July 11, 2007 — Thousands of the nation's medical specialists expressed concerns about a 2006 law that rushes the process of reporting on quality measures and urged policymakers to allow time to complete a testing phase before expanding or making the Medicare program permanent.

July 11, 2007 — The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) recently announced that PDL BioPharma has been named a strategic partner for 2007.

As a strategic partner, PDL BioPharma will be the exclusive sponsor for the ENA State Leaders December Orientation and the Emergency Nurses Week, October 7-13, 2007.

"We are very pleased to announce this partnership with PDL BioPharma," said Donna Mason, RN, MS, CEN, ENA President. "By partnering with ENA, PDL BioPharma gets a unique opportunity to show their support of the life saving work of emergency nurses across the country."

July 11, 2007 — Kryptiq Corp. recently announced that InterHospital Physicians Association (Portland IPA) has selected Kryptiq’s Connect IQ Secure Messaging to connect providers across the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.

Kryptiq’s Connect IQ serves as a vendor neutral platform enabling Portland IPA providers to securely share patient information for improved coordination of care.

July 11, 2007 — Zotec Partners recently announced its merger with Susan J. Taylor Inc. (SJT), a long-standing provider of practice management solutions to the medical community, with a proven expertise in anesthesiology.

Terms of the merger, jointly announced by Zotec’s chief executive officer, T. Scott Law and Susan J. Taylor, Inc. president, Susan J. Mills, were not disclosed.

July 11, 2007 — Draeger Medical recently announced the release of Innovian Anesthesia 2.0. The new release offers system improvements based on extensive customer feedback and includes expanded capability for IT performance in the perioperative suite.

It provides additional support for ease of access, enhanced security functions to promote compliance with HIPAA regulations, and additional notification capabilities that increase visibility to data coming from other systems.

July 11, 2007 - Today GE Healthcare released the latest version of Centricity Enterprise, an integrated software suite of clinical and financial applications that is designed to improve patient care and increase collaboration between clinicians, reportedly providing a better overall healthcare environment.

July 11, 2007 - SurModics Inc. and Paragon Intellectual Properties LLC announced an agreement to develop a stent system for the treatment of coronary artery disease, which combines SurModics' FINALE Prohealing coating technology and Paragon’s low-profile coronary stent system, designed to address late stent thrombosis.
SurModics’ FINALE prohealing coating technology incorporates extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins designed to accelerate tissue healing of implantable medical devices through the body's own healing mechanisms.

July 11, 2007 – Medison recently introduced the SonoAce X8, a multi-modality ultrasound system designed to adapt to meet all imaging needs from performing abdominal, OBGYN, small parts, vascular and/or cardiac examinations.

July 11, 2007 – Carestream health recently announced that it will launch its new RIS/PACS technology designed for outpatient imaging centers, this week at American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) meeting in Orlando, FL.

The new outpatient solution is a turnkey digital imaging and information management package that is designed to improve workflow automation, operational efficiency and business optimization.

July 11, 2007 - The 49th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), which takes place July 22-26, 2007 in Minneapolis, MN, at the Minneapolis Convention Center, will feature a hybrid MR-X-ray system, an ultrasound for breast, among other new technologies.

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