May 16, 2014 — Novarad Corp. is introducing and demonstrating NovaGlass at the 2014 annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) in Long Beach, Calif.
As the oldest and largest in-patient hospital within its area, Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital in Brockton, Mass., serves a diverse community of needs. The hospital is home to a transitional residency program, and has a full imaging department. Twenty-one surrounding communities are also served by Signature Medical Group, the largest multi-specialty and multi-provider physician practise group in the area with 11 sites, including mirrored services in CT, MRI, ultrasound, radiology and mammography.
May 15, 2014 — Medweb announced the introduction of several new features for Medweb Collage that will further enable the sharing of information across healthcare systems and promote secure access to patient information from mobile devices. The EHR/EMR Gateway seamlessly integrates patient imaging and reports from Medweb Collage into any EMR (electronic medical record) via industry standards.
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May 15, 2014 — Blackford Analysis is demonstrating its suite at the 2014 annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) in Long Beach, Calif. Blackford’s technology provides the ability to improve care and increase productivity by boosting image comparison efficiency by 20 to 50 percent.
Digisonics (Booth #211) will showcase its Enterprise PACS and Structured Reporting Solutions for all imaging study types at this year’s Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) Annual Meeting in Long Beach, Calif.
Olympus announced the commercial availability of its 510(k) cleared, next-generation Endocapsule 10 system for small bowel capsule endoscopy procedures.
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May 14, 2014 — Olympus Medical Systems Group announced the launch of the next-generation EU-ME2 ultrasound processor, which can integrate endoscopic and endobronchial ultrasound (EUS/EBUS) on a single workstation. The EU-ME2 provides better performance than current solutions and realizes cost savings through cross-departmental functionality for the GI and pulmonary markets.
In May 2011, the U.S. company Prowess filed a lawsuit against RaySearch at a court in Baltimore. Prowess claimed that RaySearch infringed on a U.S. patent to which Prowess holds an exclusive license.
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Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. Inc. will present its comprehensive Synapse portfolio for IT professionals at the 2014 annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) in Long Beach, Calif., from May 15-17, 2014.
May 14, 2014 — A small group of patients with locally advanced unresectable pancreatic carcinoma suffered no major ill effects – pancreatitis or fistula formation – after undergoing percutaneous computed tomography (CT)-guided irreversible electroporation (IRE) (a nonthermal ablation technology that is safe near vascular and ductal structures) as a therapy.
May 14, 2014 — Dicom Systems will be demonstrating CloudVNA, its new cloud storage solution that runs on users’ own Amazon EC2 environment, at the 2014 annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) this week.
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May 14, 2014 — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that new preliminary data show an overall 9 percent decrease in hospital-acquired conditions nationally during 2011 and 2012. National reductions in adverse drug events, falls, infections and other forms of hospital-induced harm are estimated to have prevented nearly 15,000 deaths in hospitals, avoided 560,000 patient injuries and approximately $4 billion in health spending over the same period.
The world’s first commercial cryogen free, 7.0 Tesla, preclinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, 3.0 Tesla cryogen free preclinical benchtop MRI system and their other range of preclinical modalities, were displayed at MR Solutions booth at the joint International Society for Magnetic Resonance/ European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ISMRM/ESMRMB) meeting on May 10, in Milan, Italy.
Esaote North America received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market and sell its Virtual Navigator fusion imaging technology for ultrasound to U.S. customers.
May 12, 2014 — The Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR) at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, is the first U.S. facility to install Siemens Healthcare’s Magnetom Prisma, a 3T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner capable of exceptionally high spatial and temporal resolution to achieve image quality, particularly in highly demanding situations.
May 12 2014 — M*Modal announced enhancements to its Fluency Flex Mobile dictation application for iOS 6.0+ devices. Moving beyond the capture of clinical notes during patient encounters to more robust clinical documentation, the new application allows physicians to select a patient from their appointment schedule to quickly and accurately record clinical notes, improving ease of use and productivity.
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May 12, 2014 — Breast tomosynthesis in the diagnostic workup for one- or two-view focal asymmetry detected at screening mammography resulted in less use of ultrasound, fewer biopsies and higher positive predictive value for cancer than when diagnostic exams involved only 2-D mammography, according to a study conducted at the University of Virginia.
May 12, 2014 — RamSoft announced the launch of RamSoft Communities, an online, self-service portal designed to engage RamSoft customers. Communities will allow end users and RamSoft employees to engage, empower and collaborate with each other through a real-time feature built into the community.