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DermaStream continuous streaming therapy for healing bedsores and chronic ulcers

More than six million people in the U.S. suffer from persistent wounds -- open sores that never seem to heal or, once apparently healed, return with a vengeance. The bedridden elderly and infirm are prone to painful and dangerous pressure ulcers, and diabetics are susceptible to wounds caused by a lack of blood flow to the extremities.

27 Aug 2009

New website launched for comparing mortality risks by gender, age, cause of death and geographic region

A new Web site, www.DeathRiskRankings.com, developed by researchers and students at Carnegie Mellon University, allows users to query publicly available data from the United States and Europe, and compare mortality risks by gender, age, cause of death and geographic region. The Web site not only gives the risk of dying within the next year, but it also ranks the probable causes and allows for quick side-by-side comparison between groups.

26 Aug 2009

Avisio to acquire a portable sensory technology asset to instantly detect disease-causing pathogens

Avisio, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AVIC), a publicly traded commercialization company providing access to best-of-breed processes and resources, today announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire a portable sensory technology asset that enables instant detection of infectious diseases, eliminating the need for processing samples in a lab.

26 Aug 2009

Cardiac Science Corporation installs 195 Powerheart AED G3 devices in Atlanta Public School

Cardiac Science Corporation, a global leader in automated external defibrillator (AED) and diagnostic cardiac monitoring devices, announced the expansion of the largest AED deployment of any school system in Georgia with 195 Powerheart AED G3 devices from Cardiac Science.

26 Aug 2009

LaSalle Solutions awards mobility solution and services contract to InfoLogix

InfoLogix, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFLG), a leading technology provider of enterprise mobility solutions for the healthcare and commercial industries, announced today that it has won a $2.6 million contract with LaSalle Solutions, Inc. to provide a major customer with a wide-ranging mobility solution and services encompassing 3,000 mobile users.

26 Aug 2009

Optimum Lightpath chosen as telecommunications provider by Medical Arts Radiology

Optimum Lightpath(SM), a market leader in Ethernet-based communication solutions for New York metropolitan area businesses, today announced that Medical Arts Radiology, one of the largest medical imaging groups in Long Island, has selected Optimum Lightpath as its telecommunications provider.

26 Aug 2009

Boehringer Ingelheim selects MicroStrategy software to improve sales reporting and efficiency

MicroStrategy((R)) Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Boehringer Ingelheim (Schweiz) GmbH (named here as Boehringer Switzerland) has selected MicroStrategy to improve its sales reporting and efficiency. Boehringer Switzerland is the Swiss branch of the international pharmaceuticals company Boehringer Ingelheim.

26 Aug 2009

State of Kansas outsources its COBRA administration program

Like many innovative enterprises, the state of Kansas constantly searches for new ways to operate cost-effectively and use tax dollars wisely. One way it does so is by outsourcing its COBRA administration program. And effective October 2009, Kansas City-based COBRAGuard, Inc. will serve as the state's new COBRA administration partner.

26 Aug 2009

Quality test for Guardian Technologies International's Signature Mapping TBDx system completed

Guardian Technologies International, Inc. (OTCBB: GDTI) today announced that its Software Quality Assurance Team has completed all unit, component, integration, and systems tests of Signature Mapping TBDx™ (TBDx™) in preparation for September clinical trials in South Africa.

26 Aug 2009

New interactive web site launched by DATATRAK

DATATRAK International, Inc. (OTCQX: DATA), a technology and services company focused on global eClinical solutions for the clinical trials industry, today announced the launch of the Company's new web site. Unveiled at the Annual Shareholder Meeting, the interactive web site is a continuation of DATATRAK's singular vision for product and service delivery - DATATRAK ONE(TM).

26 Aug 2009

ETC contracts Histria International to install the first BARA-MED hyperbaric chamber in Romania

Environmental Tectonics Corporation's (OTC Bulletin Board: ETCC) ("ETC" or the "Company") BioMedical Systems Division, a product division in ETC's Controls Systems Group, has contracted with Histria International, SRL for the delivery and installation of the first BARA-MED((R)) computerized monoplace hyperbaric chamber in Romania.

