February 27, 2008 - Carestream Health enhanced its Kodak Carestream Digital Dashboard to include proactive notification for system events by email or text messaging, also supporting Kodak Carestream RIS/PACS and Kodak Carestream Information Management Solutions.

The system is said to let users monitor equipment performance, storage utilization and user volumes, from virtually anywhere, and also enables administrators to verify network communication of other vendors' devices.

February 27, 2008 - Nuance Communications Inc. launched its on-demand offering for critical test result management (CTRM), Vocada Veriphy 2.0 at HIMSS 2008, including new features for closed-loop communication.

February 27, 2008 – AMICAS showcased its solutions for hospitals and ambulatory imaging businesses at HIMSS 2008, focusing on RadStream, Vision Reach, Vision Series Financials, Insight Dashboards, Vision Series RIS and Vision Series PACS.

RadStream is designed to reduce medicolegal risk by automating and documenting critical results communications. The product also automates prioritization of imaging exams based on a "most likely to interrupt" method, which has reportedly been shown to increase radiologist productivity.

February 27, 2008 - The Prevent Cancer Foundation's interactive Super Colon is scheduled to visit communities across the country that have the highest rate of colon cancer to promote National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March, said the foundation.

The Super Colon is an inflatable, twenty foot long, 8-foot high replica of a human colon. The Super Colon tour will make a total of 22 stops throughout Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. In 2008, the Super Colon will visit a record number of cities, over 70 stops are already in the works, doubling last year’s number.

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.

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