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Industry News
GE to open plant in Brazil
GE Healthcare has decided to create a new production facility in Brazil, its first in South America.
Cost of insurance outpaces income of many Americans
The cost for family health insurance premiums available through employers has increased 10 times faster than the income of many Americans in recent years, according to a new analysis of government data published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Study: HIE development underway in 75 percent of states
Three-quarters of U.S. states have begun developing a health information exchange (HIE) of some kind, according to a new report from the State-Level HIE Consensus Project.
Vital Images hits advanced visualization sales milestone
Vital Images has surpassed the milestone of 3,000 customers and approximately 5,000 installations of advanced visualization software solutions.
New Products
St. Jude introduces new steerable guidewire to U.S. market
St. Jude Medical has launched its TigerWire steerable guidewire in the United States.
Cardinal releases new benchmarking tool to track infection rates
Cardinal Health has introduced a benchmarking tool from MedMined services that allows hospitals to compare risk-adjusted infection rates in each unit of a hospital to peer units in similar hospitals to help identify best practices and areas for improvement.
Partnerships & Alliances
Philips, BrainLAB team for intra-operative angiography, IGS technologies
Royal Philips Electronics and BrainLAB are collaborating on the integration of intra-operative angiography and image-guided surgery (IGS) to drive the compatibility of the technologies in the operating room environment.
BK Medical, Varian collaborate for prostate brachytherapy treatments
BK Medical, a wholly owned subsidiary of Analogic, and Varian Medical Systems have formed a collaboration to improve and streamline prostate brachytherapy procedures through a new, digital interface between BK Medical's Pro Focus ultrasound scanner and Varian's VariSeed 8.0 planning software.
StructuRad adds viewing, reporting to UltraRAD PACS
UltraRAD has signed an agreement to integrate StructuRad's workflow management and advanced reporting capabilities into its UltraPACS application.
IHHI, Broadlane extend supplier agreement
Integrated Healthcare Holdings (IHHI) will maintain its exclusive relationship with Broadlane, which will allow IHHI to access Broadlane's group purchasing organization portfolio of consumable supplies, equipment, pharmaceuticals and purchased services.
Contracts & Installations
Hologic to install 17 digital mammo systems in The Netherlands
Hologic has received an order for 17 Selenia digital mammography mobile systems, the first order placed under The Netherlands Breast Cancer Screening Tender.
Oregon hospital buys IMRIS neurosurgical imaging system
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore., has purchased IMRIS' neurosurgical imaging system, IMRISneuro.
Eclipsys to supply clinical, financial services to Premier
Eclipsys has signed an agreement to become a contracted supplier of its Sunrise Enterprise clinical and financial services for Premier, a healthcare group purchasing organization.
Financial News
TomoTherapy sees Q1 losses
TomoTherapy, a developer of the Hi-Art treatment system for advanced radiation therapy, saw a downturn in its financial results for the 2008 first quarter, which ended March 31.
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