July 7, 2008 - The Center for Radiation Therapy of Beverly Hills became the first medical center in California to commence treating cancer patients with a new technique utilizing RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems.

RapidArc delivers image-guided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment reportedly two to eight times faster than is possible with conventional IMRT or helical tomotherapy.

July 7, 2008 – Sectra penned a deal with SERGAS, a healthcare service provider of the Galicia region in the northwest of Spain, to install PACS at five of the region’s public hospitals, combining Sectra PACS products and services and Sectra’s productivity suite for radiology departments.

July 3, 2008 – The ED & Clinics Revenue Cycle Management Workshop will be held on Oct. 1, 2008 in New Orleans, LA.

The workshop aims to provide a framework that clinical and financial managers can use to ensure all charging, billing and compliance processes are in place to achieve revenue integrity. Issues to be covered include medical necessity, incident-to and billing for specific products and services inherent to treating ED and clinic patient.

July 3, 2008 - Visionsense Corp. received FDA 510(k) clearance for the new Visionsense Stereoscopic Vision System (VSII) for use in MIS Neurosurgery.

The "miniature microscope," a 3.4 mm 3D camera is used in tran-nasal skull-base and other minimally invasive neurosurgical procedures, provides a local stereoscopic view of the anatomy.

The company plans to launch the VSII system late 2008.

For more information: www.visionsense.com

June 30, 2008 - FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA Inc. closed deals on 20 new Fuji DR (FDR) systems, which it sold to Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown, NY, and Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, IL, each of which they acquired reportedly for the high productivity and image the systems offer.

July 2, 2008 - Xoft Inc. launched the EXIBT Study (Electronic Xoft Intersociety Brachytherapy Trial), a national Electronic Brachytherapy patient registry under oversight from three national physician societies, the American Brachytherapy Society (ABS), the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS), and the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO).

The first patient was successfully enrolled and treated in the registry by Peter Beitsch, M.D., the Dallas Breast Center and Timothy Nichols, M.D., the Northpoint Cancer Center in Dallas, Texas.

July 2, 2008 - Montecito Medical Ventures (MMV) formed an alliance by purchasing two placement contracts from medical technology company Accuray, manufacturers of the CyberKnife radiosurgery system, creating a program that gives healthcare providers that are affiliated with Montecito Medical access to medical technologies through its financing program.

MMV will make a pool of investment capital for healthcare transactions available to providers interested in acquiring CyberKnife or other advanced medical technologies.

July 2, 2008 - Cancer clinicians need to understand and consider the economic impact of new interventions, which often have substantial costs, according to a report appearing in the July/August issue of CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, stating that healthcare budget constraints have made it necessary for clinicians to be aware of the relative costs and benefits of new interventions used in cancer screening, diagnosis, treatment and support services for patients.

July 2, 2008 - The American College of Radiology (ACR) Education Center now offers comprehensive, interactive radiology education on workstations from 11 different vendors allowing each participant to receive instruction on the system that they are accustomed to and directly apply the training received in radiology’s “classroom of the future” to their clinical practice.

July 2, 2008 - DMS Imaging, a member of DMS Health Group located in Fargo, ND, was awarded a three-year term of accreditation in digital mammography mobile services as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology.

DMS currently provides digital mammography mobile services to women in northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota, with services scheduled expand to other portions of these states as well as into South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.

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