March 26, 2008 - The Medipattern Corp. installed its B-CAD 2.2 at General Hospital in Salzburg, Austria, as part of the province-wide breast ultrasound-screening program for higher risk patients initiated in January 2008, as a pilot program to prepare for the countrywide adoption.

Edwards Lifesciences will display its PediaSat oximetry catheter and FloTrac system at the 2007 ASA show.
PediaSat is designed specifically for children and continuously monitors ScvO2 (central venous oxygen saturation) from a central line. The company says it is more accurate versus CO-oximetery, and it minimizes the need for frequent diagnostic sampling, thereby decreasing potential risk of infection and blood loss.

March 25, 2008 - St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital physicians have demonstrated that children with bilateral Wilms tumor, a cancer of the kidneys, can retain normal function in both kidneys by undergoing a procedure called bilateral nephron-sparing surgery, even when preoperative scans suggest that the tumors are inoperable, said the hospital.

March 25, 2008 - An information technology application is improving cancer treatment with the use of Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs), according to Supportive Oncology Services Inc. (SOS), a research-based health information company in Memphis, TN.

March 25, 2008 - Improved outcomes in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) led to top honors for AnMed Health in a recent competition hosted by McKesson to quantify the value of computerized provider order entry (CPOE) and clinical decision support (CDS) in community hospital settings.

AnMed Health, a 500-bed health system in Anderson, SC, was one of multiple inpatient community organizations to participate in the metric-based CPOE and CDS competition.

March 25, 2008 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the registration of antimicrobial copper alloys, with public health claims acknowledging that copper, brass and bronze are capable of killing harmful, potentially deadly bacteria.

Copper is the first solid surface material to receive this type of EPA registration, which is supported by extensive antimicrobial efficacy testing, said the Copper Development Association.

March 25, 2008 - Ochsner Health System of New Orleans will enhance patient safety and improve workflow throughout its perioperative (surgical) process with technology from DocuSys Inc.

"With the acquisition and implementation of DocuSys, Ochsner will strategically focus on enhancing anesthesia medication management and dispensation, and anesthesia medication inventory, with the aim of creating a superior anesthesia record," said Mark French, vice president of surgical services at Ochsner Health System.

March 25, 2008 - Covidien will display its new VersaStep PLUS 15mm Bladeless Trocar during the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) 2008 congress March 30-April 3 in Anaheim, CA.

While many professionals in the radiation oncology field insist that true adaptive radiation therapy is not yet taking place due to a lack of time and resources, a growing number of these professionals are in fact “adapting” technology to make it suitable for treating a wide array of cases with more precision and accuracy.

Breast imaging is no longer a single modality specialty. Although mammography continues to lead the pack as the most accurate, accessible and cost-effective screening modality, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound are quickly becoming elevated to the same standard of care, particularly for women at high risk.

Most notably, the American Cancer Society released recommendations last year that women at high risk of developing breast cancer should receive annual screening MRIs in addition to mammograms.(1)

The ACS panel recommended breast MRI for women who:

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