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Report Describes Performance Incentive Program

In light of the national interest in implementing pay-for-performance, the healthcare community needs models to create suitable programming. more...

May 31, 2007 Related topics: Finance, Quality, Safety, Errors

SenoRx Lumpectomy Device to Hit Market Next Year

Some patients undergoing lumpectomy for breast surgery will require radiation for further disease control. Medical News Today reported FDA approval of a new device designed to pinpoint the location where radiotherapy should be targeted. more...

May 31, 2007 Related topics: Surgery, Hematology & Oncology

New Tool Offered for Orthopaedic Planning

Cedara Software unveiled a new application for the orthopaedic market that supports planning for routine procedures in the specialty. ...

Laptop-Sized Ultrasound Hits Market

The growing market of portable ultrasound expanded with the addition of the LOGIQ i compact ultrasound from GE...

Massachusetts Hospital Implements Telemedicine System

Rural hospitals around the country face challenges associated with a shortage of specialists, who often flock to urban...

Partnership Advances Robotic Systems

HealthSouth Corporation and Motorika announced a collaboration, in a press release from Motorika, to focus resources on robot-assisted rehabilitative...

HIV Monitoring Test Approved

A new laboratory test that uses polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to evaluate HIV viral load was approved by...

Mass Spec Quickly Identifies Viruses

Ibis Biosciences developed a device which combines polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and mass spectrometry to identify viruses, as...

MRI Evaluates Angiogenesis

Health Imaging News reported on Perceptive Informatics’s improved technique to monitor tumors with technology based on magnetic resonance...

Thermoplasty Aids Patients with Severe Asthma

Results from the Research in Severe Asthma Trial (RISA) which evaluated Asthmatx, Inc.’s bronchial thermoplasty device were presented...

Marrow Aspiration Gets Update

Bone marrow aspiration is a mainstay in the daignostic toolkit of clinicians who specialize in hematologic malignancies; including...

Nerve Stimulation Treats Voiding Dysfunction

Patients with voiding dysfunction are faced with daily challenges battling one of the most common of body routines...

Option for Fibroid Treatment Widely Available

A noninvasive procedure is now more accessible for patients with uterine fibroids. ExAblate is an approach to manage the...

New Retractor System Developed by Globus

The MARS Minimal Access Retractor System for spinal procedures was introduced last week. ...

Automated System to Test Blood Donations Approved

Testing to screen blood donated for HIV-1 and Hepatitis C can now be completed with the PROCLEIX TIGRIS system from...

Device Helps Stroke Victims with Foot Drop

Patients who suffered a stroke that resulted in partial leg paralysis causing foot drop who are treated at...

Columbia Study Highlights Nursing Ratios

A study from researchers at the Columbia University School of Nursing published in the June issue of Medical...

Bush Nominates Surgeon General

Dr. James W. Holsinger, Jr. was nominated by President Bush to become the next Surgeon General of the...

“Pacemaker” for Seizures

A new device to control seizures, manufactured by Neuropace, may offer hope for patients who don’t respond to...

VA Infection Program Goes National

The Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital in Pittsburgh implemented a program to reduce the number of MRSA infections. ...

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