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.

December 19, 2007 - TeraMedica will enter into a hardware reseller agreement with Dell, taking TeraMedica's Evercore solution and integrating it with the Dell Healthcare Hardware Technology portfolio of products, allowing instant access to medical images such as X-rays and MRI scans or Cardiology exams, as well as other types of clinical digital content such as electronic reports, from one pane of glass.

December 19, 2007 - Novadaq Technologies is the recipient of the Frost & Sullivan North American Medical Imaging Product of the Year award for its SPY Intra-operative Imaging System, reportedly the first and only fluorescent imaging system cleared by the FDA that enables cardiac surgeons to visually assess bypass graft functionality during coronary artery bypass procedures.

December 19, 2007 – Neurognostics will be installing their Functional MR Imaging (fMRI) system at Hoag Hospital in Pasadena, CA and North Shore-LIJ Health System in New York, providing the centers with data acquisition hardware and workflow software,

In addition, the Neurognostics fMRI system also includes an extensive library of stimulation paradigms that are designed to map a variety of cognitive and motor functions, including memory, reasoning, language, and perceptual abilities.

December 19, 2007 - Confirma and GE Healthcare have expanded their strategic partnership to offer Confirma services to GE Healthcare customers with CADstream.

Under the new agreement, Confirma will offer program consultation, applications training, customizable educational courses, and marketing and reimbursement consultation to GE Healthcare customers with CADstream.

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