January 23, 2008 – The president of Agfa HealthCare Americas, Bob Pryor, has retired and will be replaced by Barry Stone, COO of Agfa HealthCare Americas.

Pryor joined the Agfa team with the the Sterling Diagnostic Imaging acquisition in 1999, and celebrates a 34-year career in the healthcare field.

For more information: www.agfa.com

January 23, 2008 – The Invivo Corp. supplied two of its flagship Precess MRI patient monitors to monitor a pair of conjoined twins from Costa Rica simultaneously last August as they underwent studies for the feasibility of surgical separation at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at the Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, CA.

January 23, 2008 – Telanetix Inc. installed its Digital Presence products in four medical facilities affiliated with a major university, incorporating data-sharing from an array of sources, such as X-rays and ultrasounds, reportedly allowing the university to create an interactive environment that integrates audio, video and data from multiple locations into a single environment.

January 23, 2008 - NEC Electronics America Inc. yesterday introduced two new color, 21.3-inch diagonal amorphous-silicon thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid-crystal display (LCD) modules for medical imaging applications.

NEC Display Solutions of America's 30-inch MultiSync LCD3090WQXi wide-screen display delivers display performance for users CAD/CAM industries and hosts a 4MP (2560-by-1600), wide-gamut, wide-screen.

An extension of the MultiSync 90-Series, the display features ColorCompT, which works to reduce LCD uniformity errors, also compensating for differences in color/grayscale and luminance and advanced backlight technology, which enables the display to produce 102 percent of the NTSC color scale for unsurpassed color gradation.

MEDStreaming LLC's Medical Office Suite of Products aimes to address the issue of coordination between clinical modality applications, PACS systems, information systems and reporting packages.

January 22, 2008 — Nineteen percent of U.S. office-based physicians refuse to see sales representatives from the drug and device industry at any time, according to the recent study by SK&A Information Services Inc., a leading provider of healthcare information solutions and research.

Based on the telephone survey of 180,000 doctors, another 22.7 percent of doctors require the reps to set an appointment.

January 22, 2008 - Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp. has assembled 42 brushes in designing its recently released endoscopic instrument cleaning brush kit.

Using surgical stainless steel twisted wire shafts and white, medical-grade anti-microbial bristles this collection of brushes offers the diameters and lengths to assist in cleaning take-apart instruments, suction irrigators, and all other types of instruments used in endoscopic procedures. All brushes are reusable and are packaged in units of three.

January 22, 2008 – Dale Medical Products has introduced a post-surgical bra that reportedly securely and comfortably holds dressings and makes it easier to be examined and receive treatments for a variety of procedures such as mastectomy, lumpectomy, biopsy, reduction and reconstruction.

January 22, 2008 – MEDHOST said today the new Scott and White Hospital at University Medical Campus in Round Rock, TX, has automated its emergency department with MEDHOST’s full-suite, Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) software.

Scott and White chose MEDHOST because of the system’s intuitive design, ease of use, and customization and interfacing capabilities. The new hospital, which is fully integrated with Scott and White’s main Temple, TX, facility, is using MEDHOST to ensure quality patient care, complete documentation and efficient workflow.

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