Kubtec introduces its all new XPERT 40 digital specimen radiography system, a compact, self-contained, shielded cabinet X-ray system. This mobile system is the only one in the world that is available with up to an 8” x 8” (20 cm x 20 cm) digital radiography detector for inspection of surgically excised needle core biopsies and tissue specimens. With its 1.0 mA x-ray source, the XPERT provides the highest signal to noise ratio and hence the highest image quality or the lowest chances of missing micro-calcifications.

April 29, 2008 - Routing video and other vital information to and from the surgical team often requires installing costly and complicated operating room (OR) integration systems, and ECRI Institute will offer insights with its “OR Integration: Best Practices for a Safe and Effective Implementation” Web conference Wednesday, May 28.

April 30, 2008 - The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) are partnering to create standardized data for surgical care in the U.S, aiming to reduce the amount of time and resources needed to implement electronic health records (EHRs).

April 30, 2008 – The number of product recalls and safety alerts that impact hospitals and healthcare systems in the U.S. continues to rise, according to the Noblis Center for Health Innovation, a advisory group to health providers.

April 29, 2008 - Cardinal Health today launches a new benchmarking tool from MedMined services that allows hospitals to compare risk-adjusted infection rates in each unit of a hospital to peer units in similar hospitals to help identify best practices and areas for improvement.

April 30, 2008 - Patient Care Technology Systems (PCTS), a subsidiary of Consulier Engineering Inc., said Lehigh Valley Hospital (Cedar Crest, Allentown, PA) implemented the Amelior ORTracker system in its perioperative department in April.

The automatic tracking software was selected to help improve the efficiency of surgical care by visualizing the real-time care status of patients and the location of department resources. The Cedar Crest location is the first of three Lehigh Valley Hospital facilities to implement the software.

April 30, 2008 - Kimberly-Clark Healthcare and 3M Healthcare said today they formed a collaborative effort to empower central sterilization (CS) personnel in U.S. hospitals and raise awareness about their role in infection prevention.

May 1, 2008 - The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority today released its 2007 annual report that identifies issues with incident reporting at the state’s hospitals due to confusion over what to report.

April 30, 2008 - The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) is currently accepting applications for the 2009 grant season, offering two $50,000 grants for one year to support original hypothesis-driven research in the field of imaging informatics for residents, fellows, graduate students and junior faculty.

April 30, 2008 - Acusphere has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the FDA for approval to market Imagify (Perflubutane Polymer Microspheres for Injectable Suspension), an ultrasound imaging agent for the detection of coronary artery disease, which could prove as accurate as nuclear stress testing.

The NDA includes data from studies of Imagify in more than 1,000 patients worldwide, including two pivotal international multi-center Phase III clinical trials, RAMP-1 and RAMP-2 (Real-Time Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion).

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