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Innovative 3-D interactive anatomy learning tools

Elsevier, the world's leading content provider of science and health information, today announced the availability of the InteractElsevier Series. Powered by CyberAnatomy, an Iowa-based company that creates interactive learning systems for students, the innovative 3-D interactive anatomy series applies advanced gaming technology to reviewing, learning and teaching anatomy. InteractElsevier has two levels of offerings - Web interactive (online) and virtual reality (stereoscopic).

23 Feb 2010

OUTCOME, REACH Call partner to integrate stroke-telemedicine data into Get With The Guidelines–Stroke program

Outcome Sciences, Inc., the leading provider of patient registries, studies, and technologies for evaluating real-world outcomes, and REACH Call, the leading provider of web-based telemedicine services, today announced a partnership to integrate stroke-telemedicine data into the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®–Stroke program.

23 Feb 2010

HealthPort announces addition of eDelivery to ROI process

HealthPort, a top-25 company in the healthcare information technology industry, today announced that it has added electronic delivery functionality (eDelivery) to its release of information (ROI) process. In compliance with HIPAA mandates under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s (ARRA) HITECH provision, the new eDelivery functionality allows healthcare facilities with HealthPort ROI outsourced or Partner services the ability to quickly and easily fulfill medical record requests for patients who want to receive them electronically.

23 Feb 2010

Northern Michigan Regional Hospital selects Medicity for implementing HIE

Medicity – the standard for health information exchange (HIE) solutions that empower physicians, hospitals and communities to improve care collaboration – today reported that Northern Michigan Regional Hospital has selected Medicity to electronically exchange health information among its hospitals and physicians across the 22 counties it serves. The health system, which was named to the 2009/2010 Most Wired list by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, cites health information exchange (HIE) as a vital initiative toward realizing its strategic plan for patient-centered care and meeting meaningful use requirements.

23 Feb 2010

Medquist to particpate as Implementer in the HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase

Demonstrating the value of standards-based health information technologies, MedQuist Inc., a leading provider of technology-enabled clinical documentation services, is participating as an Implementer in the HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase at booth #233 in Hall C of the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The Showcase is part of the 2010 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference & Exhibition being held from March 1-4.

23 Feb 2010

Somerset Hospital collaborates with Mckesson to automate pharmacy with PROmanager-Rx system

Somerset Hospital in Pennsylvania has joined with McKesson to automate its pharmacy using the new PROmanager-Rx™ system. The system will enable the 150-bed hospital to fully automate dispensing of tablets, capsules, and other oral solid medications that come directly from drug manufacturers in unit-dose, bar-coded form. Somerset, already a user of McKesson’s Paragon® community hospital information system, expects PROmanager-Rx to automate dispensing for approximately 80 percent of its daily scheduled patient doses.

23 Feb 2010

Sound-based lasers could lead to development of high-resolution biomedical diagnostic devices

Physicists have taken major step forward in the development of practical phonon lasers, which emit sound in much the same way that optical lasers emit light. The development should lead to new, high-resolution imaging devices and medical applications.

23 Feb 2010

Head and neck tumors in close proximity to sensitive areas may lead to brain injury, visionary risk or hearing loss

When head and neck tumors - from sinus tumors to acoustic neuromas attached to the hearing and balance nerve at the base of the skull - are located in close proximity to such sensitive areas such as the brain and eyes, they are particularly dangerous due to possible brain injury, visionary risk or hearing loss.

23 Feb 2010

New cardiac imaging technique reduces radiation exposure compared to standard helical scan

In a new study published in the March issue of Radiology, researchers from Columbia University and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute have determined that an imaging exam of the heart using the latest generation of CT technology exposes patients to as much as 91 percent less radiation than standard helical CT scanning.

23 Feb 2010

Aetna selects Millennium Laboratories as national pain management services provider

Millennium Laboratories, a leading provider of therapeutic drug monitoring and education to physicians and staff treating chronic pain patients, announced today a national agreement with Aetna, one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits companies that serves approximately 36.3 million people. Under the terms of the three-year ancillary services agreement which went into effect February 1, 2010, Millennium Laboratories’ will assist Aetna participating physicians nationwide with state-of-the-art therapeutic drug monitoring services and tools.

23 Feb 2010

Viamet Pharmaceuticals, Novartis Option Fund partner to develop novel inhibitors against key metalloenzyme target

Viamet Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a licensing option agreement with the Novartis Option Fund. Under terms of the agreement, Viamet will utilize its proprietary Metallophile™ Technology to discover and develop novel metalloenzyme inhibitors against a specific metalloenzyme of high interest to Novartis. The agreement includes an upfront fee and potential milestones totaling over $200 million as well as product royalties.

23 Feb 2010

Kb Port launches innovative tool for storing and cataloging multiple ETC recordings

Kb Port LLC, an innovative multimedia solutions provider, is proud to announce the availability of its ETC Archiver. For current and future users of Kb Port’s powerful ETC Technology, the Archiver represents a breakthrough for clients who store and catalog multiple ETC recordings. It’s an advance in technology that, once again, distinguishes Kb Port in the medical simulation industry.

