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Nightingale Informatix to provide its EMR system to Uptown Health Centre

Nightingale Informatix Corporation, an application service provider (ASP) of electronic medical record (EMR) software and related services, announced today that it has been selected to provide its electronic medical record (EMR) system hosted at eHealth Ontario to all three Uptown Health Centre locations.

8 Dec 2009

New room temperature-based liquid formulation for storage of tissues and cells

Biomatrica, the leader in room temperature biological sample stabilization, today announced the release of DNAgard(TM), the first room temperature-based liquid formulation for stabilization and storage of tissues and cells. The new DNAgard product adds to Biomatrica's portfolio of solutions for room-temperature storage, archiving, stabilization and transportation of biological samples.

8 Dec 2009

New iPhone application to help find the top doctor

Have no fear during holiday travel this year — if you’re in a strange city, feel flu-like symptoms coming on and want to find a doctor, there’s a new iPhone App that will find one for you. The i Need a Doctor™ (www.ineedadoc.net) app is a joint venture between The Paladin Group LLC, the app developer, and two of the most respected doctor-rating services in the United States — the health care research organization Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. (www.castleconnolly.com) and the physician rating site DrScore (www.drscore.com).

8 Dec 2009

Eidogen-Sertanty licenses its TIP technology for FDA's National Center for Toxicological Research

Eidogen-Sertanty, Inc., a San Diego-based computational drug discovery solutions provider, announced today they have licensed their Target Informatics Platform (TIP) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR).

8 Dec 2009

TSO3 files medical device amendment for the addition of STERIZONE 125L+ Sterilizer

TSO3 Inc. ("TSO3"), an innovator in low temperature sterilization technology for medical devices in healthcare settings through the use of ozone, today announced that it has filed with Health Canada, a medical device amendment for the addition of the STERIZONE(R) 125L+ Sterilizer to the list of already cleared product for sale in Canada.

8 Dec 2009

ISST researchers develop software for physicians to have weekly 'Wound Conference'

Wounds suffered by patients with diabetes tend to heal poorly. For treatment to work, the patient's physician must discuss the situation with specialists and nursing staff to decide on the best approach. However, e-mailing the files containing the diagnosis and discussing them on the telephone is a time-consuming process.

8 Dec 2009

TAFP and RemitDATA team up to improve revenue and reimbursement trends

RemitDATA, Inc., a leading provider of web-based productivity tools and benchmarking to the outpatient healthcare market, today announced that Texas Academy of Family Physicians (TAFP), the largest medical specialty organization, serving over 5,500 family physicians in Texas, has joined forces with RemitDATA to aggregate members' reimbursement data and provide real-time payer benchmarking to help TAFP identify problematic payers and troubling reimbursement trends before they turn into cash-flow pitfalls.

8 Dec 2009

VisionShare to enable connectivity to the NHIN and HIEs from its secure exchange platform

VisionShare, one of the nation’s largest and most secure health information exchanges for administrative transactions, today announced plans to expand support for the exchange of clinical transactions on its platform and making connectivity to the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) and state and community-based Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) available to its customers.

8 Dec 2009

Opportunity for wireless technologies in Western Europe's e-healthcare market

Healthcare in Europe is facing major challenges in both structural reform and unavailability of resources as the region's working population is far lower in comparison to those of 'non-working' age. This calls for the introduction of new schemes in healthcare that would enable Europe to deal with issues pertaining to the growing ageing population.

8 Dec 2009

EPO grants patent for AbSorber's transplantation cross match-test

LinkMed’s subsidiary AbSorber has received patent protection for its transplantation cross match-test XM-ONE® in the European countries. The patent was previously approved in New Zealand which was the first country to approve a patent for AbSorbers product. The European countries are highly prioritized markets for AbSorber and the patent approval is an important milestone in Absorbers intellectual property strategy.

8 Dec 2009

Excess radiation exposure during CT perfusion imaging: FDA issues interim recommendations

As part of an ongoing investigation into cases of excess radiation during CT perfusion imaging of the brain, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today provided imaging facilities and practitioners with interim recommendations to help prevent additional problems.

