October 22, 2007 - Lucid Inc.’s VivaNet telemedicine server and its VivaScope confocal imager allows dermatologists to share, review and diagnose noninvasive digital images of skin cells via the Internet.

The technology, which relies on using special microscopes to digitally image a patient’s skin, may bypass the need to surgically biopsy many patients. VivaScope imaging sessions reportedly require only 5 to 10 minutes of a physician’s assistant’s time.

October 22, 2007 - Cianna Medical recently announced that 100 patients have been treated with the SAVI applicator, a single-entry, multi-catheter applicator that delivers radiation therapy as part of breast conservation therapy.

October 22, 2007 - The spread of a potentially life-threatening, antibiotic-resistant staph germ that is responsible for more deaths in the United States each year than the AIDS virus, recently prompted the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) to launch an education initiative aimed at protecting the public against the further spread of infection.

October 22, 2007 - Pioneer Surgical Technology today announced the U.S. market availability of its CLARITY Posterior Retractor System, developed to help meet the challenge of reducing operating room time and improving patient outcomes.

October 22, 2007 - Health benefits company WellPoint Inc. and Zagat Survey LLC today announced the upcoming launch of a new online survey tool that will allow consumers to share their physician experiences with others.

WellPoint will begin to offer the online tool using the Zagat approach to select members in its Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield licensed subsidiaries in January 2008.

October 19, 2007 - Healthcare virtual reality (VR) applications have experienced double-digit growth both worldwide and in the U.S. since the turn of the century, and the 2010 U.S. market for virtual reality in surgery, medical education, therapy and other areas is expected to grow to $290 million, according to “Virtual Reality Market in the U.S. Healthcare Sector: Markets for Remote Surgery, 3D Modeling, Pain Distraction and Other Applications,” a new report from life science research firm Kalorama Information.

October 22, 2007 - Vendormate Inc. today released VISION 4.0, a solution for vendor security and ethics compliance monitoring which makes it easier for users to gather and process the information.

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.

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