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Audiology NOW! 2010 Conference: Panasonic to announce entry into US Hearing Care market

Panasonic will today announce, at the Audiology NOW! 2010 Conference being held in this city, that it will enter the Hearing Care business in the U.S. market. The Conference, which is focused on hearing instruments and technologies to support audiologists and their patients, is the largest gathering of audiologists in the world. The company will make the announcement on site at its booth #2920 in the San Diego Convention Center.

From PHC Europe B.V. 12 Apr 2010

Eclipsys introduces Sunrise Enterprise 5.5 integrated software solutions for healthcare industry

Eclipsys Corporation, The Outcomes Company® today announced the availability of Sunrise Enterprise™ 5.5 — a rich suite of integrated software solutions that serves to differentiate Eclipsys™ and its client base within the healthcare industry.

12 Apr 2010

Competitive Technologies to introduce Calmare pain therapy at medical conference

Competitive Technologies, Inc. announced today that it will hold a conference for the medical community on May 17, 2010, in Boston, Mass. at the Marriott Long Wharf Hotel from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., to introduce CTT's Calmare® pain therapy to the medical community. Professor Giuseppe Marineo, MD, DSc., Researcher, Founding President of Delta Research and Development, Tor Vergata University of Rome, is the Italian inventor of the "Scrambler Therapy," the technology used in the Calmare medical device.

12 Apr 2010

Automated UV radiation helps decontaminate healthcare-associated pathogens

Attendees of the Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infection were offered a record 37 presentations on the critical role of contaminated environmental surfaces in the transmission of pathogens in healthcare settings.

12 Apr 2010

Study explains why Hispanics are less likely to undergo colorectal cancer screening

A new study finds that Hispanics live in areas with more limited availability of colonoscopies and sigmoidoscopies for colorectal cancer screening. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that differences in areas' capacity for providing these procedures may explain why Hispanics are less likely to undergo colorectal cancer screening than non-Hispanic whites.

12 Apr 2010

Largest Canadian paediatric academic health sciences centre adopts Medworxx Learning Management System

Medworxx Inc., provider of healthcare solutions for patient flow, compliance and education, is pleased to announce that The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has adopted the Medworxx Learning Management System. The Medworxx Learning Management System (LMS) will be the eLearning platform for all of SickKids' 5000 employees, supporting their blended learning model comprised of online training, classroom training, and on the job training.

12 Apr 2010

Rosetta Genomics to present posters on microRNA-based technologies at AACR 2010

Rosetta Genomics, Ltd., a leading developer and provider of microRNA-based molecular diagnostic tests, announced today it will present multiple posters at the upcoming American Association of Cancer Research's 101st Annual Meeting to be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. from April 17-21, 2010.

12 Apr 2010

Inbuilt sensor in cell phones for detecting deadly chemicals

Do you carry a cell phone? Today, chances are it's called a "smartphone" and it came with a three-to-five megapixel lens built-in-not to mention an MP3 player, GPS or even a bar code scanner. This 'Swiss-Army-knife' trend represents the natural progression of technology-as chips become smaller/more advanced, cell phones absorb new functions.

12 Apr 2010

BioClinica to showcase expanded suite of services at upcoming global industry conferences

BioClinica, Inc., a leading provider of clinical trial management services will participate in, and present at, key industry conferences during April and May. Principal members of the BioClinica team will participate as expert panelists as well as demonstrate the value of the Company's expanded suite of services at these conferences.

From Clario 12 Apr 2010

Alphatec Spine's first-quarter preliminary consolidated revenues up 25.6%

Alphatec Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Alphatec Spine, Inc., a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders, with a focus on treating conditions related to the aging spine, announces today that, based on preliminary financial data, the Company will report record consolidated quarterly revenues of approximately $38.4 million for the first quarter 2010, an increase of 25.6% from the $30.6 million reported for the first quarter 2009.

12 Apr 2010

FBI re-evaluating outsourcing of forensic DNA testing to private labs, Orchid Cellmark praises decision

Orchid Cellmark Inc., a leading international provider of identity DNA testing services, today praised the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) announcement that it will re-evaluate the requirements for outsourcing forensic DNA testing to private laboratories.

12 Apr 2010

HAC-CNY signs multi-year agreement with Axolotl

Axolotl Corp., the nationwide leader in health information exchange services and solutions, and Health Advancement Collaborative of Central New York, the regional health information organization connecting medical providers across Central New York, today announced that the Health Advancement Collaborative of Central New York has signed a multi-year agreement with Axolotl to deploy its Elysium Exchange suite of applications to build a clinical information exchange network to connect Central New York's health care providers.

