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Health care changes forcing companies to adapt, could cost doctors

"Although thousands of doctors are converting their offices to electronic health records, a change the federal government supports with $19 billion in grants, there is a major catch — the government is still working on establishing a standard for e-records," the Las Vegas Sun reports. "Doctors who buy a software program could lose hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars, if their systems aren't compatible with the future government standard."

24 Oct 2009

NIH awards $1.4 million Small Business Technology Transfer grant to BloodCenter of Wisconsin

BloodCenter of Wisconsin (BCW) today announced that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $1.4 million Small Business Technology Transfer grant to fund continued research into the deployment of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to enhance safety and reduce hospital costs related to the collection, manufacture and transfusion of blood products. The NIH grant allows the first-ever research into the potential clinical and financial benefits of RFID technology for automatic identification, tracking, and status monitoring of blood and blood products across the entire transfusion medicine supply chain.

24 Oct 2009

ROI calculator for healthcare organizations

ColdSparkTM, a BakBone Software® company (OTCBB: BKBO), and leader in next-generation enterprise messaging infrastructure, today announced the availability of a return on investment (ROI) calculator on their Web site.

24 Oct 2009

Health Canada issues medical device license for IMRISNV and IMRIScardio systems

IMRIS Inc. (TSX: IM) ("IMRIS" or the "Company") today announced that Health Canada has issued a medical device licence for the Company's IMRX system permitting IMRIS to market its newest products, IMRISNV and IMRIScardio in Canada.

24 Oct 2009

New CMMS application for mobile workers

Four Rivers Software Systems, a leading provider of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) for the healthcare industry, announces TMS Now Wireless Standard Edition (SE), a CMMS for the mobile worker.

24 Oct 2009

Sonomed launches new PacScan Plus, an A-Scan with optional pachymeter

Escalon Medical Corp. today announced its Sonomed, Inc. subsidiary's introduction of the new PacScan(TM) Plus, an A-Scan with optional pachymeter.

24 Oct 2009

Coast Dental offers smile makeovers with Lumineers ultra-thin veneers

Coast Dental is now offering smile makeovers with Lumineers ultra-thin veneers to patients who want a beautiful, white smile without the pain, shots and drilling of traditional veneers. Lumineers veneers provide a great way to cosmetically correct crooked, gapped, misshapen and dull teeth in just two visits, and create smiles that are attractive and natural-looking.

24 Oct 2009

Web-Based AXIS Image Management System released by Escalon Digital Solutions

Escalon Medical Corp. today announced that its Escalon Digital Solutions subsidiary released its Web-Based AXIS(TM) Image Management System.

24 Oct 2009

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals launches the Tan EndoGlide Endothelium Insertion System in the U.S.

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced the commercial launch of the Tan EndoGlide(TM) Endothelium Insertion System in the United States. Angiotech holds exclusive U.S. distribution rights to market and distribute the Tan EndoGlide Endothelium Insertion System, which it obtained in a supply agreement with privately held Network Medical Products, Ltd. Angiotech will launch the product during the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting, to be held in San Francisco, CA on October 24-27, 2009.

24 Oct 2009

Clinical results of FlexStent Femoropopliteal Self Expanding Stent System presented

Interim six month clinical results on the use of the FlexStent Femoropopliteal Self Expanding Stent System in the Superficial Femoral Artery were presented today at the VIVA conference by Dr. William Gray of NY Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital.

24 Oct 2009

Bio-Rad Laboratories to acquire diagnostic businesses of Biotest AG for 45 million euros

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostics products, announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire certain diagnostic businesses of Biotest AG for 45 million euros.

24 Oct 2009

AcuMedSpa Holdings to launch online marketing campaign

AcuMedSpa Holdings, Inc., which owns and operates multiple Medical Spa locations throughout South Florida has reached an agreement to launch a major Online Marketing Campaign as well as improve AMSZ's web presence through SEO and website redesign and user friendliness with ARC Media Consultants.

