April 18, 2008 - A free Webcast, “Prepare for Disasters & Tackle Terabytes: An Innovative Approach to Outsourcing Medical Image Archiving,” will take place on Tuesday, April 29 from 2-3 p.m. EST.

April 18, 2008 – Siemens was appointed to the Scottish Procurement Framework and sealed a contract for nine advanced mammography systems, in hopes to gain speed, improved image quality and patient examination comfort.

Marked for installation during early spring and summer 2008, the company’s first new generation Full-Field Digital Mammography system, MAMMOMAT Inspiration is reportedly an ideal device for early breast cancer detection and is upgradable to stereotactic biopsy and 3D imaging using tomosynthesis.

April 18, 2008 - Two Texas-based health information technology companies, Sevocity and SecureCare Technologies, are partnering to create a paperless EHR designed to essentially eliminate the initial costs and behavioral burdens of implementing an EHR system for healthcare providers.

April 18, 2008 – Based on recent data, screening MRI is appropriate as an adjunct to mammography, clinical breast examination and ultrasonography for breast cancer detection in women at high risk of breast cancer, according to the American Society of Breast Disease's Consensus Committee.

April 18, 2008 - eHealth Global Technologies and HKS Medical Information Systems entered into an agreement to offer a fully integrated solution that is designed to streamline medical record management for transplant departments, now allowing users to have one user interface for all referred patient medical record requests.

IQQA-Enterprise Engine technology which will be featured at SIIM 2008, aims to address the challenge that physicians and hospital IT now face in integrating more and more advanced clinical applications into existing PACS workflow. The system aims to redefine how radiologists can access advanced clinical applications managed by radiology IT.

With Vision Reach 2.0, which will be featured at SIIM 2008, a referring physician has the ability to order a follow-up exam, in addition to receiving instantaneous secure notification when a report is available. This tool provides proactive electronic delivery, notifying the referring physician when exam results are ready.

Vitrea software is Vital Images’ advanced visualization solution that creates 2D, 3D and 4D images of human anatomy from CT and MR image data. With this productivity-enhancing tool, physicians can easily navigate within these images to better understand disease conditions. The Vitrea software addresses specialists’ needs through various software options for cardiac, colon, vessel probe and other applications. In addition, Vitrea software utilizes an intuitive clinical workflow and automatic settings to improve speed and simplicity.

ViTALConnect software is a Web-enabled medical tool that allows physicians to use PCs or notebook computers to access interactive 2D, 3D and 4D advanced visualization. ViTALConnect software offers users access that is critical in today’s hospital environment. This solution enables users to review studies and perform advanced analysis from any where at any time.

Studies suggest the use of quantitative cultures increase specificity of the diagnosis of hospital-acquired pneumonia (VAP), so Kimberly-Clark has developed the BAL CATH System, a nonbronchioscopic bronchoalveolar lavage catheter that facilitates the diagnosis of VAP.

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