VitalGo recently introduced a bed that can raise a patient from lying to a fully standing position-with zero manual lifting. The Total Lift Bed can dramatically reduce injuries to residents and staff,...
GE and Intel’s Care Innovations project now operational
Jan 04, 2011
GE and Intel announced their healthcare joint venture, Intel-GE Care Innovations, is now fully operational. Care Innovations was developed to address aging-related challenges facing the nation. These include...
PEPID is now available on Google Android
Jun 01, 2010
PEPID is now fully available on Android devices running OS version 1.6 or greater. PEPID offers specialty-focused content, an extensive drug database, a drug interactions generator, dosing and medical...
Clinical Resources CEO receives entrepreneurial award
Feb 02, 2010
Jennifer Scully, president and CEO of Clinical Resources, was recently selected as a winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Winning Women 2009 program. The prize acknowledges the work of business...
GE Healthcare acquires Living Independently Group
Dec 01, 2009
GE Healthcare announced that it has fully acquired Living Independently Group Inc. The latter firm makes the QuietCare monitoring system. The acquisition follows the September 2008 announcement that GE...
Kimberly-Clark to acquire I-Flow
Oct 13, 2009
Kimberly-Clark Corporation and I-Flow Corporation announced a definitive agreement whereby I-Flow will be acquired in a cash tender offer for approximately $324 million on a fully diluted basis. I-Flow...
Vocollect, American HealthTech create alliance
Oct 07, 2009
The technology companies Vocollect Healthcare Systems Inc. and American HealthTech Inc. have formed an alliance to help long-term care clients develop more unified electronic medical records. The systems...
AAHSA show coming to Philadelphia
Oct 03, 2008
The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging will kick off its annual Convention and Expo on Sunday (Oct. 12) in Philadelphia. More than 7,000 providers, researchers, educators and others...
Taking the full measure
Sep 16, 2008
It’s no secret that the credit and housing markets have been in a funk lately. Just this week, massive investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. That was right before Bank of America...
Favorable impression
Aug 20, 2008
The Exergen TemporalScanner, an infrared thermometer that reads body temperature in just two seconds, recently ranked well in a New Jersey study. Fully 86% of the nurses participating in the study found...