March 2, 2007 - The 2006 Frost & Sullivan Award for North American Medical Informatics Competitive Strategy Leadership of the Year has been awarded to Agfa HealthCare. Frost & Sullivan noted that "In 2005 Agfa HealthCare set in motion the execution of an ambitious, full-fledged strategy set to reinforce the company's position as a leading provider of medical informatics solutions for the healthcare enterprise. During 2006, the company, led by Bob Pryor, President of Agfa HealthCare, Americas, decisively embarked upon the projected growth path.

March 2, 2007 � Millennium Surgical Corp. has recently initiated a program to help surgical facilities decrease their dependence on the flash sterilization process and other sub-standard sterilization procedures, offering solutions and assistance including an evaluation of instrument usage, financing options to affordably increase inventory, �best practices" guidelines, electronic instrument set lists for right-sizing trays, and other resources to help facilities avoid resorting to sub-par sterilization.

March 2, 2007 � Kodak�s health group has recently signed a three-year contract with Novation that will offer the health group�s PACS to hospitals, out-patient imaging centers and other healthcare providers across the U.S., effective May 1, 2007 and ending April 30, 2010, with two one-year extension options.

In addition to the PACS contract, Kodak also has agreements with Novation to provide CR and DR systems, radiographic films, laser media, laser imaging systems and services.

March 2, 2007 � GE Healthcare and Awarix, an enterprise patient care visibility system provider, recently announced its partnership to jointly market a comprehensive enterprise patient care visibility system, the Enterprise Visual Workflow Solution which combines Awarix�s patient care visibility technology with GE�s Enterprise Location Management System (IntelliMotion) and patient throughput process improvement consulting services.

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death in women, and women’s healthcare centers that specialize in breast imaging, surgery and treatment represent the offensive line against breast cancer development. As the adage goes, the best defense is a good offense.

Owners and staff of breast imaging centers are continually challenged with being cost effective and time efficient while providing quality patient care. The overhead expenses for maintaining breast imaging centers have continually increased and obtaining reimbursement has become even more challenging. Doing smart business and offering compassionate patient care can be a tricky balancing act and one that requires a resourceful use of equipment and a staff with versatile clinical capabilities and skills.

Jeff Collins, CEO and co-founder, Medipattern Corp., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jeff Collins, CEO and co-founder, Medipattern Corp., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jeff Collins, CEO and co-founder, Medipattern Corp., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jeff Collins, CEO and co-founder, Medipattern Corp., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jeff Collins, CEO and co-founder, Medipattern Corp., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jeff Collins, CEO and co-founder, Medipattern Corp., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Asserting itself as a primary line of offense in the cancer treatment process, computer-aided detection (CAD) technology represents a significant step forward in helping clinicians pinpoint suspicious tissue.

An important change is occurring in the practice of screening mammography. The availability and acceptance of full-field digital mammography is gaining momentum and with it, the practice of using soft copy for interpretation.

Remarkable technological advances in materials and energy sources have revolutionized surgical and exam lighting, and the outpatient care arena is beginning to reap the benefits.
It wasn’t long ago that surgeons and office-based physicians labored under clumsy, excessively hot incandescent light domes. But today, sophisticated systems use newer energy sources such as halogen (quartz and tungsten), gas mixtures such as xenon plasma and the newest – light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

Before his resignation in 2006 as the Bush Administration’s national healthcare IT czar, Dr. David Brailer had been passionately promoting the value of electronic health records (EHRs) for about two years. From a strategic point of view, what kind of progress do you think he made in convincing healthcare facilities to adopt and implement this technology? And how should healthcare facilities interpret his resignation?

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