February 26, 2008 — Continuing its channel preference study of office-based physicians, SK&A Information Services Inc. reports 87 percent of physician offices surveyed accept fax communications about various topics of interest, including product recalls and updates, information on continuing medical education, medical office products announcements and publication offers.

February 25, 2008 – InnerWireless Inc. launched its enhanced wireless system Unified Location Management Platform, the PanGo Platform Version 4.8, with live demonstrations at HIMSS 2008.

New features of the PanGo Platform 4.8 include:

- Integration with emerging HL7 RTLS messaging standards, which is designed to permit tracking of patients, caregivers and medical devices in HIS and other HL7-compliant healthcare systems

February 26, 2008 - Socket Communications Inc. has partnered up with eSUNTech, makers of RxTRAKKER software and the RxTRAKKER RFID wristband, to release the Socket Mobile SoMo 650 hand-held computer with the RxTRAKKER suite, a bundled solution designed to enable quick recall of vital medical information.

February 26, 2008 – MediNotes has signed a letter of intent to acquire Bond Technologies, which was announced at HIMSS 2008.

Bond's EHR and practice management (PM) solutions include e-prescribing, patient portals, patient kiosk and image management. MediNotes' strategic addition of healthcare technology solutions includes integrated, single-vendor and best-of-breed EMR and PM solutions to enhance patient care and workflow, as well as the patient experience, said MediNotes.

February 26, 2008 - Masimo announced it would debut its technology for noninvasive and continuous total hemoglobin (SpHb) and oxygen content (SpOC) monitoring at the World Congress of Anesthesiology (WCA) in Cape Town, South Africa, March 3, 2008.

February 26, 2008 — Vocera Communications Inc. unveiled its new T1000 Vocera Phone at HIMSS this week, a 802.11b/g wireless phone designed to provide the flexibility and form factor some workers desire with the intelligent calling and workflow capabilities offered by the Vocera Voice Badge.

This shareable communicator complements the wireless, wearable Vocera Communications Badge used in more than 400 hospitals worldwide.

February 26, 2008 – Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF) will award $13.1 million in grants to nonprofit organizations and programs aimed at improving the quality of patient care through health technology, and to expand health insurance for children who do not qualify for public programs.

February 26, 2008 – At HIMSS 2008, the Open eHealth Foundation said that Agfa HealthCare, InterComponentWare, and Sun Microsystems have joined as foundation members of a new Open eHealth Foundation where Open eHealth Foundation will provide software components under an Open Source license that reportedly will boost the open standards-based exchange of medical information.

February 26, 2008 – Health Language Inc. (HLI) and BridgeForward Software, a leading supplier of interface engine technology for the U.S. and U.K. healthcare markets, announced their partnership to provide full data interoperability.

February 25, 2008 – The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) revealed plans for expansion of the certification program in 2009 during a Town Hall meeting at the HIMSS 2008.

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