Available Live 3D TEE and new breakthrough ICE catheter to reduce need for two separate cardiac ultrasound systems

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) announced that CX50 xMATRIX, the world's first portable ultrasound with Philips' industry leading Live 3D TEE, now offers 2-D Intracardiac Echo (ICE) capability. The CX50 xMATRIX with available Live 3D TEE and ICE will be shown in Paris at the EuroPCR, official meeting for the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Inventions (EAPCI), May 21-24.

IT Solutions Will Analyze Patient Data to Provide Critical Insights and Outline Care Plans

The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing and Treo Solutions will be presenting first-year results of the state’s Accountable Care Collaborative (ACC) at Healthcare IT Connect on Tuesday, May 21 (2:55 p.m.) at the Four Seasons in Baltimore. Richard Keller, vice president of government programs for Treo Solutions, and Joel Dalzell, section manager, health data strategy for the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF), will share the ACC program’s FY 2011-2012 findings.

Replaces Existing System With Merge Solutions for Information and Image Management

Merge Healthcare Incorporated (Nasdaq:MRGE), a leading provider of clinical systems and innovations that seek to transform healthcare, announced that St. Joseph's Imaging of Syracuse, NY has selected Merge's Outpatient Radiology Suite consisting of Merge's radiology information system, picture achieving communication solution, document management, referring physician engagement and medical image sharing solution.

A paper recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine and co-written by physicians and scientists at the University of Colorado School of Medicine finds that an important genetic risk factor for pulmonary fibrosis can be used to identify individuals at risk for this deadly lung disease.

IT Solutions Will Analyze Patient Data to Provide Critical Insights and Outline Care Plans

Sandlot Solutions, a healthcare information technology company, and Orange Health Solutions, a national provider of full-service risk contract management services, announce a long-term healthcare IT partnership that will help physicians treat patients more effectively and efficiently. Orange Accountable Care, an ACO subsidiary of Orange Health Solutions, will deploy Sandlot Care Manager, Sandlot Dimensions and Sandlot Metrix.