The FDA recently approved Covidien’s contrast delivery system with radiofrequency identification (RFID) technology, integrating the technology to create a system that is designed to enhance patient safety by reducing the risk of medical errors in radiology departments.

Candelis received 510(k) marketing clearance for its ImageGrid Mammography Web Viewer and ImageGrid Radiology Web Viewer, both now part of the ImageGrid RIS/PACS appliance technology suite, providing diagnostic tools aimed at providing access to medical imaging studies from anywhere, at any time to improve patient care.

The FDA cleared GE Healthcare’s new LightSpeed CT750 HD, a high-definition CT scanner that is said to produce images 100 times faster with up to 33 percent greater detail through the body and up to 47 percent greater detail in the heart.
The scintillator uses GE Gemstone Detector technology, known as Gemstone Spectral Imaging, which changes the molecular structure of garnet stones. This speeds the delivery of images by up to 2496 views per rotation, improving spatial resolution and image quality across the entire field of view.

June 6, 2008 – e-MD’s electronic health record (EMR) solution, Solution Series, is the best EMR solution, according to the results of a yearlong survey conducted by the American College of Physicians (ACP).

Solution Series received “by far” the highest scores on the survey and was the only EHR to achieve a three-star overall rating, said e-MD.

Over 1,300 ACP members were surveyed. The results have been made available to ACP members and participating vendors.

June 6, 2008 - InSite One and eHealth Global signed a co-marketing agreement in hopes of offering the medical imaging market improved capabilities for data management.

With combined core strengths of conversion to digital data collection and through the means of storing data in an application-neutral digital network, this solutions offering will work to improve the productivity for medical research and clinical sites where access to prior clinical data is vital for continuity of care.

June 6, 2008 - Misys Healthcare Systems has introduced its new Reseller Partner Program, designed to enable partner organizations to profitably grow, improve overall healthcare product and service offerings and drive widespread electronic medical record (EMR) adoption.

Members of the new Misys Reseller Partner Program will be authorized resellers of Misys MyWay, an integrated EMR solution.

June 5, 2008 - Cardinal Health said this week it will host the inaugural Chasing Zero Summit Sept. 8-10 at the Hilton Washington in Washington D.C., an event focused on the leadership and operational issues facing healthcare as it pushes for a zero-tolerance approach for hospital-acquired infections (HAIs).

The event features an intimate, in-depth and candid question-and-answer session with influential economic leader and chairman of the Federal Reserve System (1987-2006), Dr. Alan Greenspan.

June 5, 2008 – Nikon Instruments Inc. and Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine will open a collaborative core microscopy imaging center, establishing a partnership that aims to bring improved research capabilities to Northwestern, while providing feedback for Nikon product development.

One of only three such centers in the U.S., according to Nikon, the Northwestern Nikon Imaging Center will be equipped with the latest technology in light microscopy imaging systems and will be instrumental in ongoing biomedical research.

June 5, 2008 – Doctors at the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprises (LITE) complex Lafayette. LA, recently met with Laszlo Tabar, M.D., who some call the “Father of Mammography,” to further refine the synergies of 3D technology as it can relate to imaging microscopic specimens of breast cancers and certain types of benign breast disease.

June 5, 2008 – GE Healthcare and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) said today they are forming a new company to improve the speed, efficiency of diagnosis and interpretation of lab results.

The new joint company, called Omnyx LLC, will bring to market digital solutions to shape a new age of patient care and apply those solutions to a science that has relied on glass slides and microscopes for over 125 years, said GE.

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