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.

February 25, 2008 - MERU Networks said that Columbus, OH-based Nationwide Children’s Hospital is the 100th healthcare organization to implement Meru's wireless LAN solution.

February 25, 2008— eHealth Global Technologies Inc. and MedCommons Inc. have partnered for a technology alliance designed to provide eHealth Global’s clients with a continuity of care record-compliant (CCR) solution for accessing and viewing referred patient records and images over the Internet.

February 25, 2008 - The C5 mobile clinical assistant (MCA) from Motion Computing is reducing medication errors, enhancing compliance with disinfection control protocols and providing immediate access to patient data, according to studies.
More than 50 vendors at HIMSS 2008 in Orlando, FL are featuring the device.

February 25, 2008 - Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. have launched AmniScreen, an FDA-approved at-home screening test for amniotic fluid leakage during pregnancy, said the company.

AmniScreen is a prescription-only panty liner device that includes a proprietary polymer-coated polyester strip designed to detect amniotic fluid leakage, which could indicate a potential problem with a pregnancy.

February 25, 2008 - HIPAAT Inc, a leading provider of consent management solutions to the healthcare industry, announced the release of its next-generation consent management software, Privacy eSuite V2.0 and Privacy Manager V2.0, at HIMSS 2008.
The software set is said to enable patients to control access to their electronic health information and allow care providers to meet patient privacy requirements.

February 25, 2008 - MediNotes, a leader in electronic health records (EHRs) with more than 20,000 users nationwide, announced it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Bond Technologies, including Bond’s integrated .NET-based EHR and practice management (PM) solutions of e-prescribing, patient portals, patient kiosk, image management and more.

The announcement was made today at HIMSS 2008 in Orlando, FL.

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