January 22, 2008 - The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF) is authorized, as designated by the New York Department of Health, to be used by office-based surgery practices to meet new accreditation requirements in the state.

The New York law requires office-based surgery performed by physicians requiring moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia, and certain liposuction procedures be performed in a setting that has obtained and maintained accreditation from an entity approved by the state health commissioner.

January 22, 2008 – The Philips iSite PACS was named “KLAS Top 20” in the 2007 Year-End Top 20 Report, scoring 87.43 out of 100 in overall performance, rating number one in three out of five categories: “Technology Easy to Implement/Support,” “Recommend to a Peer,” and “Buy Again.”

Philips iSite PACS is an image and information management system that delivers on-demand diagnostic-quality images over existing hospital networks, advanced radiology reading stations for radiologists and “always online” long-term storage.

January 22, 2008 — Carestream Health Inc. announced recent contract signings for its newest computed radiography platform with leading U.S. healthcare facilities.
The KODAK DIRECTVIEW Classic and Elite CR Systems are compact, single-cassette systems that the company claims deliver exceptional versatility and eliminate the need for additional units by supporting general radiography, long-length, dental and mammography exams (in countries where approved for mammography applications).

January 22, 2008 - ACR Image Metrix, a for-profit contract research organization headquartered in the American College of Radiology Philadelphia office, will conduct a multireader clinical study to determine whether the addition of the iCAD Inc. CT Colon Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) system enables radiologists interpreting CT colonography images to detect more cancers than they would without utilizing the iCAD system in the image interpretation process.

ACR Image Metrix will work with iCAD to develop and execute a clinical study to support FDA approval of CT Colon CAD.

January 22, 2008 - GE Healthcare was rated first in Overall Service Performance among vendors for PET and PET/CT service, marking the company’s second consecutive year achieving the award, according to IMV ServiceTrak, an independent third-party research firm.

January 22, 2008 - The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology said today three additional electronic health record (EHR) products designed for use in acute care hospitals received CCHIT Inpatient EHR 2007 certification status, bringing the total number of certified inpatient products to nine, or an estimated 36 percent of inpatient EHR vendors.

January 22, 2008 - Anthro Corp. will present at HIMSS 2008 its new eNook Pro for EMR, a wall-mounted, lockable workstation for LCD’s and laptops, aiming to make the most of limited space and is designed for use as a point of care, hallway station, a notebook desk, or a walk-up computer workstation.

January 22, 2008 – With the recent CE designation of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) in Europe, two sites are now utilizing Elekta technology to implement clinical treatments, reportedly offering a significant improvement to existing advanced radiation therapy techniques, such as Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), and offering a faster alternative to helical tomotherapy.

Anthro Corp.'s new eNook Pro for EMR is a wall-mounted, lockable workstation for LCD’s and laptops, aiming to make the most of limited space and is designed for use as a point of care, hallway station, a notebook desk, or a walk-up computer workstation.

Available in two models, one for LCD mounts and one for laptops, the LCD mount model has a VESA mount rail for the LCD and an integrated keyboard and mouse tray on the main shelf. The Laptop model has a tray that safely stores a laptop and locks it out of sight. Maximum ventilation protects electronic equipment from over-heating.

January 21, 2008 – Wound care product maker Derma Sciences Inc. said it recently increased its direct-sales staff significantly, based on a number of new products that are finding favor in target markets.

The company said it only had two direct salespersons a year ago and now has nine, and will move to 21 by 2009.

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