May 27, 2009 – The Chesapeake Hospital Authority has selected McKesson to implement a fully integrated clinical and revenue management information technology system throughout Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, providing hospital with a comprehensive electronic medical record, an automated medication management process and integrated revenue management capabilities.

May 28, 2009 - Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. has completed patient enrollment of CaRES (Contrast Echocardiography REgistry for Safety Surveillance), the first, multicenter Phase IV observational registry that evaluates the use of ultrasound imaging agents in routine clinical practice. The 1,060 patients who were enrolled at 15 sites in the U.S.

May 28, 2009 - GE Healthcare (GE) and Fujifilm signed a strategic alliance to co-develop new biomolecular imaging systems based on Fujifilm’s CCD and laser-based imaging technology, which GE will market under its own brands to the life science research and drug discovery markets worldwide.

May 26, 2009 – HeartCare Cardiovascular Specialists in Libertyville, Ill. expanded its CVIS capabilities with a new DigiNet Pro system. This system will provide the site with Web access enabling users to have full CVIS capability from anywhere at anytime.

May 26, 2009 - ProSolv Cardiovascular, a Fujifilm company, this week released its Synapse ProSolv Cardiovascular version 4.0.2 software.

May 28, 2009 - Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) when used to treat certain patients with non-small-cell lung cancer provided a 3-year local tumor control rate of 90 percent or higher with minor toxicity, reported Scandinavian researchers report in a May 4th online edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

May 27, 2009 - The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has given marketing clearance to a tabletop laser imager from Carestream Health Inc. that provides healthcare professionals with output for digital mammography and general radiography applications.

May 27, 2009 - Orthopedic Specialists, P.C. of St. Louis, Miss., a multi-specialty orthopedic practice, switched from analog film to digital with Viztek’s Opal-ORTHO PACS and U-ARM DR solutions.

May 27, 2009 – Patients with locally advanced lung cancer who received a course of radiation therapy to their brain at the completion of their lung cancer treatment were less likely to develop brain metastases within the first year after treatment, according to new research from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) that will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual

May 27, 2009 – A single high dose of radiotherapy is as effective in relieving the pain from vertebral bone metastases as 10 smaller treatments according to new research from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) that will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Orlando on May 31, 2009.

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