July 12, 2007 - Royal Philips Electronics announced an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide disaster recovery services that are dedicated to VA users with Philips iSite, providing automated backup of all Philips iSite Radiology image data.

June 11, 2007 – “Beyond the DRA: Strategies for Growth & Success”, hosted by GE Healthcare, will be held July 26-27th in Arlington, VA. GE’s second annual Outpatient Imaging Center Conference is aimed at helping imaging centers thrive in a new challenging business environment, and will consist of seminars, educational events and Web casts. According to GE, attendees will receive timely information on effective marketing, managing growth, maintaining a fiscally sound operation, efficient staffing and operations and planning for the future.

July 11, 2007 — The American Medical Association (AMA) yesterday adopted new principles for health courts, special medical courts composed of judges trained in medical standards that could render more accurate decisions on whether or not medical malpractice has actually occurred.

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.

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