market to patients and physicians the same way supermarkets do -- by sending information they think a customer needs or wants based on their history," American Medical News reports. "The use of CRM software by the health industry is aided by the increasing automation of data ranging from physician referrals to electronic medical records.

19 Jul 2010

DEKA Medical announces availability of new SmartXide DOT HP Fractional CO2 laser

DEKA Medical announced today the immediate availability of the High-Powered SmartXide DOT. The new SmartXide DOT HP Fractional CO2 laser, with average power of 50W, can attain irradiance of up to 250W of power with each pulse. This makes the new SmartXide DOT HP the most powerful superpulse CO2 laser available to aesthetic physicians.

19 Jul 2010

Competitive Technologies anticipates $1M revenue from sales of Calmare Pain Therapy Treatment

Competitive Technologies, Inc. today announced it expects revenue from sales of its Calmare® Pain Therapy Treatment for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 to be about $1 million, nearly double that of the prior quarter. The Company expects significant additional growth in Calmare medical device sales in upcoming quarters resulting from the growing U.S. sales force of over 35 sales representatives.

19 Jul 2010

Pharma industry leaders reduce R&D time, costs with aspenONE Process Development software

Aspen Technology, Inc., a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, today announced that GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca and other pharmaceutical industry leaders are reducing their research and development time and costs using newly patented technology that is part of AspenTech's aspenONE Process Development for Pharmaceuticals software.

19 Jul 2010

Device / Technology News

Tool kit for non-experts to measure ADA compliance

More than half of parents interested in using at-home personal genetic testing for their children: Poll

Cardiac Science issues update on AED recall announced in November 2009

Study seeks patients with cancer of oropharynx to participate in Phase I clinical trial of SRS

Cardiac Science addresses outstanding issues relating to corrective AED field action with FDA

Ohio Pharmacy Board approves GE Healthcare's Advanced ePrescribing solution

Dyax launches newly enhanced product website featuring comprehensive financial assistance program

Proactive Patient Outreach system, patient registry to improve care coordination, population health outcomes

LRGHealthcare deploys Aruba's application-aware 802.11n Wi-Fi networks for clinical mobility needs

Cellectis bioresearch introduces new technology to develop cell-based assays for HTS studies

Univfy, Stanford scientists develop first validated prognostic test for predicting IVF live birth outcomes

Combined technologies offer promise for detecting colon cancer in women

T-SPOT.TB test predicts TB infected persons better than TST: Study

Low radiation CT scans now at Saint Francis Hospital

John Theurer Cancer Center to acquire TrueBeam system for treating cancer patients

ACP's Medical Laboratory Evaluation program accepted by CAP's accreditation program

Applying a supermarket strategy to patient-specific marketing

DEKA Medical announces availability of new SmartXide DOT HP Fractional CO2 laser

Competitive Technologies anticipates $1M revenue from sales of Calmare Pain Therapy Treatment

Pharma industry leaders reduce R&D time, costs with aspenONE Process Development software

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