• Hologic (Bedford, Massachusetts) received FDA clearance of its R2 DigitalNow HD software application. The software is intended to process digitized screen-film mammograms for comparison purposes. The software adapts each digitized film image to a selected contrast and tissue intensity that models a digital mammography system. It also embeds a series of look-up tables in the image that allow Integrated Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) mammography conformant workstations to draw out less evident regions of density within digitized films. Hologic makes diagnostics and imaging systems for women's healthcare.

• Home Diagnostics (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) reported the launch of TRUEmanager diabetes management software. The software allows patients to download blood glucose testing results from their meter directly onto a home computer. The system compiles patient demographics into seven reports that show patterns and trends in glucose results.

• Medidata Solutions (New York) has introduced the Medidata Technology Partner Program, a new program designed to advance interoperability and data sharing across clinical trial technologies. The program recognizes technology vendors, contract research organizations (CROs) and other organizations that offer solutions that support data sharing with Medidata products, including the Medidata Rave platform, in order to streamline and enhance the end-to-end eClinical process. The company says the program follows a series of related initiatives introduced by Medidata over the past year intended to drive collaboration among clinical technology providers with interest in building integrations with Medidata Rave. These include Medidata Developer Central, an online community that supports developers' efforts to integrate clinical trial solutions with Medidata Rave, and Medidata Rave Web Services API, a Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC)-compliant tool designed to facilitate rapid integrations with Medidata Rave for real-time data sharing using data standards.

• Octagon Research Solutions (Wayne, Pennsylvania), a provider of software and services to the life sciences industry, reported the availability of CheckPoint, a new software solution aimed at trouble-shooting costly data compliance issues. The company said this new software, which can be combined with its CheckPoint consultancy services, allows organizations to identify errors and issues of non-compliance before data is submitted to the agency. CheckPoint includes more than 300 comprehensive data checks, as well as the option for follow-up analysis and consultation with Octagon experts. "Octagon is answering the market need for an efficient way to expedite the validation of clinical data," said David Evans, chief information officer. "Clients will feel secure, confident, and prepared in entrusting their critical data to CheckPoint and will realize the efficiencies gained from producing submission compliant deliverables with minimal effort."

• Opus Healthcare Solutions (Austin, Texas) said that OpusClinicalSuite Version 2.3 has met the criteria set by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) for receiving 08 Inpatient EHR certification. The certification is designated by CCHIT as pre-market conditional, pending verified installation of the CCHIT Certified(R) version in an acute care hospital. CCHIT Certified product certification designates that a health information technology product has been tested against a set of functionality, interoperability and security criteria and has passed inspection of 100% of the criteria. Opus CEO Tim Rhoads said, "We are very pleased to be a leader in the 08 CCHIT Certified Inpatient EHR category. We believe that our 08 CCHIT certification will put us squarely on the short list of leading vendors offering certified products that will equip provider organizations to achieve "meaningful use," a prerequisite for capturing early federal stimulus funding in FY11, as the required standards and certification criteria are released later this year." The OpusClinicalSuite provides a single point of access for clinicians to enter and retrieve all patient clinical information (patient vitals, lab results, medications, imaging results), from the bedside or remote locations such as their office or distant clinics. The suite enables hospitals to meet patient safety issues and implement quality measures for improved patient outcomes.

• SonoSite (Bothell, Washington) reported the launch of the SonoAccess application, a medical iPhone app that provides a multimedia library of ultrasound resource materials for medical professionals. The SonoAccess application is an iPhone or iPod touch interactive mobile learning application that addresses the continuing educational needs of point-of-care ultrasound users. SonoSite partnered with leading physicians to gather and create clinical education materials for emergency medicine, critical care and anesthesia with other specialties to be added soon. Users can access instructional videos, case studies and reimbursement guides, as well as reference nearly 100 clinical images and news feeds on SonoSite.

• Sorna (Eagan, Minnesota) unveiled its Reviewer EMR software at the recent annual meeting of the Society of Imaging and Information Management. Reviewer EMR allows single-click access to diagnostic images from a patient's electronic medical record. When a physician views a patient's EMR, a hyperlink to one or multiple diagnostic studies will be displayed from a healthcare facility's DICOM image archive. As a matter of maintaining patient privacy and medical image record consistency, Reviewer EMR does not leave local copies of the images on users' workstations.