July 5, 2007 - Medipattern Corp., developer of computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) solutions for breast ultrasound imaging, announced a strategic alliance with HealthcareIQ LLC, reaching an agreement where Medipattern’s clients will have access to payer-specific benefit plan rules, coding guidelines and medical necessity protocols.

July 3, 2007 – Under a proposed rule released July 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would revise payment rates and policies under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for 2008. In an attempt to provide incentives to improve the quality of care, the CMS projects that it will pay approximately $58.9 billion to 900,000 physicians and other healthcare professionals next year.

July 3, 2007 - TeraRecon, Inc. announced that Fovia and certain persons now or previously associated with it agreed to pay undisclosed but significant sums, including royalty payments relating to past activities and royalties on future activities to TeraRecon, to settle a lawsuit pertaining to 3-D imaging technology filed by TeraRecon against Fovia and certain employees in October of 2005.

July 3, 2007 - – NovaRad Corporation recently announced it has expanded its PACS installations in Augusta, GA, with the addition of two new NovaPACS contracts, now totaling 12 Georgia facilities.

July 3, 2007 – According to a new survey conducted by Applied Data Research has discovered that a new class of imaging agents can associate with highly specific markers on the surface of cells to provide unparalleled specificity, creating new opportunities for visualization, targeted drug delivery and mapping physiological changes over time.

July 2, 2007 — Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp. has announced the addition of a complete line of microsurgical instrument trays.

The trays are designed for use with delicate and micro instruments and offer maximum protection and ease of handling. The durable and lightweight polymer trays are fully autoclavable and can withstand temperatures up to 380°.

July 2, 2007 — Doctors are famous for sloppy scribbling - and handwritten prescriptions lead to thousands of medication errors each year. Electronics to the rescue: U.S. hospitals that switched to computerized physician order entry systems saw a 66 percent drop in prescription errors, according to a new review of studies.

July 2, 2007 — Nonin Medical, Inc. announced US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of the LifeSense capnograph/pulse oximeter.

LifeSense combines capnography and pulse oximetry into one easy-to-use device. The portable device is expected to be an industry leader for Nonin, who has over 20 years of medical device success with innovations such as the Onyx fingertip and the Avant 4000 Bluetooth pulse oximeters.

July 2, 2007 – The ThinPrep Imager, a new computerized test, can detect more high-grade cervical cancers than a conventional Pap smear, according to a study funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council.

"In the samples read by the ThinPrep Imager, there was a significant 17 percent increased detection of high-grade lesions," said researcher Dr. Annabelle Farnsworth, medical director of the Cytology Department at Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology, in North Ryde. "There was also a 50 percent decrease in unsatisfactory slides," she added.

July 2, 2007 - Analysis of the minimally invasive vertebral compression fracture (VCF) treatment market by Millennium Research Group (MRG) reveals that the U.S. market is expected to grow at double-digit rates over the next five years. This expected growth is due in part to the popularity of kyphoplasty and the emergence of new devices and competitors in the vertebroplasty market.

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