NovaRad will feature its NovaPACS 7.0 and NovaRIS at AHRA 2008.
Tighter integration between the systems offers enhanced image access and scheduling/billing/process management for radiologists and administrative staff. Additional enhancements in these latest versions include an improved information NovaCentral support “command center” for real-time remote monitoring and referring physician features in NovaPACS to enhance image reading efficiency.

Danmeter will introduce its new CSM Wireless Display with a large color screen for enhanced parameter viewing during the 2007 ASA show.

The Wireless Display complements the Danmeter Cerebral State Monitor (CSM), which is a state of the art portable and affordable brain function monitor that indicates the level of consciousness during sedation. Powered by Danmeter’s Cerebral State Index (CSI), the CSM displays the direct effect of anesthetics and sedatives on the brain as a number between 0 and 100, with 40 to 60 indicating an optimal target for surgical anesthesia.

Draeger Medical Inc. plans to show off its Fabius Tiro M, a deployable field anesthesia machine designed for use in a variety of environments in support of military missions worldwide.
It is designed to provide a full-feature anesthesia machine in a compact system for military installations in the field where general anesthesia is required. The Fabius Tiro M is a modular variant of the Fabius Tiro, which has been commercially marketed and successfully accepted in hospitals worldwide since 2003.

October 10, 2007 – Care Communications Inc. recently announced an agreement with the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer (CoC), a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving survival and quality of life for cancer patients, to provide its cancer registry services to support the annual National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) Call for Data.

October 10, 2007 - Hospitals continue to seek answers for handling the growing number of evidenced-based quality measures introduced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS) and DocuSys has released new solutions to help healthcare providers to comply.

October 10, 2007 – The Baxa Corp. today launched its PadLock Set Saver, an aseptic IV administration set storage solution that can be swabbed and reused.

October 10, 2007 - Surgeons are testing new ways of treating the No. 1 cause of death from trauma in this country - massive bleeding – by deep cooling patients to buy more time for doctors.

October 10, 2007 - Datascope Corp. recently announced the U.S. launch of the Panorama Web Viewer, a Web-based software product that enables remote access to patient data from virtually anywhere, using an Internet connected PC.

October 10, 2007 - Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, announced new agreements have been awarded for diagnostic imaging products and point of sale service agreements, which took effect on October 1, 2007.

The awards include the following:

Bone Densitometry - GE Healthcare of Wauwatosa, WI

Cardiovascular imaging - GE Healthcare; Philips Medical Systems of Bothell, Wash.; and Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA.

CT - GE Healthcare, Philips Medical Systems, and Toshiba America Medical Systems.

October 10, 2007 - A new technique for capturing images of chest veins eases diagnosis of venous diseases, according to a study presented by University of Cincinnati (UC) radiologists at the North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging's 35th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions in Washington, D.C.
Developed by Cristopher Meyer, M.D., and Achala Vagal, M.D., the new protocol allows radiologists to compensate for the extra time it takes contrast solution to reach the veins so useful images can be produced using the CT scanner.

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