Research done at the  University of Manchester has led to the invention of a portable breast scanner, which can show the presence of tumors on a computer screen within a second. The scanner, based on radio frequency technology, can detect both malignant and benign tumors and can be used in the patient’s own home. Using radio waves to detect tumours has been proven to be successful previously, but up until now the scanners were bulky, took a few minutes to prepare an image and had to be operated in a specialised medical facility.

The groundbreaking new technology, developed by Professor Zhipeng Wu, not only allows patients to be tested in a more relaxing environment but could massively decrease waiting times and prevent unnecessary mammograms being carried out. If each GP surgery carried one of these machines, the improvement in service would be immediately apparent. This safe and low cost machine is the size of an average lunchbox, rather than being an intimidating monster of medical machinery.

With breast cancer being the second biggest killer in women, accounting for 8.2% of cancer deaths, this new scanner could potentially save thousands of  lives through early detection and treatment. The scanner has been submitted to IET Innovation Awards – here’s hoping it goes into production.

Working in a similar way to other social media sites, we invite health professionals to register and create an online profile for themselves.  There are many powerful features to help you comprehensively report yourself, mapping software allows you to show your base and image handling means you can add pictures.  Add information about your career, you specialities, your qualifications and the hospitals you work out of and within moments you have an in depth marketing tool that can promote you in a whole new way.  You will also find our blog area bringing you up to the moment news of developments, both technological and medical, that could affect you directly.

In the same way as general social networking sites, you can then get on with building your personal network.  Make contacts with others in your area, offer your services to someone seeking knowledge, the possibilities are endless but the specific nature of the site means you will be learning and developing in a professional capacity as well as socializing  – bonus. Just when you thought that was the end of it, Dr Connected offers you another layer and pretty soon you will struggle to remember how you existed without us!  Currently, although we can only offer the service in the US and Canada, Dr Connected is also a powerful online application to manage your office needs.  Think marketing, think PR, think communications then yes, you guessed it – you need to think Dr Connected.  Please let us know if you are waiting for this application in your country. We are expanding all the time and currently testing and customizing, but if you drop us a line we can update you further.

It may help to know that PLEASE stands for Painless Laser Epidermal System, but even with your best guess you may still be wondering quite how the drugs are administered.  The handheld laser gun is held against the skin, where it creates a series of micropores.  The medication is the applied in the form of a stick on patch, the clever micropores allowing safe passage to the system.

This device could be a miracle for the long term needles stick home users, diabetic patients for example are set to benefit most.  There are two versions available, one for just such groups of people, and one for the medical profession that provides quicker treatment time, and both have already been approved for European markets.

Due to the way the laser works there is no bleeding, as the micropores do not sit that deeply, and although this is laser technology there is no burning of the skin, it really is a safe painless process that is set to revolutionize childhood immunization and long term illness requiring medication via the skin, we think this is going to be a a big hit in a very short space of time.  Currently we haven’t been able to track down a US release date but if the European medical profession embrace it as well as we suspect, it certainly wont be long.

Irvine, CA (Prestance Inc.) July 2, 2009—Prestance Inc announces the release of the latest alpha version of DrConnected web application.

This changing economy is starting to affect everyone, even the healthcare industry. Physicians have just as many concerns as any other business owner. They need to expand through successful networking, strong hospital affiliations and referrals.

DrConnected is a social network application designed to help physicians connect with one another and gain exposure for their practice. Subscription to DrConnected is free and to begin, the user builds a Public Profile that displays the physician’s name, specialization, name of practice, location, profile photo, organizations and hospital affiliations. Each Public Profile is crawled by major search engines and can be viewed by those conducting the search. In addition, DrConnected alpha v.1.0 has the following features incorporated: Network List of Colleagues, Invite a Colleague, Blog, and Got Feedback Button.

Prestance Inc is currently working on implementing the following features: Applications for BlackBerry and iPhone, Advanced Search Engine Optimization for Public Profiles, and Direct Search on the DrConnected homepage to allow patients to find physicians by name, location, and/or specialization. All of these features are scheduled to be deployed progressively this summer.

