October 25, 2007 - OrthoView recently announced that it will feature demonstrations of its latest Client/Server software and a new module for Limb Deformity repair at RSNA 2007.

OrthoView will demonstrate its new software including customized versions for all major PACS vendors, including: GE (Centricity Web), McKesson (Horizon Medical Imaging), Philips (iSite), Agfa (Impax) and Carestream.

October 25, 2007 - The Medical Records Institute (MRI) today unveiled the results of its annual survey on electronic medical record trends and usage.
Results of MRI's “2007 Survey of Electronic Medical Record Trends and Usage,” include 1,011 respondents to the survey, with responses from vendors and consultants being deleted. Of the respondents, almost two-thirds identified themselves as having final or strong influence in EMR-decision making.

October 25, 2007 - 3M Health Care announced the launch this week of its Avagard Foam Instant Hand Antiseptic with Moisturizers, a quick drying, nonaerosol product that reportedly provides fast, effective bacterial kill.

October 25, 2007 – MEDHOST, provider of emergency department information systems (EDIS), said this week Northridge Hospital Medical Center in Northridge, CA implemented its full-suite software to simplify patient registration, increase emergency department efficiencies, and improve patient safety and care.

October 25, 2007 – In an effort to help prevent healthcare-associated infections, Kimberly-Clark today launched its PPE Dispensing System to make it simple and convenient for caregivers to sanitize hands and change personal protective equipment (PPE) between patients and in accordance with Centers for Disease Control guidelines.

October 25, 2007 – Misys plc, a global application software and services company, said it will make the Misys Connect healthcare solution available to the open source development community to help establishing open standards in healthcare.

Misys Open Source Solutions, a division of Misys plc, was established to create and drive innovation in the marketplace, using open source to move toward open standards.

October 26, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems will unveil RapidArc, a radiotherapy technology that will reportedly make it possible to quickly deliver a complete intensity-modulated radiation treatment during a single rotation of the treatment machine around the patient while potentially conforming dose more closely to the size, shape and location of the tumor and sparing more surrounding healthy tissue, at ASTRO, held Oct. 28 to Nov. 1, 2007.

October 26, 2007 - Elekta will feature Synergy, a Modulated and Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IMRT and IGRT) system that provides automated workflow tools and 3D volumetric imaging at the time of treatment, at ASTRO, Oct. 28 to Nov. 1, 2007.

October 26, 2007 - Elekta will feature Axesse, a whole body, robotic image-guided stereotactic treatment management system, that reportedly provides a comprehensive and integrated solution to effectively apply stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT), at ASTRO, Oct. 28 to Nov. 1, 2007.

October 26, 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions will exhibit an alternative approach to IGRT, the MVision Megavoltage Cone Beam Imaging Package that is reportedly a powerful, unique volumetric in-line target imaging solution that employs the existing treatment beam to provide 3D target imaging, at ASTRO, Oct. 28 to Nov. 1, 2007.

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