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Horizon Health International, Exmovere Holdings enter into a marketing and distribution agreement

HORIZON HEALTH INTERNATIONAL CORP. is pleased to announce that it has executed a Definitive Agreement with Exmovere Holdings Inc. of McLean, Virginia USA (Exmovere). Under the terms of the Agreement Horizon will pay Exmovere a total of two million dollars over a one year period for the exclusive rights to market and distribute their products in Canada for a 15 year term.

23 Nov 2009

Cerner connects to its associates, clients globally through AT&T Telepresence Solution

Connecting associates around the world and collaborating with clients is now a quicker, more interactive process for global healthcare solutions provider Cerner ( CERN). Cerner began using the AT&T* Telepresence Solution, an immersive video technology that connects remote participants, earlier this year to help respond to client service requests in a timely manner and to conduct virtual business meetings with its associates, clients and business partners around the world.

23 Nov 2009

Absolute Match DNA specimen verification test introduced by AIBioTech

American International Biotechnology Services™ announces the launch of its Absolute Match™ DNA specimen verification test. The test, which will be performed through AIBioTech’s Fairfax Identity Laboratories™ division, provides absolute confidence for a patient undergoing a biopsy procedure that their specimen and diagnosis is their own.

23 Nov 2009

Study finds depressed or burned out surgeons more likely to commit major error on the job

Surgeons who are burned out or depressed are more likely to say they had recently committed a major error on the job, according to the largest study to date on physician burnout. The new findings suggest that the mental well-being of the surgeon is associated with a higher rate of self-reported medical errors, something that may undermine patient safety more than the fatigue that is often blamed for many of the medical mistakes.

23 Nov 2009

Caldolor Injection effective in treating fever in hospitalized burn patients

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced positive new top-line results from a study evaluating the safety and efficacy of Caldolor (ibuprofen) Injection in treating fever in hospitalized burn patients.

23 Nov 2009

Alcohol consumption in pregnancy affects child behaviour in different ways: Study

A new study from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found evidence that the amount and timing of alcohol consumption in pregnancy affects child behaviour in different ways.

23 Nov 2009

Visage 7 PACS solution to be installed at all Lake Imaging sites

Visage Imaging® Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pro Medicus Ltd. announced today a signed deal to provide Lake Imaging, one of Australia's largest independent diagnostic imaging groups, with Visage 7 - its next generation, thin client streaming digital imaging technology (PACS) solution.

23 Nov 2009

Cook Medical unveils its uterine manipulator/injectors at 38th Global Congress of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Laparoscopic surgeons received their first glimpse of Cook Medical’s uterine manipulator/injectors (UMI) last week at the 38th Global Congress of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, sponsored by the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL).

23 Nov 2009

CDEX' ValiMed MVS and ID2 Meth Scanner placed on ABMI GSA Contract Schedule

CDEX Inc. and All Business Machines, Inc. announce that the ValiMed™ MVS (Medication Validation System) and ID2 Meth Scanner™ product lines by CDEX have been placed on the ABMI GSA Contract Schedule. ValiMed MVS puts a technological safety net between the patient and errors made in the compounding of high risk medications and guards against narcotic diversion. Both are now available to the Government markets through the ABMI GSA Schedule.

23 Nov 2009

Senators prepare for upcoming health reform battles

The Wall Street Journal reports that, in a party-line vote Saturday night, "Democratic leaders finally moved their sweeping health bill to the Senate floor, where wheeling and dealing over major unresolved and divisive issues likely will shape the legislation before its next big test." Some centrists are busy saying they won't support a bill with a government-run public option in it. They are also divided over abortion.

23 Nov 2009

UT Southwestern Medical Center among 10 institutions to share $56 million from NIH as part of ICAC

UT Southwestern Medical Center is among 10 institutions selected by the National Institutes of Health to share $56 million over five years as part of the Inner City Asthma Consortium (ICAC).

23 Nov 2009

GOP strikes back on Senate health vote

Republican senators turned out to criticize the Democratic health overhaul on Sunday talk shows, saying it is "something Bernie Madoff would really envy," would expand a "medical ghetto," and may "collapse of its own weight," The Hill reports. Supporting the bill, which cleared an initial Senate vote to bring the legislation to the floor Saturday night, is tantamount to ignoring "the wishes of the American people," the Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Sunday (Johnson, 11/22).

