Electronic in Biological Technology

National Institutes of Health Chooses Web of Science(R) to Power electronic Scientific Portfolio Assistant (eSPA)

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Reuters with Discovery Logic, Inc. today announced that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has chosen Web of Science ((R)) data to power the NIH electronic Scientific Portfolio Assistant ( eSPA ). eSPA is an information tech...

American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Submits Comments to Hit Policy Committee About Meaningful Use and Electronic Health Record Certification

BETHESDA, Md., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) announced today that it had submitted additional written comments to the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) and the HIT Policy Committee about meaningful use and electronic health record...

Scientists create first electronic quantum processor

New Haven, Conn.A team led by Yale University researchers has created the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor, taking another step toward the ultimate dream of building a quantum computer. They also used the two-qubit superconducting chip to successfully run elementary algorithms, ...

Putting the squeeze on an old material could lead to 'instant on' electronic memory

The technology of storing electronic information from old cassette tapes to shiny laptop computers has been a major force in the electronics industry for decades. Low-power, high-efficiency electronic memory could be the long-term result of collaborative research led by Cornell materials scie...

Bio-Optronics Adds Innovative Electronic Data Capture (EDC) Solution to Clinical Conductor Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS), Continues to Improve Workflow and Productivity

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Bio-Optronics, Inc. and flexcipio s.a. are pleased to announce an agreement to cross-market and integrate Bio-Optronics' Clinical Conductor Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) and flexcipio's eClinical Electronic Data Capture (EDC) solution. This ali...

MIT virus battery could power cars, electronic devices

CAMBRIDGE, Mass--For the first time, MIT researchers have shown they can genetically engineer viruses to build both the positively and negatively charged ends of a lithium-ion battery. The new virus-produced batteries have the same energy capacity and power performance as state-of-the-art recha...

MIT uses nano-origami to build tiny electronic devices

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Folding paper into shapes such as a crane or a butterfly is challenging enough for most people. Now imagine trying to fold something that's about a hundred times thinner than a human hair and then putting it to use as an electronic device. A team of researchers led by George ...

Scientists prove graphene's edge structure affects electronic properties

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Graphene, a single-atom-thick sheet of carbon, holds remarkable promise for future nanoelectronics applications. Whether graphene actually cuts it in industry, however, depends upon how graphene is cut, say researchers at the University of Illinois. Graphene consists of a hexago...

Proximity Systems' LAN Based Electronic Lock Management System Offers Increased Security, Efficiency and Reporting Capability for Wall-Mounted WorkStations

HOUSTON, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Proximity Systems will be announcing the availability of the LAN Based Electronic Lock Management System for use in its retractable, wall-mounted WorkStations at the 2009 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition. The new patent-pending locking system simplifies and stream...

ICON Delivers New Electronic Solution to Expedite Clinical Trial Adjudication

DUBLIN, Ireland, January 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ICON plc, (NASDAQ: ICLR ; ISIN:IE0005711209), a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, today announced the launch of a new electronic solution that will accel...

Easy assembly of electronic biological chips

A handheld, ultra-portable device that can recognize and immediately report on a wide variety of environmental or medical compounds may eventually be possible, using a method that incorporates a mixture of biologically tagged nanowires onto integrated circuit chips, according to Penn State researc...

Tully-Wihr Company Selects Web-Based Allscripts Electronic Health Record for 100 Northern California Physicians

CHICAGO, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allscripts announced today that Tully-Wihr Company, in conjunction with Ray Morgan Company, has signed a definitive agreement to resell the web-based Allscripts MyWay(TM) Electronic Health Record (EHR) and practice management solution to 100 physicians...

MicroDose and Nexus6 Announce Collaboration to Evaluate Application of Remote Patient Compliance Monitoring Technology with MicroDose's Electronic Dry Powder Inhaler

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J. and AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroDose Technologies, Inc. (MicroDose) and Nexus6 today announced that they have entered into a collaboration to investigate the application of Nexus6's SmartinhalerLive(TM) technology with MicroDose's next generation elec...

