June 23, 2008 - The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology last week published its final criteria for certification of inpatient (hospital-based) and emergency department electronic health record (EHR) products, as well as a special enterprise EHR certification for vendors that provide comprehensive ambulatory, inpatient, and emergency department EHRs that are interoperable.

June 22, 2008 - Customized microscopic magnets that could possibly be injected into the body could add color to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and may enhance sensitivity and the amount of information provided by images, said researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and National Institutes of Health (NIH).

June 23, 2008 - Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, IL has become one of only a few institutions in the Chicago area and among about 25 hospitals nationally that are using a glue-like liquid for the successful treatment of brain aneurysms without surgery.

June 23, 2008 - iCAD Inc. said today it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the principal assets of CAD Sciences, a privately held medical technology company based in White Plains, NY.

Under the terms of the agreement, iCAD will pay $2 million in cash and $3 million in shares of iCAD common stock.

June 20, 2008 - Tangent Inc. released a new Medix 1700SF computer, a lightweight, 17-inch, all-in-one, point-of-care PC that meets certifications for patient safety, is designed to withstand a harsh patient care environment.

Kimberly-Clark Health Care launched its new isolation gown portfolio at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control (APIC) Annual Conference held June 15-19 in Denver, CO.

Imaging control capabilities for 3D Conformal, Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) and dynamic targeting for Image-Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) are integrated in Varian’s 4D Integrated Treatment Console. The 4D console streamlines the front end of the treatment process by integrating controls of the linear accelerator, multi-leaf collimator (MLC) and electronic portal imagery into a single workstation. The system supports advanced imaging, including image acquisition.

June 20, 2008 - Gaia Power Technologies’ new PowerTower is a backup solution for ambulatory surgery centers that allows surgical facilities to meet emergency power requirements while reportedly saving space in the operating suite and eliminating standby generators.

June 20, 2008 – GE Healthcare IT said today Moses Cone Health System, a five-hospital system based in North Carolina, went live on the latest version 6.1 of GE’s Centricity Enterprise Solution.

“We selected Centricity Enterprise to provide an end-to-end continuum across our portfolio of GE products,” said John Jenkins, vice president and chief information officer, Moses Cone Health System. “Timely success could not have been achieved without our strong partnership with GE Healthcare, ensuring the success at every step in this journey.”

June 20, 2008 - Tangent Inc. released a new Medix 1700SF computer, a lightweight, 17-inch, all-in-one, point-of-care PC that meets certifications for patient safety, and is designed to withstand a harsh patient care environment.

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