October 15, 2009 – ScImage, a leading enterprise imaging and informatics company, announced today that it has received certificates for the ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 13485:2003 standards. These certificates represent official recognition of ScImage’s longstanding and established Quality Management System for the company’s award-winning and world-class enterprise-wide PACS, PicomEnterprise.

October 15, 2009 – The University of Pennsylvania Health System, one of the largest health systems in the United States, has awarded a $135 million contract for Integrated Service Management to Siemens Healthcare, to service and make available diagnostic systems and bio-medical devices.

October 14, 2009 - TomoTherapy Inc. announced the availability of a relocatable radiation therapy solution – TomoMobile – which is designed to quickly and cost-effectively bring cutting-edge radiation therapy solutions to patients in underserved and rural markets.

October 14, 2009 - Survivors and patients with cancers and heart disease, along with patient advocate organizations and physicians, today urged policymakers to enhance early diagnosis of deadly diseases by preserving access to advanced imaging, such as MRI and CT scans, in final healthcare reform legislation.

October 14, 2009 - At this year's RSNA, aycan Medical Systems, a provider of solutions and services for the medical imaging market, said it will demonstrate multi-vendor integration into FDA cleared 64-bit OsiriX workstation.

October 14, 2009 - The largest annual study of patient outcomes at each of the nation’s 5,000 nonfederal hospitals found a wide gap in quality between the nation’s best hospitals and all others.

October 13, 2009 – Bright Note Technology, which is said to instantly populate all critical data on a patient chart, is now available across the entire spectrum of McKesson’s ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) solutions for physician practices.

October 13, 20009 - The Senate Finance Committee today approved the measure on a 14-9 vote in favor of a healthcare overhaul, gaining the support of an influential Republican.

October 13, 2009 – The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced the recipients of several Annual Meeting awards. Recipients will receive their honors during ASTRO’s 51st Annual Meeting in Chicago, being held November 1-5, 2009.

October 13, 2009 - Cost to deliver radiation varies widely from one delivery method to the next, according to a new analysis from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Costs can range from around $1,700 for a single treatment with conventional radiation techniques to more than $16,000 for four treatments when using a Cyberknife system for radiation delivery.

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