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Study on Lumalier's automated UV device for decontaminating hospital rooms presented at the ICAAC

In a study presented at the 49th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), researchers used a mobile, automated UV device to decontaminate hospital rooms at the Cleveland Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Ohio and analyzed its ability to remove troublesome bacteria, including C. difficile spores.

12 Oct 2009

Buehler Motor relocates and expands its U.S. headquarters

Buehler Motor, Inc. (BMI), a leading international provider of mechatronic drive solutions, has relocated and expanded its U.S. headquarters to allow it to better provide its customers in automotive, aerospace, medical devices, office and building automation with the latest advances in green technology.

12 Oct 2009

XTend Medical provides update regarding the BioHarp market potential

XTend Medical, a company specializing in manufacturing and distributing the latest in telemedicine and diagnostic devices, released the following information regarding the BioHarp market potential.

12 Oct 2009

Orion Genomics enters collaboration and license agreement with Novartis Pharma

Orion Genomics today announced that it has entered into a multi-year collaboration and license agreement with the molecular diagnostics unit of Novartis Pharma AG. Under the collaboration, the parties seek to discover novel epigenetic biomarkers, and both parties have rights to independently develop and commercialize diagnostic products in their respective fields.

12 Oct 2009

OSI Systems receives $1.3 million order from Thomas Memorial Hospital for its patient monitoring products

OSI Systems, Inc., a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its Healthcare division, Spacelabs Healthcare, has received a contract from Thomas Memorial Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia for a broad range of patient monitoring products.

12 Oct 2009

Allscripts partners with Intuit to offer Quicken Health Bill Pay

Allscripts announced today an agreement with Intuit Inc. to become the first to offer Quicken Health(SM) Bill Pay. The online service integrates with Allscripts' practice management and revenue cycle management solutions, used by 110,000 physicians, to help patients understand their medical bills and pay them online while helping physicians get paid faster.

12 Oct 2009

GE Healthcare launches global initiative to celebrate 10th anniversary of digital mammography

GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) wishes to issue the following update and correction to its release NewsItemID 20090923005515 (GE-HEALTHCARE) "GE Healthcare Launches Global Initiative to Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Digital Mammography" issued September 23, 2009/

12 Oct 2009

InTouch Health to feature at FiReGlobal's conference

FiReGlobal : West Coast is proud to announce that InTouch Health has been selected as a FiReStar company to be featured at the FiReGlobal : West Coast conference.

12 Oct 2009

Danbury Office of Physician Services selects athenahealth’s revenue cycle management services

athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of internet-based business services to physician practices, today announced that the Danbury Office of Physician Services (DOPS), one of Connecticut’s largest multi-specialty physician group practices has selected athenahealth’s revenue cycle management service, athenaCollectorSM, for its 250 medical provider organization.

12 Oct 2009

First evidence that personalized medicine leads to better outcomes

A statistical model can accurately predict which patients will have poor outcomes after bladder surgery and can determine the need for chemotherapy.

12 Oct 2009

ECA President denounces falsely attributed misleading claims about e-cigarettes

Matt Salmon, President of the Electronic Cigarette Association (ECA), today denounced a quotation attributed to him by Epiphany Media Group in a press release dated September 14, 2009. The falsely attributed quotation conveys the mistaken impression that some e-cigarette products have been approved by the FDA for consumer use. Salmon underscored the ECA’s commitment to abide by FDA regulations.

12 Oct 2009

Overview of procedures and techniques used for embryo transfer under transvaginal ultrasound guidance

Fertility and reproductive specialists are invited to join a live, online chat event entitled, “Transvaginal Ultrasound Transfers” at www.CookARTLab.com. The

12 Oct 2009

Heptares Therapeutics to apply its StaR technology to generate novel drug leads against GPCR target

Heptares Therapeutics Ltd, the drug discovery company focused on G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) targets, announced today that it has entered into an option agreement with the Novartis Option Fund under which Heptares will apply its proprietary StaR(TM) technology to generate novel drug leads against a nominated, unspecified GPCR target of interest to Novartis.

