July 31, 2007 — The Stanley Works, a manufacturer of custom storage systems, announced the acquisition of privately held InnerSpace Corp., a supplier of organized storage and clinical inventory management solutions for the healthcare industry.

InnerSpace’s storage solutions can be found in healthcare facilities throughout North America and across the globe, primarily in clinical departments such as Cardiology, Radiology, Surgery and Endoscopy where durable, efficient and flexible storage is of utmost importance.

July 31, 2007 - Medtronic Inc. announced it has entered into a distribution and development agreement with Axon Systems, a privately-held developer of neuromonitoring technology used during spinal surgery.

The agreement will allow Medtronic and Axon Systems to bring to market the next generation of surgeon directed and professionally supported spinal neuromonitoring technology and expand the availability of this critical technology.

July 31, 2007 - The Joint Commission and Joint Commission Resources’ 21st Annual Conference on Quality and Safety will be held Nov. 12-14 in Chicago.

Entitled “Organizational Greatness: Actions for Health Care Excellence,” the conference will highlight leadership strategies for instilling in practitioners a passion for patient safety and quality that extends system wide.

July 31, 2007 – The Medical Records Institute will hold an electronic medical record (EMR) seminar in Kansas City, MO Sept. 27-28, 2007, designed to bring the healthcare community fully up to date on EMR/EHR issues.

With the urge toward EMRs, hospitals, clinics and physician need to be familiar with the latest and most pressing EMR developments and their ROI issues. The Medical Records Institute offers the EMR Seminar in a small group environment where key experts in the field will address the whole range of related issues.

July 31, 2007 - The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded ECRI Institute a new three-year contract to operate, enhance, and maintain two Web-based initiatives for AHRQ.

The two sites are the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC), www.guideline.gov, for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, and the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC), www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov, for evidence-based quality measures and measure sets.

July 31, 2007 – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted an audio conference July 31, 2007, from 2:00-3:00pm EST on the two ASC rules released July 16, 2007.

The two rules are: 1. The final rule on ASC payment system reform, and 2. the ASC-related portion of the proposed rule proposing payment rates and payment policies for hospitals and ASCs effective Jan. 1, 2008.

Dial-in information for the audio conference: 1.800.837.1935, Conference ID 6982411

July 31, 2007 - Hologic Inc., a provider of diagnostic and digital imaging systems directed toward women’s health, announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, with record revenues of $191.5 million and earnings of $24.7 million.
Hologic also reported a record 328 Selenia full field digital mammography systems installed and recognized as revenue, a record backlog of $222.1 million and cash balance increases to $93.8 million.

July 31, 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics announced today that it has been selected by Amerinet, a purchasing organization in the healthcare industry, to provide a complete line of immunoassay, chemistry and automation solutions, reportedly offering a diversified product portfolio, tiered pricing schedule, a comprehensive menu and rapid turnaround of test results.

July 31, 2007 - UniWeb PACS, a multimodality Web-based solution from EBM Technologies, has received FDA clearance.

EBM UniWeb can reportedly store, communicate, process and display images within the system and/or across a computer network at distributed locations. The company says it can display multivendor and multimodality images including FFDM (Full Field Digital Mammography), and can be used for interpretation in a primary diagnostic setting.

According to the company, key benefits of the system include:

July 31, 2007 - Datalux Corp. recently introduced the XG10 and SG10, 10.4-inch LCD monitors that feature touch-screen capability and compact, all-metal enclosures making them applicable for a wide range of uses.

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