November 8, 2007 - Combining ultra-low power control with remote communications, CenTrak Inc. (formally Remote Play) today introduced its InTouch Care Real Time Location System (RTLS), an advanced, easily installed system for tracking medical personnel, patients and equipment that is based on MSP430 microcontroller units (MCUs) from Texas Instruments Inc.

November 8, 2007 - Vapotherm, a developer and manufacturer of high flow oxygen therapy products, recently earned an Export Achievement Certificate from the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Vapotherm was one of three Maryland companies to receive this designation at a recent ceremony in Wye Mills, MD. The Export Achievement Certificate was created by the U.S. Department of Commerce to recognize small and medium-sized enterprises that have successfully entered the international marketplace for the first time, or have successfully entered a new market.

November 8, 2007 - Payments for emergency department services declined for all patients over an eight-year period, with Medicaid paying less overall than uninsured patients do, according to a study which appears today in the Annals of Emergency Medicine ("Decreasing Reimbursements for Outpatient Emergency Department Visits Across Payer Groups from 1996-2004").

November 8, 2007 - Point-of-care blood analysis systems company Abaxis Inc. said today the FDA granted waived status for its comprehensive metabolic panel, basic metabolic panel and electrolyte panel, allowing lab-accurate comprehensive health screenings in nearly any environment.

Four analytes for chloride (Cl-), potassium (K), sodium (Na), and total carbon dioxide (tCO2), were granted waived status by the FDA when used in conjunction with the Piccolo and Piccolo Xpress point-of-care analyzers.

November 8, 2007 - Radlink Inc., a supplier of affordable medical imaging systems to healthcare providers will be introducing a family of three distinct CR Pro machines, each designed for a specific profile, and a PACS offering designed and priced specifically for the private practice environment, at RSNA 2007.

November 8, 2007 - Matrox Graphics Inc. announced that its Matrox Equinox Series graphics extension technology and Onyx Series companion display controller board have been tested and are compatible with the CHILI GmbH CHILI/PACS Web application, reportedly providing doctors, radiologists and OR staff with flexible access to data.

November 8, 2007 - SpectraScience Inc. announced today that it has acquired all of the shares of Luma Imaging Corp., which has developed and received FDA approval for an optical noninvasive diagnostic imaging system that is reportedly proven to more effectively detect cervical cancer precursors than using conventional means alone (i.e., colposcopy).

November 8, 2007 – GE Healthcare IITS recently hosted the Centricity Healthcare Community Media Day at its Barrington, IL facility, in which GE officials presented on a variety of topics concerning IT solutions and the future of healthcare, as well as guiding the media through its new Centricity Tour.

November 8, 2007 - Siemens has successfully completed the acquisition of Dade Behring Holdings Inc., now allowing the company to offer its customers a comprehensive healthcare solutions' portfolio which reportedly brings together the entire medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics and clinical information technology (IT) value chain under one roof.

November 7, 2007 - Pinyons Medical Technology Inc. said today it received FDA clearance to market its PowrSyringe Aspirator, a disposable hand-held large barrel syringe that incorporates ergonomic and mechanical advantages for single hand fluid aspiration during a variety of medical procedures.

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