Workforce Development: An Industry Update Find out how TIGER (Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform) and community colleges have responded to meet the growing education and training needs of the evolving HIT workforce….
HHS Announces Plans to Make $80 Million Available to Support Health IT Workforce
The Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program provides funding to communities to build and strengthen their health information technology (health IT) infrastructure and exchange capabilities to demonstrate the vision of meaningful health IT….
SunCrest Healthcare contracts with Philips for telehealth monitors
Philips Telehealth Solutions has been chosen to provide telehealth monitors to SunCrest Healthcare, a Madison, Tenn.-based provider of home health, companion care, and therapy. SunCrest plans to use telehealth technology to observe…
MEDSEEK Reports Most Profitable Year Ever With Record Sales and Delivery Figures in 2009
29 Hospitals and LHIN 3 Canada sign new deals, 30 Hospitals Launch eHealth Solutions MEDSEEK, the leading provider of healthcare enterprise portal connectivity solutions, has announced the acquisition of 58 new hospital…
GE Healthcare deploys PTC software
Parametric Technology Corp., a Needham-based company that refers to itself as PTC, said that GE Healthcare has selected PTC’s Windchill product lifecycle management software to replace GE’s legacy data management software. PTC’s…
ThermoGenesis and GE Healthcare complete new distribution agreement
ThermoGenesis Corp (Nasdaq: KOOL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), a supplier of products for processing and storing adult stem cells, announced on Thursday that it has entered into a…
Biomedical Industries Facing Multiple Threats
California’s biomedical industry experienced modest job growth during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, but the state stands to lose some of its grip on the biomedical industry unless it…
Kids born early in year more likely to be athletes
An Australian researcher analyzed the birthdays of Australian Football League (AFL) players and found that many were born in the early months of the year, while far fewer were born in the…
First Saudi health conference set in March
MAKKAH: The first Saudi and fourth GCC conference on promoting health is to be held at the InterContinental Jeddah on March 15-17 with a number of specialists from the US, Europe, Saudi…
60% of Kuwait’s ‘disabled’ used forged documents – Kuwait Times
KUWAIT: The benefits given to disabled people as a result of the recently passed disability legislation could lead to more people feigning disability in an attempt to take advantage of the law,…
HMC partners SickKids for new hospital
DOHA: With the scheduled opening date approaching fast, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has signed a historic five-year partnership deal with Canada-based Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) to advise on setting up state-of-the-art…
Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group announced 150 million dollar, first Specialized Private Cardiac Center
Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group announced that it has signed an agreement with “Al-Faisaliah Medical Systems Co.” in Dubai, under the auspices and presence of H.R.H Prince Mohamed Bin Khalid Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal,…
Transasia launches Urinanalysis Range
This flagship product of the Transasia’s Urinalysis range includes Uro-dipcheck 300 – automated urine analyzer and a complete set of automated & visual urine reagent strips. The analyzer has the flexibility to…
Fluorescent near-infrared probe, PSS-794 promises the tissue imaging of cancers
Medical imaging is the technique that is used to generate images of human body or parts for clinical purposes or medical science. Revolutionary advances in imaging technology provides a superior method for…
Medical Care Technologies Inc. develops Image Capture for Autism
Medical Care Technologies Inc. has announced the initial development of Tele-Health� Suite 6.17 technology with image capture for Autism. This technology will allow families and professionals to record behaviours and catalogue them…