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Mirth Corporation announces the launch of Mirth Meaningful Use Exchange

Mirth Corporation, the leader in commercial open source healthcare information technology, today announced the launch of Mirth Meaningful Use Exchange (Mirth MUx) as well as the first Mirth MUx implementation at Thayer County Health Services (TCHS).

6 Oct 2009

BIOBASE to integrate its TRANSFAC database with CLC bio's popular workbenches

Today at the Biotechnica / Bio-IT World Europe conference in Hannover, Germany, BIOBASE and CLC bio announced a partnership to integrate BIOBASE's comprehensive TRANSFAC® database with CLC bio's popular workbenches and award-winning server solution.

6 Oct 2009

New line of waterproof headphones from H2O Audio

H2O Audio (www.h2oaudio.com), the leader in high performance sweatproof and waterproof headphones and accessories for active people everywhere, today unveiled three progressive new products.

6 Oct 2009

Triage NGAL Test allows early identification of AKI in ICU patients

According to a new study now available online, and to be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Critical Care, bedside testing for a blood biomarker called neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) in patients being admitted to the intensive care unit can help to identify patients at risk for acute kidney injury (AKI).

6 Oct 2009

EDI hosts "United Nations of Providers and Payers" event to bring nation's largest dental groups together

EDI Health Group, Inc., (EHG), a provider of enhanced connectivity, streamlined technology and transaction solutions for patients, payers and providers in the dental industry, hosted its first "United Nations of Providers and Payers" on August 27, 2009.

6 Oct 2009

Next generation remote monitoring platform to improve healthcare access

UPMC Health Plan today announced a joint initiative with BL Healthcare to address the issues of access to quality healthcare and rising healthcare costs by using technology to provide remote care over broadband. UPMC Health Plan will leverage BL Healthcare's next generation remote monitoring platform to provide unique and innovative services to their members.

6 Oct 2009

Ingenuity Systems, Millennium Science announce a multi-year deal for Ingenuity Pathway Analysis with QFAB

Ingenuity Systems, the leading provider of information solutions for life science researchers, and Millennium Science, Ingenuity Systems' exclusive distributor for Australia and New Zealand, today announced a multi-year deal for Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) with the Queensland Facility for Advanced Bioinformatics (QFAB).

6 Oct 2009

Salix Pharmaceuticals granted rights to use Lupin's bioadhesive drug delivery technology

Pharma Major, Lupin Ltd today announced that it has granted Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. the exclusive rights for the United States to its bioadhesive drug delivery technology for use with Rifaximin.

6 Oct 2009

Over 23 percent of physicians are e-prescribing, Surescripts announces

Surescripts, The Nation's E-Prescription Network, today announced that more than 140,000 (23 percent) of all office-based physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the United States are now e-prescribing. At the current pace, Surescripts projects that its total number of active e-prescribers in 2009 will more than double the 74,000 active e-prescribers at the end of 2008.

6 Oct 2009

Drug database provider First DataBank to join the Health 2.0 Accelerator consortium

First DataBank, a leading provider of integrated drug databases for the healthcare industry, today announced that it will join PharmaSURVEYOR and a growing list of "Health 2.0 companies" as participants in the Health 2.0 Accelerator, a consortium focused on promoting integration of technology and the consumer experience to advance consumer-centric health care.

6 Oct 2009

New embolization technique offers better clinical outcomes in the treatment of liver cancer

The authors of a newly published paper in the September/October journal Vascular Disease Management conclude that the micro-bland embolization technique possible with Embozene(TM) Color-Advanced Microspheres leads to better clinical outcomes.

6 Oct 2009

Esterel Technologies announces membership in the Wind River Partner Validation Program

Esterel Technologies, the leading worldwide provider of model-based development solutions for mission- and safety-critical systems, has announced its membership in the Wind River Partner Validation Program for the industrial and medical markets, which offers validated software components and an ecosystem with a clear commitment to industry connectivity, vertical application stacks, and tools.

