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New Technology Showcase highlighting life science technologies to be featured

LifeScience Alley announced today that eight life science organizations from around the United States and Canada will be exhibiting cutting-edge technologies at the association’s Annual Conference on Dec. 9 as part of the New Technology Showcase.

3 Sep 2009

Pre-hospitalization strategies will bring down mortality rate of patients with heart disorders

Mortality rate following a heart attack has fallen by more than 50% in Europe over the past 25 years. However, because only minor advances in the medical treatment of AMI are expected over the next decade, it is through organisational changes in the pre-hospital phase that mortality rate will continue this decline to below 5%.

2 Sep 2009

Telemedical supervision for chronic heart failure patients reduces hospital expenses

The current data confirms previous health economic evaluations: If patients with chronic heart failure are receive telemedical supervision, this means that they will require less and shorter hospital care. In this study hospital expenses dropped by around 70 percent in a year.

2 Sep 2009

Study reveals that 31% of doctors believe that internet complicates their relationship with patients

Patients who ask their doctor about information they have read on the Internet, or webs that better inform them of their diagnosis, are no longer a rarity. A study undertaken by Spanish researchers reveals the advantages and disadvantages of online medical enquiries. Some 31% of doctors believe that the Internet complicates their relationship with patients and undermines their credibility.

1 Sep 2009

GeckoSystems' CPT codes increase the cost/benefit ratios of personal robots

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (PINKSHEETS: GCKO) announced today that the new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes recently approved, for physicians only, will further enhance the cost/benefit ratios of personal companion robots for family care. These new CPT codes will increase physician productivity and revenue by billing for activities that have previously been considered unpaid administrative time for non-physical consultations such as telephonic or on-line consumer care using home monitoring medical devices.

27 Aug 2009

Zargis Cardioscan software marketed along with 3M's Bluetooth-enabled Littmann electronic stethoscope

Zargis Medical Corp., a spin-off from Siemens Corporate Research (NYSE: SI) and a majority-owned subsidiary of Speedus Corp. (Nasdaq: SPDE), today announced that it has begun selling its Zargis Cardioscan(TM) heart sound analysis software, along with 3M's (NYSE: MMM) just-released Bluetooth(R)-enabled 3M(TM) Littmann(R) Electronic Stethoscope Model 3200, as part of its previously announced exclusive multi-year global marketing alliance with 3M.

26 Aug 2009

$1.1 million funds will help make critical enhancements to Integrated Medical Systems' MedEx 1000 system

Integrated Medical Systems, Inc., a medical technology systems integrator transforming critical care, announced that it has received $1.1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Defense for additional enhancements of the company's MedEx 1000(TM) "suitcase" intensive care unit (ICU).

24 Aug 2009

Cognitive behavioural therapy effective when delivered in online by a therapist

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) seems to be effective when delivered online in real time by a therapist, with benefits maintained over 8 months. This method of delivery could broaden access to CBT in primary care. These are the conclusions of an article in this week's Global Mental Health special edition of The Lancet, written by Dr David Kessler, NIHR National School for Primary Care Research, University of Bristol and colleagues.

21 Aug 2009

Integrated Medical Systems receives U.S. Army order for "suitcase" intensive care unit

Integrated Medical Systems, Inc., a medical technology systems integrator transforming critical care, announced that it has received a commitment for approximately $3.25 million in funding from the U.S. Army's Medical Research Material Command for acquisition and ongoing development of the company's MedEx 1000(TM) "suitcase" intensive care unit (ICU).

11 Aug 2009

Physician practices help Michigan become a leading adopter of e-prescribing

Hundreds of physician practices in Michigan have teamed with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to help a movement that has made the state one of the national leaders of e-prescribing.

6 Aug 2009

Mexico steps up efforts to attract medical tourists

Efforts to standardize quality measures for medical tourism are underway as Mexico tries to attract medical tourists. Such efforts come after the swine flu outbreak significantly hurt Mexico's tourism industry, which ranks third as the country's source of foreign income.

4 Aug 2009

Electronic health records for the U.S. difficult to do, but could pay off

"Creating an electronic health record for every American by 2014 is a big part of Obama's agenda but it may be easier said than done," CNN Money reports.

31 Jul 2009

e-Health revolution will give Australian patients access to their health records

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) which represents than 27,000 doctors across Australia has criticised the government's plans for 'e-health' medical records reform.

20 Jul 2009

‘In home’ GP visits at the press of a button

Tunstall Healthcare and Family Care Medical Service are working together to provide bulk billed, after hours GP visits for Tunstall Response clients.

17 Jul 2009

Software improves patient satisfaction at discharge from hospital

When hospitalists use discharge communication software, patients and the outpatient doctors who carry out the care have better perceptions of the quality of the discharge process, according to new research published in the August issue of the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

17 Jul 2009

Insurer, tech vendor plan major 'telehealth' network

A major health insurer, UnitedHealth, and a computer networking company, Cisco Systems, are teaming up to create "a network of virtual clinics to make medical care available in offices, stores and rural areas around the country," Bloomberg reports.

16 Jul 2009

WSJ examines pharmaceutical companies expansion into developing countries

The Wall Street Journal examines the "strategic shift in the $770 billion pharmaceutical industry to target the working poor in the developing world" through the eyes of a Pfizer pharmaceutical representative working in the slums overlooking Caracas, Venezuela.

7 Jul 2009

Telemedicine stroke program provides woman a lifeline

While suffering a major stroke at her home near Mena, Iva Sikes assumed the worst, not knowing that a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) - led telemedicine program would provide her a complete recovery.

24 Jun 2009

e-health enables more personalized medicine; group fights for digital patient rights

Tonia Odom, a 35-year-old patient with rheumatoid arthritis, a sick father and a young son, each of whom has multiple health problems, has found some relief to the problems of managing her families' array of illnesses in at a Duke University clinic that's a model of the "medical home" approach to medicine, the New York Times reports.

23 Jun 2009

Support Tasmania with telecare

On 30 April 2009, Tunstall Healthcare and Alzheimer's Australia Tasmania launched 'Telecare in Tasmania', a new respite facility fitted out with a range of Tunstall's assistive technologies, where people can come and try out the technology for themselves.

18 Jun 2009

Telemedicine News and Research

Latest Telemedicine News and Research

New Technology Showcase highlighting life science technologies to be featured

Pre-hospitalization strategies will bring down mortality rate of patients with heart disorders

Telemedical supervision for chronic heart failure patients reduces hospital expenses

Study reveals that 31% of doctors believe that internet complicates their relationship with patients

GeckoSystems' CPT codes increase the cost/benefit ratios of personal robots

Zargis Cardioscan software marketed along with 3M's Bluetooth-enabled Littmann electronic stethoscope

$1.1 million funds will help make critical enhancements to Integrated Medical Systems' MedEx 1000 system

Cognitive behavioural therapy effective when delivered in online by a therapist

Integrated Medical Systems receives U.S. Army order for "suitcase" intensive care unit

Physician practices help Michigan become a leading adopter of e-prescribing

Mexico steps up efforts to attract medical tourists

Electronic health records for the U.S. difficult to do, but could pay off

e-Health revolution will give Australian patients access to their health records

‘In home’ GP visits at the press of a button

Software improves patient satisfaction at discharge from hospital

Insurer, tech vendor plan major 'telehealth' network

WSJ examines pharmaceutical companies expansion into developing countries

Telemedicine stroke program provides woman a lifeline

e-health enables more personalized medicine; group fights for digital patient rights

Support Tasmania with telecare

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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