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Accuracy Most Important for DNA Sequencer Users: Kalorama Survey

SOURCE: Kalorama Information NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - December 8, 2010) - Labs using DNA sequencers are more concerned with accuracy than cost in future purchases, according to a survey conducted by Kalorama Information. The healthcare market research publisher reported the survey findings in its recent report, "DNA Sequencing Market Trends ...

Allied Healthcare International Inc. to Host Fiscal 2010 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Conference Call and Webcast

SOURCE: Allied Healthcare International Inc. NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - November 24, 2010) - Allied Healthcare International Inc. (NASDAQ: AHCI) will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the financial and operating performance for its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter and year ended September 30, 2010 on Tuesday, December 7, 2010, at ...

Future of European Flu Vaccine Market Rife With Innovation

SOURCE: Kalorama Information NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - October 26, 2010) -  In 2009, the adult in flu vaccine market in Europe reached new heights with nearly $1.6 billion in revenues, up a whopping 81.4% from the prior year. According to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information's newly published "European Vaccine Markets," ...

Six-Billion Dollar Plus Infusion Pump Market Attracts Competitors

SOURCE: Kalorama Information NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - October 25, 2010) -  The market for infusion pumps has exceeded six billion dollars, which has encouraged over 100 companies to participate in the market, according to a recent report from healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information. Kalorama's new report, "Infusion Pump Markets (Large ...

MedLink and Thrasys Announce Formation of the New York Health Information Network

SOURCE: MedLink International, Inc. NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - October 21, 2010) -  MedLink (OTCBB: MLKNA), a leading provider of health information technology solutions to the medical community announced today the formation of the New York Health Information Network as a collaboration with Thrasys, Inc. a provider of next-generation health information technology ...

Allied Healthcare International Inc. to Present at the Oppenheimer 21st Annual Healthcare Conference

SOURCE: Allied Healthcare International Inc. NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - October 20, 2010) -  Allied Healthcare International Inc. (NASDAQ: AHCI), a leading provider of flexible healthcare staffing services in the United Kingdom, announced today that Sandy Young, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the Oppenheimer 21st Annual Healthcare ...

Healthnostics Purchases Major Manufacturer of Specialty Medical Products

SOURCE: Healthnostics, Inc. NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - October 12, 2010) -  Healthnostics, Inc., (PINKSHEETS: HNSS), a medical manufacturing and biotechnology analytics company, has purchased a major manufacturer of specialty medical products. There will be an immediate positive impact on revenue and earnings commencing in the 1st Quarter of 2011. Details will ...

Dr. Gregory H. Dorn Named President of First DataBank

SOURCE: Hearst Corporation NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - October 1, 2010) -  Hearst Corporation announced today that Gregory H. Dorn, MD, MPH, has been named president of First DataBank, a subsidiary of Hearst Business Media. Dorn succeeds Donald M. Nielsen, MD, who has been appointed chairman of the First DataBank Advisory Board ...

Hospital Infections Boost at Least One Area of IVD: Report Finds

SOURCE: Kalorama Information NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 28, 2010) - Hospital acquired infections, or HAIs remain a problem for the healthcare system, and a problem in which new diagnostic products can play a role, according to Kalorama Information. In its report, "The Worldwide Market for In Vitro Diagnostic Tests," the healthcare ...

Pharma Sales & Marketing New Market Trends and Strategies Covered at iiBIG’s Baltimore Forum in November

SOURCE: iiBIG NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 28, 2010) -  iiBIG presents the Next Generation Pharma Sales & Marketing Summit, scheduled for November 16-17, 2010 at the Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD. The pharmaceutical sales and marketing landscape has changed dramatically over the past few years ...

Educate Patients During Dental Hygiene Month With Dental Marketing Solutions From Patient News

SOURCE: Patient News NEW YORK, NY and HALIBURTON, ON--(Marketwire - September 23, 2010) - October is National Dental Hygiene Month (NDHM) and it's also the perfect time to create new dental marketing materials to reach out to your dental patients, says Patient News, a leading dental marketing solutions company. ...

Watching TV Can Improve Patient Health

SOURCE: Interactivation Health Network New Programming From Interactivation Health Network's Patient Channel and Newborn Channel Are Helping Hospitals Keep Patients Healthy NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 21, 2010) -  The Patient Channel and the Newborn Channel, part of the nation's largest hospital-based health television network, currently available in over 2,700 hospitals nationwide, ...

Three Million Give ‘Thumbs Up’ to Saving Children’s Lives

SOURCE: Save the Children Claire Danes Unveils Unique Visual Petition in Grand Central Terminal NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 21, 2010) -  Emmy award-winning actress Claire Danes joined millions of people who've added their thumbprints to a unique petition at Grand Central Terminal, led by global humanitarian organisation Save the Children. ...

