Nellcor, a unit of Tyco Healthcare, has entered into an agreement with Lyntek for an exclusive worldwide license to certain patented technology developed by its founder and president, Dr. Lawrence Lynn, DO, FCCP. Dr. Lynn is on staff at the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at Riverside and Doctors Hospital in Columbus, OH, and is also executive director of the sleep and breathing research institute.

Hospitals in northeastern and central Pennsylvania are working together to develop standards for the use of color-coded patient wristbands in their facilities.
Wristband colors are often used to convey clinical information to nurses, physicians and other healthcare workers, but potential safety issues were raised when a patient nearly died in a Pennsylvania hospital due to confusion about the meaning of a colored wristband that had been put on the patient’s arm.

Siemens completed its acquisition of Diagnostic Products Corp. (DPC) in late July, marking a significant milestone for Siemens as it enters the in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) market. Together with DPC, Siemens Medical Solutions will become the first full service diagnostics company.
Founded in 1971, DPC is a global leader in immunodiagnostics, focusing on developing, manufacturing and distributing automated body fluid analyzers and tests, such as those related to cancer and cardiac disease, as well as hormone and allergy conditions.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) recently adopted practice guidelines for the perioperative management of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to reduce the risk of adverse outcomes in patients with OSA who receive sedation, analgesia or anesthesia.

Eclipsys Corp. announced that St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center, (Syracuse, NY) has documented record cash collections, achieved near 100 percent registration accuracy and recovered more than $20 million in revenues over budget due to reduced Accounts Receivable days. According to Mike Shaffer, St. Joseph's chief financial officer, the results can be attributed to the Sunrise Access Manager/Patient Financial Manager, Eclipsys' revenue cycle management software solution.


What’s the world got against anesthesiology lately?
Just two months prior to the annual convening of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I sense that this medical specialty is under attack on a couple of fronts, attacks that are challenging these physicians’ professional authority and/or their well deserved financial compensation.


In an effort to keep pace with the ever-growing demand for emergency care access, hospitals are turning to models of a freestanding emergency department (ED) to help ease overcrowding at hospital emergency rooms.

Bon Secours Richmond in Virginia is the leading Catholic not-for-profit healthcare system, with four award-winning hospitals, a school of nursing and a medical imaging school. The system also runs numerous community outreach health programs and services. Bon Secours Richmond is one of the city’s largest employers with more than 5,000 employees.

Radiologists across seven health boards in New Zealand are going on strike today for equal pay with radiographers at other health boards.

The University of Virginia Medical Center (U.Va) has upgraded their minimally invasive brain surgery tools by purchasing the Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion from Elekta. With the addition, physicians hope to take advantage of the added ability to develop and deliver complex treatment plans with Perfexion’s pinpoint accuracy that allows larger doses to be concentrated on the target.

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