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KLAS Rates 3 Medical Oncology IT Vendors

At the request of healthcare providers seeking to modernize their oncology practices, KLAS delved into the medical oncology marketplace and produced this initial study on the market. - June 26, 2008 - KLAS

i4cp Survey Finds Most Employers Have No Plan to Stem Baby Boomer Brain Drain

An i4cp study found that 77% of responding organizations do not currently have a phased retirement program in place. As its name implies, “phased retirement” allows an employee who is approaching retirement to continue employment with a reduced workload. - June 25, 2008 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)

With Fuel Prices Rising, U.S. Companies Work Quickly to Reduce Employee Travel

More than half say gas will top $4.50 per gallon by summer's end. - June 23, 2008 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)

Trevigen Announces a Highly Sensitive, Fluorescent, One Hour PARP Inhibition Assay

Until now, commercially available PARP assay kits required multiple steps and were time consuming. Trevigen overcomes these drawbacks with the release of the HT Fluorescent Homogeneous PARP Inhibition Assay. - June 22, 2008 - Trevigen, Inc.

EGSIndia Engineering Design Newsletter - June 2008 Edition

Articles on Finite Element Analysis, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing ( GD & T,) SolidWorks in Tolerance Analysis, Ingenuous Mechanism Design using CosmosMotion & Design Seminar from Reseller of SolidWorks, Cosmos in Chennai, Coimbatore, India. - June 18, 2008 - EGS Computers India Private Limited

SEPI Engineering Group Names Director Of Operations

Sepi Asefnia, president of SEPI Engineering Group (www.sepiengineering.com), a firm which provides civil engineering and planning services to private and public sector clients across the southeast, has announced that Daniel A. Williams has been named director of operations. In this position,... - June 18, 2008 - SEPI Engineering Group

Sixteen Latest Breakthrough Technologies by A*STAR Showcased at CommunicAsia 2008 – Where Imagination Takes Flight

Imagine taking control of your favourite video games by a quick wave of your hands, or creating personal ringtones with DJ quality ‘scratches.’ Or how about watching only the golden moments when your dream team puts the ball in? This is not a page from science fiction. Not if you stop by A*STAR’s CommunicAsia 2008 booth and experience today the future of technologies. - June 18, 2008 - Institute for Infocomm Research

KLAS Rates Top 10 Healthcare Business Intelligence Vendors

KLAS spoke with more than 150 healthcare professionals about their perceptions of vendors in the business intelligence marketplace and discovered the opportunity for BI in healthcare is wide open. - June 12, 2008 - KLAS

i4cp Study Finds Employers Struggling with How to Handle Religious Differences

Nearly a third of employers surveyed said they have seen personal clashes in the workplace linked to religion - June 09, 2008 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)

Trevigen Announces the Release of Four New Assay Kits for 3-D Cell Proliferation

Trevigen introduces four new 3-D cell proliferation kits, including a core kit and three different kits containing basement membrane extract, laminin I, and collagen I. These are the first standardized kits engineered for assessing the effects of compounds or genetic alteration on cell proliferation in 3-D culture. - June 07, 2008 - Trevigen, Inc.

Wound Types and Advanced Wound Products, Worldwide (MedMarket Diligence Report)

The worldwide wound management market stood at $4.6 billion in 2007 and will reach $11.5 billion by 2016. As one of the most technologically diverse areas of medicine, products in wound management span simple dressings and bandages to advanced biotech, mechanical and other technologies designed to facilitate and accelerate the wound healing process. - June 06, 2008 - MedMarket Diligence, LLC

Spine Surgery Steadily Adopting Minimally Invasive Procedures (MedMarket Diligence Report)

The development of imaging systems like fluoroscopy, sophisticated endoscopes and a wide range of surgical instruments that facilitate minimally invasive surgery are combining with the persistent demand for less invasive, less traumatic procedures to drive the growth of minimally invasive spine surgery. Products, technologies and trends in minimally invasive surgery are detailed in the worldwide spine surgery report from MedMarket Diligence. - June 06, 2008 - MedMarket Diligence, LLC

The Market for Drugs and Devices in the Clinical Management of Obesity; A Worldwide Report from MedMarket Diligence, LLC

As the growing worldwide problem of obesity becomes more evident, including its commensurate healthcare costs, there is a coinciding proliferation of the number and type of approaches to address the problem. MedMarket Diligence has published its worldwide business report on the products,... - June 06, 2008 - MedMarket Diligence, LLC

KLAS Rates 9 Ambulatory EDI Claims Clearinghouse Vendors

KLAS addresses the question of whether an ambulatory EDI claims clearinghouse is simply a commodity, while researching the successes and struggles healthcare providers experienced when working with their clearinghouse service vendors. - June 05, 2008 - KLAS

KLAS Rates Eight Revenue Cycle Management Solutions

KLAS investigates hospital revenue cycle management and the ability of software solutions to keep up with healthcare provider needs. The report addresses perceptions in the marketplace rather than actual performance scores and contains opinions from more than 170 healthcare participants. - June 04, 2008 - KLAS

PMI Announces Its October 2008 Short Course

Porous Materials, Inc. readies for its October Short Course and is now accepting registrations. - June 04, 2008 - Porous Materials, Inc.