23 Nov 2009

Digital divide appears between hospitals that treat the rich and poor

"Hospitals that disproportionately care for poor patients are less likely than other hospitals to have adopted health information technology," according to an October study published in Health Affairs, American Medical News reports. The economic stimulus legislation in February directed $19 billion in federal investments to help all types of hospitals adopt electronic records, but some researchers are concerned the money may not close that divide.

23 Nov 2009

CDC: 'Beggining to see some declines in swine flu'

Reuters: "The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the United States, health experts said on Friday. But they stressed that influenza, especially a pandemic, could hit several peaks in a single season. They said weeks or months more of disease could be expected.

23 Nov 2009

Eclipsys reaches milestone: 50 millionth order entered into its EHR system

Eclipsys Corporation®, The Outcomes Company®, continues to strengthen its position as a leader in computerized physician order entry (CPOE) with the announcement today that long-standing client Sarasota Memorial Health Care System (Sarasota Memorial), located in Sarasota, FL, recently entered its 50 millionth order into its electronic health record (EHR) system. The notable physician order was entered by emergency medicine specialist Bill Colgate, MD.

23 Nov 2009

AMCP awards Health Net Federal Services for its education and communication materials

Health Net Federal Services, LLC, the government operations division of Health Net, Inc., today announced it recently received multiple MarCom Awards for its education and communication materials from the Association of Marketing & Communication Professionals (AMCP). AMCP is an international organization of thousands of creative professionals, recognizing the best materials and resources in the business through its MarCom Awards.

23 Nov 2009

GI Dynamics to present interim data on its EndoBarrier Gastrointestinal Liner study

GI Dynamics, a leader in non-surgical, endoscopic treatments for type 2 diabetes and obesity, today announced that interim data from its ongoing clinical study of the EndoBarrier™ Gastrointestinal Liner in obese patients with type 2 diabetes will be presented by Eduardo G. Moura, M.D., Ph.D., director of endoscopy, digestive surgery department, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo, on Monday, November 23, 2009 at GASTRO 2009.

23 Nov 2009

InteGreat to implement its InteGreat EHR application at Golden Valley Medical Clinics in Clinton, Missouri

InteGreat, a MED3OOO Company, recently entered into an agreement to implement and deploy InteGreat EHR(TM), a browser-based electronic health record (EHR) application, for the Golden Valley Medical Clinics in Clinton, Missouri.

23 Nov 2009

Mutated IDH1 gene has novel enzyme activity consistent with cancer-causing gene: Study

Agios Pharmaceuticals today announced that its scientists have established, for the first time, that the mutated IDH1 gene has a novel enzyme activity consistent with a cancer-causing gene, or oncogene. This breakthrough discovery shows that the mutated form of IDH1 produces a metabolite, 2-hydroxyglutarate (2HG), which may contribute to the formation and malignant progression of gliomas, the most common type of brain cancers.

23 Nov 2009

Special year-end dividend of $1.00 per share declared by Daxor

Daxor Corporation, a medical instrumentation and biotechnology company, today announced that The Board of Directors has voted to declare a special year-end dividend of $1.00 per share. The dividend will be paid to shareholders of record as of December 10, 2009. The dividend will be paid on Thursday, December 24, 2009.

23 Nov 2009

Medical News

Horizon Health International, Exmovere Holdings enter into a marketing and distribution agreement

Cerner connects to its associates, clients globally through AT&T Telepresence Solution

Absolute Match DNA specimen verification test introduced by AIBioTech

Study finds depressed or burned out surgeons more likely to commit major error on the job

Caldolor Injection effective in treating fever in hospitalized burn patients

Alcohol consumption in pregnancy affects child behaviour in different ways: Study

Visage 7 PACS solution to be installed at all Lake Imaging sites

Cook Medical unveils its uterine manipulator/injectors at 38th Global Congress of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

CDEX' ValiMed MVS and ID2 Meth Scanner placed on ABMI GSA Contract Schedule

Senators prepare for upcoming health reform battles

UT Southwestern Medical Center among 10 institutions to share $56 million from NIH as part of ICAC

GOP strikes back on Senate health vote

Digital divide appears between hospitals that treat the rich and poor

CDC: 'Beggining to see some declines in swine flu'

Eclipsys reaches milestone: 50 millionth order entered into its EHR system

AMCP awards Health Net Federal Services for its education and communication materials

GI Dynamics to present interim data on its EndoBarrier Gastrointestinal Liner study

InteGreat to implement its InteGreat EHR application at Golden Valley Medical Clinics in Clinton, Missouri

Mutated IDH1 gene has novel enzyme activity consistent with cancer-causing gene: Study

Special year-end dividend of $1.00 per share declared by Daxor

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