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CompuMed's digital telemedicine technologies incorporated in Visio Mobile Diagnostics' healthcare services suite

CompuMed, Inc., a telemedicine and medical informatics company, reported its CardioGram® and OsteoGram® systems have been incorporated as core components of Visio Mobile Diagnostics' suite of telemedicine and digital x-ray-based healthcare services.

27 May 2010

Researchers examine relationship between visiting primary care physician and effect blood pressure

Frequent doctor visits helped diabetes patients lower their high blood pressure to normal quicker, according to a large study reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.

25 May 2010

Market for telehealth and home health monitoring to grow up to $7.7 billion by 2012: Survey

AMERICAN TELEMEDICINE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING - Health care delivery in the United States will undergo dramatic changes over the next 10 years through the adoption of telehealth, according to a national survey of health care and information technology professionals sponsored by Intel Corporation.

19 May 2010

Remote Presence hospital networks to accelerate patient's access to clinical stroke experts

InTouch Health, the world leader in Remote Presence Total Telemedicine solutions, is advancing stroke care by developing Remote Presence hospital networks that accelerate a patient's access to clinical stroke experts. To date, the Company has more than 25 stroke and multispecialty care networks comprised of over 300 hospital locations.

18 May 2010

LifeWatch Services to unveil advanced AF TeleClinic service at HRS Annual Meeting

LifeWatch Services, Inc., a subsidiary of LifeWatch AG, will unveil its advanced AF TeleClinic service offering this week at the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Annual Meeting taking place in Denver, Colorado. The AF TeleClinic service, empowered with the latest communication, IT and medical technologies, ensures physicians are well equipped to deliver optimal diagnostic and treatment options to their patients.

11 May 2010

Connectyx to expand market presence in U.S. EHR market

Connectyx Technologies Holdings Group, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company is set to expand its market presence in the U.S. Electronic Health Record (EHR) Market. The EHR market is poised to grow at a rate of 13.5 percent over the next four years, and by 2015 it will top $4.85 billion, according to a new study by Kalorama Information.

10 May 2010

MUHC's Henry C. Witelson Ocular Pathology Laboratory celebrates tenth anniversary

The Burnier International Ocular Pathology Society is holding a Scientific Colloquium in Montreal today to mark the tenth anniversary of the McGill University Health Centre's Henry C. Witelson Ocular Pathology Laboratory. The lab is an internationally reputed centre for the study and treatment of eye diseases and is leading a global network for the sharing of healthcare knowledge and expertise.

7 May 2010

Home-based medical devices to grow over 1.6M by 2013: Report

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. applauded the results of a new report from InMedica on the world market for telemedicine, predicting that the use of home-based medical devices will drastically increase as telemedicine takes-off. According to the report, by 2013 the combined unit shipments of home-use digital blood-glucose meters, blood pressure monitors, weight scales, pulse oximeters and peak flow meters used in telemedical applications will grow to over 1.6 million.

6 May 2010

HHS announces $16M award for Geisinger to create Keystone Beacon Community

Today the Department of Health and Human Services announced that Geisinger Health System will receive $16 million to create the Keystone Beacon Community as part of HHS's Beacon Community cooperative program.

5 May 2010

Micronics receives FDA marketing clearance for ABORhCard

Micronics, Inc., a medical device development company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted the company 510(k) clearance to market its ABORhCard, a qualitative in vitro test that provides a simultaneous determination of an individual's ABO blood group and Rh factor status. It is not for use for blood bank processing of blood products, for determining RHD status for the purpose of administration of Rh immunoglobulin, or for screening purposes prior to transfusion.

4 May 2010

Intouch Health completes $10M private placement through Beringea-led financing round

InTouch Technologies®, Inc. (d.b.a. InTouch Health®), the world leader in Remote Presence Total Telemedicine solutions, announced today the completion of a private placement of $10 million. The financing round was led by Michigan-based Beringea through its InvestMichigan! Growth Capital Fund, which provides venture and expansion-stage capital to businesses with operations in Michigan.

