Eizo Nanao will introduce the RadiForce RX211, a new 2 megapixel (1200 x 1600 native resolution) color LCD monitor that reportedly meets the increasing need of hospitals for a monitor that can display both grayscale and color images for diagnostic imaging.

Visage Imaging is showcasing its Visage Thin Client product family, including Visage CS Thin Client/Server, an enterprise visualization solution that combines features of advanced visualization and PACS in a single, fully integrated platform, at SIIM 2008,

Centurion Healthcare Products introduced its Central Venous Catheter Infection Reduction Bundle during the 2008 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses National Teaching Institute.

The bundle includes: Edwards Lifesciences Vantex Antimicrobial Catheters, Centurion SorbaView dressings, the BIOPATCH protective disk with CHG, the Centurion Catheter Securement System, Centurion Catheter Anchor Block, Centurion SnagFree Needle Holder, ChloraPrep, and the drapes, gowns and masks needed to optimize protection against blood-stream related infections.

May 9, 2008 - Shepard Medical Products said its CareMates Infection Protection blog site has been awarded a Gold Medal in the 25th Annual Healthcare Advertising Awards sponsored by the Healthcare Marketing Report, a national newspaper of healthcare marketing.

May 9, 2008 – DR Systems will be demonstrating its approach to integrating digital mammography into its Unity RIS/PACS, at the American College of Radiology’s 33rd National Conference on Breast Cancer, held from May 8-10 in Orlando, FL.
Nearly 50 facilities nationwide have adopted, or are in the process of adopting, DR Systems’ integration of PACS and digital mammography, said the company.

May 9, 2008 - Siemens Medical Solutions was named winner of the 2008 VHA Service Excellence Award for Supplier of the Year.

VHA Inc. is a national healthcare provider alliance of more than 1,400 not-for-profit hospitals and 21,000 non-acute healthcare organizations.

Candidates for the award are recommended and selected based upon their sales interactions with VHA members, overall customer satisfaction and responsiveness to VHA staff and members, as well as contract administration compliance criteria.

May 9, 2008 - InnerSpace launched System 100, which uses embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and biometric security access to track and account for high-cost clinical supplies in real time.

May 9, 2008 - STERIS Corp. this week launched its first Class 6 products, the Verify SixCess Steam Emulating Indicators and Test Packs, which are monitoring devices that provide faster final reads to allow the immediate release of all loads and all items within the load.

May 9, 2008 - This week at the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, Baxter Healthcare Corp. displayed its needleless V-Link Luer-activated device (LAD), an IV connector containing VitalShield, a silver-ion antimicrobial coating.

May 9, 2008 – Alegent Health this week won MEDSEEK’s second annual eHealth Award for outstanding performance in utilizing eHealth Web technologies to improve consumer-directed care.

The award was presented to Jackie Goss, operations director for e-health innovation and development at Alegent, during MEDSEEK’s eighth Annual eHealth Client Congress in Memphis, TN May 5.

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