February 27, 2008 – Siemens today unveiled at HIMSS 2008 improvements made to its syngo WebSpace, a client-server solution that transforms office personal computers and laptops into computed tomography (CT) workplaces, offering real-time access to CT data at a doctor’s office or home, or on the road through a network connection.

February 27, 2008 - Dr. Peter Basch, Medical Director, Ambulatory Clinical Systems for MedStar Health received the HIMSS Physician IT Leadership Award presented at HIMSS 2008, given to a person who has demonstrated noteworthy leadership in the area of applying IT to the needs of physicians, serving the organization and/or the industry.

February 26, 2008 - BoneSmart.org, a Web site dedicated to patient awareness for prospective candidates of joint replacement surgery, reported a new FDA approved robotic surgical system.

Developed and manufactured by MAKO Surgical Corporation, the surgical system reportedly offers patients less pain and rehabilitation.

Maurice R. Ferré, M.D., president and CEO of MAKO will showcase the new robotic system at the 75th Annual American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Conference (AAOS) at March 5-March 9.

February 26, 2008 - Arrowsight Medical launched Patient Safety Focus (PatientSafetyFocus.com), a reportedly comprehensive online resource on patient safety programs, statistics and solutions, for healthcare industry professionals, media and consumers.

The blog is being introduced on the occasion of Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 2-8), a national education and awareness-building campaign.

February 26, 2008 - The Prevent Cancer Foundation awarded its latest round of research grants and fellowships, choosing nine successful projects out of a pool of 77 applications nationwide.

February 26, 2008 — Continuing its channel preference study of office-based physicians, SK&A Information Services Inc. reports 87 percent of physician offices surveyed accept fax communications about various topics of interest, including product recalls and updates, information on continuing medical education, medical office products announcements and publication offers.

February 25, 2008 – InnerWireless Inc. launched its enhanced wireless system Unified Location Management Platform, the PanGo Platform Version 4.8, with live demonstrations at HIMSS 2008.

New features of the PanGo Platform 4.8 include:

- Integration with emerging HL7 RTLS messaging standards, which is designed to permit tracking of patients, caregivers and medical devices in HIS and other HL7-compliant healthcare systems

February 26, 2008 - Socket Communications Inc. has partnered up with eSUNTech, makers of RxTRAKKER software and the RxTRAKKER RFID wristband, to release the Socket Mobile SoMo 650 hand-held computer with the RxTRAKKER suite, a bundled solution designed to enable quick recall of vital medical information.

February 26, 2008 – MediNotes has signed a letter of intent to acquire Bond Technologies, which was announced at HIMSS 2008.

Bond's EHR and practice management (PM) solutions include e-prescribing, patient portals, patient kiosk and image management. MediNotes' strategic addition of healthcare technology solutions includes integrated, single-vendor and best-of-breed EMR and PM solutions to enhance patient care and workflow, as well as the patient experience, said MediNotes.

February 26, 2008 - Masimo announced it would debut its technology for noninvasive and continuous total hemoglobin (SpHb) and oxygen content (SpOC) monitoring at the World Congress of Anesthesiology (WCA) in Cape Town, South Africa, March 3, 2008.

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