STERIS Corp. and Questra Corp. recently announced the launch of the ProConnect Response Center.

The center features remote equipment monitoring, priority technical support, and an array of on-line service tools designed to improve productivity and operational efficiencies for healthcare and life science customers by leveraging an integrated systems approach to equipment management. STERIS Corp. has teamed with Questra Corp. to provide the infrastructure necessary to continuously monitor and evaluate equipment securely over the Internet.

Omnicell Inc. recently introduced its WorkflowRx 5.0 central pharmacy automation solution that automates ordering, receiving, stocking, dispensing and unit-dose packaging of medications, and provides central pharmacy operations with greater patient safety.

December 2007

Concuity released its ClearContracts 7.2, which reportedly has increased calculation engine modeling capabilities and better system usability.

Health organizations are constantly occupied with managing underpayments and denials due to payer noncompliance and are always looking for better ways to monitor contract compliance.

With ClearContracts, finance administrators and contractors can reportedly identify and correct systemic issues that cause revenue leakage and develop long-term strategies for combating payer noncompliance.

December 2007

The Infor-Med Corp. Praxis Electronic Medical Records Version 4 features the new Praxis EMR Knowledge Exchanger, which allows physicians to tap into the knowledge of other clinicians.

December 2007

Medical Decisions Network (MDN) recently received FDA 510(k) clearance for its MDN-CGS IV Insulin Dosing Software for use by hospital nurses to quickly and accurately calculate the dosage of intravenous insulin administered to patients with elevated levels of blood glucose.

December 27, 2007 – This January, during Cervical Health Awareness Month, the National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC) is focused on educating women about the importance of the Pap test as a screening tool for cervical cancer/HPV and about vaccines that can further reduce the burden of this devastating disease.

Approximately 10,000 American women will learn they have cervical cancer/HPV this year, and nearly 4,000 will die from an advanced form of the disease.

December 27, 2007 - Roswell Park Cancer Institute’s (RPCI) Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) will be renewed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for five years, following the receipt of the best CCSG score in its history.

RPCI has been an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center, without interruption, since 1974, and was one of the three centers used by the NCI as a model for the 39 comprehensive cancer centers in existence today.

December 28, 2007 - The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) will host its 37th Critical Care Congress Feb. 2-6, 2008, at the Hawaii Convention Center on the island of Oahu.

The 37th Critical Care Congress will offer educational sessions on a wide variety of timely topics for all members of the critical care team. The congress curriculum will be packed with world-renowned speakers, interactive workshops, panel discussions, educational sessions and the opportunity to earn continuing education credits.

December 27, 2007 – A new study examines how outpatient clinics that perform diagnostic procedures using radioactive materials could do a better job of telling patients that they may set off radiation detectors at security checkpoints.

There have been reports in the medical literature and the media of people activating such alarms and being questioned, and in some cases being strip-searched by security officials.
Radiation monitors are increasingly being used for security purposes, while millions of people undergo procedures involving radioactive material every year.

December 27, 2007 – McKesson Corp. recently announced the Practice Partner Research Network (PPRNet) at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, S.C., received a $1.2 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to research medication safety in the ambulatory setting.

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