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Health IT Roundup: Data exchange, personal health records on the rise

The Wall Street Journal: "Three leading health-care providers in Colorado's Front Range region recently teamed up in an electronic health-record exchange program that will allow them to share data on more than a million Colorado residents. … The three [health systems] have agreed to share their records on a secure network that will allow clinics, doctors' offices and hospitals to exchange data on common patients instantly, including lab reports, radiology images and medical history" (Landro, 4/13).

15 Apr 2010

NIH awards Corgenix Medical $600,000 grant to develop diagnostic tests for Ebola and Marburg virus

Corgenix Medical Corporation, a worldwide developer and marketer of diagnostic test kits, including innovative products for emerging pathogens and lethal viruses, today announced a major extension of the collaborative effort to combat important viral diseases.

15 Apr 2010

BIOTRONIK launches new Reocor external pacemakers following European CE Mark approval

BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG today announced the European launch after receiving CE Mark approval for its new Reocor external pacemakers, available in two models for dual and single chamber pacing therapy.

15 Apr 2010

Beckman Coulter awarded new agreement with Premier Purchasing Partners for laboratory systems and supplies

Beckman Coulter, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of products that simplify, automate, and innovate complex biomedical testing, announced that effective April 1, 2010, it has been awarded a new agreement with Premier Purchasing Partners, the group purchasing unit of Premier, Inc., to provide a full range of core laboratory systems and supplies. Premier is one of the nation's largest healthcare purchasing networks, with more than 2,300 member hospitals and 64,000 additional healthcare sites.

From Beckman Coulter Diagnostics 15 Apr 2010

Interim data from Avid's florbetapir "Image-to-Autopsy" Phase III study to be presented

Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the presentation of interim data from its landmark florbetapir "Image-to-Autopsy" Phase III study. These data come from the first cohort of subjects in the trial and are the first ever Phase III results for an agent designed to image Alzheimer's disease pathology.

15 Apr 2010

Patheon adds development and manufacturing softgel capability in Cincinnati facility

Patheon, a global provider of drug development and manufacturing services to the international pharmaceutical industry announced today that it is adding development and manufacturing softgel capability in its Cincinnati facility, providing the pharmaceutical industry a new contract provider for this popular drug delivery system.

15 Apr 2010

biospace med raises $18M to accelerate market penetration of EOS imaging system in North America and Europe

biospace med announced today that it has raised $18 million to accelerate market expansion in North America and Europe of the company's FDA-cleared EOS ultra-low-dose 2D/3D imaging system.

15 Apr 2010

New AIGISRx Flat provides antimicrobial protection from CRMD infection

TYRX, Inc. announced today the commercial release of the AIGISRx™ Flat, an antibacterial product that helps provide protection against infections associated with implanted pacemakers and defibrillators.

15 Apr 2010

OHSU awarded $5.8M in ARRA funds to educate health IT professional work force

Oregon Health & Science University has been awarded $5.8 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to advance the widespread adoption and meaningful use of health information technology by educating professionals to work in this rapidly growing field.

15 Apr 2010

Hybridyne Imaging Technologies' ProxiScan gamma camera receives FDA clearance for endocavity imaging

Hybridyne Imaging Technologies, Inc., a developer of compact, high-resolution gamma cameras for the detection of cancer and other abnormalities in the body, announces FDA clearance of ProxiScan. The system can be used in imaging the distribution of radionuclides in the human body using planar imaging techniques. ProxiScan may also be used intra-operatively, on pathological specimens and for endocavity applications if a protective sheath is used.

15 Apr 2010

PSI acquires PEG-based technology

Particle Sciences Inc. (PSI), a leading pharmaceutical CRO, is adding to its portfolio of drug delivery technologies through the acquisition of a versatile PEG-based technology. The technology covers a series of PEG-grafted cationic polymers that have a wide variety of applications in the pharmaceutical arena.

15 Apr 2010

Articulinx closes $10M Series B financing round

Articulinx, Inc., a medical device company developing a novel minimally-invasive approach for the treatment of osteoarthritis, announced today the closing of a $10M Series B financing led by US Venture Partners (USVP).

15 Apr 2010

First phase of Dolbey's Fusion CAC implementation completed at Adventist Health System in Orlando

Today at the American Health Information Management Association's Computer-Assisted Coding Summit, Dolbey announced that it has completed, along with Artificial Medical Intelligence, the first phase of its Fusion CAC implementation at Adventist Health System in Orlando, Florida.

