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Manage Mobility, BEMS partner to sell SMARTHOMECARE and SECURITYSMART applications in the U.S.

Manage Mobility, a Sprint Exclusive Business Solutions Partner, today announced that it has signed an agreement with BEMS, Inc., a regional provider of security systems and life safety technology, to sell its new SMARTHOMECARE™ and SECURITYSMART™ applications to existing enterprise customers in the United States.

26 Feb 2010

Carotid artery stenting and carotid endarterectomy equally safe and effective for people at risk for stroke

Carotid artery stenting, a less invasive alternative to surgery on the carotid artery (carotid endarterectomy), is equally safe and effective for people at risk for stroke as carotid endarterectomy, according to a major new study presented today at the 2010 International Stroke Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

26 Feb 2010

CAMH signs licensing agreement with US-based Athena Diagnostics to market new genetic test

For the second time in as many months the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has signed a licensing agreement with US-based Athena Diagnostics Inc. to market a new genetic test.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 26 Feb 2010

ProUroScan prostate imaging system 510(k) application: Inclement weather delays FDA processing

ProUroCare Medical, Inc., a provider of proprietary medical imaging products, indicates that the Food and Drug Administration has informed the industry that the processing of 510(k) applications, which includes the ProUroScan™ prostate imaging system, has been delayed because of the inclement weather in February that impacted the Washington, D.C. area.

26 Feb 2010

dbMotion to exhibit connected healthcare solutions at HIMSS 2010

dbMotion, a provider of health interoperability solutions, announced its participation at HIMSS 2010, March 1-4 in Atlanta, Ga., both as an exhibitor (Booth 6023) and as a featured contributor to the Interoperability Showcase—demonstrating how providers can achieve meaningful data-sharing across a range of healthcare settings. Participation in the Interoperability Showcase comes on the heels of dbMotion’s successful completion of interoperability testing at the 11th Annual IHE North American Connectathon in Chicago.

26 Feb 2010

Quest Software, HealthCast announce end-to-end clinical desktop and workflow solution

Quest Software, Inc. and HealthCast, Inc. today announced an end-to-end clinical desktop and workflow solution that simplifies and automates secure clinician access to protected healthcare information with the benefits of virtualization.

26 Feb 2010

Fate Therapeutics named to Technology Review's 2010 TR50 most innovative companies in the world list

Fate Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that the Company was named as one of Technology Review's 2010 TR50, the publication's first annual list of the 50 most innovative companies in the world. The 2010 TR50 companies span the fields of energy, computing, the Web, biomedicine, and materials and have been evaluated based on business model, strategies for deploying and scaling up its technologies and the likelihood of success. Each company in the 2010 TR50 has excelled not only at inventing technology but also at using it to transform how we live and work.

26 Feb 2010

Henry Schein signs strategic partnership to distribute Brain-Pad's NatureZone UV/Ozone oral sanitizer

Henry Schein, Inc., the largest distributor of health care products and services to office-based practitioners, today announced a new strategic partnership with Brain-Pad. Under a new five year agreement, Henry Schein Dental will be the exclusive professional dental distributor in the U.S. and Canada for the NatureZone™ one-touch UV/Ozone oral appliance sanitizer.

26 Feb 2010

Advances in surgical technology enable surgeons to perform many operations as outpatient procedures

Nearly 58 percent of the surgeries performed in hospitals were done as outpatient procedures, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

26 Feb 2010

UCLA School of Nursing selects CytoCore's PadKit Collection Kit for comparative cytology study of cervical cancer

CytoCore Inc., the developer of cost-effective products used in the practice of cytology for the detection and diagnosis of cancer and cancer related diseases, announced today that PadKit® Collection Kit, a transport kit using an intralabial device for the collection of gynecological samples, has been selected by the UCLA School of Nursing as the sample collection system for a comparative cytology study of cervical cancer.

26 Feb 2010

Librede to develop technologies for improving ion channel drug discovery and screening at CNSI incubator

Librede Inc. has joined the UCLA on-campus technology incubator space at the California NanoSystems Institute, where the startup company will work on developing technologies to improve ion channel drug discovery and screening.

26 Feb 2010

Santa Cruz HIE: Inter-HIE exchange capability may improve patient care in California

The Santa Cruz Health Information Exchange is using Axolotl’s Elysium NHIN Gateway to connect to two California HIE networks - EKCITA in Tehachapi, CA and the Long Beach Network for Health in Southern CA, for exchange and sharing of critical clinical information.

26 Feb 2010

Premier healthcare alliance releases new value analysis solution for hospitals

The Premier healthcare alliance has introduced a new value analysis solution to help hospitals effectively evaluate product and treatment options to improve quality and safety while reducing costs.

