February 4, 2008 - Healthcare Providers Direct Inc., a company focused on the development and distribution of rapid diagnostic tests directly to physicians’ offices, announced the release of ImmunoDip, the first rapid screening test to detect microalbuminuria, an early indicator of chronic kidney disease in diabetic patients.

February 4, 2008 - At the annual HIMSS meeting Feb. 23-28, Sprint will focus on its Nextel Direct Connect, its push-to-talk communications device for use in acute care hospitals.

February 4, 2008 - Motorola's Enterprise Mobility business will unveil the results of a recent study on mobility in the healthcare industry and display its complete end-to-end mobility with mobile computing, bar code scanning, RFID and wireless technology during the 2008 HIMSS meeting.

January 29, 2008 - A new ISO standard will help ensure that spinal disc prostheses meet requirements for wear resistance, particularly important as once implanted these will need to absorb the impact from the body’s daily activities for years to come.

"ISO 18192-1:2008, Implants for surgery – wear of total intervertebral spinal disc prostheses, Part 1: Loading and displacement parameters for wear testing and corresponding environmental conditions for test" provides requirements for comparing the wear performance of different spinal disc prostheses.

February 4, 2008 - LodgeNet Interactive Corp. will showcase its Interactive Patient Television System for addressing quality of care and costs at HIMSS Feb. 25-28 in Orlando.

The company says deploying LodgeNetRX will benefit hospitals with improved patient satisfaction, enhanced quality of care, and increased profitability using interactive TVs to access on-demand patient education and interactive hospital information.

February 4, 2008 – SecureCare Technologies recently launched its Digital Signature and annotation features for Sfax, an electronic fax record, which can serve as a first step in electronic medical record (EMR) implementation.

February 4, 2008 - Sonicu recently released a fully networked and integrated sound monitoring and advisory system for neonatal intensive care units (NICU) and other environments where excessive noise levels are a problem.

February 4, 2008 - Kryptiq recently said its eScriptMessenger (eSM) was deployed at CoxHealth, a four-hospital organization with 55 physician clinics in Springfield, MO, to improve patient safety and office efficiency.

"eScriptMessenger improves our prescription processes, adds to the safety of our patients, and streamlines follow-up," said Jan Ruddell, EMR project manager for CoxHealth. "It is a simple and elegant solution to a very real problem."

February 4, 2008 - At HIMSS 2008, Fujitsu will display its mobile computing products for healthcare, including the 1.56-pound LifeBook U810 mini notebook, one of the world's smallest convertible notebooks with a 5.6-inch LED, back-lit, touchscreen display with wireless WAN.

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