June 19, 2007 — During Stanford University’s 9th Annual International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT last week in San Francisco, the Kodak CARESTREAM PACS Workstation performed all clinical imaging exams — completely and on time — at the “Workstation Face-Off”.

June 19, 20207 - An international clinical trial will test a unique pacemaker, the Medtronic EnRhythm MRI SureScan pacing system, for use in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) systems under specified scanning conditions.

June 19, 2007 - The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) recently announced it has selected the Neurostar Virtual Radiology Network (VRN) to provide Internet-based data communications for its novel Tele3D Advantage image processing service.

June 19, 2007 - Imaging Dynamics Company (IDC) recently announced that it has received the Frost & Sullivan North American Technology Innovation of the Year Award for 2007, recognizing the quality and depth of the company's research and development program for its digital radiography (DR) technology.

“By launching our newest DR technology, the X-Series, in early July at the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) conference, we will demonstrate our commitment to constant innovation," states Robin Winsor, Chief Technical Officer.

June 18, 2007 – The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recently released its June 2007 Report to the Congress: Promoting Greater Efficiency in Medicare, a document that describes the changing beneficiary profile in Medicare and its preliminary implications for the program and examines several approaches to promote greater efficiency in the Medicare program.

June 18, 2007 — The American Nurses Association (ANA) announced the findings of the 2007 Study of Injectable Medication Errors, an independent nationwide survey of 1,039 nurses.

According to the research, the overwhelming majority of nurses (97 percent) say they "worry" about medication errors and more than two-thirds (68 percent) believe medication errors can be reduced with more consistent syringe labeling.

June 18, 2007 — Early palliative care interventions can reduce the length of stay for seriously ill patients in the medical intensive care unit (ICU) by more than seven days without having an impact on mortality rates, according to the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Historically, palliative care was most strongly associated with end-of-life care with palliative care specialists seeing patients very late in their illness, often after patients had already been in intensive care for two weeks or more or after all other life-prolonging interventions had been exhausted.

June 18, 2007 — LighthouseMD, a leading provider of revenue cycle management, integrated practice management and EMR solutions for medical groups, recently announced the immediate availability of CareTracker EMR.

The Web-based electronic medical records system allows physicians and nurses to enhance patient care and reduce medical errors using more than 270,000 clinical data elements such as patient symptoms, medical histories, diagnoses, clinical tests and therapies.

June 18, 2007 -- Biomedical equipment technicians and clinical engineering professionals will be formally recognized this summer with a national week of appreciation in honor of their unique contributions to healthcare.

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Technology Management Council (TMC) has approved a resolution proclaiming June 16–23, 2007 as National Biomedical/Clinical Engineering Appreciation Week.

June 18, 2007 — The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) will sponsor the 2007 Leadership Conference, July 20-22, 2007 in Denver, CO.

The Leadership Conference will include interactions with national recognized presenters, authors and experts, recognized for their leadership success and impact on individuals and organizations.

Leading presenters will provide attendees with the wisdom of their experiences through a high energy, fast pace, learning format to help nurse leaders become a catalyst for effective change.

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