12 Oct 2009

New device minimizes brain damage by speeding the delivery of post-stroke countermeasures

A new device from NeuroInterventions, Inc., is designed to minimize brain damage by dramatically speeding the delivery of post-stroke countermeasures.

12 Oct 2009

VitalWear partners with XBACK Bracing Services to deliver innovative products

VitalWear, Inc. (www.vitalwear.com), a leader in thermal compression medical devices announced that they have formed a partnership with XBACK Bracing Services (www.xbackbrace.com) revolutionizing the bracing and thermal therapy markets. (www.thexbackvwsolution.com)

12 Oct 2009

MDMA opposes medical device tax as part of the health care reform bills

Yesterday, the Medical Device Manufacturers Association Board of Directors met and unanimously voted to oppose any device tax as part of the health care reform bills moving through Congress.

12 Oct 2009

Selexis and Irvine Scientificti to jointly present results of recent collaborative effort

Selexis SA and Irvine Scientific Inc. announced today plans to jointly present results of a recent collaborative effort combining the Selexis SURE Cell Line Development Programs(TM) and the Irvine IS CHO Culture System, demonstrating the rapid production of gram quantities of monoclonal antibodies from stable CHO production cell lines.

12 Oct 2009

CCHIT certifies Eclipsys’ PeakPractice EMR/PM solution

Eclipsys Corporation®, The Outcomes Company®, today announced that the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®) has listed its PeakPractice™ solution (version 1093) a CCHIT Certified® 08 Ambulatory electronic health record (EHR), and meets the Certification Commission’s EHR criteria for office-based use.

12 Oct 2009

DNA Guide's personal genome management software demonstrated at the Health 2.0 conference

DNA Guide presented a live demo of its unique personal genome management software on the main stage of the Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco on October 7th. DNA Guide’s software is based on an issued US patent (US Patent: 7089498) whereby the values in a persons DNA are used for security and then Geographic Information Systems technology is utilized to place massive genetic datasets in a visual format - effectively opening up DNA navigation to a whole new audience.

12 Oct 2009

New RecoverIt reconciliation solution launched by A-Life Medical

A-Life Medical, Inc., the pioneer and leading provider of computer-assisted coding (CAC) products and services to the healthcare industry, announced today that it is introducing its newest reconciliation solution, RecoverItTM.

12 Oct 2009

Device / Technology News

Study on Lumalier's automated UV device for decontaminating hospital rooms presented at the ICAAC

Buehler Motor relocates and expands its U.S. headquarters

XTend Medical provides update regarding the BioHarp market potential

Orion Genomics enters collaboration and license agreement with Novartis Pharma

OSI Systems receives $1.3 million order from Thomas Memorial Hospital for its patient monitoring products

Allscripts partners with Intuit to offer Quicken Health Bill Pay

GE Healthcare launches global initiative to celebrate 10th anniversary of digital mammography

InTouch Health to feature at FiReGlobal's conference

Danbury Office of Physician Services selects athenahealth’s revenue cycle management services

First evidence that personalized medicine leads to better outcomes

ECA President denounces falsely attributed misleading claims about e-cigarettes

Overview of procedures and techniques used for embryo transfer under transvaginal ultrasound guidance

Heptares Therapeutics to apply its StaR technology to generate novel drug leads against GPCR target

New device minimizes brain damage by speeding the delivery of post-stroke countermeasures

VitalWear partners with XBACK Bracing Services to deliver innovative products

MDMA opposes medical device tax as part of the health care reform bills

Selexis and Irvine Scientificti to jointly present results of recent collaborative effort

CCHIT certifies Eclipsys’ PeakPractice EMR/PM solution

DNA Guide's personal genome management software demonstrated at the Health 2.0 conference

New RecoverIt reconciliation solution launched by A-Life Medical

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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