Talent Management Accelerated: i4cp Launches Exclusive New Program and Consortium

Exclusive new program for corporations designed to improve talent management initiatives across the enterprise. - May 29, 2008 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)

Coroners and Genealogists Join Forces in New Show to Tackle Quiet Epidemic of Unclaimed Persons

What happens to people when they die with no next of kin to claim their bodies? RootsTelevision.com, an online channel dedicated to all aspects of genealogy and family history, has launched a new show, Unclaimed Persons, to bring attention to this largely unknown epidemic. Coroners’ offices... - May 28, 2008 - RootsTelevision.com

Bauu Press Begins New Publishing Venture with the Release of Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources

Director of the Bauu Institute and Press, Dr. Peter N. Jones, celebrates the launch and publication of the Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources databank and community resource. - May 27, 2008 - Bauu Institute and Press

Trevigen Releases the First Standardized 3-D Culture Cell Harvesting Kit

Trevigen releases the first standardized kit for isolating cells from 3-D Culture for biochemical analysis. The Cultrex® 3-D Culture Cell Haversting Kit is based on a nonenzymatic approach which prevents biochemical degradation during processing and overcomes the problems associated with extracting cells from BME or Laminin I in 3-D Culture. - May 24, 2008 - Trevigen, Inc.

Bauu Press Publishes Book About Man Solo Hiking Across Weminuche Wilderness Area

Backpacker William Hood published a new book about his adventure solo hiking across the Weminuche Wilderness Area in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado. - May 19, 2008 - Bauu Institute and Press

Which P A C S Vendors Best Address Provider Need

KLAS’ PACS report for large hospitals found a significant range in healthcare provider scoring of their PACS solution. With more than 70 PACS solutions available in the marketplace today, data presented in this report represents the experiences of more than 600 healthcare professionals currently utilizing a PACS vendor. - May 19, 2008 - KLAS

Successful Clinical Implementation Team Building

Healthcare providers share insights with KLAS into how to fill implementation team gaps and build successful teams. They share what worked for them and offer advice on how to improve the process. - May 19, 2008 - KLAS

KLAS Investigates Revenue Cycle Management Solutions

KLAS drills down into hospital revenue cycle management and the ability of software solutions to keep up with healthcare provider needs. The report addresses perceptions in the marketplace rather than actual performance scores and contains opinions from more than 170 healthcare participants. - May 18, 2008 - KLAS

Integrated Service Solutions, Inc. Celebrates 10 Years in Business

Largest independent services provider celebrates ten years of servicing the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device sectors. - May 15, 2008 - Integrated Service Solutions, Inc.

Global Dialysis Care Products and Services Market to Top $69 Billion by 2010: Marketstrat

The world market for end-stage renal disease dialysis devices and services is expected to reach $64.5 billion by the end of 2008, according to a new report titled, “End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Dialysis Devices & Services Worldwide.” - May 12, 2008 - Marketstrat

Agilo for Scrum V.0.6 Released. Improved Sprint Backlog with Dynamic Hierarchy.

The Berlin based agile42 GmbH has released version 0.6 of the Open Source Tool Agilo for Scrum. - May 09, 2008 - agile42

Climate Change and Biofuels to Cause Further Hunger in Africa

International food prices have risen at unprecedented rates, main causes being below-normal harvests, growing cereal demand, and increasing use of crop land for biofuels. And climate change will worsen the situation for many sub-Saharan countries which are poor, already food insecure and with low capacity to adapt or finance food imports. These findings from IIASA's Agriculture Program will be presented by Mahendra Shah on 8th May 2008 at the UN Commission on Sustainable Development in New York. - May 08, 2008 - International Institue for Applied Systems Analysis

Is Digital X-Ray Worth the Effort?

Digital Radiography adoption continues to grow, despite CT and MR technology advances, due to its relatively low cost and frequency of use. KLAS investigates which vendors hit the mark for healthcare providers in this digital x-ray report. - May 05, 2008 - KLAS

Healthcare Providers Demand Feedback About Computed Radiography

Due to provider requests, KLAS investigates single-cassette computed radiography (CR) in this groundbreaking study to uncover the strengths and weaknesses of the marketplace. - May 05, 2008 - KLAS

Canadian Venture Development Company Achieves Key Milestone with Completion of Successful Commercial Pilot Program of Its MPowRx Anti-Snoring Appliance

Calgary based Tech Avenue Ventures Corp. announced today that it has concluded a successful commercial pilot program for its clinically proven MPowRx anti-snoring appliance in association with four dental clinics, in Calgary, Alberta, selected for their demonstrated leadership in adopting... - May 03, 2008 - Tech Avenue Ventures

EU Project CIDRE Starts Its 2nd Phase

After a successful review meeting at the European Commission in Brussels the EU project CIDRE has started the second half of its 18 month lasting project period within the eTEN programme “Deploying Trans-European e-Services for All” with an increased focus on the European authorities. - April 27, 2008 - TimeKontor AG

Dynastrosi Laboratories Announces the Promotion of Gordon Smith to Vice President

Dynastrosi Laboratories, Inc. (DLI) announced the promotion of Gordon Smith to Vice President of Product Design & Engineering. DLI provides engineering and design services for the aerospace, performance automotive, wind energy, and defense industries. The company's primary focus is in advanced composite products. Smith will oversee the design and engineering of all new products for which the company is responsible. - April 26, 2008 - Dynastrosi Laboratories, Inc.