12 Apr 2010

First successful closure of gastro-cutaneous fistulas with newly designed OTSC

Gastrointestinal (GI) chronic perforations require closure and control of extraluminal collections and sepsis. Covered self-expandable metal stents or plastic stents are an effective method in more than 80% of cases, but have many drawbacks.

12 Apr 2010

New CZT-based cardiac nuclear imaging system now at Mount Sinai Medical Center

The Mount Sinai Medical Center has become the first in the United States to commercially use a new cardiac nuclear imaging system by GE Healthcare, a cadmium zinc telluride (CZT)-based high-speed, high-resolution camera that drastically reduces imaging time for patients while also reducing radiation exposure compared to previously used technologies.

12 Apr 2010

Curato implements Sectra MicroDose Mammography at three clinics

The Norwegian company Curato, one of the Nordic region's largest companies in the area of radiology examinations, has now fully implemented Sectra's digital mammography system, Sectra MicroDose Mammography, at three of their mammography clinics.

12 Apr 2010

Computer-Assisted Robotic Total Knee Replacements better than conventional techniques

A study of 1,000 consecutive Computer-Assisted Robotic Total Knee Replacements performed over a five year period at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, NY demonstrates that the computer-assisted procedures result in far better leg alignment, much less likelihood of complicating infection, and a far lower early failure rate than surgeries performed using conventional techniques.

12 Apr 2010

Internet-based CBT as effective as group therapy for treating panic disorder

Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) via the internet is just as effective in treating panic disorder (recurring panic attacks) as traditional group-based CBT. It is also efficacious in the treatment of mild and moderate depression. This according to a new doctoral thesis soon to be presented at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet.

12 Apr 2010

Health Alliance Medical Plans licenses Thomson Reuters Treatment Cost Calculator

Health Alliance Medical Plans, a provider-sponsored health insurer in the Midwest, has licensed Thomson Reuters Treatment Cost Calculator, an application that tells health plan members how much they will pay out-of-pocket for upcoming healthcare services.

12 Apr 2010

Ness Technologies led consortium to provide Electronic Healthcare Services system for Slovak Republic

Ness Technologies, Inc., a global provider of information technology solutions and services, announced today that Ness, as the leader of a consortium with its partner Lynx, Ltd., has won a public tender with the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic to provide the first phase of an Electronic Healthcare Services system, valued at EUR32.4 million, or approximately $44 million, excluding VAT. The term of the initial phase is 24 months.

12 Apr 2010

Worsening suicidality thoughts while on antidepressants linked to specific changes in brain function

While antidepressant medications have proven to be beneficial in helping people overcome major depression, it has long been known that a small subset of individuals taking these drugs can actually experience a worsening of mood, and even thoughts of suicide. No clinical test currently exists to make this determination, and only time - usually weeks - can tell before a psychiatrist knows whether a patient is getting better or worse.

12 Apr 2010

Device / Technology News

Audiology NOW! 2010 Conference: Panasonic to announce entry into US Hearing Care market

Eclipsys introduces Sunrise Enterprise 5.5 integrated software solutions for healthcare industry

Competitive Technologies to introduce Calmare pain therapy at medical conference

Automated UV radiation helps decontaminate healthcare-associated pathogens

Study explains why Hispanics are less likely to undergo colorectal cancer screening

Largest Canadian paediatric academic health sciences centre adopts Medworxx Learning Management System

Rosetta Genomics to present posters on microRNA-based technologies at AACR 2010

Inbuilt sensor in cell phones for detecting deadly chemicals

BioClinica to showcase expanded suite of services at upcoming global industry conferences

Alphatec Spine's first-quarter preliminary consolidated revenues up 25.6%

FBI re-evaluating outsourcing of forensic DNA testing to private labs, Orchid Cellmark praises decision

HAC-CNY signs multi-year agreement with Axolotl

First successful closure of gastro-cutaneous fistulas with newly designed OTSC

New CZT-based cardiac nuclear imaging system now at Mount Sinai Medical Center

Curato implements Sectra MicroDose Mammography at three clinics

Computer-Assisted Robotic Total Knee Replacements better than conventional techniques

Internet-based CBT as effective as group therapy for treating panic disorder

Health Alliance Medical Plans licenses Thomson Reuters Treatment Cost Calculator

Ness Technologies led consortium to provide Electronic Healthcare Services system for Slovak Republic

Worsening suicidality thoughts while on antidepressants linked to specific changes in brain function

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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