26 Feb 2010

Helicos BioSciences to demonstrate single molecule sequencing using Helicos Genetic Analysis System

Helicos BioSciences and it’s collaborators will deliver presentations featured at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) meeting in Marco Island, Florida, from February 24-27, 2010.

26 Feb 2010

Remedent and Precise Structures Milling Center named as SensAble Authorized Milling Centers

SensAble Technologies, Inc®, a leading provider of 3D touch-enabled modeling solutions, dental CAD/CAM solutions and haptic devices, has announced partnerships with key dental industry players that will offer fabrication services for milled crowns and bridges, in a variety of materials including zirconia, to SensAble Dental Lab System owners. Partners include Remedent Inc., of Ghent, Belgium, an international leader in oral care and cosmetic dentistry products; and Precise Structures Milling Center of Laguna Hills CA, which operates milling centers in Laguna Hills and Oshawa, Ontario.

26 Feb 2010

EVA trial: MRI is more accurate for early diagnosis of breast cancer than digital mammography

Do we need a revision of current recommendations for breast cancer screening? According to a recent prospective multicenter cohort study published in the "Journal of Clinical Oncology", this appears advisable at least for young women carrying an increased risk of breast cancer. The results of the EVA trial confirm once more that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is substantially more accurate for early diagnosis of breast cancer than digital mammography or breast ultrasound: MRI is three times more sensitive for breast cancer than digital mammography.

26 Feb 2010

SensAble Technologies announces Release 3 of Dental Lab System

SensAble Technologies, Inc®, a leading provider of touch-enabled 3D modeling systems, dental CAD/CAM solutions and haptic devices, has announced Release 3 of the SensAble Dental Lab System (SDLS), with significant enhancements to this integrated system for creating dental restorations efficiently and more cost-effectively.

26 Feb 2010

MITA announces new radiation dose safeguards for expansively addressing patient safety in medical imaging

As part of its ongoing commitment to ensuring safe, appropriate and effective medical imaging and radiation therapy, the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) announced today a new industry-wide commitment to more expansively address patient safety in medical imaging by including new radiation dose safeguards.

26 Feb 2010

RF Kyphoplasty procedure using StabiliT Vertebral Augmentation System: DFine treats over 2000 patients

DFine, Inc., a developer of minimally invasive solutions for treating vertebral compression fractures, announced today that over 2,000 patients with over 3000 fractures have been treated globally with the RF Kyphoplasty procedure using the StabiliT® Vertebral Augmentation System.

26 Feb 2010

Pennsylvania Governor's Office receives over $17M to develop PHIX health information "superhighway"

The Governor's Office of Health Care Reform has received more than $17 million in federal Recovery Act funds to help develop a health information "superhighway" to connect health care practitioners, patients, facilities and pharmacies through a secure network giving them the ability to have a complete record of a patient's medical history.

26 Feb 2010

Device / Technology News

Manage Mobility, BEMS partner to sell SMARTHOMECARE and SECURITYSMART applications in the U.S.

Carotid artery stenting and carotid endarterectomy equally safe and effective for people at risk for stroke

CAMH signs licensing agreement with US-based Athena Diagnostics to market new genetic test

ProUroScan prostate imaging system 510(k) application: Inclement weather delays FDA processing

dbMotion to exhibit connected healthcare solutions at HIMSS 2010

Quest Software, HealthCast announce end-to-end clinical desktop and workflow solution

Fate Therapeutics named to Technology Review's 2010 TR50 most innovative companies in the world list

Henry Schein signs strategic partnership to distribute Brain-Pad's NatureZone UV/Ozone oral sanitizer

Advances in surgical technology enable surgeons to perform many operations as outpatient procedures

UCLA School of Nursing selects CytoCore's PadKit Collection Kit for comparative cytology study of cervical cancer

Librede to develop technologies for improving ion channel drug discovery and screening at CNSI incubator

Santa Cruz HIE: Inter-HIE exchange capability may improve patient care in California

Premier healthcare alliance releases new value analysis solution for hospitals

Helicos BioSciences to demonstrate single molecule sequencing using Helicos Genetic Analysis System

Remedent and Precise Structures Milling Center named as SensAble Authorized Milling Centers

EVA trial: MRI is more accurate for early diagnosis of breast cancer than digital mammography

SensAble Technologies announces Release 3 of Dental Lab System

MITA announces new radiation dose safeguards for expansively addressing patient safety in medical imaging

RF Kyphoplasty procedure using StabiliT Vertebral Augmentation System: DFine treats over 2000 patients

Pennsylvania Governor's Office receives over $17M to develop PHIX health information "superhighway"

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