May 14, 2007 - The first integrated digital medical imaging system featuring a portable x-ray generator and computed radiography system pioneered by Carestream Health Inc. and Siemens Medical Solutions is now available in the U.S. and Europe.

More than a dozen customers have placed orders for the compact KODAK Point-of-Care CR-ITX 560 System since it began shipping to customers in May in the U.S., Canada and Europe. The system is scheduled for availability later this year in China and other countries.

May 14, 2007 — Royal Philips Electronics today announced at the 2007 World Conference on Interventional Oncology in Washington, D.C., that it has collaborated with Traxtal Inc. to deliver integrated soft tissue therapeutic and diagnostic navigation solutions.

May 14, 2007 - Harvard University’s Office of Technology Development (OTD) and Leica Microsystems, a developer in the optical and opto-electronic industries, today announced that Harvard has licensed its CARS microscopy technology to Leica for use in the company’s confocal microscopes to expand the optical microscopes imaging capabilities, enhancing scientists’ ability to image molecules in living cells and organisms.

May 11, 2007 - A new study of emergency patient preferences for boarding locations shows that admitted patients prefer to board out of the emergency department and in inpatient hallways by a margin of three to two. The study appears online in the Annals of Emergency Medicine (“Emergency department patient preferences for boarding locations when hospitals are at full capacity”).

May 11, 2007 - Agfa HealthCare and InterComponentWare AG (ICW) announced that they are intensifying their co-operation efforts. The nonexclusive agreement covers the development of seamless integration and interoperability between Agfa HealthCare's Hospital Information System (HIS) ORBIS and ICW's eHealth Framework.