BRIT will launch its multimodality mammography workstation, BRIT Vision and new reporting features for Roentgen RIS at RSNA 2006.
BRIT Vision is for use with any FDA-cleared full-field digital mammography system or with digitized film from a film-screen system. The tools developed for mammography will be made available in all other BRIT Systems diagnostic viewers.

Emageon 's version 5.30 marks a fundamental architectural change with regard to eliminating the need for routing and use of JPEG 2K storage, resulting in improved compression on disk storage.

At RSNA 2006, GE will release Centricity PACS version 3.0, which is designed to help hospitals and imaging centers improve efficiency.
New IHE profiles within version 3.0 automate exam acquisition, reporting and communication for referring physicians. New customers will have an updated LINUX architecture available, while current Centricity customers can also implement version 3.0 within their existing infrastructure.

Haemonetics Corp. announced the launch of its SmartSuction Solo premium surgical suction system in the U.S. market. The new product's design enhances a surgeon's ability to clear fluids from the surgical field by providing high air flow and self-regulating suction.

Smiths Medical, part of the global engineering business Smiths Group, has recently introduced the Portex Thermovent T2 Heat and Moisture Exchange Device (HME) for tracheostomy tubes. This new product is now available in the market.

NexGenisys LLC announced that the St. Louis Area Regional Response System (STARRS) has contracted to provide the NexGenisys MEDS|POD and MEDS|Inventory system to its healthcare facilities, signifying a leap forward in regional efforts to protect against the deadly effects of a bio-terror attack, pandemic event or other widespread healthcare crisis. STARRS member hospitals will utilize the MEDS|POD system to facilitate the safe mass dispensing of medications to employee populations and possibly employee family members during disasters which require pharmacological intervention.

A new keyboard that reminds its user that it needs to be cleaned regularly has been developed by scientists at the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH), with backing from NHS Connecting for Health.

The Advanced Input Systems Medigenic keyboard, which is claimed could cut cases of the MRSA superbug by up to 10 percent, was producted by UCLH consultant microbiologist Dr. Peter Wilson and clinical scientist Dr. Paul Ostro, with the support of NHS CfH.

NightHawk Radiology Services, LLC., announced today that it completed its first sale of its new Talon service to Advanced Radiology, as part of its strategy to target independent radiology groups across the country.
Talon, NightHawk’s proprietary workflow technology service, features image distribution that routes images to, and creates work lists for, the appropriate doctor by using the internet.

The number of hospital and non-hospital CT sites in the U.S. rose by 24 percent from 2003 to 2006, at an annual rate of 8 percent, according to IMV Medical Information Division’s recent census, as facilities replace their installed CT base and add capacity more rapidly.

Medicare issued a final rule on November 1, 2006 under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) that slashes reimbursement for multiple-scan heart imaging PET studies by 71 percent to $731.24, compared to $2,484.88 in 2006.
Under the HOPPS rule, the new rates for PET tumor imaging from skull base to midthigh will also drop by 26 percent to $855.43 compared to $1,150. Similarly, PET/CT imaging scans spanning from skull base to midthigh were cut by 24 percent, down to $950 from $1,250 in 2006.

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