October 3, 2007 — Hologic, Inc., a provider of diagnostic imaging and digital imaging systems directed towards women’s health, opened the NASDAQ Stock Market, October 2, 2007 in recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, commemorated annually on October 1st.
Chairman and CEO of Hologic, Jack Cumming, presided over the NASDAQ opening bell ceremony at the NASDAQ Market Site.

October 3, 2007 - McKesson will debut its new anesthesia management solution, McKesson Anesthesia Care, alongside its Horizon Surgical Manager and Revenue Cycle Outsourcing during the American Society of Anesthesiologists show Oct. 13-17 in San Francisco.
Together the company says these solutions provide a very comprehensive anesthesia solution, enabling healthcare organizations to improve both clinical and financial operations.

Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc. announced that is had received FDA clearance to market its Oasis magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system that reportedly features vertical field magnet technology inclusive of high magnet homogeneity and higher order active shim, in an open architecture magnet design.

The system contains a magnetic field strength of 1.2 Tesla, a high performance gradient system coupled with an eight-channel Radio Frequency (RF) system and Hitachi-designed RF coils.

For more information: www.hitachimed.com

October 3, 2007 - According to the study by the New England Journal of Medicine(NEJM), conclusions made were that primary CTC and OC screening strategies ended in similar detection rates for advanced neoplasia, though the numbers of polypectomies and complications were smaller in the CTC group, supporting the use of CTC as a primary screening test before therapeutic OC.

Results from the study, reported by NEJM:

October 3, 2007 - Embedded RFID solutions maker SkyeTek Inc, said today Aionex has adopted its M1 HF SkyeModule RFID reader technology to streamline delivery of patient care in hospitals.
The readers provide Aionex’s Patient Response Platform (PRP) with the information it needs to monitor patient care, authenticate hospital staff members, and track process efficacy.

October 3, 2007 - Avid Radiopharmaceuticals Inc., a product-focused molecular imaging company, announced today that enrollment has begun in a proof-of-concept phase I clinical trial investigating Avid’s development compound 18F-AV-133 for imaging patients with movement disorders, including Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and essential tremor and dementias, including Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer’s Disease (AD).

October 3, 2007 - Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center announced that they have developed a technique to use coronary CTA in asymptomatic patients at just only 1/10th of the radiation dose.

The center’s ‘Mini-dose CCTA’ uses x-rays produced during only 1/10th of the cardiac cycle and results in 1/10th of the radiation of a full coronary CT angiogram. The cost is often less than the standard coronary CTA, because it is simpler, quicker and less complex to interpret.

October 3, 2007 – Confirma recently announced that it has installed CADstream for prostate at multiple research sites including MRI at Belfair, Beth Israel, Simonmed and Lahey Clinic, aiming to offer physicians comprehensive and clinically valuable tools for improved quality, standardization and efficiency in MRI studies of the prostate.

October 3, 2007 - Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc. announced that is had received FDA clearance to market its Oasis magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system that reportedly features vertical field magnet technology inclusive of high magnet homogeneity and higher order active shim, in an open architecture magnet design.

The system contains a magnetic field strength of 1.2 Tesla, a high performance gradient system coupled with an eight-channel Radio Frequency (RF) system and Hitachi-designed RF coils.

October 3, 2007 - TeraMedica Healthcare Technology recently announced that Orange Regional Medical Center, in Middletown and Goshen, NY, has agreed to implement TeraMedica's Evercore Clinical Information Manager (CIM) into its central hospital facility, including connection to its satellite facilities, aiming to positively impact patient care and procedural efficiency.

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