Active Lung Cancer Vaccine Market in Next Five Years: Kalorama Reports

SOURCE: Kalorama Information NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 20, 2010) - There could be as many as three vaccine treatments for lung cancer by 2015, according to a market research report from Kalorama Information. The report, "Emerging Cancer Vaccines: Forecasts, Developments and Pipeline Analysis, 4th Edition," notes that one product will ...

Save the Children Experts Available for Interviews at the U.N. Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Sept. 20-22, 2010

SOURCE: Save the Children NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 17, 2010) - Save the Children experts attending the summit can discuss the following and more: How the MDGs affect everybody--even those who've never heard of them. ...

FDAAdvisoryCommittee.com to Webcast Hearings on New Weight Loss Drugs MERIDIA and LORQESS

SOURCE: TalkPoint Two-Day Meeting of the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee Will Be Streamed Live and Archived for Six Months NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 13, 2010) -  FDAAdvisoryCommittee.com (FDAAC.com), a provider of live video webcasts of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Committee meetings, today announced that it will webcast ...

MedLink Announces Partnership With Healthcare Information Technology Provider Thrasys, Inc.

SOURCE: MedLink International, Inc. NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 2, 2010) -  MedLink (OTCBB: MLKNA), a leading provider of Electronic Health Records and practice management solutions, today announced a partnership with Thrasys, Inc. a provider of next-generation health information technology and solutions. MedLink and Thrasys have collaborated to provide interoperability and health ...

Fly for MS to Embark on a Record-Making 60-Day, 29,000-Mile Trans-Atlantic Journey for Multiple Sclerosis Awareness

SOURCE: Fly For MS Fly for MS Is the Largest Scale MS Event Ever Organized and the Longest Humanitarian Flight Ever Undertaken NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - August 31, 2010) -  On August 31st Fly for MS takes off from New York on a thrilling humanitarian mission to 30 countries in North America, ...

Despite Falling Peso, Mexican IVD Market Sees Growth in 2009

SOURCE: Kalorama Information NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - August 27, 2010) -  The economy of Mexico is challenged by a recession, oil prices, and a falling exchange rate. Yet according to a new report from healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information, Mexico is still attracting clinical diagnostic companies and showing modest growth. Mexico's ...

Corporate Profile’s CPReports.com Publishes Ray Dirks Research’s Recommendation on Cleveland BioLabs

SOURCE: Corporate Profile LLC NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - August 27, 2010) -  Corporate Profile's financial website www.CPreports.com announces Ray Dirks Research's recommendation of Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBLI).  In the report, Ray expects Cleveland BioLabs's shares to move higher based upon upcoming inflection points, ...

February 2nd 2012
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mHealth Users of Remote Health Monitoring to Reach 3 million by 2016: Smartphones Play Leading Role

A burgeoning market for healthcare peripherals and increasing smartphone processing power will result in the number of patients monitored by mobile networks to rise to 3 million by 2016, finds Juniper Research’s latest report on the mHealth sector. Remote patient monitoring, using the smartphone as a hub, will also lower ...
February 2nd 2012
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Centra Health and TeleHealth Services Partner to Launch Enterprise Interactive Patient Education for Patient Satisfaction and Safety

The TIGR system was recently named one of the top 10 technologies of 2011 for empowering patients and their families through the recovery process. With “meaningful use” and patient satisfaction policies changing hospital reimbursements, hospitals have begun expanding the use of these systems to address other challenges such as readmissions, ...
January 31st 2012
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Is Heart Disease Or Stroke A Part Of Your Family History?

How many people do you know who have been affected by heart disease or stroke? How many have been your family members? Fifty-five-year-old Gail had lost nearly everyone in her family to cardiovascular disease and when she lost her father, too, she fell into poor eating habits that made her ...
January 26th 2012
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Brain Tumor Test Could Revolutionize Care of Patients with Low-grade Gliomas

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed what they believe to be the first clinical application of a new imaging technique to diagnose brain tumors. The unique test could preclude the need for surgery in patients whose tumors are located in areas of the brain too dangerous to biopsy. This ...
November 4th 2011
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Piedmont Healthcare and TeleHealth Services Collaborate to Improve Patient Health Initiatives

TeleHealth Services, the nation’s leading provider of healthcare-grade televisions and interactive patient engagement solutions, is partnering with Piedmont Healthcare (PHC) in implementing a comprehensive, customized patient-centered environment designed to improve patient education and provide interactive communication. These technological and process enhancements will help speed patient recovery, reduce readmissions and length ...

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