The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) will partner with the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) to develop and manage the SIIM Certified Imaging Informatics Professional (CIIP) program, the first exam for which is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2007.
The partnership leverages the content-specific expertise of SIIM and experience in policies and procedures of certification from ARRT. The SIIM CIIP certification program merges medical and corporate (IT) models into a single comprehensive exam to certify both R.T. and IT professionals.

A study in the July issue of Radiology reported researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School in Boston and Beneficencia Portuguesa Hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil have discovered a new cardiac MRI technique that can noninvasively demonstrate blockage of the coronary arteries yielding an accuracy of 88 percent compared to the current diagnostic standard. The research was done to try and find a noninvasive way to determine if the invasive approach is necessary.

On August, 24, Commissure Inc. announced the installation of the company’s RadWhere Suite at the Cleveland Clinic. Commissure believes that the installation will bring a new level to speech reporting, workflow orchestration and data mining, while enabling healthcare facilities to fully utilize their medical imaging IT infrastructure.

Five American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) members were honored by GE Healthcare and AHRA for their exceptional innovation, leadership, administrative capabilities and sharing of expertise and experience. The GE Healthcare Award for Excellence is sponsored by AHRA and GE Healthcare, and recipients receive a crystal trophy, a blue blazer embroidered with the Award for Excellence logo and $2,000 donated in their name to the AHRA Education Foundation courtesy of GE.

Newly FDA-cleared methods in ventilation monitoring further expand the performance of the Engstrom Carestation ventilator by GE Healthcare.
With SpiroDynamics, tracheal pressure can be monitored regardless of the ventilator setting. The method facilitates compliance measurement at the beginning, middle and end of a breath for better assessment of overdistention, providing a dynostatic curve that better estimates alveolar pressure. This further enhances detection of Intrinsic PEEP and inflection points.

Helping hospitals bridge the communications gap with deaf individuals, DT Interpreting, a service of Deaf Talk LLC, and Sony Electronics are providing access to on-demand American Sign Language (ASL) video interpreting services.
The collaboration involves the use of Sony’s IPELA PSC-TL30 all-in-one video conferencing system, a network ready video communication system that allows instant communication over IP networks.
For ease of use, the system is designed with single-layer GUI, translucent cascading menus and simple mouse operation.

Edwards Lifesciences’ PreSep Oligon Oximetry Catheter is an antimicrobial catheter with the added capability for monitoring central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2). It identifies occult tissue hypoxia with continuous ScvO2 and provides lasting broad-spectrum antimicrobial protection with Oligon technology, revealing occult tissue hypoxia that traditional vital signs can miss. ScvO2 is a sensitive and specific method for detecting blood loss. Oligon antimicrobial material releases silver ions (Ag ) from

The Glucommander Plus, by GlucoTec Inc., provides patient management and system-wide quality improvement services for healthcare providers concerned with patient glycemic control.
The device (tablet or hand-held versions available) enables licensed healthcare professionals to titrate dosing of insulin, glucose, saline and other medications for patients on intravenous and subcutaneous therapy and as a result, to reach target blood glucose levels more quickly and with fewer complications than other treatment methods.

The EndoTool Glucose Management System by MD Scientific is an intravenous insulin dose calculator designed for critical care applications for tight blood glucose control. The software is HIPPA compliant, provides printed and digital records, is user friendly, reduces physician work load, requires no calculations by nurses, allows for local control of many parameters, can provide medical director directed transition to subcutaneous insulin orders and is associated with an incidence of hypoglycemia below all published reports of tight glycemic control protocols.

Two universal thermal pads that enable rapid application of temperature management and greater flexibility in pad placement on patients are available with the Kimberly-Clark Patient Warming System.
The small or large-sized rectangle pads are designed to be placed anywhere on the body where there is intact, well-perfused skin. The warming system provides a noninvasive method of temperature control, requiring minimal body coverage for maximum access to surgical sites, and is ideal for complex surgeries involving access to large surface areas or open cavities.

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