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.

January 24, 2008 - Mauna Kea Technologies, an in-vivo cellular imaging company, announced the closing of a $30 million financing round, the proceeds of which will be used to expand commercialization of the company’s Cellvizio technology in the U.S. and Europe, as well as to advance additional clinical applications of the platform.

January 24, 2008 - iCAD Inc. and ACR Image Metrix entered into an agreement to conduct a multi-reader clinical study of iCAD's CT Colon product, for use with Virtual Colonoscopy, allowing iCAD to work with ACR Image Metrix to develop and execute a clinical study to support FDA approval of CT Colon CAD.

January 24, 2008 – Fujifilm will award two radiology residents or fellows with grants, valued at $2,500 each, to help cover registration and courses for the entire American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Annual Meeting, as well as lodging and travel to and from the conference.

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