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.

Gammex, Inc., a leader in the manufacture and distribution of quality control devices introduces its newest addition to the high quality phantom line.

September 27, 2007 — minSURG Corp. recently announced that over 1,750 patients have received the TruFUSE posterior fusion procedure since its introduction last year.

TruFUSE, one of the first intermediate surgical solutions to treat intractable back pain, uses two small cork-shaped dowels made of human bone, called allografts, to stabilize vertebrae, and is used mostly in the lower, or lumbar, spine.

September 27, 2007 — Henry Schein Inc. is partnering with the American Cancer Society to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October by rolling out its second annual “Think Pink” program, giving Henry Schein’s customers an opportunity to join in the fight against breast cancer.

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