One of the big changes just like everywhere else in healthcare is integration. It is all open source software and using some nice Web 2.0 applications and now includes a dashboard for easy management and locating program modules and relative information. BD The National Cancer Institute for...
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on 11-12-2008
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This certainly seems to be the month of the “brain devices”. Just last week the FDA approved one magnetic device to zap your brain and now we have another company from Israel to begin trials in Israel and 2 other areas. The device approved for last week is only for severe cases of depression...
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on 10-29-2008
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Investors and analysts using The Healthcare Exchange will be able to ask questions of physicians, such as their opinions about a new treatment or device. Sermo has been a community website restricted to physicians to compare and collaborate within their peers and now with the new service investors...
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on 10-23-2008
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The new vaccine, Lucanix, is genetically engineered to also trick the cancer into turning off its immune system-suppressing activities, this is a turn in a different direction here where vaccines are normally increase the immune system capabilities. The project is enrolling 700 patients at 90 centers...
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on 10-08-2008
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This might be of interest if you want to learn about the certification process of Personal Health Records, also known as a PHR. Medical record software used by physicians and hospitals have gone through the process for a number of years, in other words a committee to certify that the software one...
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on 09-18-2008
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I am guessing this stands to be topic for all in the Pharma business to keep an eye on. There are those in the Indian government too with reservations. The whole idea here is to save money over what the same might cost in the US, as reported earlier, 1/5 is the cost for R and D, thus this...
Leave no stone unturned. This study is being conducted in London and perhaps you can find more information from Allergan on their website for other locations. This is not just another test or treatment for wrinkles. More information available from the Allergan website here. ...