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Industry News
SPOTLIGHT: Intraoperative angio should be used in all brain aneurysm procedures
Intraoperative angiography is safe and can be performed without significantly prolonging intracranial aneurysm procedures, according to a study that Eric Nussbaum, MD, will present tomorrow at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) conference in Chicago.
GE Healthcare creates Saudi Arabian joint venture
GE Healthcare has formed a new joint venture GE El Seif Healthcare Arabia.
DoD, VA cite progress in record-sharing
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) reported to the Senate on the progress that has been made to integrate their systems and improve care to wounded veterans.
N.H. governor seeks to improve health IT infrastructure
New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has directed the Citizens Health Initiative to develop a plan for improving the state's health information infrastructure to improve healthcare quality and affordability for residents.
Cancer scanning in New Zealand leaps forward
Pacific Radiology in Wellington, New Zealand, has purchased a second PET/CT scanner from Cyclotek for $2.5 million to provide greater capacity, faster scanning and more detailed images with 64 CT slices.
Clinical Studies
Colonoscopy proficiency requires minimum of 150 procedures
Competence in technically efficient screening and diagnostic colonoscopy generally requires experience with more than 150 cases, according to a prospective multicenter trial published in the April issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
New Products
Aloka to introduce compact 4D ultrasound system
Aloka America will unveil the U.S. product release of the ProSound 3500SX, a compact 4D diagnostic ultrasound system, at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology (ACOG) annual meeting in New Orleans May 3-7.
Dolbey releases Voice2Text for back-end speech recognition
Dolbey, a developer of healthcare dictation, transcription, speech and coding products, has unveiled its Voice2Text, designed for the medical transcription service industry, which offers the productivity enhancements of back-end speech without requiring a change to a document management platform.
Partnerships & Alliances
Sevocity, SecureCare team to ease EHR integration
Sevocity and SecureCare Technologies have entered a partnership to eliminate the initial costs and behavioral burdens of implementing an EHR system for healthcare providers.
Contracts & Installations
ACS signs $69M e-benefit contract with California
Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) has entered an agreement with the state of California to provide electronic benefit transfer services to the California Health and Human Services Agency under a seven-year, $69 million contract, with additional three one-year options available.
NovaRad wins two new PACS contracts
NovaRad has secured PACS contracts with two new facilities in California, bringing the total number of its technology installations in the state to 15.
Elekta fills first New Zealand linear accelerator order
Auckland Radiation Oncology in Auckland, New Zealand, has purchased an Elekta Synergy system with Mosaiq EMR and Elekta volumetric modulated arc therapy for delivery in April.
Financial News
Biosphere Medical widens net losses, increases revenues in Q1
BioSphere Medical, a medical device company, has reported a net loss for the 2008 first quarter of $1.54 million, compared to a net loss of $1.17 million in same quarter of 2007.
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