May 2, 2007 - The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) announced Monday that 30 additional electronic health record (EHR) products for office-based physicians have been certified, bringing the total number of certifications to 81 since the program began one year ago. All certified products are listed at www.cchit.org/cchit-certified.

May 2, 2007 - Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. today announced the completion of enrollment for 400 patients in its CorE 64 (Coronary Evaluation on 64) study taking place across seven countries, the largest trial evaluating the use of 64-slice CT technology, which Toshiba anticipates will result in the most statistically reliable data available to date.

May 2, 2007 - Agfa Healthcare has extended its cardiovascular product line with the Agfa HealthCare Nuclear Cardiology solution, a new nuclear cardiology system that provides a single point-of-access to multiple image modalities to enhance cardiac patient care. The product reflects the company’s strategy to deliver an easy-to-use vehicle for comprehensive reporting that meets the national standards established by the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.

May 2, 2007 – TeraRecon announced yesterday the availability of its time-intensity analysis tools for Breast MRI studies as a standard feature on its industry-leading AquariusNET thin-client server, with advanced pre-processing options available for the recently introduced AquariusAPS server.

May 1, 2007 - Vascular Solutions Inc. announced that, pursuant to a series of agreements entered into by Vascular Solutions and King Pharmaceuticals Inc. in January 2007, Vascular Solutions has provided King with initial launch quantities of the Thrombi-Pad 3x3 hemostatic pad for the control of moderate to severe bleeding.

May 1, 2007 - Draeger Medical has introduced the Carinahome, an invasive and noninvasive ventilator designed to support a patient’s ongoing condition away from clinical settings.

The full-access interface shows both pressure and flow curves while a monitoring screen reportedly enables patients to adjust predetermined settings according to their personal needs.

The Carinahome features low noise levels during operation, an auto-dimming screen and energy-saving capabilities. Optional accessories, such as a DC input allow the ventilator to be used in the car.

May 1, 2007 - Hemedex Inc., a privately-held Cambridge, MA medical device company, announced that it has reached an agreement with Codman & Shurtleff Inc. to distribute the only minimally invasive device that can measure cerebral blood flow and cerebral tissue perfusion in absolute units, in real time.

Cerebral tissue perfusion, the rate at which blood is replenished at the capillary level, is the primary factor in the transport of oxygen and nutrients to the brain. Adequate cerebral tissue perfusion is an essential requirement to maintain brain function.


The use of teleradiology reading services is a topic that has equal if not greater impact on radiologists’ future than the DRA does now.
At RSNA ’06, over 20 providers displayed their service offerings, with an equal amount offering teleradiology service providers who were not at the show. For every one company like Nighthawk Radiology Services or Nightrays, who offers an extensive setup of licensed, board-certified radiologists to provide teleradiology services worldwide, there are least 10 other service providers who are not nearly as qualified.
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The debate continues over computer-aided detection (CAD) and its overall accuracy across all of its principal applications – detecting cancerous lesions in breast, lung and colon. For each of these diseases, research has produced inconsistent findings on CAD’s diagnostic specificity, false positives rates, sensitivity and associated biopsy rates.

As in most partnerships, rarely are all things equal. Such is the case with hybrid PET/CT systems, where the vast majority of the improvements have benefited the CT side of the scanner, in particular with increased CT imaging speeds, according to Medhat M. Osman, M.D., Ph.D., at the School of Medicine at St. Louis University. This has left the medical community anxiously awaiting more substantial changes to the PET side of the PET/CT scanner.
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