April 25, 2008 - Varian Medical Systems reported net earnings of $0.56 per diluted share in the second quarter of fiscal year 2008 versus net earnings of $0.46 per diluted share in the year-ago quarter, marking a rise of 19 percent in operating earnings and a 22 percent growth in earnings per diluted share.

Many hospitals are still using low quality video tape or DVD-video to view their swallow studies for speech pathology, The TIMS DICOM System is now being used extensively in these speech pathology applications to record and view the entire procedure on their own computers. Reported advantages to using TIMS for speech pathology applications include:

-Record the entire procedure

-High resolution (1024 x 1024) for superior image quality

-Instant, non-linear access to studies

-Viewer included with stopwatch in 100ths of a second for timing swallow events

GE Healthcare IT will feature its Centricity OneView, a Web-based clinical information and workflow management system designed to connect multiple discrete RIS and PACS solutions at SIIM 2008.

Centricity OneView is a Web-based solution and a single point of access for radiologists and technologists. It reportedly connects organizations to images, reports and status information regardless of the system from which they originated. Patient imaging records are comprehensive, consolidated and accessible.

IRSG offers its Deep Bin Transfer Cart to accommodate a variety of surgical supplies ranging from large instrument trays to IV catheters and other OR supplies simply by combining standard wire shelves with deep bin shelves.

Hospitals can economically increase storage space by 40 percent or more with IRSG’s Overhead High-Density Mobile Storage System.

The system’s benefits include added efficiency and inventory control by positioning more supplies near the point of use. The overhead track allows little chance for dirt and dust to accumulate and the open wire design allows maximum air and light circulation. The manufacturer said the quick installation requires no drilling or bolting into the floor and makes this system practical and easy to use.

April 2008

Guided by customer input, B. Braun has developed a range of products to help reduce medication errors. At the 2008 AACN exposition B. Braun will present the next generation IV safety infusion systems, including the Outlook ES and Space Systems, as well as the Curlin 6000 Ambulatory Infusion System.

The company will demonstrate its Outlook Safety Infusion System, which uses bar-code technology to help ensure the right patient gets the right dose of medication every time.

Hollister Inc. will display its Zassi Bowel Management System at the 2008 AACN exhibition. The device diverts and contains potentially infectious stool and is the only indwelling rectal catheter that provides access for rectally administered medications.

It is designed to minimize external contact with fecal matter on the patient’s skin. The device also provides access for colonic irrigation, and to administer enemas.

April 2008

April 24, 2008 - AngioDynamics reported that the first human clinical use employing irreversible electroporation (IRE) to ablate soft tissue was completely successful based on analysis of biopsies performed on five patients two weeks after their treatment.

April 24, 2008 - Keystone Healthcare Management Inc., a physician staffing, management and consulting company specializing in emergency department (ED) operations, has consolidated its charting needs with T-System Inc.

By moving from two other charting systems to The T-System for Physicians, Keystone said it has lowered operational costs, increased coding accuracy, shortened reimbursement time, and simplified compliance procedures for its client hospitals.

April 24, 2008 - GE Healthcare IT and DeJarnette Research Systems entered into a partnership aimed to accelerate customer migration needs and will include DeJarnette's migration services as a preferred vendor for GE PACS implementations.

The company's migration services are based on a Microsoft Windows toolkit, PACSware Migration Gateway 3.0. The toolkit has been used by DeJarnette and its partners to migrate nearly 200 North American legacy PACS over the past seven years.

For more information: www.gehealthcare.com

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