February 18, 2008 – Cardinal Health said today more than 250 hospitals across the country are now using the MedMined Data Mining Surveillance Service to help prevent, detect, monitor and treat hospital-acquired infections (HAIs).

HAIs are estimated to affects one in every 20 patients across the U.S. and costs the healthcare industry an estimated $20 billion each year.

February 18, 2008 – Last week Natus Medical said the FDA cleared its supplement to the premarket approval application for the Olympic Cool-Cap, a head-cooling device to prevent or reduce the severity of neurologic injury associated with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in term newborns.

February 18, 2008 - More than 100 ASC advocates from across the country made visits to nearly 90 Congressional offices last week as part of the ASC Association's 2008 Legislative & Compliance Seminar in Washington, D.C.

February 18, 2008 - REACH Call Inc. said today it is offering its turnkey telemedicine service to the international healthcare industry to facilitate faster treatment for stroke patients in rural areas by enabling neurologists to remotely diagnose, evaluate and recommend treatment from anywhere in the world using a Web browser.

February 18, 2008 - RamSoft Inc. will debut a new version of its Web-based PACS, PowerServer Lite, an entry-level system designed for facilities affected by reimbursement cuts, allowing for upgrades to its PowerServer PACS or PowerServer RIS/PACS when needed.

The system is licensed based on annual study volume and comes with unlimited workstation and user licenses.

February 18, 2008 –ProCure Treatment Centers Inc. and the University of Pennsylvania’s Roberts Proton Therapy Center have an agreement to provide advanced training programs and accredit medical professionals in proton therapy, an alternative to conventional radiation therapy that avoids many of the side effects inherent in treatment.

The agreement focuses on expanding research on the technology to be used for the delivery of proton therapy and developing new protocols using protons to treat a wider range of cancer tumors.

Siemens Healthcare will highlight the Magnetom Essenza which features 30 mT/m gradients, reportedly delivering excellent image quality for all clinical applications, and the MAGNETOM Verio, which combines image quality at 3T field strength and a 70-centimeter open bore that aims to offer improved patient comfort in one solution.

The Somatom Definition reportedly eliminates the need for beta blockers and reduces radiation exposure by as much as 50 percent when compared to traditional cardiac CT imaging. The system features two X-ray sources at two different energy levels in simultaneous spiral scanning, allows clinicians to explore various scenarios for tissue characterization.

Also included is the syngo Webspace that offers real-time access to CT data at a doctor�s office or home, or on the road through a network connection.

Feb 2008

February 15, 2008 - Zecotek Photonics Inc. announced the introduction of its SL 1.4 Fiber Coupled Laser, designed specifically for surgical applications in the ophthalmic market for a variety of coagulatory procedures.

February 15, 2008 - A new Fox Chase Cancer Center study recently suggested that a biopsy reveals more important information about a man's prostate cancer than previously understood.

Doctors hope the new findings will help them tailor radiation treatment.

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