June 22, 2007 — AHA Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of the American Hospital Association (AHA), recently announced an exclusive endorsement of the Versus Information System (VIS) RFID-IR (Radio Frequency Identification – Infrared) for asset, staff, and patient tracking technology to enhance patient care and safety.

June 22, 2007 - Vimo.com released a free online report entitled "Women's Health: OB/GYN Trends Report", which reveals disparities in average prices for major OB/GYN procedures of up to 2200 percent based on where a patient lives. The report can be downloaded for free at http://www.vimo.com/reports/womenshealthreport.pdf

June 22, 2007 - Aimed at streamlining workflow at outpatient imaging centers, the KODAK CARESTREAM Outpatient Solution is a new turnkey digital imaging and information management package, which according to the company, provides precision workflow automation, exceptional operational efficiency and enhanced business optimization.

June 22, 2007 – On Sept. 10 and 11, ASC healthcare professionals will have the opportunity to voice their concerns to lawmakers about the industry’s legislative and regulatory issues. This is a chance to speak with elected officials in an attempt to make federal policy-makers understand ASCs and their role in the healthcare delivery system.
Overwhelming response to the AAASC seminar on the new Medicare ASC payment system has prompted offering the last two seminars in two new cities: Baltimore, Oct. 18-19 and Las Vegas, Nov. 8-9.

June 22, 2007 - The second edition of InMedica’s ultrasound imaging equipment report predicts that the world market for ultrasound imaging equipment will reach $5.7 billion by 2010 and exceed $5 billion by 2008, fuelling the use of ultrasound in new applications and driving additional growth for ultrasound in its traditional markets such as cardiology and obstetrics and gynecology.

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June 21, 2007 — The government recently evaluated hospitals around the country on their performance in the treatment of patients suffering from heart attacks or heart failure.
Almost all 4,500 hospitals performed at the national average when it came to their patient mortality rates.
However, for heart failure, 38 hospitals were listed as performing better than the national rate for heart failure, and 35 were listed as performing worse. For heart attacks, 17 performed better; 7 worse. The ratings are based on hospital claims data filed from July 2005 to June 2006.

June 22, 2007 – Hologic Inc., a provider of diagnostic imaging and digital imaging systems directed toward women’s health, recently announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BioLucent Inc. and its MammoPad breast cushion business.

An upgrade for the NeuroSight Arc module of the OmniSight EXcel image-guided system, NeuroSight Arc maps the trajectories for treatment of functional neurological disorders, including Parkinson’s Disease and other movement disorders.

The AQPlaque suite of vascular analysis tools is now available for TeraRecon’s Aquarius product family. The toolkit enables researchers to investigate and evaluate a range of parameters from CT or MR images of vascular structures, including coronary arteries, as a standard feature from standalone Aquarius Workstations or the AquariusNET thin-client software.

The IMAGINEradiology platform is a radiology practice management and billing software system that serves over 100 practices ranging from radiology groups to large billing services. The system uses modern Microsoft products, including the Microsoft Windows operating system and Microsoft SQL Server database.

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