August 7, 2007 - Spring Medical Systems announced it has formed a strategic alliance with WFS Services Inc. to provide an integrated and cost-effective technology solution that will allow small- to medium-sized medical practices to move to an electronic health records (EHR) solution and at the same time, to enhance financial and billing procedures.

August 7, 2007 — Cardinal Health introduced its Esteem Micro Powder-Free Synthetic Surgical Glove, a versatile solution for procedures that require a more refined touch or for use as an outerglove when double gloving.

A thinner version of the Esteem SMT glove, the Esteem Micro glove is made from a unique and proprietary polyisoprene formulation that is nearly identical to Natural Rubber Latex (NRL). It reportedly has the fit, feel and performance of NRL, without any of the protein allergens.

August 7, 2007 – The annual Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) meeting will be held Sept. 26-29, 2007 in Salt Lake City, UT.

August 7, 2007 - Results of study led by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University concluded that computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems in hospitals are causing unintended adverse consequences.

The survey results appear in the July/August issue of the American Medical Informatics Association.

With CPOE systems, healthcare professionals enter medical orders, including prescriptions, directly into a computer database, with the intent of minimizing human error.

August 7, 2007 – Doses of radiation can vary in pediatric coronary CTA, a heart-imaging test to detect fatty or calcium deposits in the coronary arteries, according to a study led by Caroline Hollingsworth, Duke University Medical Center, published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

August 8, 2007 - Siemens Medical announced the release of a new version of syngo Colonography PEV (Polyp Enhanced Viewing), an automated second reader tool for the visualization of lesions in the colon, which now extends the benefits of computer-assisted reading to tagged protocols.

With the new version, the company says, syngo Colonography PEV delivers the benefits of computer-assisted reading to a wider range of protocols commonly applied in CT colonography today, including stool-tagging agents. The PEV tool is seamlessly integrated into the syngo Colonography CT application.

August 6, 2007 – BioServe and Phenomenome Discoveries Inc. announced that they have developed a novel serum-based diagnostic test for the identification of colorectal cancer (CRC), and pre-cancerous states conducive to the development of CRC, which is currently available in Canada and Japan, as the companies' plan to position the product for entery into the U.S. market in Q4 2007.

August 6, 2007 - DR Systems, makers of the Unity RIS/PACS, announced 10 new contracts with a variety of healthcare facilities ranging from diagnostic imaging centers to a 326-bed hospital.
The 10 new facilities are:
- Summersville Memorial Hospital (Summersville, WV)
- Patients Medical Center (Pasadena, TX)
- Jackson Park Hospital Foundation (Chicago)
- Bert Fish Medical Center (New Smyrna Beach, FL)
- Michigan Resonanace Imaging (Rochester Hills, MI)
- Marian Medical Center/Plaza Diagnostic Imaging (Santa Maria, CA)

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.

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