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 18, 2008 - SquareLoop Inc. today said it introduced a text messaging system on its Mobile Alert Network to enable secure transmission of data over public wireless networks, which complies with the Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act (HIPAA) regulations governing encryption of patients' electronic records.

The company said the system also provides an application for secure mobile-originated text messages.

March 18, 2008 - A new study by Thomson Healthcare shows clear improvement on a composite of eight patient safety measures affecting Medicare patients treated in U.S. hospitals from 2001 through 2005.

March 18, 2008 - Cardinal Health said yesterday it signed an agreement with SleepNet Corp. to be the sole provider of its complete range of gel masks for sleep apnea patients throughout North and South America.

Under the terms of the three-year agreement, Cardinal Health will assume the responsibility as exclusive distributor for SleepNet's IQ, Phantom, and MiniMe Nasal Masks and the Mojo Full Face Mask in the Americas.

March 18, 2008 – Today Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging introduced its new name by launching Lantheus Medical Imaging, marking the first time in the company’s 50-year history that it will operate as an independent company.

March 18, 2008 - GE Healthcare introduced a ceiling suspended digital radiographic system, the Definium 6000, that includes one or two flying detectors, and works to enable ease of use and flexibility while providing digital radiographic images, at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2008 in Vienna, Austria.

March 18, 2008 - Northcrest Medical Center in Springville, TN, selected NovaRad’s NovaPACS to replace its existing PACS, offering a full-feature viewer and a seven-year on-site archive with off-site emergency backup.

NovaPACS provides screen viewing and mouse-based functions, giving users access to images and reports from any computer, according to the company. Developed from the same platform as NovaPACS, NovaRIS, a Web-based, open standards RIS, generates reports, analyzes exams, measures profitability and facilitates paperless management of patient records.

March 18, 2008 - Konica Minolta sealed a three-year Computed Radiography contract with Adventist Health System/West, including REGIUS Xpress and REGIUS Nano CR systems, covering all Adventist Health facilities throughout California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington, as well as 45 affiliated sites scattered throughout the Western states.

March 18, 2008 – During Feb. 2008, American Medical Sales completed orders from 14 PACS sites, consisting of products from both the MIDAS line of mid-sized PACS solutions and PACS-in-a-BOX products designed for private practices and imaging centers.

March 17, 2008 - The use of stem cells may have the power to transform orthopedic surgery now and in the future, a hot topic at AAOS 2008 last week.

These “undifferentiated, unspecialized cells” already exist in our bodies and can renew themselves, giving rise to one or more specialized cells that have specific functions within the body. The use of stem cells is a biotechnology that is developing rapidly, offering new hope to patients suffering from musculoskeletal conditions.

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