June 25, 2008 – OrthoView said today PeaceHealth, a Northwest U.S. healthcare system, has selected OrthoView software for six facilities within the PeaceHealth system.

June 25, 2008 — More than four million tons of general waste is produced annually by U.S. healthcare facilities.

To support AORN’s guidelines encouraging hospitals and surgical centers to create environmentally responsible policies and procedures, MEGADYNE has introduced the education program “It’s So Easy Being Green,” the fourth title in MEGADYNE’s continuing education curriculum.

June 25, 2008 - Varian Medical Systems recently said they will supply medical imaging subcomponents to Toshiba for integration into diagnostic imaging equipment for the global market.

Orders will be booked over the period of the agreement.

June 25, 2008 - Hill-Rom this week said it entered into two new agreements to will enhance and add integrated functions and value for the company’s NaviCare WatchChild solution.

June 25, 2008 - KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. recently launched the Flexible Video Cystoscope that offers the versatility of a flexible endoscope and the advantages of advanced distal chip technology in a device that offers image quality usually associated with rigid endoscopes.

The implementation of an electronic medical record (EMR) to convert from a paper chart record system to a high-tech paperless system can take a large investment of time and money and years to complete. Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics measures the progress of a hospital’s using a seven-stage scale it calls the EMR adoption model.

Stage one includes hospitals that have installed electronic EMR systems in its primary ancillary departments the rest of the hospital relies on – the laboratory, pharmacy and radiology departments.

June 25, 2008 - Many women with breast cancer may not need six weeks of daily radiation after surgery, according to findings presented at the International Society of Intraoperative Radiation Therapy in Madrid, Spain, demonstrating that the standard radiation regimen for some lumpectomy patients, already expensive, sometimes painful, and very time-consuming, may be unnecessary,

June 25, 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., of the Dallas Breast Center and Timothy Nichols, M.D., of the Northpoint Cancer Center in Dallas, TX.

June 24, 2008 - Jefferson Davis Community Hospital (JDCH) of Prentiss, MS, is the latest facility to select NovaRad's RIS and PACS turnkey systems, in hopes of enhancing patient service and streamlining image reading and reporting.

NovaPACS provides screen viewing and mouse-based functions, giving users access to images and reports from any computer, according to the company. Developed from the same platform as NovaPACS, NovaRIS, a Web-based, open standards RIS, generates reports, analyzes exams, measures profitability and facilitates paperless management of patient records.

June 25, 2008 – Draeger implemented its Innovian Anesthesia information system at Walter Reed Army Medical Center’s (WRAMC) new Acute Pain Medicine Center, installed to monitor patient vital signs and create a real-time electronic medical record.

Innovian Anesthesia integrates near real-time, life-critical information from patient monitoring, medical therapy devices and other ancillary information systems. It gives clinicians fast access to patient data, which can minimize the duplication of efforts that often occurs with paper record systems.

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