8 Dec 2009

NeuroPace's RNS System effective for controlling seizures not treatable by medication in epilepsy patients

NeuroPace, Inc. today announced that results from its pivotal trial demonstrated the RNS® System, a novel investigational device that utilizes responsive brain neurostimulation, significantly reduced the frequency of seizures among people who have a common form of epilepsy that is difficult to treat with medication.

8 Dec 2009

Texas Sinus Center offers FinESS Sinus Treatment to break the cycle of chronic sinusitis

Dr. James Atkins, founder of the Texas Sinus Center (www.texassinuscenter.com), today announced he is now offering the FinESS® Sinus Treatment, a minimally invasive treatment that breaks the cycle of chronic sinusitis (CRS) at Foundation Surgical Hospital of San Antonio.

8 Dec 2009

Saint Therese implements InSites Enterprise Visibility Platform

Intelligent InSites, Inc., the leading provider of real-time locating and sensing solutions, announced today that Saint Therese at Oxbow Lake (Saint Therese), a senior living community located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, has implemented the InSites Enterprise Visibility Platform™ as the resident care and staff response solution.

8 Dec 2009

MicroPhage obtains CE mark to market MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test in Europe

MicroPhage announced today that it has obtained its CE Mark to market in Europe the first of its instrument-free, rapid tests based on its patented Bacteriophage Amplification technology.

8 Dec 2009

New data from NanoBio's nanoemulsion-based adjuvant platform to be presented

NanoBio Corporation announced today that its CEO and Founder, James R. Baker, Jr., M.D., will present new data from studies of its nanoemulsion-based adjuvant platform during the World Influenza Congress, taking place from December 7-9, 2009 in Brussels, Belgium.

8 Dec 2009

SAVI applicator for breast brachytherapy can be an effective therapy for breast cancer

The SAVI™ applicator for breast brachytherapy is a safe, effective therapy for breast cancer, according to a newly published study in a peer-reviewed journal.

8 Dec 2009

Geisinger installs catheter-based cardiac assist device, Impella 2.5

A minimally invasive, catheter-based cardiac assist device - the Impella 2.5 - is credited with saving the life of 86-year-old Rose Lombardo of Hazleton. Grandmother to seven and great-grandmother to another 12, Rose was "at death's door" after suffering concurrent heart attacks, according to her daughter, Gabriella Norgard.

8 Dec 2009

New NNNS screening tool developed to identify newborn at risk

When a baby is born, new parents often wonder, "Will he be the next President of the United States?" or "Could she be the one to find a cure for cancer?" But the underlying question for many specialists is, "Is this child 'at risk' for developmental issues?"

8 Dec 2009

Group Health selects Avaya contact center solutions to improve patient service operations

Group Health Cooperative, one of the nation's largest consumer-governed, non-profit health care systems, selected Avaya contact center solutions to achieve greater efficiencies and faster service in their patient service operations.

8 Dec 2009

Device / Technology News

Nightingale Informatix to provide its EMR system to Uptown Health Centre

New room temperature-based liquid formulation for storage of tissues and cells

New iPhone application to help find the top doctor

Eidogen-Sertanty licenses its TIP technology for FDA's National Center for Toxicological Research

TSO3 files medical device amendment for the addition of STERIZONE 125L+ Sterilizer

ISST researchers develop software for physicians to have weekly 'Wound Conference'

TAFP and RemitDATA team up to improve revenue and reimbursement trends

VisionShare to enable connectivity to the NHIN and HIEs from its secure exchange platform

Opportunity for wireless technologies in Western Europe's e-healthcare market

EPO grants patent for AbSorber's transplantation cross match-test

Excess radiation exposure during CT perfusion imaging: FDA issues interim recommendations

NeuroPace's RNS System effective for controlling seizures not treatable by medication in epilepsy patients

Texas Sinus Center offers FinESS Sinus Treatment to break the cycle of chronic sinusitis

Saint Therese implements InSites Enterprise Visibility Platform

MicroPhage obtains CE mark to market MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test in Europe

New data from NanoBio's nanoemulsion-based adjuvant platform to be presented

SAVI applicator for breast brachytherapy can be an effective therapy for breast cancer

Geisinger installs catheter-based cardiac assist device, Impella 2.5

New NNNS screening tool developed to identify newborn at risk

Group Health selects Avaya contact center solutions to improve patient service operations

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