November 29, 2007 - The nonprofit eHealth Initiative Foundation (eHI) announced today the formation of an innovative research program designed to improve drug safety for patients.

November 29, 2007 - New Jersey’s hospitals suffered a 1 percent decrease in year-end operating margins for 2006 and hospital profit margins have been at less than 2 percent for the last two years, according to the latest edition of the New Jersey Hospital Association’s 2007 Financial Status of New Jersey Hospitals Report.

November 29, 2007 - Matrox demonstrated its latest medical graphics solutions at the 2007 RSNA — the Equinox graphics extension unit, which allows deployment of dual displays in the digital OR, and the Onyx companion board, which allows a fiber optic connection to monitors in the control room.

November 29, 2007 – Zonare Medical Systems showcased its new z.one ultra system, the company’s next generation convertible ultrasound platform, at the 2007 Radiology Society of North America conference (RSNA) this week in Chicago.

Based on Zone Sonography technology, the z.one ultra system features advanced software, hardware and transducer technology, including a new multi-transducer port (MTP) and multi transducer connector for the z.one scan engine.

November 29, 2007 – Confirma announced that a study by the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and the University of Washington presented at RSNA suggests that the CADstream system’s patented “worst curve” algorithm for analyzing kinetics may assist in determining malignancy.

November 29, 2007 – Vapotherm will introduce its new Precision Flow respiratory care device at the AARC annual conference Dec. 1, in Orlando, which is one of the first high-flow therapy devices to integrate humidification, gas blending, flow control, and full alarm functionality into a single device for the delivery of nasal cannula inspired gases.

The company has submitted and is awaiting 510(k) clearance for the new product from the FDA.

November 29, 2007 - Clinicians at BC Cancer Agency in Vancouver, BC, have treated a new form of radiotherapy believed to be the first of its type in the world, using a technique called volumetric arc therapy (VMAT), clinicians were able to deliver a single treatment to their 72-year-old patient in less than two minutes.

November 29, 2007 – According to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, by using fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT), radiologists and physicists are able to spot the spread of cancer earlier.

November 29, 2007 – According to findings presented at RSNA 2007, Computed tomography (CT) angiography is as accurate as an invasive angiogram in detecting coronary artery disease.

For the Coronary Artery Evaluation Using 64-Row Multidetector CT Angiography (CORE-64) Trial, researchers at nine international centers studied 291 patients who were scheduled to undergo invasive coronary angiography for suspected or unknown coronary artery disease.

November 29, 2007 - According to the findings of a Boston University Medical Center survey presented at RSNA 2007, black and Hispanic women have a different understanding of screening mammography compared with that of Caucasian women.

Researchers surveyed 1,011 women of various educational, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds who underwent screening mammography at Boston University Medical Center. The survey asked women questions about their understanding of mammography and their preferences regarding call-back after a suspicious finding on a screening mammogram.

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