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.

March 17, 2008 – At AAOS 2008, orthopedic surgeons called for increased research and education when it comes to protecting a woman’s musculoskeletal health.

March 17, 2008 - LifeScan Inc. recently said it would launch two new products to help hospitals improve execution of tight glycemic control protocols – the OneTouch TGC Advisor and OneTouch DataLink Wireless V2.

March 17, 2008 - The American public believes doctors and physicians would do a good job running hospitals in their community and they want doctors to make decisions about patient care and how hospitals are run, according to a new poll conducted by Lake Research Partners.

The survey also says Americans believe doctors should be allowed to own hospitals where they work and that Congress ought to vote to allow this practice to continue.

March 17, 2008 - Electronic health record (EHR) systems maker MediNotes Corp. said today it completed its acquisition of Bond Technologies, a manufacturer of Web-based EHR and practice management (PM) solutions.

March 17, 2008 - A Silver Lining Foundation (ASLF), in conjunction with the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago (UIMCC), celebrated the donation of a breast CADstream unit on Feb. 20, at UIMCC's Outpatient Care Center, as ASLF founder Sandy Goldberg, M.D., presented a $20,000 check to UIMCC CEO of the Healthcare System John DeNardo in recognition of the unit’s arrival and to support continued state-of-the-art diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer at the Medical Center.

Event attendees also witnessed a demonstration of the equipment's capabilities.

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