January 25, 2008 - Varian Medical Systems and BrainLAB booked 14 orders, including 10 in the U.S. and four in Europe, for the new Novalis Tx radiosurgical platform, which combines technologies from both companies to offer noninvasive treatment options for patients.

January 25, 2008 - Hospitals in New Mexico, South Dakota and Texas selected NovaRad Corp.’s NovaPACS for their imaging needs.

The newest hospitals include: Los Alamos Medical in Los Alamos, NM;
Coteau Des Prairies Hospital in Sisseton, SD; and Parkview Regional Hospital in Mexia, TX.

January 25, 2008 - The winner of the Siemens online video 'Win an MRI' contest is Lockport Memorial Hospital in Lockport, NY, winning a brand new Magnetom Essenza for their staff-produced video that demonstrated the complications and inconveniences posed to patients and physicians when a hospital lacks an in-house MRI.

January 24, 2008 - Aragon Surgical Inc. has received FDA Special 510 (k) clearance allowing laparoscopic surgeons to use the company's LapCap with any length needle, allowing the instrument to be used on even morbidly obese patients.

January 24, 2008 - Threats of influenza pandemic, bioterrorism and natural disasters add up to a demanding job for environmental health, safety and security (EHS&S) managers, and these professionals must also protect workers and patients from everyday hazards, so the ECRI Institute’s Center for Healthcare Environmental Management (CHEM) announces upcoming dates for its Healthcare Environmental Manager (HEM) certification course.

January 24, 2008 – Two orthopaedic surgeons from New York have introduced an at-home physician-guided physical therapy DVD series from BodyWorksMD.
Volume One of the series entitled “The Knee” reportedly features simple and effective injury prevention and rehab techniques for the knee developed by Dr. Mark Klion and Dr. James Capozzi of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics.

January 24, 2008 – The Centers for Disease Control have been monitoring reports of a new strain of MRSA skin infections that are primarily centered around populations of homosexual men in Boston and San Francisco.

January 24, 2008 – Although urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common hospital-acquired infection in the U.S., little national data exists describing what hospitals are doing to prevent UTI, but a new national study examines the current prevention practices used by hospitals.

January 24, 2008 - The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) is coordinating efforts to provide resources for imaging informatics professionals (IIPs), including those preparing for the American Board of Imaging Informatics (ABII) Certified Imaging Informatics Professional (CIIP) exam, to highlight the need for educational resources and study materials for exam preparation, as well the need for gaining knowledge of the emerging imaging informatics profession.

January 24, 2008 - ProCure Treatment Centers Inc. selected IMPAC Medical Systems to provide oncology information systems (OIS) for its IBA-equipped proton beam therapy centers, installing IMPAC’s MOSAIQ OIS software at its training and development center (TDC), and providing training at the TDC for the staff of ProCure’s IBA-equipped proton therapy centers.

Construction is underway on the Oklahoma ProCure Treatment Center in Oklahoma City, OK, and the facility is expected to begin treating patients in summer 2009. The facility will utilize the MOSAIQ OIS software.

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