October 22, 2007 - In a major step aimed at making healthcare more affordable while strengthening patient safety and outcomes, the Healthcare Supply Chain Standards Coalition is calling for industry-wide adoption of organizational and product identifiers from GS1, an international organization dedicated to designing and implementing supply chain standards.

October 22, 2007 - GE Healthcare highlighted the advantages of its digital flat panel Biplane imaging systems, the Innova 3131IQ and 2121IQ, which are designed to enable imaging fine vessels and cardiovascular anatomy and to perform 3D rotational imaging to produce three-dimensional images of the vascular system, bone and soft tissue in the body.

October 200, 2007 - OrthoView announced that it will feature demonstrations of its latest Client/Server software including customized versions for major PACS vendors, such as GE (Centricity Web), McKesson (Horizon Medical Imaging), Philips (iSite), Agfa (Impax) and Carestream and a new module for Limb Deformity repair, at RSNA 2007 in Chicago, Nov. 25 to Nov.30.

October 22, 2007 - IBM and Initiate Systems Inc. announced today that Ochsner Health System, reportedly Louisiana’s largest private health system, has selected the companies to improve the capabilities of its electronic medical record (EMR) system, customizing Initiate PatientT, an advanced Enterprise Master -Person Index (EMPI) solution for the sharing and management of patient data in an environment of rapid expansion and across highly disparate patient registration systems.

October 22, 2007 - An educational program developed by the International Society for Biological Therapy of Cancer (iSBTc) will take place in Boston on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007 at the Seaport World Trade Center.

The “Workshop on Future Opportunities for Combination Biological Therapy of Cancer” will address relevant and exciting new opportunities for creating and implementing combination therapies in the field of oncology.

October 22, 2007 - Quantum Medical Imaging, in partnership with Agfa Healthcare, has introduced two new CR systems, the CR30-SP, which is a tabletop unit, capable of 60 plates per hour and the upright unit CR35-SP, which completes up to 73 plates per hour.

October 22, 2007 - Nuance Communications Inc. recently announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Vocada Inc., a leading provider of critical test result management (CTRM) solutions, aiming to help diagnostic departments in hospitals achieve greater patient safety, better patient outcomes and higher staff productivity by bringing efficiency and verification to the communication process surrounding critical test results.

Quantum Medical Imaging, in partnership with Agfa Healthcare have introduced two new CR systems, the CR30-SP , which is a table top unit, capable of 60 plates per hour and the upright unit CR35-SP , which completes up to 73 plates per hour.

Dynatherm Medical recently introduced the vitalHEAT vH2 Temperature Management System, which is designed to noninvasively prevent or treat intraoperative hypothermia through the encapsulation of only one extremity.

Cincinnati Sub-Zero (CSZ) Products Inc. released its Kool Kit noninvasive, integrated, whole-body hypothermia system in September and displayed it at the 2007 ASA show.
The company says the Kool Kit system is an effective and efficient alternative to traditional patient cooling techniques. It combines the CSZ Head Wrap, Patient Vest, and Lower-Body Blanket together into an integrated, comprehensive solution for whole-body cooling that provides maximum surface area coverage.

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