23 Feb 2010

Pulmonx to raise new funding for global launch of Zephyr EBV and Chartis Pulmonary Assessment System

Pulmonx, an emerging leader in interventional pulmonology, announced today that it has concluded an agreement for a new round of equity financing from an investment syndicate led by two new investors. The company also announced that it plans to use this capital to support the international commercial launch of its Zephyr® Endobronchial Valve (EBV), and its recently approved Chartis® Pulmonary Assessment System. Both products are CE marked and cleared for sale in Europe and other major international markets.

23 Feb 2010

PositiveID, RECEPTORS announce successful completion of rapid virus detection system Phase I development

PositiveID Corporation, in conjunction with its development partner RECEPTORS LLC, announced today that it has successfully completed Phase I development of its rapid virus detection system, a non-invasive, point-of-care test to test patient samples and identify various forms of influenza within minutes. Phase II of the development, which the Company expects to complete by the end of 2010, is planned to launch in February 2010.

23 Feb 2010

Memometal Technologies announces acquisition of ABS' OrthoGlide Ankle Technology

Memometal Technologies S.A., a global extremity orthopaedic manufacturer headquartered in France, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of all the assets of Advanced Bio-Surfaces (ABS) Corporation’s OrthoGlide® Ankle Technology.

23 Feb 2010

FDA grants Haemonetics clearance to collect two RBC on Cymbal system

On January 27, 2010 the FDA cleared the Haemonetics 510(k) for its expanded nomogram to collect two Red Blood Cells on the Cymbal® Automated Blood Collection System from female donors who are at least 150 pounds and are 63 inches in height. The Cymbal is a small, portable, battery operated instrument that automates blood collection from volunteer donors, improving process control and helping alleviate blood shortages.

23 Feb 2010

Amedica, Orthopaedic Synergy sign SiN articulating hip and knee implant Joint Venture Development Agreement

Amedica Corporation (AC), a spinal and orthopaedic implant and instrument company focused on unique silicon nitride (SiN) ceramic technologies, announced today an agreement with Orthopaedic Synergy, Inc. (OSI), a holding company for OMNIlife Science™ and Enztec, both global designers, manufacturers and distributors of leading edge reconstructive surgery implants and instrumentation.

22 Feb 2010

RNCRR uses Parascript' AccuDetect CAD software to detect breast cancer

Parascript, LLC, the image analysis and pattern recognition solution provider, today announced the use of its AccuDetect computer aided detection (CAD) software by the Russian Center for Roentgeno - Radiology Research in Moscow. RNCRR is Russia's largest, most recognized breast cancer oncology center.

22 Feb 2010

Researchers use new technology to reveal different genetic patterns of neuroblastoma

Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Karolinska Institutet have used novel technology to reveal the different genetic patterns of neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of childhood cancer. This discovery may lead to significant advances in the treatment of this malignant disease, which mainly affects small children.

22 Feb 2010

Axolotl has the most live HIE clients in acute-to-acute space, KLAS reports

Axolotl Corp. was identified as one of the early leading Health Information Exchange (HIE) solution providers with a fast-growing client base in the new KLAS report “Health Information Exchanges: The Reality of HIE Adoption.”

22 Feb 2010

Device / Technology News

Innovative 3-D interactive anatomy learning tools

OUTCOME, REACH Call partner to integrate stroke-telemedicine data into Get With The Guidelines–Stroke program

HealthPort announces addition of eDelivery to ROI process

Northern Michigan Regional Hospital selects Medicity for implementing HIE

Medquist to particpate as Implementer in the HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase

Somerset Hospital collaborates with Mckesson to automate pharmacy with PROmanager-Rx system

Sound-based lasers could lead to development of high-resolution biomedical diagnostic devices

Head and neck tumors in close proximity to sensitive areas may lead to brain injury, visionary risk or hearing loss

New cardiac imaging technique reduces radiation exposure compared to standard helical scan

Aetna selects Millennium Laboratories as national pain management services provider

Viamet Pharmaceuticals, Novartis Option Fund partner to develop novel inhibitors against key metalloenzyme target

Kb Port launches innovative tool for storing and cataloging multiple ETC recordings

Pulmonx to raise new funding for global launch of Zephyr EBV and Chartis Pulmonary Assessment System

PositiveID, RECEPTORS announce successful completion of rapid virus detection system Phase I development

Memometal Technologies announces acquisition of ABS' OrthoGlide Ankle Technology

FDA grants Haemonetics clearance to collect two RBC on Cymbal system

Amedica, Orthopaedic Synergy sign SiN articulating hip and knee implant Joint Venture Development Agreement

RNCRR uses Parascript' AccuDetect CAD software to detect breast cancer

Researchers use new technology to reveal different genetic patterns of neuroblastoma

Axolotl has the most live HIE clients in acute-to-acute space, KLAS reports

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Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

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