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Care Fusion has developed Wireless CareCollect, a wireless, hand-held barcode solution to reduce medical errors related to specimen collection and laboratory results reporting. It allows healthcare providers to scan a patient's barcoded wristband to positively identify the patient, verify orders, and print a time-stamped barcode label for any specimen being collected. Because the system is wireless, the care provider has up-to-the-moment patient information.
ViroLogic, Inc. launched VLink online test reporting for its portfolio of HIV drug resistance assays. The VLink system allows healthcare professionals to access test results via a secure Internet connection.
IBM and Affymetrix, Inc., have entered into a global initiative to speed the adoption of a new information-based approach to medicine. The collaboration is designed to help medical centers, pharmaceutical companies, and research institutions use advanced technologies to integrate genomic research data with patient clinical data, to help reduce healthcare costs, improve patient care and provide more targeted treatment solutions.