December 4, 2007 – TeraRecon announced new workflow technologies, “Workflow Templates” and “Workflow Scenes” as part of the Aquarius iNtuition platform, identifying the nature of each examination received by the server, without relying on DICOM headers, then performing pre-processing steps using optimized algorithms selected for the anatomy being processed.

December 4, 2007 - RamSoft will release version 4.5 of the new PowerServer RIS/PACS at the end of the first quarter of 2008, providing facilities with a comprehensive “all-in-one” RIS/PACS solution running on a single server and database.

December 3, 2007 - Members of FASA and American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers have voted to approve the proposed merger between FASA and the AAASC.

As a result, on Jan. 1, 2008, FASA and AAASC will join together to become one organization that will be known as the ASC Association.

December 3, 2007 - B. Braun Medical Inc. today launched its PINNACLE TPN Manager, complementing the company’s PINNACLE TPN Management System, which offers computer physician order entry (CPOE) and calculating software which streamlines the total parental nutrition (TPN) compounding process from the moment an order is entered by the pharmacist until the time it is infused into the patient.

December 3, 2007 - Baxa Corp. today launched the MedBoard Web-based medication tracking system, designed to record pharmacy preparation and delivery activities.

December 3, 2007 - Outsourced hospital compounded sterile preparations maker PharMEDium Services LLC said today it is offering compounded pre-filled, perioperative anesthesia drugs, an effort devoted to reducing medication errors and improving OR efficiencies.

The service line covers the most commonly used drugs in the OR, including about 75 percent of those typically used in surgical procedures.

December 3, 2007 - CareTech Solutions, a healthcare information technology and health information management (HIM) services provider, today said it signed a multi-year IT infrastructure outsourcing contract with The Christ Hospital, a leading acute care hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Following a competitive selection process, CareTech was chosen to provide the hospital with IT infrastructure outsourcing, help desk services and web services. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

December 3, 2007 - A panel of researchers, anesthesia professionals and a patient/advocate assembled last week at a forum for healthcare journalists to tackle the complex issue of anesthesia awareness, the rare but devastating condition that is of heightened public concern due to Nov. 30 release of the movie “Awake.”

December 3, 2007 – A study presented at RSNA found that having hypertension, or high blood pressure, reduces blood flow in the brains of adults with Alzheimer's disease.

Researchers used arterial spin-labeled MRI, a noninvasive technique that requires no external contrast agent, which can measure blood flow in the brain, to image 68 older adults.

December 3, 2007 - The nation’s food supply is at risk, as are the regulatory systems that oversee the nation’s drug and medical device supplies, according to a subcommittee of the FDA’s Science Board in a report to be presented today.

The subcommittee attributes the deficiencies to soaring demands on the FDA and resources that have not increased in proportion to those demands. They conclude “this imbalance is imposing a significant risk to the integrity of the food, drug, cosmetic and device regulatory system, and hence the safety of the public.”

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