26 Aug 2009

01 Data Center applies for government funds to render broadband access to healthcare facilities in unserved areas

It was announced by 01 Data Center that it has applied to the government broadband stimulus fund to provide broadband access to healthcare facilities in the unserved areas of the US. Unserved areas exist in all 50 states because they are not connected to the internet infrastructure since most networks consider them too remote or too disperse and challenging to dig ditches and lay wires.

26 Aug 2009

PrimeEnterprise community healthcare IT solution launched by Greenway Medical Technologies

Greenway Medical Technologies Inc. recently announced the launch of its community healthcare IT solution, PrimeEnterprise, which enables a community of Greenway((R)) customers to securely and seamlessly share select clinical, financial and administrative data.

26 Aug 2009

AOFAS announces results of clinical trials with the STAR ankle replacement device

Charles L. Saltzman, MD, newly-elected president of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS), presented the results of a groundbreaking study at the recent AOFAS 2009 Annual Summer Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

26 Aug 2009

TBI and NWTS to serve surgeons and hospitals by supplying transplantable tissues

TBI/Tissue Banks International, one of the nation's largest eye and tissue banking networks, and Northwest Tissue Services (NWTS), a Puget Sound Blood Center program, have entered into a partnership that will allow both organizations to more efficiently serve surgeons and hospitals that rely on them for transplantable tissue.

26 Aug 2009

Hearatlast to reduce operating costs significantly through restructuring

HearAtLast Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HRAL), a leading provider of suitable affordable solutions to clients with hearing needs in the billion dollar hearing loss market, announced today that through the addition of Louis Isabella; CFO; and the Evans Martin group, the Company has identified several significant cost cutting measures.

26 Aug 2009

Recent study shows that eDetailing is a viable means for reaching prescribers

For pharmaceutical sales forces, eDetailing has reemerged as a viable means for reaching prescribers. A recent study by Cutting Edge Information shows that drug companies are implementing eDetailing tools -- and are investing more money than ever in this sales channel.

26 Aug 2009

Pegasystems' business process management solution certified for full integration with Milliman Care Guidelines' CareWebQI

The Pegasystems Care Management Framework (CMF) is the first application certified as fully integrated with Milliman Care Guidelines's interactive CareWebQI((R)) clinical guideline software under a new Integration Certification program. CMF, a patient-centric business process management solution designed to improve the entire care management continuum, proved its optimum clinical workflow and usability with CareWebQI through a rigorous validation process.

26 Aug 2009

Verisk Health signs six new contracts for use of its healthcare data analytic software

Verisk Health, Inc., a global leader in healthcare data analytics, announced today signings in June and July of six new contracts for use of the Company’s healthcare analytics, clinical resource management, risk assessment, and predictive modeling software.

26 Aug 2009

PD2i algorithm published in Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management can predict risk of sudden cardiac death

David H. Fater, CEO of Vicor Technologies, Inc., today announced that original research conducted using its PD2i algorithm to prospectively predict risk of sudden cardiac death was published in Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management.

26 Aug 2009

Device / Technology News

DermaStream continuous streaming therapy for healing bedsores and chronic ulcers

New website launched for comparing mortality risks by gender, age, cause of death and geographic region

Avisio to acquire a portable sensory technology asset to instantly detect disease-causing pathogens

Cardiac Science Corporation installs 195 Powerheart AED G3 devices in Atlanta Public School

LaSalle Solutions awards mobility solution and services contract to InfoLogix

Optimum Lightpath chosen as telecommunications provider by Medical Arts Radiology

Boehringer Ingelheim selects MicroStrategy software to improve sales reporting and efficiency

State of Kansas outsources its COBRA administration program

Quality test for Guardian Technologies International's Signature Mapping TBDx system completed

New interactive web site launched by DATATRAK

ETC contracts Histria International to install the first BARA-MED hyperbaric chamber in Romania

01 Data Center applies for government funds to render broadband access to healthcare facilities in unserved areas

PrimeEnterprise community healthcare IT solution launched by Greenway Medical Technologies

AOFAS announces results of clinical trials with the STAR ankle replacement device

TBI and NWTS to serve surgeons and hospitals by supplying transplantable tissues

Hearatlast to reduce operating costs significantly through restructuring

Recent study shows that eDetailing is a viable means for reaching prescribers

Pegasystems' business process management solution certified for full integration with Milliman Care Guidelines' CareWebQI

Verisk Health signs six new contracts for use of its healthcare data analytic software

PD2i algorithm published in Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management can predict risk of sudden cardiac death

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