August 25, 2008 - Concerns over problems with MRIs often not being properly cleaned and leading to the spread of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) during radiological scans is addressed in a recently released paper titled "Preventing Infection in MRI: Best Practices for Infection Control in and Around MRI Suites."

August 25, 2008 - Clinicians from the Image Guided Radiation Therapy program at Community Care Physicians in Latham, NY have commenced treating cancer patients using RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems, an advancement that reportedly delivers a precise image-guided, intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment in two minutes or less.

August 25, 2008 - RemakeHealth said it has signed an agreement with InSight Health to feature its chain of outpatient imaging facilities on its Web site.

RemakeHealth’s expansion of its network of partner radiology facilities aims to give healthcare consumers the ability to choose from over 100 medical imaging facilities in 16 states. Healthcare consumers can search for radiology facilities, learn more about their local medical imaging providers and select one to perform their MRI, CT Scan, ultrasound, mammogram, and X-ray tests.

August 25, 2008 - More than 4,500 cancer specialists will gather in Göteborg this September for the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology’s Annual Congress (ESTRO 2008).

August 22, 2008 - The 23rd Annual Advances in Contrast Ultrasound: Atherosclerosis Imaging and Interventions/Bubble Course will explore applications of contrast ultrasound Sept. 18-19 at the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago.

August 22, 2008 - SonoSite Inc. said today it began customer shipments of its first major expansion of capabilities for the S Series ultrasound tools, with upgrades including four transducers covering a wide range of clinical applications to the S Series product line and enabling playback of the SonoSite Education Key program training modules.

August 20, 2008 - Compressus installed its MEDxConnect suite of products supporting and enhancing the services of PennData LLC., a teleradiology company based in the Houston area, improving PennData's efficiency and report to turnaround by 600 percent, according to PennData’s radiologists.

August 22, 2008 – The 21st annual Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo Sept. 9-11, 2008 at Navy Pier in Chicago brings together the entire team who designs, plans, constructs and manages healthcare facilities.

HFSE focuses on how the physical space directly impacts the staff, patients and their families and the delivery of healthcare. Ideas, practices, products and solutions will be exchanged, explored and discovered at HFSE that improve current healthcare facilities and plan the facilities of tomorrow.

August 22, 2008 – ContextVision, a software imaging partner for medical imaging manufacturers, said it has an agreement with a global OEM for its GOPView CT image enhancement software.
The OEM will incorporate GOPView CT into products that will be launched in 2009. GOPView CT will reportedly reduce noise while enhancing fine structure and edges, producing an easier-to read-image.

August 22, 2008 - GE Healthcare IT this week announced the recipients of the 2nd Annual Innovation Awards, recognizing healthcare organizations using Centricity Business and Centricity Practice to optimize patient care, increase efficiency and leverage technology with emerging ideas and solutions.

Among those to receive awards from GE included:

- University of Colorado Hospital (UCH), for using the Centricity Business - Self-service Kiosk solution to reportedly improve operational efficiency and patient care management at a pilot site.

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