September 7, 2007 - Clinical software maker Allscripts has been named one of Fortune magazine's 100 fastest-growing companies for 2007.
The list, comprised of public companies, appears in the Sept. 17 issue of Fortune and is available online now at www.fortune.com. Allscripts, which was ranked No. 23 overall, was one of only seven companies in the healthcare sector to make this year's list.

September 7, 2007 - Almost two years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the coastline of Louisiana, the Valentine Medical Center opened on Aug. 23 as the final HIMSS Katrina Phoenix medical clinic based in Gretna, LA., a suburb of New Orleans.
The clinic opened with a state-of-the-art electronic medical records system, thanks in part to the Healthcare Information Management System's Society (HIMSS) Katrina-Phoenix project funding, donations, and assistance from Louisiana Health Care Review, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Louisiana.

September 6, 2007 - Advanced ICU Care, a medical service company that connects critical care physicians (intensivists) to hospital ICU patients using telemedicine technology, said it has expanded its intensivist coverage to 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to increase the continuity of intensivist care.


We are living in the dawn of molecular medicine, and biomarkers represent the technology that is opening the doors to an unprecedented level of personalized medicine.

MR-PET Opens New Doors for Neurology

In most cases, neurodegenerative diseases are detected after the patient has already suffered the majority of neural damage. Currently, little exists in the way of science to elucidate the progression of many neurodegenerative diseases. Subsequently, few therapies exist to delay and/or correct neural damage.
Winning Combinations - Hybrids Make Imaging a One-Stop Shop

The continued merging of imaging modalities such as PET/CT, SPECT/CT and MR-PET enable clinicians to better integrate the benefits of complementary modalities. The benefits of these hybrids include faster acquisition times with increased performance in resolution and sensitivity.

Windsong Radiology Group in upstate New York has grown from humble beginnings into one of the busiest imaging centers in the United States.
Founded in 1987 by Janet Sung, M.D., Windsong has built its practice and reputation on a philosophy based on two simple rules: provide exceptional patient care and base that care on giving patients access to the best technology available.
Rule One: Exceptional Patient Care


The ABBI organization recently conducted the first Certified Imaging Informatics Professional (CIIP) exam at the annual The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting held in June in Providence, RI. The test content was published in the fall of 2006, so potential candidates had time and opportunity to prepare themselves.
Since the publication of the outline, many PACS SA professionals have tried to discern the key differences between the SIIM and PARCA certifications by the PACS Administrators Registry and Certification Association (PARCA)


CT scanners have evolved over the years and are showing to have applications in the emergent and non-emergent evaluation of underlying cardiovascular issues. The general acceptance for cardiovascular evaluation by CT is limited due to ongoing studies. The noninvasive nature of CT may find favor among patients and physicians if the studies prove to be an effective way of evaluating cardiovascular disease.

Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. developed MRI for the breast to assist in early detection of breast cancer.
Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. developed MRI for the breast to assist in early detection of breast cancer.
Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. developed MRI for the breast to assist in early detection of breast cancer.
Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. developed MRI for the breast to assist in early detection of breast cancer.

Breast imaging is no longer a single modality specialty. Although mammography continues to lead the pack as the most accurate, accessible and cost-effective screening modality, MRI and ultrasound are quickly becoming elevated to the same standard of care, particularly for women at high risk.
Most notably, on March 28 of this year the American Cancer Society released new recommendations that women at high risk of developing breast cancer should receive annual screening MRIs in addition to mammograms.(1)
The ACS panel recommended breast MRI for women who:
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