24 Oct 2009

Axis Three launches 3D surgical simulation platform at Plastic Surgery 2009

At Plastic Surgery 2009, Axis Three (www.axisthree.com), the leader and pioneer of 3D surgical simulation tools for the cosmetic surgery industry, today introduced its Portrait 3D Face Simulation Module, the Company’s latest innovation in its 3D surgical simulation technology.

24 Oct 2009

NICE open-source software from NIST

Medical clinics the world over could benefit from new software created at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where a team of scientists has found a way to improve the efficiency of a pneumonia vaccine testing method developed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

23 Oct 2009

Bend Research looking for partners to develop oligonucleotide delivery technologies

Bend Research Inc., a company with more than 30 years of experience in applying innovative pharmaceutical technologies to help clients solve their most difficult scientific and technical problems, is marking the one-year anniversary of a new initiative focused on meeting the needs of a broad range of U.S. and international clients.

23 Oct 2009

EFPIA launches a pilot project against counterfeit prescription medicines in Europe

This incidence of counterfeit prescription medicines in Europe's traditional supply chain is growing. This is why EFPIA (European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations) has launched a pilot project that includes the testing of a coding and identification solution in Sweden.

23 Oct 2009

Guidance for Quick-Med Technologies’ NIMBUS barrier gauze wound dressings issued

Quick-Med Technologies, Inc. announced today that the Food and Drug Administration has issued Guidance to support the classification of the Company’s NIMBUS® barrier gauze wound dressings as Class II medical devices.

23 Oct 2009

Vaccine Vial Monitors to monitor potential heat damage of H1N1 vaccines donated to WHO

Temptime Corporation announced today that it will donate its Vaccine Vial Monitors (VVMs) to the World Health Organization (WHO) to monitor potential heat damage of H1N1 vaccines to be distributed by WHO to developing countries most in need.

23 Oct 2009

Medgenics signs $7 million agreement to develop the Biopump technology for Factor VIII

Medgenics is pleased to announce that it has signed a preclinical development and option agreement with a major international biopharmaceutical company that is a market leader in the field of hemophilia.

23 Oct 2009

Online training program to improve cognitive skills of aging adults

CogniFit™, Inc., a leading maker of Brain Fitness Software programs (www.cognifit.com), introduced CogniFit Senior Driver, innovative online software aimed at helping aging adults improve and maintain the cognitive skills that are essential for safe driving, at the AARP Vegas@50+ event today. This program provides an assessment and training for 10 key driving-related skills, and can help drivers stay safer into their later years.

23 Oct 2009

Device / Technology News

Health care changes forcing companies to adapt, could cost doctors

NIH awards $1.4 million Small Business Technology Transfer grant to BloodCenter of Wisconsin

ROI calculator for healthcare organizations

Health Canada issues medical device license for IMRISNV and IMRIScardio systems

New CMMS application for mobile workers

Sonomed launches new PacScan Plus, an A-Scan with optional pachymeter

Coast Dental offers smile makeovers with Lumineers ultra-thin veneers

Web-Based AXIS Image Management System released by Escalon Digital Solutions

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals launches the Tan EndoGlide Endothelium Insertion System in the U.S.

Clinical results of FlexStent Femoropopliteal Self Expanding Stent System presented

Bio-Rad Laboratories to acquire diagnostic businesses of Biotest AG for 45 million euros

AcuMedSpa Holdings to launch online marketing campaign

Axis Three launches 3D surgical simulation platform at Plastic Surgery 2009

NICE open-source software from NIST

Bend Research looking for partners to develop oligonucleotide delivery technologies

EFPIA launches a pilot project against counterfeit prescription medicines in Europe

Guidance for Quick-Med Technologies’ NIMBUS barrier gauze wound dressings issued

Vaccine Vial Monitors to monitor potential heat damage of H1N1 vaccines donated to WHO

Medgenics signs $7 million agreement to develop the Biopump technology for Factor VIII

Online training program to improve cognitive skills of aging adults

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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