February 27, 2007 – The Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently granted that The Joint Commission continue deeming authority under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA), meaning laboratories accredited by The Joint Commission are deemed as meeting both CLIA and Medicare certification requirements.

The federal government’s Final Notice, granting the deeming authority for five years to The Joint Commission Laboratory Accreditation Program was published in the February 2007 Federal Register.

February 26, 2007 – VersaMed recently announced its contract with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) to provide the iVent201 Disaster Preparedness ventilator, giving the ability to set up in seconds and transfer a patient between leak-tolerant, non-invasive and invasive modes without having to switch machines.

The iVent201 provides advanced diagnostic features including loops, 14 parameters of trending, graphics and data recall.

Feb. 26, 2007 — Maquet Critical Care announced its has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its breakthrough NAVA (Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist) technology for optional use with the company’s SERVO-i ventilator. The SERVO-i ventilator with NAVA option is intended for treatment and monitoring of all patients, neonatal, pediatric and adults who require mechanical ventilation.

Feb. 26, 2007 — Draeger Medical Inc. has begunthe U.S. launch of its new ventilation system, the Oxylog 3000, which is designed to support critical care patients in demanding emergency and transport environments. Its combination of volume and pressure-controlled and pressure support ventilation across the entire breathing cycle enable the Oxylog 3000 to deliver high-end performance for caregivers.


There’s no denying it: Whether you’re a gadget geek or a technophobe, technology has invaded your world, both personally and professionally — of course, how you and all of us control and optimize that reality is up to us individually.

I recently read a “60-Minute” feature segment on Yahoo.com called “Working 24/7,” which explored the impact of wired and wireless technology on our culture, and it would be easy to draw unfavorable conclusions if you happen to actually enjoy having any life apart from your work.

Describe how the use of ultrasound for nerve blocks has impacted your practice.
Traditionally nerve blocks have been performed using anatomical landmarks — but there is a lot of anatomical variation, and there’s a lot of variability with the success rate of nerve blocks.

The climate of today's technology landscape within the healthcare arena seems to be changing at an ever-increasing rate. That can be either good news or great news depending on where you are in the need-to-purchase pipeline. Fortunately, for those needing to purchase inventory management systems, the climate will be like taking a trip to the Bahamas, metaphorically speaking.

Today’s busy emergency departments have an arsenal of imaging tools at their disposal when triaging and diagnosing trauma patients. Increasingly, ED physicians are turning to more sophisticated technologies in addition to proven standbys — such as ultrasound, CR and DR — when diagnosing victims.

February 26, 2007 – Agfa HealthCare announced today that it will showcase its IMPAX Data Center, a real-time database of all structured and unstructured data from different clinical sources, leveraging a central bank of transactional and data services that can permit an enterprise level of data and clinical content management, at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference (HIMSS) in New Orleans.

February 26, 2007 � Agfa HealthCare announced today that it has recently made plans with a North Carolina-based hospital to install its new ORBIS Care nursing clinical modules for point of care clinical documentation, flow sheet charting and care planning, enabling hospitals to manage clinical data and patient flow through all departments, giving nurses and physicians access to their patients' EMR (Electronic Medical Record).

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