December 11, 2007 - Frost & Sullivan presented the 2007 Global Excellence Award in speech recognition technology to Philips Speech Recognition Systems (Philips SRS), for its demonstrated leadership in the field of speech recognition technologies for the healthcare market.

December 11, 2007 - Carestream Health Inc. launched computer-aided detection (CAD) software for its CR-based mammography platforms in Europe and Canada, aiming to assist in the early detection of breast cancer.

December 11, 2007 ― GE partnered with anesthesiologists, emergency medicine physicians and other fields of medicine to design new editions of its LOGIQ e compact and a new edition of the LOGIQ Book XP Enhanced compact, as part of its 2008 ultrasound releases introduced today.

December 10, 2007 - EDAP TMS S.A. a leader in high intensity focused ultrasound treatment of prostate cancer, announced the launch of Ablatherm HIFU treatments at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN as part of EDAP's ongoing Phase II/III U.S. Clinical Study program seeking FDA approval as the first HIFU device for prostate cancer in the U.S.

The first patient was successfully treated with Ablatherm-HIFU at Vanderbilt in November, after securing all necessary approvals with the center to initiate the study.

December 10, 2007 - Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. announced the launch of the Radionics CRW BiopsyPlus Kit, which is designed to simplify the use of the Nashold Biopsy Needle when used with the Radionics CRW stereotactic system, combining all the accessories for the procedure in a single sterile package and requires no assembly or adjustments.

December 10, 2007 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that obesity prevalence has leveled off and made no significant gains since its last report filed for 2003-2004.

The report, “Obesity Among Adults in the United States -- No Change Since 2003-2004,” is the latest analysis based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, conducted by CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.

December 10, 2007 - Smith & Nephew Inc.’s Orthopaedic Reconstruction business recently announced the release of six-year clinical data that reportedly confirms the clinical superiority of the BIRMINGHAM HIP Resurfacing System (BHR).

The report was issued by the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry, one of the most comprehensive registries of its kind.

December 10, 2007 - GetWellNetwork Inc. today introduced the availability of the GetWellNetwork Regulations Package, a comprehensive compilation of patient education videos designed to help hospitals address more than 15 requirements and objectives outlined by the Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG), Hospital Compare and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) that can be impacted by patient education.

December 10, 2007 - Health Level Seven Inc. (HL7), America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), recently said they signed a memorandum of understanding to create a collaborative process for the maintenance of portability standards for personal health records (PHR).

This memorandum expands the number of stakeholders involved in the standards development process to help facilitate data portability between health insurance plans to give plan members the ability to move their personal health data when their health coverage changes.

December 10, 2007 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt urged Congress Dec. 4 to include a requirement for doctors to use electronic health records as part of any proposed Medicare physician payment bill.

In a letter sent to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Tuesday, Secretary Leavitt laid out the administration's demand that any Medicare legislation this year include a requirement that doctors adopt health IT.

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