May 14, 2008 - The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health System became the first medical center in the U.S. to treat cancer patients with a new technique called RapidArc radiotherapy from Varian Medical Systems.

RapidArc makes it possible to deliver advanced image-guided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) two to eight times faster than is possible with conventional IMRT or helical tomotherapy, according to Varian.

May 14, 2008 - An Oregon hospital improved its emergency care by utilizing voice recognition and other sophisticated features of the DR Systems Unity PACS, according to a presentation this week to the National Patient Safety Foundation. The technology dramatically reduced radiology report turnaround time (TAT), said the poster presentation by Tiffani Mozingo, BS, RT (R), PACS administrator at Sky Lakes Medical Center, in Klamath Falls, OR. The PACS expedited diagnosis and treatment by getting radiological information into physician's hands more quickly and with greater accuracy.

May 14, 2008 - Ampronix Inc. now features VSB technology integrated within Chromamaxx and Lumimaxx series LCDs, enabling up to six LCD, high-resolution displays suitable for all applications.

The Ampronix VSB displays are able to display 2 MP resolution (1200 x 1600/1600 x 1200) in portrait or landscape mode. According to the company, the panels are ideal for applications where a laptop is used to review images at a home office. Only one USB cable connection is needed to display up to six VSB LCDs.

May 14, 2008 - PLC Systems Inc. said it is demonstrating its RenalGuard System May 12-16 at EuroPCR, the annual meeting of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) in Barcelona, Spain.

Ampronix Inc. now features VSB technology integrated within Chromamaxx and Lumimaxx series LCDs, enabling up to six LCD, high-resolution displays suitable for all applications.

The Ampronix VSB displays are able to display 2 MP resolution (1200 x 1600/1600 x 1200) in portrait or landscape mode. According to the company, the panels are ideal for applications where a laptop is used to review images at a home office. Only one USB cable connection is needed to display up to six VSB LCDs.

May 13, 2008 - Healthcare experts across the country are encouraging hospitals to adopt bedside bar coding to reduce harmful medication errors, according to a survey conducted at The unSummit for Bedside Bar Coding Conference April 30 - May 2 in Austin, TX.

May 13, 2008 - MEDHOST, a provider of emergency department information system (EDIS), said today it strengthened its interoperability with hospital information systems (HIS) by introducing a unique, discrete patient data sharing capability.

Patient information recorded in the ED, including medication allergies, initial admission assessment and home medications, can now serve as an information baseline once a patient is admitted, thereby eliminating data re-entry, decreasing medical errors and ensuring continuity of care.

May 13, 2008 - Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, selected Visage Imaging to provide a Visage CS Thin Client/Server system with the fully integrated Visage Cardiac Analysis package, aiming to fully integrate advanced and quantitative cardiac tools into the workflow and technology platform so that they can be accessed on all clients, making dedicated cardiac workstations no longer necessary.

May 13, 2008 – The FDA cleared GE Healthcare’s new LightSpeed CT750 HD, said to be the world’s first high-definition CT scanner that produces images 100 times faster with up to 33 percent greater detail through the body and up to 47 percent greater detail in the heart.

CT750 HD reduces dose by up to 50 percent across the entire body and by as much as 83 percent for cardiac scans.

May 13, 2008 – RamSoft will unveil at SIIM 2008, its PowerServer RIS/PACS, a 100 percent Web-based solution that is designed to promote efficient clinical workflow, and has a complete upgrade path from existing PowerServer PACS solutions.

The RamSoft PowerServer RIS/PACS is now fully integrated with PowerServer PACS in one Internet client application running on a single server and database. Patient and record administration are designed to be easy to use with its scheduling, coding, document scanning and electronic forms management modules.

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