The Canadian Federal Court has dismissed a lawsuit in which Johnson
& Johnson’s Cordis accused Boston Scientific’s NIR stent of
infringing two of Cordis’ Palmaz stent patents.
For a state health information exchange (HIE) to be successful, lobbying in the legislature plays an integral role, reported Gina Perez, executive director of the Delaware Health Information Network and Devore Culver, executive director of Maine's HealthInfoNet, at a Dallas conference sponsored by the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology.
CR and PACS from Carestream Health play a role in helping The Field Museum of Chicago discover, analyze and manage secrets hidden within its collections.
INFINITT North America, a provider of RIS, PACS and 3D imaging, has
released its Mammo PACS, a web-based, multi-modality PACS solution
designed to display, read, archive and distribute breast imaging
studies.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded the
National Heritage Insurance Corporation (NHIC) a contract for the
combined administration of Part A and Part B Medicare claims payment in
Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Health will now be the first in
the United States to treat cancer patients with RapidArc radiotherapy from Varian Medical Systems.
Brussels Menopause Center, a private clinic for women’s health, has
chosen Sectra MicroDose Mammography to offer women mammography
examinations at a low radiation dose.
St. Luke's Hospital in Maumee, Ohio, has selected the Allscripts
integrated EHR and practice management solution to automate and connect
clinical and administrative processes for its 100 physicians.
Vital Images, a provider of enterprise-wide advanced visualization and
analysis solutions, has reported losses for the first quarter of 2008, which
ended March 31.
athenahealth, a medical billing, practice management and EMR service provider, posted gains in revenue and profit for its fiscal 2008 first quarter, which ended March 31.
While FDA enforcement may not be a concern for medical device companies when appealing a warning letter, the agency currently is reviewing its procedures for the appeal and dispute process.
Toshiba Medical Systems plans to build CT system development and
service locations at the location its parent company’s headquarters in
Otawara, Japan, by the end of the year.
Health Discovery, a support vector machine (SVM)-based molecular
diagnostics developer, and DCL Medical Laboratories, a clinical
reference laboratory focused on women’s health, have signed a letter of
intent to jointly develop an SVM-based computer-assisted diagnostic
(CAD) test for the analysis of cervical cells.
Ultrasonix Medical, a developer and manufacturer of high quality
diagnostic ultrasound imaging systems, has restructured its North
American operations to focus on its
target markets.
The addition of time-resolved data to conventionally acquired high-spatial-resolution contrast-enhanced MR angiography (MRA) images results in increased occlusion detection specificity and reader confidence without increasing the time needed for study interpretation, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.
AstraZeneca-sponsored SATURN clinical trial will use the Volcano
Revolution 45 MHz intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging catheter from
Volcano, as part of its imaging protocol.
Vital Images, a provider of enterprise-wide advanced visualization and
analysis solutions, has launched the ViTAL Enterprise, enabling
unlimited enterprise access to the ViTAL solution offering.
Neoprobe, a developer of oncology and cardiovascular surgical and
diagnostic products, has executed a definitive license agreement
involving development rights to a molecular compound developed by
researchers at University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
Quantum Medical Imaging has completed an installation of their dual-panel Q-Rad-Digital System, which included Canon's digital panels, at InterMountain Orthopedic in Boise, Idaho.
