Ford eyes to expand its Sync technology beyond entertainment and hands-free cell phone use to enable people with diabetes and other chronic illnesses to monitor themselves and take preventive action if needed.
TCG Lifesciences has strengthened its informatics business unit, LabVantage Solutions Inc., with the acquisition of the SQL*LIMS business from Applied Biosystems, a part of Life Technologies Corporation.
Medicare, the federal health insurance program for the elderly and disabled in the US, will offer financial bonuses to doctors who prescribe drugs electronically rather than on paper. Doctors who do not will face penalties from Medicare starting in 2012.
