December 19, 2007 - A report examining the variation in rates of MRSA between different British hospitals between 2001 and 2006 and looking at the factors which have contributed to a 27 percent fall in the probability that a patient will acquire MRSA since 2001, was published yesterday by the Department of Health.

December 19, 2007 - The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP), a multi-stakeholder group working with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to assure the interoperability of electronic health records in the U.S. approved on Thursday its next set of recommendations for the American Health Information Community and HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt.

December 19, 2007 - USGI Medical Inc. today announced its EndoSurgical Operating System (EOS) is the first surgical platform to effectively close a gastrotomy (an incision in the stomach wall) during a natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES).

December 19, 2007 - Microfabrica Inc. will introduce at Medical Design and Manufacturing West a set of highly-miniaturized “building blocks” that designers of minimally-invasive medical devices can use to develop innovative new products.

December 19, 2007 - A new Web site will empower Michigan patients, families, employers and other consumers with more information than has ever been available about the charges, payments and quality of care at Michigan hospitals.

MI Hospital Inform, www.MIHospitalInform.org, is a voluntary consumer service of the Michigan Health and Hospital Association (MHA) and the state’s 146 nonprofit community hospitals.


In the emergency department, time can be a physician's greatest enemy. In a busy setting where many patients present with chest or abdominal pains, there is little to no time to order images and move that patient to another floor for diagnosis.

When time is of the essence and space is tight, versatile hand-carried ultrasound systems are saving lives by providing images in myriad situations – all in a single place, within minutes.

When diagnosing trauma patients, speed and accuracy is essential. As a result, there is a movement away from traditional film to digital X-ray to make images immediately available to doctors anywhere in the hospital, or even on computers outside the hospital

Today’s patients present to the emergency department (ED) with a slew of complaints and injuries ranging from a chronic cough to a sudden life-threatening head trauma. As such, the ED is no longer reserved for those patients with dire life or death circumstances, as the standards of emergency care apply to all patients and handle a larger caseload. With this changing dynamic, physicians rely heavily on imaging modalities to quickly triage patients and uphold emergency standards of care in providing an accurate, complete and immediate diagnoses.

December 19, 2007 - NovaRad Corp. signed two new NovaPACS contracts with Hospital Metropolitano De Santiago (HOMS) in Santiago, Dominican Republic and Hospital General Zona Norte Puebla in Puebla, Pue, Mexico.

NovaPACS is a complete, enterprise-level PACS offering fast image retrieval, full-feature viewer with intuitive interface, and seven-year on-site archive with off site emergency back up. Full screen viewing, menus and mouse-based functions are available to help enhance efficiency and referring physicians have complete access to images and reports from any computer.

December 19, 2007 - Toshiba Medical Systems Europe recently announced the company’s newest product, the Artida ultrasound system, designed to meet the demands of the growing cardiac 4D market.

With Artida’s real-time multi-planar reformatting capabilities, physicians can reportedly quantify global and regional LV function, including LV ejection fraction, volume and severity of regurgitation. Arbitrary views of the heart not available in 2D imaging are also obtained that can help with surgical planning, according to the company.

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