HeartSuite offers cardiovascular information management, hemodynamic monitoring, advanced visualization and content management. Emageon’s architecture combines HeartSuite with radiology and other medical specialties designed to offer a comprehensive patient–centric view of the visual medical record. One suite of integrated, enterprise cardiology tools includes:

* VERICIS Cardiovascular Information System (CVIS)

* Multimodality Advanced Visualization

* Enterprise Content Management and Workflow

* Comprehensive Tools for Pediatric Cases

March 27, 2008 – Emageon’s HeartSuite VERICIS was awarded the “Best in KLAS” award for Cardiology PACS, gaining recognition for its comprehensive suite of adult and pediatric cardiovascular tools, offering cardiovascular information management, hemodynamic monitoring, advanced visualization and content management.

To be showcased at ACC, Emageon’s architecture combines HeartSuite with radiology and other medical specialties designed to offer a comprehensive patient–centric view of the visual medical record. One suite of integrated, enterprise cardiology tools includes:

March 27, 2008 – Viztek installed two of its Web-based Opal-RAD PACS in health clinics in Southern Nigeria, in hopes of improving the detection of tuberculosis and the delivery of quality medical care in extremely remote geographic areas.

Sold and installed in cooperation with Texas-based medical equipment dealer CIMS, the new fully digital installations also include Kodak’s Point of Care (POC) 140 CRs, film digitizers and Quantum X-rays.

March 27, 2008 - Voyager Imaging installed its PACS at Memphis Lung Physicians Clinic located on the Baptist Memphis Hospital Campus, TN, connecting three sites including Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto Campus and Baptist Memorial Hospital Collierville Campus, allowing users to access images for clinical viewing, reading and reporting.

The access is achieved through a combination of Voyager’s Web client and its preemptive prefetching of studies over low to medium bandwidth connections.

NovaRad will feature its NovaPACS 7.0 and NovaRIS at SIIM 2008.
Tighter integration between the systems offer enhanced image access and scheduling/billing/process management for radiologists and administrative staff. Additional enhancements in these latest versions include an improved information NovaCentral support �command center� for real-time remote monitoring and referring physician features in NovaPACS to enhance image reading efficiency.

March 26, 2008 – Pioneer Surgical Technology Inc. has received FDA 510(k) clearance to market its LowTop pedicle screw system to treat a variety of spinal disorders.

March 26, 2008 - A new, low-cost hospital blood glucose meter from Nova Biomedical provides the same analytical performance of Nova’s patented Multi-Well test strip for those testing situations where glucose meter interface capability is not needed.

The introduction of StatStrip Xpress provides hospitals a choice of glucose monitors with or without a connectivity solution using the same Multi-Well test strip.

March 26, 2008 – For medical devices placed on the European market, the clock is ticking to address the changes coming into effect with the Medical Device Directive in 2010.

Companies that currently have a CE marking, or are trying to achieve CE marking for new products, may face delays or even lose certification if they don’t take steps now to ensure they comply with the new requirements.

March 26, 2008 – UW-Health recently chose the D2 Sales LLC My Patient Passport Express kiosk for its patient check-in program, with the first kiosks deployed at the UW Health West Clinic in Madison, WI as part of a pilot program that began in October 2007.

March 26, 2008 - LMA International recently announced it acquired the pain management business of Breg Inc., a California-based provider of premium orthopedic, reconstructive and postoperative products and a subsidiary of Orthofix International N.V.

This latest development follows the Group’s acquisition of the PerfecTemp, an innovative patient warming device, in October 2007, in line with LMA’s strategy to acquire products and businesses to strengthen its position as a leading anesthesia-related medical device company.

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