Description

This issue of Vital Signs, released on May 15, 2006, provides a strategic overview of an industry initiative to reduce the complexity and streamline life sciences information technology. Additionally, an emerging company profile is provided on Teranode, a laboratory informatics software company whose products dramatically shorten deployment cycles, integrates multiple instruments, automates experiment designs across a cohesive platform, streamlines project workflow and reporting and manages the data in a unified database. Reimbursement and regulatory news from the FDA and CMS are also provided for the week of May 1 - May 5, 2006.