The private, nonprofit Hospital San José Tec de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico is considered one of the best high-tech specialty hospitals in Latin America and has been a regional leader in innovative medical procedures including multi-organ transplants.

Neoteric Technology Ltd. has received marketing clearance from the FDA for BloodTrack, a suite of products used in hospitals to manage blood inventory and ensure safe transfusions at the bedside.

"FDA Clearance will allow us to bring our experience from more than 60 installations in the UK to the U.S. market," said Geof Auchinleck, Neoteric's president. "We expect to see a similar impact on blood safety and the cost
of blood transfusion in the U.S. as we have experienced in the UK."

GE Healthcare announced today that it has expanded its alliance with Intermountain Healthcare to include the development of standardized terminology, clinical knowledge management technology and clinical process content for an “enterprise clinical information system” built on GE’s Centricity Enterprise Solution, as part of their plan to enhance patient care by accelerating the adoption of electronic health records and the use of evidence-based medicine.

Thinking Systems Corporation announced the release of its new version of its flagship ThinkingPACS with enhanced support for PET-CT fusion, adding to its line of modality support for PET-CT and SPECT-CT fusion, nuclear cardiology processing and analysis, and more.

GE Healthcare introduced today at the American Heart Association in Chicago its new electrocardiograph unit, the MAC 3500, part of its MAC product line of resting ECG analysis systems, adding to its series of non-invasive tools for diagnosing cardiac disease.
Designed for basic 12-lead resting ECG analysis, the MAC 3500 system delivers technology that reportedly helps clinician improve reliability and accuracy in cardiac assessments, while also helping to increase productivity and efficiency.
The new system includes GE’s Marquette ECG analysis programs:

Merge eMed announced today that it will introduce at RSNA this year Fusion RIS/PACS MX, a single system for imaging business needs, as Merge expands its line of solutions for increasing productivity and driving new referrals for imaging businesses.

Sectra announced the release of an enhanced version of Sectra Control Tower, its workflow optimization and resource utilization tool for radiology departments, to provide solutions with real-time analytical tools.

Philips introduced at the 2006 American Heart Association (AHA) the X7-2 x-MATRIX array transduce, which provides 4-D cardiac ultrasound imaging in infants and children for viewing the cardiac structure and blood flow, extending the company’s range of new cardiovascular solutions.

ACC together with AHA and other key healthcare organizations, has launched "Door to Balloon (D2B): An Alliance for Quality." A Guidelines Applied in Practice (GAP) Program, the D2B campaign is aimed at improving the timeliness of lifesaving therapy for patients with heart attacks at the nation's hospitals that perform emergency angioplasty.

CR RADCHEX, a QA test tool that effectively measures computed radiography (CR) performance, is now available in a wireless configuration.

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