Press Releases

Press Releases

Single-use Cervical Rotating Biopsy Punch from Innovia Medical designed for obtaining cervical biopsies during gynecological procedures;

 

88% positive response from doctors to DTR Medical®’s Cervical Rotating Biopsy Punc

 

 

Orthoscan announced the End of Life (EOL) plan for its Orthoscan FD, FD-OR, Mobile DI (MDI), and FD Pulse Mini C-Arms. 

When using this service, patients have the ability to upload and share data without limitations. From radiology CDs to PDFs or JPG files, patients can use their smartphone connected to the Patient Image Exchange app and upload images, share lab results, immunizations records, nurses’ notes, dental images and much more.

 

Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, will highlight recent advancements in interoperability and share advice from industry experts on how health care providers have overcome legal and compliance challenges to more securely share data outside their organizations at the Cerner Health Conference (CHC), Oct. 11-14, in Kansas City, Mo.

The Innovation Institute hosted an open house for its Innovation Lab in Newport Beach, Calif. on October 1, 2015. Key partners, including Boston Scientific, Dell, and Deloitte were welcomed and honored as collaborators in health care innovation.

Merge Healthcare Incorporated (NASDAQ:MRGE), a leading provider of clinical systems and innovations that seek to transform healthcare, entered into an agreement with Rush-Copley Medical Center to provide Merge PACS™, iConnect® Access and iConnect® Enterprise Archive. 

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body, and the Healthcare Administrative Technology Association (HATA) announce today a partnership to further efforts of ensuring a common level of functionality and data security for practice management systems.

As a team member for the Leidos Partnership for Defense Health, Orion Health™ is pleased to be part of the team that has been awarded a contract by the Department of Defense (DoD) to provide an electronic health record (EHR) off-the-shelf solution, integration activities and deployment across the Military Health System. 

Royal Philips today announced the appointment of Jan Kimpen as the company’s Chief Medical Officer, effective January 1, 2016. 

CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) today announced that it was partnering with top startup accelerator MassChallenge and digital health venture fund Rock Health to drive faster innovation and expand areas of focus for connected health solutions.

The New York State Practice Transformation Network (NYSPTN) is one of 39 healthcare collaborative networks selected to participate in the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative, announced today by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell.

Today, The Innovation Institute announced that Boston Scientific has signed an agreement to become the founding medical device sponsor of its Innovation Lab in Newport Beach, Calif.

Leidos, a leading national security, health, and engineering solutions company, has donated $40,000 to the Georgia Institute of Technology to fund a pilot program in healthcare data analytics. 

The Louis W. Sullivan Institute for Healthcare Innovation, which is dedicated to distributing health information technology innovation to transform quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery worldwide, announced its first Care Coordination Workgroup and the appointment of two co-chairs.

The Applied Clinical Informatics (ACI) Journal is now an official journal of AMIA, the American Medical Informatics Association. The ACI Journal is published and owned by Schattauer Publishers for Medicine and Natural Sciences.

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that its subsidiary,Qualcomm Life, Inc., has acquired Capsule Technologie, a leading global provider of medical device integration and clinical data management solutions with more than 1,930 hospital clients in 38 countries.

This summer nine Master / PhD students from various disciplines travelled to New York, Boston, Portugal, Spain and The Netherlands with the goal to develop new insights into ALS in order to speed up the discovery of therapeutics.

Cerner Corporation (Nasdaq:CERN) today announced that its board of directors approved a stock repurchase program on Sept. 4, 2015, at its regularly scheduled Board meeting, authorizing the repurchase of up to $245 million of its common stock.

AdvancedMD, the pioneer in cloud technology for physician practices, today announced that it began operations as a standalone company following the completion of its sale to Marlin Equity Partners, a global investment firm with over $3 billion of capital under management. 

In response to the need for healthcare providers to improve performance and efficiency as a result of healthcare reform, The Camden Group, a national healthcare business advisory firm, has launched AccuTracker, a new mobile software that helps track cycle times and electronic medical records (EMR) use.

Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth (GPT), a charitable nonprofit promoting the establishment of telemedicine programs in communities throughout Georgia, announces that eight Georgia schools have been awarded a grant through the 2015 Rural School-Based Telehealth Center Initiative to develop and implement a telehealth program at the beginning of the 2015–2016 school year. 

Phynd Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Kearney, NE, with executive offices in Dallas, TX, announced recently the signing of six new health systems, representing 48 hospitals and 136,000 physicians.

HEALTHeLINK today announced Buffalo Ultrasound has joined Western New York’s clinical information exchange as its first mobile imaging data source. Diagnostic quality images for both radiology and echocardiography studies as well as reports from Buffalo Ultrasound’s testing centers including all mobile locations can now be securely and electronically accessed through HEALTHeLINK by more than 3,400 participating physicians.

Allscripts and CoverMyMeds have agreed to partner to help patients receive their prescriptions faster and increase the number of health plans available for Allscripts eAuth(TM) software clients.