January 9, 2008 – Every hospital in England’s national socialized medicine program will be able to recruit two infection control nurses, two isolation nurses and an antimicrobial pharmacist with millions in extra investment for infection control in the National Health Service.

New stringent requirements outlined today in the government’s strategy to tackle healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) also mean that NHS Foundation Trust applications will not be supported by the secretary of state unless trusts are consistently hitting local targets on both MRSA and C. difficile.

January 9, 2008 – Every hospital in England’s national socialized medicine program will be able to recruit two infection control nurses, two isolation nurses and an antimicrobial pharmacist with millions in extra investment for infection control in the National Health Service.

New stringent requirements outlined today in the government’s strategy to tackle healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) also mean that NHS Foundation Trust applications will not be supported by the secretary of state unless trusts are consistently hitting local targets on both MRSA and C. difficile.

January 9, 2008 - The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) recently issued education materials to more than 3,000 local union presidents in the U.S. and Canada calling for routine carbon monoxide (CO) screening using a pulse CO-oximeter for all fire fighters potentially exposed to CO.

January 9, 2008 - OhioHealth opened the doors of Dublin Methodist Hospital this morning, which boasts an innovative, patient-centered design, state-of-the-art technology, and a near-paperless environment making it the first in Ohio and one of the first in the country to do so.

January 9, 2008 - Viztek introduced to its Opal-RAD Web-based PACS an OnCall auto-routing feature that delivers designated exams to a Web-enabled PC to enable flexible reading, allows users to define where and when particular types of studies will be automatically pushed over the Internet, without any pre-planned setup or IT coordination.

January 9, 2008 - The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology with its software design partner, the MITRE Corp., stated that their work to build a testing tool to evaluate compliance of electronic health records (EHR) with criteria for interoperability, named project LAIKA, will be further advanced by the Commission’s collaboration with two organizations that play major roles in healthcare IT connectivity.

January 9, 2008 – KLAS recognized DR Systems as the leading PACS vendor in this year’s Top 20: 2007 Best in KLAS report for the second year in a row, also honoring the company for in the Community Clinical Ancillary Software category, that encompass vendors serving community hospitals, or hospitals with 200 beds or less.

DR Systems was rated ahead of all other PACS providers including Philips, Dynamic Imaging, McKesson, Fuji, GE Medical Systems, Siemens, Agfa, and Amicas.

January 9, 2008 - InSight Health Services Holdings Corp. launched its new brand name, Insight Imaging to better reflects its day-to-day operations.

The 22 fixed-site centers in California, 10 fixed-site centers in Arizona and two fixed-site centers in Nevada have transitioned to the new Insight Imaging brand, and the company intends to complete its Insight Imaging rebranding initiative by mid-2008. The company has also relaunched its Web site to aid in generating additional awareness of Insight Imaging.

January 9, 2008 - Frost & Sullivan has recognized Philips Medical Systems with the 2007 North American Medical Imaging Company of the Year Award for its success across the entire medical imaging industry and double-digit growth.

Philips Medical Systems is a well regarded company, prized for its strength of leadership in healthcare technology and its innovative approach to product development, reflected in Philips’ “Sense and Simplicity” brand promise.

January 9, 2008 – UK-based Glan Clwyd Hospital integrated Barco’s Voxar 3D Enterprise into its Fujifilm Synapse PACS, aiming to provide the hospital with ultra-fast access to large volumetric studies throughout the hospital enterprise.

Glan Clwyd Hospital had used Voxar 3D Workstation for three years before deciding to upgrade to Voxar 3D Enterprise. The system allows radiologists to consult volumetric studies on the workstation in their offices, rather than having to walk to the reading room, adding convenience and extra speed to the processing of volumetric studies.

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