JANUARY 29, 2007 - Effective partnerships between state and federal efforts in the years ahead will be critical to the success of national efforts for transformation to a value-driven healthcare system, according to a report released today by the Foundation of Research and Education (FORE) of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). The report is an extension on the 2006 study on development of state-level health information exchange (HIE) initiatives, under contract to the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC).

January 29, 2007 - KLAS Enterprises, LLC, voted Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. the Best in KLAS award for 2006 in CT and one in MR for the Aquilion 64-slice CT and the Vantage 1.5T MRI systems, recognizing its leadership in working with customers to achieve high satisfaction and performance.

January 29, 2007 - DMS Health Technologies, a member of the DMS Health Group and a national diagnostic imaging and equipment provider, announced today the appointment of Tom Andersson as the president of DMS Health Technologies.

January 29, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems, Inc. announced today that it has successfully completed the $30 million acquisition of ACCEL Instruments GmbH, a privately-held supplier of scientific research instruments and proton therapy systems for cancer treatment.

In the deal, Varian paid approximately $30 million to acquire 100 percent of ACCEL, including its bank debt. ACCEL has approximately $30 million in annual revenues.

January 29, 2007 - FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA announced today that for the third year it will be funding educational travel grants for the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Annual Meeting, May 6 – 11, 2007, in Orlando, FL. Two radiology residents or fellows will be awarded with grants, valued at $2,500 each, to help cover registration and courses for the entire ARRS meeting, as well as lodging and travel to and from the conference.

January 29, 2007 – The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) announced today that 18 additional electronic health record (EHR) products for office-based physicians have been awarded CCHIT certification – a milestone for the organization, which now estimates it has certified about 25 percent of companies in the ambulatory EHR market in just nine months.

A total of 55 office-based products now carry the CCHIT CertifiedSM seal. All certified products are listed on www.cchit.org.

Jan. 26, 2007 - Julie A. Fairman, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, the Class of 1940 Bicentennial Term Associate Professor of Nursing and Director of the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, was awarded the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research in December 2006. This award provides support for writing a book that documents the history of American nursing from 1975 to the present. She is one of only two nurses to receive this award.

January 26, 2007 - Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. announced that it will give a live Webcast on breast MRI reimbursement, on Monday, January 29, 2007 at 12:00 p.m. EST live, to teach 2007 CPT coding changes, address the DRA and give tips on effective billing.

Providing healthcare services through telemedicine creates a unique set of challenges for healthcare organizations, including acquiring new technology and ensuring the quality of telemedicine services, according to ECRI (www.ecri.org), a nonprofit healthcare research institute.

Birmingham, AL-based HealthSouth Corp. chose Megadyne Medical Products Inc. to supply its group of outpatient surgery centers with electrosurgical products, effective immediately. Under the three-year agreement, Draper, UT-based Megadyne becomes the exclusive, sole-source supplier of such products as electrosurgical generators, electrodes, smoke evacuators and a variety of accessories and peripheral products. HealthSouth plans to integrate Megadyne products into its surgery center purchasing portfolio with a goal of 90 percent contract compliance after implementation.

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