August 6, 2007 - The American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER) will hold its 2007 Annual Scientific Meeting Oct. 3-6 in San Diego, CA.

The meeting is intended to provide a broad experience in state-of-the-art emergency imaging through: 1. educational sessions on the latest trends and advances in emergency radiologic diagnosis and 2. sessions presenting new original scientific work.

Program highlights for 2007 include:

August 6, 2007 - Breast MRI enables radiologists to improve identification of tumors missed by mammography and ultrasound, according to a new study, ‘Cancer Yield of Mammography, MR and US in High-Risk Women: Prospective Multi-Institution Breast Cancer Screening Study,’ published in the August issue of the journal Radiology. The multi-center study compared the three imaging modalities in women at high risk for breast cancer.

August 3, 2007 - The Society for Women’s Health Research has established a new scientific health research network that will explore how the sexes differ in health and disease related to bones, muscles and joints.

August 3, 2007 – The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology’s (ASTRO) new brochure, Radiation Therapy for Lymphoma, is a short treatment guide to assist people coping with Hodgkin’s and nonHodgkin’s lymphoma, and outlines the major differences between the diseases, explains radiation therapy’s role in treatment and what patients can expect before, during and after radiation therapy.

August 3, 2007 - Rorke Data has achieved ISO 13485:2003 certification developed for quality management systems in the medical device and diagnostic imaging community.
Rorke Data provides Healthcare Industry OEMs, hospitals and clinics a range of custom and off-the-shelf data storage, server and network solutions complemented with a full suite of related pro-services such as pre-site analysis, installation and post sales support options.

For more information: www.rorke.com

August 3, 2007 — The 6th Annual RFID, Barcoding & Emerging Technologies for Hospitals & Health Systems Conference, Sept. 24-26 2007 in Philadelphia PA, will feature hospital leaders speaking about their tracking technology applications.

August 3, 2007 — Artromick recently announced the general availability of the NX10 Mobile Computing WorkStation, a point-of-care computing cart that reportedly delivers a flexible, light weight and cost effective solution for bedside data management.

The NX10 WorkStation 20 percent lighter than the previous product releases with a stable and trim-line footprint making it easy for nursing staff to maneuver through the most crowded corridors and patient rooms, according to the manufacturer.

August 3, 2007 — MEDecision Inc., a provider of software, services and clinical content to healthcare payers, received a "Recognition of Excellence in Innovation Certificate" from the United States Department of Commerce, which honors local and regional innovators nationwide who have introduced a new product or service into the market, utilized a new manufacturing process, or received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

August 3, 2007 — Precision Dynamics Corporation (PDC) recently announced the release of its color coded Alert Band Wristbands for patient safety.

Throughout the U.S., healthcare facilities have long used color-coded wristbands to signal important medical information. In fact, according to the 2005 Patient Safety Authority Survey of Pennsylvania Hospitals four out of five respondents’ facilities used color-coded patient wristbands.

August 3, 2007 - HP recently signed on to supply technology to MD Anderson, one of the nation’s leading cancer research and treatment centers, enabling researchers at MD Anderson to investigate new techniques in bioinformatics, epidemiology, radiation treatment modeling, and many other fields, in ways that were previously either not possible or too slow to be effective.

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