February 14, 2008 - Fujitsu will show its new PalmSecure PC Log-In Kit, which uses a biometric authentication sensor embedded into a PC mouse to identify users, at HIMSS 2008 in Orlando, FL.

The company says the PalmSecure PC Log-In Kit provides healthcare organizations an advantage over fingerprint devices by providing that extra layer of security that is demanded by the patient community HIPPA regulations.

February 15, 2008 – U.S. healthcare information/entertainment company 5Plus3 Digital Inc. and U.K. patient bedside terminal company JAOtech at HIMSS 2008 will inaugurate a partnership to converge EMR information, telephone, television and Internet services into on display monitor at the patient’s bedside.


February 2008 - Ken Willis, RT (R)(CV), is the radiology informatics PACS engineer for Baptist Health in Montgomery, AL. His healthcare system recently completed its first installation of LCDs in 27 operating rooms spread over three hospitals. The installation included 60 NDS Surgical Imaging DS 42-inch LCDs.

February 14, 2008 – NightHawk Radiology Holdings Inc. reported on its financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2007, highlighting a 65 percent revenue increase from $92.2 million to $151 million for the full year of 2006.

Other 2007 highlights include:

- Organic revenue grew $21.4 million, or 23 percent year-over-year, while acquisitions contributed an additional $38.1 million of revenue for the full year

February 14, 2008 - Computer-aided detection (CAD) enhanced performance of a single reader, yielding increased sensitivity with only a small increase in recall rate in a large scale breast screening trial that compares the efficacy of single reading with CAD to double reading and also to the first reader (without CAD) in a double-reading program.

February 14, 2008 – RamSoft will recruit distributors and reseller partners at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR 2008), March 7 to March 11, to support its entry into new territories through the international VAR program, designed to work around the distributor’s business goals, allowing authorized distributors to receive exclusive regional distribution rights to the entire product catalog.

February 14, 2008 – As part of the initiative, National Jewish Medical and Research Center will integrate Siemens technology throughout the institution to help diagnose respiratory, cardiac and rheumatologic diseases, working together to improve and develop imaging and diagnostic technologies using genomics, proteomics, and integrated research and clinical care.

February 12, 2008 - Proximity Systems will introduce its new Automatic Adjustable-Height Swivel WorkStation (CWT-AAHS) for computers at this year’s HIMSS Conference Feb. 24-28 in Orlando, FL.

February 13, 2008 – PolyRemedy Inc. said this week it closed a $25 million investment from leading venture capital firms to manufacturer of a robotic system for the delivery of nano-material based wound dressings at the point-of-care.

The Series B financing was co-led by Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV) and IDG Ventures Boston and included participation from Series A investor, MedVenture Associates and new investor Harris and Harris Group, Inc. New York.

February 13, 2008 - Liver cancer specialists at Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia are beginning an 18-month study of a new therapy for liver cancer that entails injecting tiny beads that emit small amounts of radiation into the liver's main artery while also blocking the blood supply feeding the cancer's growth.

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