Feb. 1, 2007 - Patients treated at top-rated hospitals nationwide are nearly one-third less likely to die, on average, than those admitted to all other hospitals, according to a study released today by HealthGrades, an independent healthcare ratings company. Patients who undergo surgery at these high-performing hospitals also have an average five percent lower risk of complications during their stay, researchers found.

FEBRUARY 1, 2007 - Orion Health Technologies announced that international medical equipment manufacturer, Spacelabs Healthcare Inc., has selected Orion’s Symphonia messaging and mapping toolkit. Symphonia can rapidly map data between HL7 systems and connect clinicians to patient information.

Incorporated into the Rhapsody Integration Engine, Symphonia is an easy-to-use, messaging and mapping toolkit that enables vendors, consultants and other developers to rapidly add industry-standard messaging capabilities to new, existing and legacy systems.

FEBRUARY 1, 2007 - Nonin Medical Inc. has entered into a multiyear agreement making its complete line of pulse oximeters and sensors, including its wireless oximeter based on Bluetooth technology, available to MedAssets customers. Over 1,500 acute care hospitals and 25,000 alternate-site facilities will benefit from the agreement.

FEBRUARY 1, 2007 - A panel of experts will discuss key issues and challenges faced by hospital/physician joint ventures. The discussion takes place today at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, NC. and is one of ten segments of the Carolinas Healthcare Forum on Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures. The panel of experts was gathered by Surgery Consultants of America (SCA).

In order to better meet the increasing patient demand on their growing practice, the Women’s Imaging Center at Hillcrest Radiology recently opened the doors of their new office to serve the women of the greater New York metropolitan area. Located in Jamaica, Queens, the new center takes up one entire floor of a medical building.

Feb. 1, 2007 — Results from a clinical trial have demonstrated the effectiveness of the QuickOpt Timing Cycle Optimization method for optimizing cardiac devices. Published in the February edition of the peer-reviewed Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology (JCE), the study found that the new approach is equivalent to traditional echocardiography (echo) in optimizing implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds), but requires less time and effort.

February 1, 2007 - Results from the most comprehensive study to compare two imaging techniques for the emergency diagnosis of suspected acute stroke show that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can provide a more sensitive diagnosis than computed tomography (CT) for acute ischemic stroke. The difference between MRI and CT was attributable to MRI’s superiority for detection of acute ischemic stroke — the most common form of stroke, caused by a blood clot.

February 01, 2007 - Agfa-Gevaert announced today that it has acquired HYDMedia GmbH, a document management system provider to hospitals and healthcare centers, as part of Agfa's strategy to expand this service in German, Austrian and Swiss markets, which are expected to grow more than 20 percent in 2007.

January 30,1, 2007 - Philips announced today that it has paired its ceiling-mounted Philips Allura Xper FD10 X-ray system with the Stereotaxis Niobe system using magnetic navigation capabilities, for the installations of new cardiac electrophysiology (EP) labs designed to improve catheter navigation within the heart’s chambers during complex interventional cardiovascular procedures.

Jan. 31, 2007 - Health-By-Design.net announced its new medical record keeping tool that is available on a USB ink pen or flash drive small enough to fit in a wallet. My Medical Journal, a medical record-keeping guide explains how to communicate more effectively with doctors and prepare for upcoming visits. However, the main emphasis is on how to develop and maintain a personal copy of vital health records (including preventive medicine records).

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