OmniComm Systems, Inc. Is Fueled by Another Strong Quarter Delivering Electronic Data Capture (EDC) Solutions & Services

Q3 2008 Contracts Total $3,970,647, up 137% Over Q3 2007 FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OmniComm Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: OMCM), a leader in integrated electronic data capture solutions for clinical trials, today announced another momentous quarter fo...

SAFC Hitech(TM) Expands Electronic Materials Portfolio With the Introduction of Scintillation Crystal Growth Halides

New Materials Target Medical and Security Detection Applications ST. LOUIS, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SAFC Hitech(TM), a focus area within SAFC(R), a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group (Nasdaq: SIAL ), today announced that it has expanded the scope of its electronic materials offer...

Akaza Research Releases New Version of OpenClinica Electronic Data Capture (EDC) Software; Targets Industry Clinical Trials

OpenClinica 2.5 represents a significant milestone for the growing open source clincial trials software. This release contains a host of improvements particularly oriented towards the needs of regulated industry sponsored clinical trials. Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) September...

CardioDynamics BioZ(R) ICG Technology Integrates with General Electric Healthcare's Centricity(R) Electronic Medical Record (EMR) System

GE Centricity(R) -- Third Largest U.S. Outpatient EMR with Nearly 10% Market Share SAN DIEGO, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CardioDynamics (Nasdaq: CDIC), the innovator and leader of BioZ(R) impedance cardiography (ICG) technology, today announced that the Comp...

Netsmart Technologies Web Seminar Helps Behavioral Health Organizations Understand Electronic Prescribing and the Importance of New Medicare-Related E-Prescribing Legislation

Netsmart's InfoScriber E-Prescribing Solution Can Help Organizations Achieve Benefits of H.R. 6331 GREAT RIVER, N.Y., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Netsmart Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise-wide software and services for health and human services organizatio...

Study reveals principles behind stability and electronic properties of gold nanoclusters

A report published in the July 8 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ( PNAS ) is the first to describe the principles behind the stability and electronic properties of tiny nanoclusters of metallic gold. The study, which confirms the "divide and protect" bonding ...

Nano-sized electronic circuit promises bright view of early universe

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. A newly developed nano-sized electronic device is an important step toward helping astronomers see invisible light dating from the creation of the universe. This invisible light makes up 98% of the light emitted since the "big bang," and may provide insights into the earliest ...

National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative Supports Senate's Call for Physicians to Adopt Electronic Prescribing, Improving Patient Safety

CHICAGO, July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allscripts, the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, and the founding member of the National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative (NEPSI(TM)), today announced its fir...

FDA Clears New Applicators for Endometrial Cancer Treatment With Xoft's Axxent(R) Electronic Brachytherapy System

Second Treatment Indication on Heels of Multi-Use Clearance for Axxent(R) System Strengthens the Creation of a New Platform in Radiation Therapy SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Xoft, Inc., today announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)...

FDA Clears Expanded Use of Xoft's Axxent(R) Electronic Brachytherapy System for all Radiation Therapy Indications

FDA Clearance Validates Platform Designed to Deliver Electronic X-ray-Based Therapy Directly to Cancer Sites in Minimally Shielded Clinical Settings SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Xoft, Inc., today announced that it has received expanded clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Adminis...

Holy Cross Hospital Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record

Hospital-Owned South Florida Physician Group to Create Integrated Clinical Record ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Direct from the HIMSS 2008 Conference and Exhibition, Allscripts, the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and inform...

CIGNA Medical Group Selects Allscripts for Electronic Health Record

Phoenix Multi-Specialty Group Practice to Connect 170 Clinicians with Web-hosted EHR ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Direct from the HIMSS 2008 Conference and Exhibition, Allscripts, the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and infor...

Directed self-ordering of organic molecules for electronic devices

A simple surface treatment technique demonstrated by a collaboration between researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Penn State and the University of Kentucky potentially offers a low-cost way to mass produce large arrays of organic electronic transistors on polym...