IFIS to Launch New Version of FSTA Direct Database

The International Food Information Service (IFIS) announces the launch of their new online database interface, FSTA Direct v2, for May 2008. FSTA Direct v2 offers an improved way to search the FSTA – Food Science and Technology Abstracts® database. - April 25, 2008 - IFIS

Bauu Institute and Press Releases New Book on Potential Water Wars

Impending global water crisis depicted in debut novel about New Mexico and Texas. - April 23, 2008 - Bauu Institute and Press

MakroCare: Oracle Clinical Implementation

MakroCare announces the completion of Oracle Clinical implementation to strengthen its Clinical Data Management services. This implementation will help the company in creating a faster data management solution, which improves time lines and optimizes the cost of the clinical trial. MakroCare has... - April 23, 2008 - MakroCare

New Study Quantifies Work-from-Home Savings for Earth Day

Analysis of published research, released today, offers hope for Earth Day. The study shows that while less than 4% of the U.S. workforce currently work from home, 40% have jobs that would allow them to telecommute. According to the study, new teleworkers could annually save 625 million barrels of oil, reduce greenhouse gas pollution by 107 million tons of CO2, and save almost $43 billion at the pumps. Each worker would save 26 work-days and over $800, time and money wasted commuting. - April 21, 2008 - Undress4Success.com

i4cp Study Shows HR Pros Sing a Familiar Refrain: Where’s the Talent?

According to HR executives, the hunt for workforce talent is gaining in significance. In a recent study by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), HR professionals said that, while employers are increasingly driven to find and keep the best employees, the pool of high-performing talent is... - April 19, 2008 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)

SEPI Engineering Group Inks Deal with Technology Associates

Sepi Asefnia, president of SEPI Engineering Group (www.sepiengineering.com), which provides civil engineering and planning services to private- and public-sector clients across the Southeast, has announced that the firm has signed an agreement with Technology Associates, a full-service technology... - April 17, 2008 - SEPI Engineering Group

HumanCentric Growth Leads to New Headquarters

As a result of recent successes, and the subsequent hiring of new employees, HumanCentric Technologies, Inc. has relocated its headquarters to a new location at 200 MacKenan Drive in Cary, N.C. - April 13, 2008 - HumanCentric

Center for Watershed Protection and UMUC Receive Maryland Distance Learning Association Award

At their annual conference last month, the Maryland Distance Learning Association awarded the creators of Environmental Management 360, "Introduction to Urban Watersheds" with Distance Learning Course of the Year. This recognition reflects the successful collaboration effort between the... - April 09, 2008 - Center for Watershed Protection

i4cp Study Finds, as E-Mail Use Grows, Few Companies Teach Employees How to Communicate

E-mail messages and electronic newsletters rule when it comes to internal communication in organizations today, according to a recent study conducted by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp). Yet, information overload is a major challenge, and the situation is likely to grow worse, with... - April 07, 2008 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)

Iopt.com Shows the Strategic Power of Data

The strategic value “I Opt” technology is demonstrated using the glass ceiling. - April 04, 2008 - Professional Communications Inc. (dba: iopt.com)

Coensys, Inc Announces Availability of Anylogic 6 Professional Edition

Anylogic™ 6 Professional Edition is now available in USA and Canada. The professional edition brings significant multi-paradigm simulation capabilities in a single tool. Anylogic allows modelers to develop system dynamics, discrete event, and agent based simulations in a single graphical environment. - March 31, 2008 - Coensys Inc.

Trevigen Launches LDEV Free Basement Membrane Extract

Trevigen launches LDVE Free Basement Membrane Extract within its Cultrex® product line of Cell Differentiation and Angiogenesis products. Basement Membrane Extract (BME) can be used for promotion and maintenance of a differentiated phenotype in a variety of cell cultures including primary... - March 29, 2008 - Trevigen, Inc.

RootsTelevision.com Wins Four Telly Awards in Its First Year

RootsTelevision.com, an online channel dedicated to all aspects of genealogy and family history, has been recognized in the 29th Annual Telly Awards for four of its original productions. Selected from more than 14,000 shows were "DNA Stories: A Tale of Two Fathers" (documentary),... - March 28, 2008 - RootsTelevision.com

I2R Clinches Best Contributing Organisation Award in China’s WPAN Standards Development

A*STAR’s Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) has been awarded the “Best Contributing Organisation Award” by the Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN) Working Group of China’s National Information Technology Standardisation (NITS) Technical Committee for significant... - March 28, 2008 - Institute for Infocomm Research

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