For additional information on DrConnected, contact J. Renee Rose or visit www.drconnected.com. Prestance Inc’s goals for DrConnected are to optimize physicians’ exposure, maximize physician productivity, help patients obtain detailed information on physicians and health practices, and to increase professional and patient referrals for physicians and specialists.

About Prestance Inc:
Prestance Inc is a visual communication firm committed to providing innovative and customized solutions to its clients. DrConnected is just another example of Prestance Inc’s research and development expertise that anticipates and exceeds the needs of market demand. Prestance, Inc also provides customized web development applications and websites, along with highly advanced SEO solutions. Simple, clean, useful: Prestance.

“Prestance was instrumental in the development of our website, their insight was invaluable along with their market research to ensure that we stood out from other medical websites currently published,” said Doctor Gleeson, medical director of Laguna Niguel Medical Center. “The working relationship was ideal for my busy practice schedule; they always worked around my needs and always were ahead of schedule with their different phases of development. They are more than my website designers; they are my website PARTNERS and I highly recommend them to all businesses.”

Contact:
Prestance, Inc.
P.O. Box 60472
Irvine, CA 92602
1-888-293-5629 Ext: 803
J. Renee Rose, Executive Assistant

http://www.prestanceinc.com

http://www.drconnected.com

It’s always good to hear great news, especially when it’s about one of Prestance, Inc’s clients. Dr Iman Bar was honored Physician of Excellence 2009 by the Orange County Medical Association in the OrangeCoast Magazine. From the award: “The physicians of Excellence program was developed by the Orange County Medical Association (OCMA), the largest physician membership organization in the county. (…) This annual program aims to honor the regions many outstanding physicians.”

I have been talking to several physicians in the past few days. As you know, this changing economy is starting to affect everyone, even the healthcare industry. For sure, some will barely feel the crisis, but an overwhelming majority is already feeling the impact of this past year’s economic changes.

In days like these, you want to eliminate any or all unnecessary expenses and maximize the values of the time you are spending. So you definitely cannot afford to do anything but continue to work hard to grow. This is how DrConnected.com has come into the picture. With a changing economy, every cent saved is a glory. Opening your account with us is free and you not only benefits from the social networking aspect of our web application, but you also expose your profile to major search engines.

#1 Public Profile for Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

We made it easy for search engines to find your profile, because every profile holder at DrConnected.com has a public profile assigned: http://www.drconnected.com/users/Name (with an underscore to separate the first name and last name.

Wondering what it looks like? You can see the profile of a valuable member: Hisham Seify MD (http://drconnected.com/users/Hisham_Seify). 

Your profile will not display on major search engines overnight. It takes time. It’s constant work from our end and you can help too! If you have a website, add the link of your DrConnected profile to it (you can click on “Public Profile” on your account to get the exact link).

We have worked hard to enable this option and now, when you create a free account, you can benefit from it too! Some firms will make you pay hundreds of dollars to provide you with SEO services, but with DrConnected, your public profile is queued to be crawled by majors search engine bots once you create an account with us. So don’t wait anymore!

#2 Public Search

What would be the advantage of having a public profile if the user can’t also do a search through the platform and discover more about DrConnected.com? This is why we have enabled the search option for any visitor to find your office information on our website.

Give it a try and provide us with your feedback!

More to come. Stay Tuned.

#1 We designed a new Branding for DrConnected.

#2 New User-Interface (UI) when you login to your account

DrConnected it’s thousands and thousands of lines of code, and we are focusing on making your experience here as delightful as possible. When you log in on your account now, you will notice clearly a change with a cleaner interface. Our goal is to make it easy and convenient for you to best use all the features included at DrConnected. No extra, but just what’s needed!

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

#1 More Security

One of our main priority is to always optimize our code to provide you and us more security.

#2 Edit your Profile

#3 Forgot your Password?

Forgot your password? You can now easily reset your password. You'll recieve an email to confirm your new password!

#4 Got Feedback?

You've got a feedback about this social network, or would like to request a new feature idea? This is the right place to do so.

Much more great updates are coming. Stay Tuned..

The DrConnected Team

Tomorrow, we will be starting a Google AdWord Campaign to get the word out and work on some more security improvement of the system. We will keep you posted!

If you have any question, please let us drop us a line at: dev@drconnected.com