Hayes Clinical Labs to Market MedeFile's Proprietary Electronic Medical Record Management Solution to Patients

Administering More Than 180,000 Patient Visits Each Year, East Coast's Largest Independent Clinical Lab Services Company Aspires to Empower Patients with Control Over Medical Care CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MedeFile International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin ...

MultiVu Video Feed: Easypod(R), Award-Winning Electronic Device

FOR GROWTH HORMONE THERAPY, NOW AVAILABLE IN THE U.S. -- Device is designed for patients' ease of daily use, reliability and convenience-- Today's launch of easypod(R) by EMD Serono, Inc. marks an advancement in the use of technology in growth hormone delivery devices. The first of its kin...

Video and Photo: EMD Serono Launches easypod(R), New Electronic Growth Hormone Injection Device

Award-winning device designed for patient ease of use, reliability and convenience ROCKLAND, Mass., Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EMD Serono, Inc. announced today the availability of easypod(R), the first of its kind automated device in the growth hormone thera...

Model for the assembly of advanced, single-molecule-based electronic components developed at Pitt

PITTSBURGH-Researchers based at the University of Pittsburgh have created the best method so far of assembling wire-like structures only a single molecule wide, a significant step in science's increasing attempts to reduce the circuitry size of electronic devices to the single molecule scale and p...

CardioDynamics Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Innovative Clinical Parameters and Electronic Medical Record Compatibility

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CardioDynamics (Nasdaq: CDIC), the innovator and leader of BioZ(R) Impedance Cardiography (ICG) technology, today announced the Company has received market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for new ICG clinical parameters a...

ChemAxon and Agilent Technologies Sign Agreement Extending JChem Integration With Kalabie Electronic Lab Notebook

BUDAPEST, Hungary and SANTA CLARA, California, September 21 /PRNewswire/ -- ChemAxon, a software solutions provider for cheminformatics, and Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A ) today announced an agreement to maintain the integration between the Kalabie Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) a...

Researchers improve ability to write and store information on electronic devices

New research led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory physicist Matthias Bode provides a more thorough understanding of new mechanisms, which makes it possible to switch a magnetic nanoparticle without any magnetic field and may enable computers to more accurately write a...

State CIO wants to unify electronic government

As Wisconsin pushes ahead with its goal of extending electronic government and consolidating its behind-the-scenes information-technology infrastructure, questions remain about how such a massive undertaking can take place given the political realities. The importance of sharing information an...

More electronic gadgets, more miscommunication

Attention gadget guys and girls this is your time. The shops are loaded with electronic communications gizmos of all kinds this holiday season. But when it comes to the value of these devices opinion is increasingly split. Many people either love them or loathe them. I guess I fall into the latter...

Doyle proposes $10M to expand use of electronic medical records

A picture archiving and communications system. Image courtesy of GE Healthcare. Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has announced that his budget will include $10 million for a grant and loan program to increase the use of electronic medical record (EMR) systems. "I am committed to ensuring that all...

Marshfield study mixes DNA into electronic medical record to screen for Alzheimer's

Marshfield Clinic has embarked on a novel project to match genetic information from Alzheimer's patients with environmental factors that may contribute to the disease. The two-year project is the first to tap the more than 18,000 DNA samples Marshfield Clinic has gathered for its Personalized ...

Wisconsin Health Information Exchange shares burden of electronic medical records

As America's health care costs continue to rise, the need for the health-care industry to harness the information exchange potential of the Internet has never been more urgent. In that spirit, the Wisconsin Health Information Exchange (WHIE) has joined more than 150 statewide and regional effo...

Physician mindset slows adoption of electronic health records

If you are a resident of Wisconsin and insert your card in an ATM in San Francisco, the system will immediately recognize you, your bank, and your financial records. But if you find yourself in an emergency room you'll likely need that same card to pay for an extensive series of tests because your ...

Preview: Electronic health records, tech choices explored at Digital Healthcare Conference

Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt announced yesterday that a new organization, the American Health Information Community (AHIC) will be formed to make recommendations for a nationwide system for storing and sharing patient's medical records electronically. This news makes the Dig...