6 Oct 2009

AAOS to participate in "Get Connected" electronic prescribing program

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) today announced their participation in "Get Connected," a program designed to help more of the nation's physicians and other prescribers use electronic prescribing.

6 Oct 2009

Medtronic receives global distribution rights for PEAK Surgical’s tissue dissection device

PEAK Surgical, Inc. and Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today announced an agreement that grants the Surgical Technologies business at Medtronic exclusive rights for global distribution and marketing of the PEAK PlasmaBlade® TnA (Tonsil and Adenoid) tissue dissection device for the ear, nose, and throat (ENT) market.

6 Oct 2009

Nano Mask retains AlvaMed for assistance in obtaining FDA approval of its anti-viral NanoMask

Nano Mask Inc today announced that it has retained AlvaMed LLC, an FDA consulting firm specializing in medical devices, to prepare the company's latest generation disposable, anti-viral NanoMask for FDA approval.

6 Oct 2009

AAAHC accreditation for Laser Spine Institute Tampa

Laser Spine Institute, leaders in minimally invasive spinal surgery, is pleased to announce the accreditation of LSI Tampa by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

6 Oct 2009

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital researcher receives the Millipore Guava Flow Cytometry Award

Millipore Corporation, a Life Science leader providing technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, today awarded Dr. Mari Hashitate Dallas of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., the Millipore Guava® Flow Cytometry Award.

6 Oct 2009

Cardiovascular Systems to build new manufacturing facility in Texas

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI), a medical device company developing and commercializing innovative interventional treatment systems for vascular disease, has signed a 10-year lease agreement for a new 46,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Pearland, Texas.

6 Oct 2009

Emergency Ultrasound Consultants, TSG collaborate to reduce medical errors

Emergency Ultrasound Consultants, LLC (EUC), the experts in point-of-care ultrasound education and quality assurance solutions, announced today a strategic partnership with The Sullivan Group (TSG), a world leading provider of patient safety, risk management and performance improvement solutions for healthcare professionals.

6 Oct 2009

Health plans launch initiative to make delivering and getting health care easier for patients and their physicians

Health plans today launched a landmark initiative to make delivering and getting health care easier for patients and their physicians by reducing the time, effort, and expense for the "paperwork" required for each patient office visit. The initiative, which will simplify information flow between health plans and doctors' offices, and later between health plans and hospitals, is comparable to what ATMs did for banks and consumers.

6 Oct 2009

Device / Technology News

Mirth Corporation announces the launch of Mirth Meaningful Use Exchange

BIOBASE to integrate its TRANSFAC database with CLC bio's popular workbenches

New line of waterproof headphones from H2O Audio

Triage NGAL Test allows early identification of AKI in ICU patients

EDI hosts "United Nations of Providers and Payers" event to bring nation's largest dental groups together

Next generation remote monitoring platform to improve healthcare access

Ingenuity Systems, Millennium Science announce a multi-year deal for Ingenuity Pathway Analysis with QFAB

Salix Pharmaceuticals granted rights to use Lupin's bioadhesive drug delivery technology

Over 23 percent of physicians are e-prescribing, Surescripts announces

Drug database provider First DataBank to join the Health 2.0 Accelerator consortium

New embolization technique offers better clinical outcomes in the treatment of liver cancer

Esterel Technologies announces membership in the Wind River Partner Validation Program

AAOS to participate in "Get Connected" electronic prescribing program

Medtronic receives global distribution rights for PEAK Surgical’s tissue dissection device

Nano Mask retains AlvaMed for assistance in obtaining FDA approval of its anti-viral NanoMask

AAAHC accreditation for Laser Spine Institute Tampa

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital researcher receives the Millipore Guava Flow Cytometry Award

Cardiovascular Systems to build new manufacturing facility in Texas

Emergency Ultrasound Consultants, TSG collaborate to reduce medical errors

Health plans launch initiative to make delivering and getting health care easier for patients and their physicians

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