October 1, 2007 - Mochida Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Siemens K.K. Japan have agreed to change the ownership interest both companies hold in their joint venture Mochida Siemens Medical Systems Co. Ltd., due to the fact that the collaboration has steadily expanded its business in the diagnostic ultrasound market in Japan, especially in the obstetrics and gynecology market where it holds a significant market share.

October 1, 2007 - The board of the eHealth Vulnerability Reporting Program recently reported the results of a fifteen-month study assessing the security risks associated with electronic health record (EHR) systems, evaluating current industry information security practices and assessing level of risk related to EHR systems, finding that commercial EHR systems are vulnerable to exploitation given existing industry development and disclosure practices.

CARESTREAM Information Management Solutions provide lifecycle management of data, while enabling access to images and information stored in many platforms and locations across a healthcare enterprise or regional community. The portfolio includes enterprise information management (EIM), hosted information management (HIM) and regional information management (RIM).

In today’s healthcare environment, most patients have multiple diagnostic tests with multiple clinicians. The medical challenge is to provide continuity to the information workflow while upholding protection of each provider’s information systems. Diagnostic imaging is an example of the challenge in this environment.

September 28, 2007 - Medication errors continue to rank high in the number of reports (23 percent) submitted to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS), according its 2007 September Patient Safety Advisory.

Unclear and confusing labeling and packaging, as well as look-alike or sound-alike drug names, significantly contribute to medication errors, according to data received by the Patient Safety Authority.

September 28, 2007 — Varian Medical Systems and Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology (CCO), one of Europe's leading oncology centers, are jointly hosting Europe's first IGRT (image guided radiotherapy) training school, enabling hospitals across Europe to be trained in the latest and most precise radiotherapy technologies available.

September 28, 2007 —Significant variation in IT adoption exists across specialties, according to a national study released by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC).

September 27, 2007 - At St. Anthony's Hospital in Oklahoma City, Siemens Building Technologies Inc. recently demonstrated the potential of wireless building controls in hospitals without disrupting patient care or hospital operations with its APOGEE Wireless Field Level Network (WFLN).

September 28, 2007 - Bassett Healthcare, located in Cooperstown, NY, recently selected a wide range of McKesson technology solutions as part of an initiative to help create a single, secure electronic health record (EHR) in its four hospitals and 23 community health centers.

September 28, 2007 - InSite One Inc. announced the signing of a co-marketing agreement with Data Distributing LLC., now offering InSite One’s archiving, storage and disaster recovery services in the company’s portfolio.

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