3 May 2010

US Senate concentrates on benefits of new wireless medical technology: EHSI

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. applauded news that the US Senate Committee on Aging was beginning to concentrate on the benefits of new wireless medical technology, a sector that includes the Company's MedAnywhere iPhone application which is currently in development. The Committee began the review last week.

29 Apr 2010

New hopes to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment for children

Motivated clinicians and an Internet connection combined with computers and e-mail access have the power to transform pediatric cancer treatment in the most remote corners of earth, according to a St. Jude investigator writing in a recent issue of The Lancet Oncology.

24 Apr 2010

World's smallest and lightest microscope for telemedicine applications

Aydogan Ozcan, whose invention of a novel lensless imaging technology for use in telemedicine could radically transform global health care, has now taken his work a step further ― or tinier: The UCLA engineer has created a miniature microscope, the world's smallest and lightest for telemedicine applications.

23 Apr 2010

Omnibus bill aims to improve women's services at VA health care facilities, support caregivers

Several of The American Legion's top legislative priorities are wrapped up in S. 1963 – an omnibus bill passed Wednesday by the House of Representatives – that aims to improve women's services at VA health care facilities, provide better support for caregivers of disabled veterans, expand mental health services, reduce homelessness and commit the U.S. government to a number of other initiatives to better serve veterans and their families.

23 Apr 2010

Cisco uses telemedicine in Southern Calif. and Southwest to lower costs

Cisco is using its HealthPresence telemedicine system in new programs in Southern California and the Southwest to "compete with other major tech companies, including Intel, IBM and General Electric, in the growing market for health-care products and services," The San Jose Mercury News/The (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer reports.

23 Apr 2010

EHSI incorporates outpatient treatment options into MedAnywhere HHC Module

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. revealed today that they are working to incorporate outpatient treatment options into the new MedAnywhere medical iPhone app and that the first module to be added to development will be for cost saving Hemochromatosis management.

20 Apr 2010

GE and U.S. Army to evaluate deployed soldiers for TBI and PTSD symptoms

As part of GE's continuing efforts to support U.S. troops, GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company, is engaged in a two-year research study with the U.S. Army to evaluate soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan for traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD).

15 Apr 2010

OHSU awarded $5.8M in ARRA funds to educate health IT professional work force

Oregon Health & Science University has been awarded $5.8 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to advance the widespread adoption and meaningful use of health information technology by educating professionals to work in this rapidly growing field.

15 Apr 2010

Lockheed Martin pledges $4M to aid UCLA Health System's Operation Mend program

The Lockheed Martin Corp. announced today a pledge of $4 million to benefit the UCLA Health System's Operation Mend program, which provides reconstructive surgeries and other health care needs to U.S. military personnel wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

13 Apr 2010

Telemedicine News and Research

Latest Telemedicine News and Research

CompuMed's digital telemedicine technologies incorporated in Visio Mobile Diagnostics' healthcare services suite

Researchers examine relationship between visiting primary care physician and effect blood pressure

Market for telehealth and home health monitoring to grow up to $7.7 billion by 2012: Survey

Remote Presence hospital networks to accelerate patient's access to clinical stroke experts

LifeWatch Services to unveil advanced AF TeleClinic service at HRS Annual Meeting

Connectyx to expand market presence in U.S. EHR market

MUHC's Henry C. Witelson Ocular Pathology Laboratory celebrates tenth anniversary

Home-based medical devices to grow over 1.6M by 2013: Report

HHS announces $16M award for Geisinger to create Keystone Beacon Community

Micronics receives FDA marketing clearance for ABORhCard

Intouch Health completes $10M private placement through Beringea-led financing round

US Senate concentrates on benefits of new wireless medical technology: EHSI

New hopes to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment for children

World's smallest and lightest microscope for telemedicine applications

Omnibus bill aims to improve women's services at VA health care facilities, support caregivers

Cisco uses telemedicine in Southern Calif. and Southwest to lower costs

EHSI incorporates outpatient treatment options into MedAnywhere HHC Module

GE and U.S. Army to evaluate deployed soldiers for TBI and PTSD symptoms

OHSU awarded $5.8M in ARRA funds to educate health IT professional work force

Lockheed Martin pledges $4M to aid UCLA Health System's Operation Mend program

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