May 16, 2008 – At ASCs 2008, Armstrong Medical is featuring its Aluminum Auto-Locking Cart, which has an optional proximity reader designed to open the cart by simply waving a card.

The proximity reader will read most low frequency HID Prox Cards (125 kHz). The cart also features an auto-lock timer for anywhere from 1 to 998 minutes.

The cart features lightweight aluminum construction, aluminum mounting tracks, stabilizing frame and 5-inch swivel casters.

For more information: www.armstrongmedical.com

May 15, 2008 – McKesson has acquired Vivalog LLC, a provider of Web-based solutions, including its MyPACS.net medical imaging reference site, that enable radiologists, cardiologists and other imaging specialists to organize and share image and reference case information needed during daily practice.

This portfolio extends current hospital imaging and information management systems with reference case management and clinical conferencing capabilities that result in multimedia knowledge repositories, said McKesson.

May 16, 2008 – Compressus and Seattle Radiologists, APC, of Seattle, entered into an agreement to implement a single Enterprise-wide worklist solution, integrating digital imaging and data management systems.

May 16, 2008 – GE said at SIIM 2008, that the company will partner with M*Modal, incorporating M*Modal’s advanced speech technology, AnyModal Conversational Documentation Services (CDS), as part of GE’s Centricity RIS-IC Reporting module, aiming to transition the industry from speech recognition to speech understanding.

May 16, 2008 - Konica Minolta introduced at SIIM, the ImagePilot CR, a new concept that provides an integrated digital imaging acquisition, review and storage solution specifically for physician clinics, aiming to simplify image acquisition.

May 16, 2008 – The FDA cleared FUJI’s newest CR system, the FCR GO portable digital X-ray system, designed to provide remote users with all of the same functionality and image processing features available at the fixed technologist workstation and FCR digital X-ray cassette reader in the imaging department.

May 16, 2008 – GE and AMIRSYS entered into a partnership, introducing AMIRSYS’ STATdx diagnostic decision support to the GE Centricity RIS-IC, to allow healthcare organizations to grow their image-based procedural medicine businesses through improved patient and physician access, streamlined workflow and reporting to the referring physician community.

Pedigo’s full-function 540 Stretcher is both versatile and economical. It features a patient a weight capacity of 500 pounds, full perimeter bumper, hydraulic height adjustment, 8-inch casters, and four corner IV pole positions. The 540 is also latex-free.

Pedigo’s ergonomically-designed task chairs, the T-580 and the T-581, both feature pneumatic height adjustment, duel wheel casters, a five-star base, integrated lumbar support, and independent backrest/seat pan height tilt controls. The difference between the two models is one has armrests and the other does not.

May 2008

Pedigo’s iStand has an adjustable height range of 69 to 124 inches and features a stainless steel pole, hooks and bag drop prevention device. The iStand weighs 27 pounds and has a low-profile base. It is sturdy enough to safely support several infusion pumps and monitors, the company said.

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