15 Apr 2010

New computer system may help reduce air quality problems

The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid's School of Computing has developed a computer system that can robustly and efficiently control and forecast air pollution.

15 Apr 2010

ConforMIS' iUni G2 patient-specific knee replacement system receives CE Mark certification

ConforMIS, Inc. announced today that the iUni® G2 has received CE Mark certification, providing regulatory approval for ConforMIS to begin the sale of this products throughout the European Union. The iUni G2 is the next generation of ConforMIS' revolutionary patient-specific knee replacement system, and remains the only patient-specific unicompartmental knee resurfacing implant on the market.

15 Apr 2010

New BD LSRFortessa Cell Analyzer delivers maximal sensitivity and resolution for multicolor applications

Building upon its powerful BD™ LSR cell analyzer platform, BD Biosciences launched today a new off-the-shelf BD LSRFortessa™ System, which uses up to four lasers -- blue, red, violet and UV -- that enable the detection of up to 18 colors simultaneously.

15 Apr 2010

AssistMed's Duet data capture technology integrated with HealthPac's HPlus Pro patient accounting system

AssistMed, Inc. and HealthPac Computer Systems, Inc. today announced the integration of AssistMed's Duet™ data capture technology with HealthPac's HPlus Pro™ patient accounting and control system to enhance professional healthcare services.

13 Apr 2010

CAS Medical Systems granted Japanese patent for LASER-SIGHT technology in FORE-SIGHT Oximeter

CAS Medical Systems, Inc. today announced that that the Japanese Patent Office has granted a new patent for the Company's LASER-SIGHT® technology used in the FORE-SIGHT® Oximeter.

13 Apr 2010

SRI/Surgical Express announces sponsorship of Practice Greenhealth's Greening the OR Symposium

SRI/Surgical Express, Inc., a leading provider of reusable surgical device reprocessing services supporting the healthcare industry, is pleased to announce their sponsorship of Practice Greenhealth's Greening the OR Symposium, scheduled for April 27, 2010 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

13 Apr 2010

Vital Images, Arkansas Children's Hospital collaborate to develop Vitrea pediatric cardiac application

Vital Images, Inc., a leading provider of advanced visualization and analysis software, announced today that it is collaborating with Arkansas Children's Hospital of Little Rock, Ark., to develop a Vitrea® pediatric cardiac application. The software is an advanced visualization tool designed specifically to meet the unique cardiac features and patient care requirements presented by pediatric patients.

13 Apr 2010

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Health IT Roundup: Data exchange, personal health records on the rise

NIH awards Corgenix Medical $600,000 grant to develop diagnostic tests for Ebola and Marburg virus

BIOTRONIK launches new Reocor external pacemakers following European CE Mark approval

Beckman Coulter awarded new agreement with Premier Purchasing Partners for laboratory systems and supplies

Interim data from Avid's florbetapir "Image-to-Autopsy" Phase III study to be presented

Patheon adds development and manufacturing softgel capability in Cincinnati facility

biospace med raises $18M to accelerate market penetration of EOS imaging system in North America and Europe

New AIGISRx Flat provides antimicrobial protection from CRMD infection

OHSU awarded $5.8M in ARRA funds to educate health IT professional work force

Hybridyne Imaging Technologies' ProxiScan gamma camera receives FDA clearance for endocavity imaging

PSI acquires PEG-based technology

Articulinx closes $10M Series B financing round

First phase of Dolbey's Fusion CAC implementation completed at Adventist Health System in Orlando

New computer system may help reduce air quality problems

ConforMIS' iUni G2 patient-specific knee replacement system receives CE Mark certification

New BD LSRFortessa Cell Analyzer delivers maximal sensitivity and resolution for multicolor applications

AssistMed's Duet data capture technology integrated with HealthPac's HPlus Pro patient accounting system

CAS Medical Systems granted Japanese patent for LASER-SIGHT technology in FORE-SIGHT Oximeter

SRI/Surgical Express announces sponsorship of Practice Greenhealth's Greening the OR Symposium

Vital Images, Arkansas Children's Hospital collaborate to develop Vitrea pediatric cardiac application

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

From street to lab: Advancing controlled substance testing with handheld Raman and FTIR

Reimagining light scattering for biotherapeutics

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