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.

December 10, 2007 - Stony Brook University Medical Center is now using the ExacTrac X-ray 6D System, a new radiotherapy system that combines high-tech imaging with precision tumor-targeting capability, meant for patients who do not want surgical treatment.

The system reportedly adds to patient options for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), a technique that features high radiation doses with pinpoint precision to tumors.

December 10, 2007 – TomoTherapy announced that it has signed contracts with distributors in Israel, Greece, Poland, Turkey, Russia and the United Arab Emirates to market, sell and service the TomoTherapy Hi-Art treatment system.

The system is an advanced radiation therapy system for the treatment of a wide variety of cancers, combining integrated CT imaging with conformal radiation therapy to deliver radiation treatments with speed and precision while reducing radiation exposure to surrounding healthy tissue. The company completed its initial public offering in May 2007.

December 7, 2007 - Studer Group today said its Discharge Call Manager software solution (DCM) has been purchased by 100 hospitals around the country to help improve clinical outcomes and bottom-line results by ensuring staff follows up with patients after discharge and gets quantifiable answers to specific questions.

DCM is a Web-based application that automates the framework of post-discharge calls by auto-populating patient lists, showing customized questions by area and automating results for tracking.

December 7, 2007 - To assist facilities with the transfer of patient images and/or medical records into an electronic information management system for EMRs, clinical information systems (CIS) or PACS, eHealth Global Technologies introduces a new service for migrating film or paper into a digital format - the eHealthLoader.

December 7, 2007 - Driven by an aging population and continued advances in biotechnology, the worldwide surgical and trauma wound treatment market is expected to post a compound annual growth rate of 5.5 percent and grow to $7 billion by 2011, according to “Wound Care Markets, Volume III: Surgical and Trauma Wounds,” a new report released this week by Kalorama Information.

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