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Medicalert Foundation International, STS collaborate to standardize the health information in EMIR

In an effort to advance health information interoperability, MedicAlert(R) Foundation International and SNOMED Terminology Solutions(TM) (STS) are working together to standardize the health information in the MedicAlert Emergency Medical Information Record (EMIR), making it easier for consumers to connect their emergency medical information to other health information applications currently available on the Microsoft(R) HealthVault(TM) Platform.

8 Oct 2009

New research report outlines growth prospects of Biomagnetics Diagnostics

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis, and malaria detection, today announced the Company is the subject of a new research report issued by Emerging Growth Research, LLP.

8 Oct 2009

Telecommuting is an option for businesses during H1N1 outbreak

Incorporating telecommuting into a business continuity plan helps ensure "business as usual" during a widespread H1N1 outbreak. By giving employees the tools, policies, and procedures necessary to effectively work at home, companies ensure continuity of operations regardless of the ability of personnel to come into a centralized office location; which results in continued customer service, a continued revenue stream, and an ultimate maintenance of customer and brand loyalty.

8 Oct 2009

NIH awards a $2.2M grant to biochemist for a high-resolution electron microscope

Waltham, MA-Researchers' ability to rapidly detect the macromolecular protein clumps implicated in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases will soon get a sizable boost in the lab of biochemist and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator Nikolaus Grigorieff. The National Institutes of Health has just awarded Grigorieff a $2.2 million grant for a second high-resolution electron microscope (EM) in his lab.

8 Oct 2009

LeVOCC air purification system destroys H1N1 virus

LeVOCC, Inc. today announced that independent laboratory testing has conclusively demonstrated that the LeVOCC(TM) air purification system successfully destroys a strain of the H1N1 virus.

8 Oct 2009

BIOLASE Technology honored with the Deloitte Tech Evolution Award

BIOLASE Technology, Inc. today announced that it is an inaugural winner of the Tech Evolution Award, an award that recognizes an elite group of companies that offer exceptional technologies that are transforming the technology industry. BIOLASE was announced as a recipient at a reception held on October 6 at The Island Hotel in Newport Beach, CA, by Deloitte & Touche LLP, host of the Tech Evolution Award and the Technology Fast 500.

8 Oct 2009

"Health This Week" television program shows how people are exploring to live better, healthier and longer lives

Health This Week with Donald Baillargeon is an internationally syndicated television program about the many ways people are exploring to live better, healthier and longer lives.

8 Oct 2009

ACG extends its Annual Scientific Meeting to a year-round forum

Within3, the leading developer of secure, private online communities for health and life sciences institutions, today announced that the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) will become the first medical society to extend its Annual Scientific Meeting to a year-round forum by creating a Within3 online collaborative community for its 11,000 members.

8 Oct 2009

Clinical and health status outcomes information repository of heart attack patients completed

An important observational registry evaluating processes of care and one-year outcomes of over 4300 heart attack patients is now being completed. Researchers at the Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, MO have led this observational research study in collaboration with 23 other hospitals throughout the U.S.

8 Oct 2009

Thommen Medical USA launches customizable gingiva former for natural and aesthetic contour

Thommen Medical USA announces the launch of its customizable gingiva former.

8 Oct 2009

HHS unveils several new resources on federal government’s website for flu information

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today unveiled several new resources on the federal government’s one-stop resource for flu information -- www.flu.gov. The Web site now features a new H1N1 Flu Self-Evaluation guide for adults 18 and older along with a new Flu Myths and Facts section, which provides the public with the latest and most accurate information about the flu.

8 Oct 2009

Medical Marijuana implements Tax Compliance System

Medical Marijuana, Inc. continues to execute its business plan with the next step of their Tax Compliance System now in place. MJNA now has over 30 collectives in 3 states and Canada signed on to use this tax system.

8 Oct 2009

MDLiveCare and Google Health collaborate to provide online health record platform

MDLiveCare, an on-demand telehealth company, announced today at the Health2.0 conference in San Francisco a partnership with Google Health.

8 Oct 2009

CEL-SCI Corporation reports on its dendritic H1N1 treatment

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors, has issued a special editorial report about CEL-SCI Corporation's presentation of data about the company's dendritic H1N1 treatment, being developed as a treatment for H1N1 hospitalized patients.

8 Oct 2009

NCG Medical takes part in new CCHIT certification program

NCG Medical announces Perfect Care EHR®'s participation in The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology's (CCHIT®) new certification program.

8 Oct 2009

Reverse Medical Corporation commences human use of its ReStore Microcatheter

Reverse Medical Corporation announced today they have initiated human use of their ReStore™ Microcatheter for reestablishing blood flow in the Neurovasculature. The device was successfully used in an acute ischemic stroke patient in Germany.

8 Oct 2009

Dominion Diagnostics enhances laboratory testing procedure for chronic opioid pharmacotherapy

Only a short time after introducing its newly developed and validated tapentadol assay, Dominion Diagnostics (Dominion) is pleased to announce an important enhancement to another clinical laboratory test.

8 Oct 2009

Medsphere Systems urges hospitals to meet EHR implementation deadline to avail maximum federal funding

Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of open source healthcare IT solutions, today announced that hospitals that sign a contract before December 31, 2009 to implement the OpenVista open source electronic health record (EHR) are guaranteed to achieve full implementation and meet federal meaningful use standards by January 31, 2011.

8 Oct 2009

The CE Marked HairDX Genetic Test for Hair Loss launched in Europe

The HairDX Genetic Test for Hair Loss, the world’s first genetic baldness (Androgenetic Alopecia) test, is now available as a CE Marked product under the European In Vitro Diagnostic Directive.

8 Oct 2009

Health experts recommend schools to use new web-based tools in view of upcoming flu season

The CDC and Department of Health and Human Services have recommended that schools use school to home communication tools to aide parents and students in the event of school closures or student absences due to the upcoming H1N1 (Swine) flu season.

8 Oct 2009

Device / Technology News

Medicalert Foundation International, STS collaborate to standardize the health information in EMIR

New research report outlines growth prospects of Biomagnetics Diagnostics

Telecommuting is an option for businesses during H1N1 outbreak

NIH awards a $2.2M grant to biochemist for a high-resolution electron microscope

LeVOCC air purification system destroys H1N1 virus

BIOLASE Technology honored with the Deloitte Tech Evolution Award

"Health This Week" television program shows how people are exploring to live better, healthier and longer lives

ACG extends its Annual Scientific Meeting to a year-round forum

Clinical and health status outcomes information repository of heart attack patients completed

Thommen Medical USA launches customizable gingiva former for natural and aesthetic contour

HHS unveils several new resources on federal government’s website for flu information

Medical Marijuana implements Tax Compliance System

MDLiveCare and Google Health collaborate to provide online health record platform

CEL-SCI Corporation reports on its dendritic H1N1 treatment

NCG Medical takes part in new CCHIT certification program

Reverse Medical Corporation commences human use of its ReStore Microcatheter

Dominion Diagnostics enhances laboratory testing procedure for chronic opioid pharmacotherapy

Medsphere Systems urges hospitals to meet EHR implementation deadline to avail maximum federal funding

The CE Marked HairDX Genetic Test for Hair Loss launched in Europe

Health experts recommend schools to use new web-based tools in view of upcoming flu season

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