April 29, 2008 — Allscripts, a provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions, and Misys Healthcare LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Misys Plc, have signed a definitive merger agreement.

The transaction would enhance Allscripts position in the overall healthcare information technology sector and create an industry leader in the growing electronic health records (EHR) and practice management (PM) markets, said the company. The combined company will have a client base of approximately 150,000 U.S. physicians and 700 hospitals.

April 28, 2008 - Derma Sciences said today the FDA has given clearance to another dressing in the MEDIHONEY product line, a dressing cleared for use on burns and wounds.

The product is 100 percent Active Leptospermum Honey and comes in a 1-ounce tube with an applicator tip. The other dressings already cleared in the MEDIHONEY line are in calcium alginate and hydrocolloid formats.

April 28, 2008 - Drexel University’s fifth annual Nursing Education Institute (DUNEI) is set for June 26-29 at the Sheraton Convention Center Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ.

The three-day conference is among the nation’s largest nursing educator forums planned for 2008 and offers a wide selection of course work.

April 28, 2008 - Many women with a faulty breast cancer gene may be at greater risk of the disease due to extra risk-amplifying genes, according to research published this month in the American Journal of Human Genetics, directly influencing how women with a family history of the disease are monitored.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine join an international consortium of research groups that looked at more than 10,000 women carrying a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation for breast-cancer risk.

April 28, 2008 – WebReach Inc. released Mirth 1.7.1, designed to reduce the time and cost required to achieve health information system interoperability and data exchange and to speed secure information sharing across communities of healthcare professionals.