March 19, 2008 - Xoft Inc. received expanded clearance from the FDA for the Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy System, a proprietary technology platform designed to deliver localized, non-radioactive, isotope-free radiation treatment in minimally shielded clinical settings.

Previously cleared for accelerated treatment of early stage breast cancer, the Axxent System is now cleared for use in the treatment of other cancers or conditions where radiation therapy is indicated.

March 19, 2008 - Clinical software providers Allscripts and Misys Healthcare LLC yesterday signed a definitive merger agreement, which is expected to significantly enhance Allscripts position in the overall healthcare information technology sector, especially in the electronic health records (EHR) and practice management (PM) markets.

The combined company will have a client base of approximately 150,000 U.S. physicians and 700 hospitals. The combined company, which will have more than 3,700 employees, will be headquartered in Chicago.

March 19, 2008 - Baxa Corp. said the latest addition to its STAR (Skills Training, Academics and Resources) Center course offerings is "Safe Handling and Preparation of Hazardous Drugs," developed so nurses, pharmacists and physicians can prepare, handle or administer hazardous drugs.

The course will be held at Baxa's STAR Center in Englewood, CO April 24-25, with subsequent course dates June 19-20 and Aug. 21-22.

March 19, 2008 - I-Flow Corp. recently entered into a binding letter of intent to acquire AcryMed Inc., a privately held Oregon-based developer of infection control and wound healing products, for $25 million in cash.

The company said it hopes to take advantage of the long-term growth opportunity for its ON-Q SilverSoaker Catheters potentially large infection control market.

March 19, 2008 — Cardinal Health recently released the Rxe-view solution that uses a hospital’s existing fax machines on nursing units to transmit paper medication orders into a digitized format that is viewable in the hospital pharmacy through a Web-based document management system.

All orders are then queued in a central location and prioritized by urgency, which enables faster review of patients’ medication orders.

March 19, 2008 - Varian Medical Systems formed a council to advance the development of clinical protocols using its RapidArc radiotherapy technology, which reportedly provides image-guided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) two to eight times faster than possible with conventional IMRT or helical tomotherapy.

March 19, 2008 – American Medical Sales Inc. released MIDAS PACS, including a 100 percent redundant archive and new diagnostic viewing and clinical review licenses.

The MIDAS PACS complete digital imaging solution features dual archives, image gateway, image backup, diagnostic workstation software, a Web server, CD recorder/color labeler and clinical viewing. For safety, the system is contains HIPAA privacy and security features.

March 19, 2008 - Doctors may one day be able to detect early stages of colon cancer without a biopsy, using a new technique developed by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

This imaging technology is one of many new ways of detecting cancers in the body in real-time, said Christopher Contag, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics and of microbiology and of immunology, who led the study. Contag said he hoped it might be one of the first to be used routinely for early detection of cancer.

March 19, 2008 - Doctors may one day be able to detect early stages of colon cancer without a biopsy, using a new technique developed by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

This imaging technology is one of many new ways of detecting cancers in the body in real-time, said Christopher Contag, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics and of microbiology and of immunology, who led the study. Contag said he hoped it might be one of the first to be used routinely for early detection of cancer.

March 17, 2008 - New research released at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s (SIR) Annual Scientific Meeting in Washington, D.C., this week, holds promise of a new interventional imaging capability, using robotics provided by Siemens Medical Solutions to improve the value of chemoembolization in treating cancer.

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