February 26, 2008 - Village Health Partners is the recipient of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence in the ambulatory category, reportedly chosen because of the efficient practice, especially the online health services offered through its Patient Portal.

February 26, 2008 - NEC Display Solutions of America received 510k market clearance for radiology from the FDA for the MD205MG 5-megapixel flat-panel monitor, sporting a 2560-by-2048 native resolution and featuring advanced in-plane switching (IPS) LCD technology, which offers 3,061 shades of gray.

February 26, 2008 - Microsoft Corp. released at HIMSS 2008 its Patient Safety Screening Tool (PSST), a software-based solution designed to help identify potential adverse events that occur during hospitalization, featuring a set of indicators that provide information on potential in-hospital complications following surgeries and medical procedures.

February 26, 2008 - Acuo Technologies debuted a fully integrated Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing for Imaging XDS-I solution, allowing multiple healthcare delivery organizations in the same community of care to share clinical records by way of documents and images throughout the patient care process, at HIMSS 2008

February 26, 2008 - Harris Corp. and Cancer Treatment Services International (CTSI) paired to advance the quality and delivery of radiation oncology, using Harris’ advanced imaging and information systems that reportedly assure critical medical information is delivered with accuracy, speed, security and privacy.

February 26, 2008 – FUJIFILM featured at HIMSS 2008 its Synapse PACS along with Empiric’s RIS, highlighting that the integration provides a single view and workflow for the clinical information needed by radiologists.

February 26, 2008 – Uterine artery embolization (UAE) can be an alternative to hysterectomy in women with symptomatic fibroids, according to the Embolisation versus Hysterectomy (EMMY) Trial appearing in the March issue of the journal Radiology.

February 26, 2008 - Agfa HealthCare released IMPAX ConnectED, a solution designed to automate and accelerate communication between a hospital’s radiology and emergency department (ED) regarding preliminary findings, providing different mechanisms to alert ED physicians or multiple individuals of critical results, at HIMSS 2008.

February 26, 2008 – Siemens Healthcare introduced at HIMSS 2008 the general availability of Soarian Quality Measures, a healthcare data-mining tool designed to provide automated chart abstraction of quality measures, as defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and The Joint Commission.

February 25, 2008 - Boston-based Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center will implement DocuSys Inc.’s anesthesia information management system (AIMS) and medication management system during the 7,500 surgeries it performs annually.

St. Elizabeth's Medical Center has 13 operating rooms and is part of the six-hospital Caritas Christi Health Care system in New England. The center said they are focusing on the collection of detailed patient information before admission and automating the documentation of the anesthesia case with medication decision support.

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