Biohealthmatics.com News Digest - 8/18/2005

Biohealthmatics.com's Daily News Digest The latest health informatics news from Biohealthmatics.com Date: Thursday, August 18, 2005 Biohealtmatics News Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Syndicated Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News ProxyMed, Inc. Successfully Completes Internal Analysis and Announces Reorganization to Address the Unmet Needs of the Evolving Healthcare Market Thursday, August 18, 2005 ProxyMed (Nasdaq: PILL), a leading provider of healthcare payments processing and medical cost containment services, today announced the successful completion of its internal analysis and a reorganization of its business to focus resources on the company's new strategic direction, scheduled to be unveiled this year.... more Medicsight and TeraRecon Announce Global Partnership Thursday, August 18, 2005 - Provides TeraRecon Customers with Joint Read CAD Technology for Lung and Colon Cancer Detection - ... more LMS delivers CALM(TM) 3.0 for obstetrics Thursday, August 18, 2005 LMS Medical Systems (AMEX:LMZ; TSX:LMZ), a healthcare technology company and developer of the CALM(TM) system (Computer Assisted Labor Management) today announced that general availability of its CALM(TM) 3.0 OB software unveiled at the 2005 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference held in Dallas, Texas, will occur on August 23, 2005. ... more MEDai Predictive Modeling Technology Excels in University of California Data Mining Competition Thursday, August 18, 2005 MEDai, Inc., an Orlando-based firm that assists healthcare organizations in improving care by forecasting high- risk patients, announced last week that its predictive modeling technology ranked highest against all University of California affiliates in the 2005 University of California Data Mining contest. ... more Celera Genomics and Seattle Genetics Announce Target Selection from Research Collaboration in Cancer Thursday, August 18, 2005 Celera Genomics Group (NYSE:CRA), an Applera Corporation business, and Seattle Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGEN) today announced that a Celera tumor surface antigen target has been selected for further investigation by Seattle Genetics for therapeutic development. This is the first target to be selected for advancement in the collaboration established last year between Celera Genomics and Seattle Genetics to jointly discover and develop antibody-based therapies for cancer. ... more Click here for more news Back to top

Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Over 1,000 new NHS IT systems deployed EHI Primary Care, UK - Thursday, August 18, 2005 Connecting for Health (CfH), the Department of Health's IT agency, is claiming that just over 1,000 system deployments had been made in the NHS in England by the beginning of August. ... Comments (0) Study: Providers Not Passive about RFID Mobile Health Data, US - Thursday, August 18, 2005 A new study by Spyglass Consulting Group, Menlo Park, Calif., found that fewer than 23% of radio frequency identification systems implemented by health care provider organizations use "passive technology." Passive RFID systems require a reader to be waved near a transponder with an RFID chip. ... Comments (0) Survey: AHIC To Impact Interoperability Effort iHealth Beat, US - Thursday, August 18, 2005 The American Health Information Community will have some impact on interoperability, but it will not guarantee adoption of electronic health records or other health IT systems, according to 74% of health IT professionals who responded to a survey by the Health Information and Management Systems Society. The AHIC was created to serve as a national standards and policy body to recommend to the federal government how to attain private, secure interoperable EHRs. ... Comments (0) Feds Issue New Security Rule Advice Health Data Management, US - Thursday, August 18, 2005 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the sixth of seven educational papers on the HIPAA security rule. The latest offering covers risk analysis and management. ... Comments (0) Government takes pulse on healthcare IT uptake Healthcare IT News, US - Thursday, August 18, 2005 The federal government by early fall will award a contract to measure adoption of information technology within the healthcare industry and better understand the areas of healthcare that have embraced technology and those that lag behind. ... Comments (0) Click here for more news Back to top

Syndicated Health Informatics News Bioinformatics News IBM Transforms the Art of Scientific Expeditions Bioinfo Online - Thursday, August 18, 2005 1:32:52 PM IBM today said it has begun deploying new customized data gathering software technologies as part of its contribution to the Genographic Project, a landmark five year study in partnership with the National Geographic Society, to gather and analyze ... more Health Informatics News Over 1,000 new NHS IT systems claimed E-Health-Insider - Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:46:10 AM Connecting for Health (CfH), the Department of Health's IT agency, is claiming that just over 1,000 system deployments had been made in the NHS in England by the beginning of ... more Bioinformatics News Myogen Reports Positive Results for Darusentan Phase 2b Trial in Resistant Hypertension LifeSciencesWorld.com - Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:00:54 AM Primary Endpoint Achieved With 11.6 mmHg Reduction in Systolic Blood Pressure DENVER, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Myogen, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYOG) today announced positive top line results of its Phase 2b trial evaluating darusentan in resistant hypertension. Results of the trial ... more Bioinformatics News Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Financing Arrangement LifeSciencesWorld.com - Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:00:54 AM DALLAS, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (AMEX:AKC) today announced that is has implemented plans that were in place that will provide for cash needs over the intermediate term. In addition, as stated in the Company's recent 10Q, dated August 9, 2005, the Company ... more Bioinformatics News Regeneration Technologies Receives 510(k) Clearance for Xenograft Chips and Cubes LifeSciencesWorld.com - Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:00:53 AM ALACHUA, Fla., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Regeneration Technologies, Inc. (RTI) (NASDAQ:RTIX), the Florida-based processor of orthopedic, cardiovascular and other allograft implants, announced today that the company's STERLING(R) Cancellous Chips and Cancellous Cubes have received 510(k) ... more Click here for more news Back to top

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