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Westbury Hospital to implement Prognosis ChartAccess Comprehensive EMR

Westbury Hospital is implementing an electronic medical records system from Prognosis Health Information Systems – a move that is putting the new 137-bed acute care hospital on the fast track toward meeting meaningful use requirements and qualifying for incentive funds associated with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

12 Jul 2010

MD On-Line enters into agreement with TMI to handle claims processing transactions

MD On-Line, Inc., a proven leader in enabling interoperable EDI transactions between healthcare insurance companies and healthcare providers, today announced that it has entered into a Customer Transfer and Acquisition Agreement with Connecticut-based Transaction Methods, Inc. (TMI) to handle claims processing transactions for the Company's sizeable provider community.

12 Jul 2010

IDSI installs CT Laser Mammography system at Tata Memorial Hospital

Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., a pioneer in laser optical breast imaging, announced today that it has installed the first CT Laser Mammography (CTLM) system at Tata Memorial Hospital, the national comprehensive cancer centre in Mumbai, India.

12 Jul 2010

Iowa HITREC selects Greenway's PrimeSuite EHR solution for statewide deployment

The Iowa Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (HITREC) has selected Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc., provider of the single-database, integrated electronic health record (EHR), practice management and interoperability solution PrimeSuite®, as a preferred EHR solution for its statewide deployment program within the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) REC healthcare grant program.

12 Jul 2010

BioImagene licenses Olympus patents in digital pathology, virtual microscopy

Olympus America Inc. has signed a nonexclusive worldwide licensing agreement with BioImagene, Inc. of Sunnyvale, California, allowing BioImagene to access an extensive portfolio of Olympus patents in the field of digital pathology and virtual microscopy. This is the most recent of several licenses that Olympus has granted for the technologies, which are considered critical for developing future digital imaging and data handling systems for pathology.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 12 Jul 2010

Biomagnetics signs LOI to acquire Lanzhou Sanhuan New Technology Development

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis and malaria detection, and other innovative technologies, today announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Lanzhou Sanhuan New Technology Development Ltd. of Ganzu, China. This expected acquisition is the first of several planned acquisitions targeted at a $1.00 share price for Biomagnetics Diagnostics' common shares.

12 Jul 2010

GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics reintroduces Optison ultrasound contrast agent for echocardiograms

GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics today announced the market reintroduction of Optison™ (Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres Injectable Suspension, USP), a diagnostic ultrasound contrast agent for use in select echocardiograms. Optison is indicated for use in patients with suboptimal echocardiograms to opacify the left ventricle and to improve the delineation of the left ventricular endocardial borders. The safety and efficacy of Optison with exercise stress or pharmacologic stress testing have not been established.

12 Jul 2010

QSpex Technologies receives $4.5M credit facility from GE Capital

GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services today announced it has provided a $4.5 million credit facility to QSpex Technologies, Inc. The financing provides working capital and funds capital equipment expenditures supporting QSpex's product launch in late 2010.

12 Jul 2010

Accumetrics, Daiichi Sankyo, Eli Lilly collaborate to raise awareness about antiplatelet therapy

Accumetrics, Inc., Daiichi Sankyo, Inc, and Eli Lilly and Company announced today that the companies have entered into a strategic collaboration in the United States to raise awareness about antiplatelet therapy and the role of platelet function testing.

12 Jul 2010

Medrium signs partnership agreement with RelayHealth for Results Distribution Systems

Medrium, Inc., one of the nation's top independent medical healthcare information technology companies, today announced it has signed a partnership agreement with RelayHealth to use their Results Distribution Systems (RDS) to leverage Relay's national relationship with LabCorp and to provide LabCorp results to physicians utilizing the Medrium EMR.

12 Jul 2010

Theragenics signs supply agreement with Oncura for TheraSeed palladium-103 brachytherapy seeds

Theragenics Corporation, a medical device company serving the surgical products and prostate cancer treatment markets, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Oncura, Inc. for the distribution of TheraSeed® palladium-103 brachytherapy seeds. Oncura is a unit of GE Healthcare. Under the terms of the agreement, Theragenics will be the exclusive palladium-103 seed supplier to Oncura, subject to certain pre-existing vendor agreements, for the treatment of prostate cancer in the U.S. and Canada.

12 Jul 2010

Bayer HealthCare announces over $2.5M for largest awards program in hemophilia

Bayer HealthCare announced today that it awarded more than $2.5 million in funding to 19 recipients from 10 countries through its Bayer Hemophilia Awards Program (BHAP). BHAP is the largest awards program of its kind in hemophilia, providing funds that support clinical and basic research, encourage new physicians to enter the field and enable continuing education for caregivers around the world.

12 Jul 2010

Covidien completes tender offer for ev3 common stock

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced the successful completion of its tender offer through its subsidiary, COV Delaware Corporation, to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of ev3 Inc. The tender offer expired at 12:00 midnight ET, at the end of July 9, 2010, and was not extended.

12 Jul 2010

Muskogee Community Hospital deploys Pivot3 Serverless Computing platform

Pivot3, Inc., the first company to deliver virtual servers and scalable storage in a single platform, announced today that the Muskogee Community Hospital deployed Pivot3 Serverless Computing as the compute and storage platform for multiple systems within the newly constructed healthcare facility. Initially purchased to store video from security cameras, the hospital now uses the energy-efficient Pivot3 platform to backup its Exchange and file servers, and as a host for a clinical imaging system.

12 Jul 2010

First Edition: July 12, 2010

Today's health policy headlines include previews of the expected release of a national strategy to curb the AIDS epidemic and reviews of a White House official's Sunday talk show defense of the Berwick nomination.

12 Jul 2010

FDA grants Catheter Connections 510(k) clearance for DualCap disinfecting product

Catheter Connections, Inc., a manufacturer of innovative vascular access and infection control products, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company 510(k) clearance to market its DualCap™ product. DualCap is the only device that nests two disinfecting caps together - for both IV access points, the needleless injection site (NIS) and the male luer at the end of the IV tubing. Previously overlooked as a route of microbial colonization, Catheter Connections has developed the first disinfecting cap for the male luer.

12 Jul 2010

Alzheimer's Association launches Internet and phone-based clinical trial matching service

The Alzheimer's Association announced today the launch of Alzheimer's Association TrialMatch(TM), a confidential and free interactive tool that provides comprehensive clinical trial information and an individualized trial matching service for people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The Internet (www.alz.org/trialmatch) and phone-based (800-272-3900) service debuted during the Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease 2010 (AAICAD 2010) in Honolulu, HI.

12 Jul 2010

Reducing chronic pain, dry mouth could improve quality of life in head and neck cancer patients: Study

Head and neck cancer patients who reported poor sleep quality one year after diagnosis had more symptoms of chronic pain and complaints of dry mouth related to radiation treatments, according to a recent study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

12 Jul 2010

MDT releases statement questioning AGD's priorities

The dentists who form Millennium Dental Technologies, Inc., and are pioneers of the patented LANAP protocol for the treatment of gum disease and the manufacturer of the PerioLase MVP-7 digital dental laser, today released a statement questioning the Academy of General Dentistry's priorities.

12 Jul 2010

Geisinger Health System receives elite Seven Seals Award from ESGR

Geisinger Health System received the elite Seven Seals Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a U.S. Department of Defense organization, in a ceremony today, July 9, at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. The Seven Seals Award is the highest award given by ESRG, and was created to publically recognize employers who provide outstanding patriotic support and cooperation to employees and families of those who have been called to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces.

12 Jul 2010