March 6, 2007 - Research recently presented at the thirty-second annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology shows that the non-surgical tumor treatment, radiofrequency ablation, reportedly heats and destroys nerve endings in painful tumors, preserving the patient's healthy bone, preventing major surgery and eliminating the need for lengthy rehabilitation and recovery.

March 6, 2007 - Research recently presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's thirty-second Annual Scientific Meeting shows that the non-surgical image-guided treatment of kidney tumors, cryoablation which pushes argon gas to the tip of the probe and extracts heat from surrounding cells, freezing and killing the tumor, is as effective as the laparoscopic technique and results in a shorter hospital stay.

While it's rather easy for the media to beat up the healthcare system and the many facilities that provide services as being broken due to a litany perceived failures, it's even easier to showcase what's succeeding, who's achieving success and why. You just have to look for it. That's why Outpatient Care Technology magazine is shining a spotlight on some of the most forward-thinking, progressively minded ambulatory surgery centers in the nation. We're focusing on such issues as innovation, operational efficiency, customer service and teamwork as ASCs provide care to their patients.

March 6, 2007 - Array Corporation USA and Hologic, Inc. have recently entered into a supply agreement in which Array will provide a custom-built digitizer, developed for Hologic�s R2 DMax line of ImageChecker CAD and DigitalNow systems, that focuses on image processing, display and interpretation of CAD marks through medical picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) using the digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) standard.

March 6, 2007 - Sun Microsystems introduced two OEM offerings, iPACS and uPACS, integrated and utility picture archiving and communication systems, which are available in different sizes and designed as an integrated platform to enable OEMs and system integrators to rapidly build and implement PACS, last week at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in New Orleans.

March 6, 2007 - Merge Healthcare recently announced the debut of its diagnostic mammography solution, Merge Mammo version 7.0, one of the industry's first multi-modality, vendor-neutral digital mammography workstation applications, the system reportedly enables organizations to display and read images from different systems simultaneously and to read all breast studies on a single workstation, regardless of which vendor's acquisition device is used to secure the images.

March 6, 2007 — Draeger Medical Inc. announced the 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.

March 5, 2007 - The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) recently presented the annual Medical Group Preeminence Award to three member medical groups: Geisinger Health System, Vanderbilt Medical Group and Virginia Mason Medical Center, at AMGA's 2007 Annual Conference, held February 28 through March 3, 2007 at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa in Scottsdale, AZ.

March 5, 2007 - Viatronix Inc. recently announced the installment of its clinically proven V3D Colon module that provides automatic post processing and diagnostic tools which reportedly improves speed and thoroughness of radiologist interpretation, at two Massachusetts hospitals.

March 5, 2007 - Acuo Technologies and Agfa Healthcare recently announced that Agfa HealthCare has been appointed as the authorized PACS/RIS reseller for Acuo Technologies, covering Agfa and Acuo's North Europe region in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Nordics, enabling Acuo to expand its ability to distribute and support products in Western Europe.

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