1. MedQuist Wins Contract with DMC
(Company News/MedQuist Inc.)

MedQuist Inc. awarded a contract by Detroit Medical Center to provide transcription outsourcing services MedQuist Inc., a leading provider of technology-enabled clinical documentation services, announced ...

2. Prenatal MRI Detects Newborn' Genetic Disease
(Communities/MRI)

United States first, the radiology team at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital has used prenatal magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI ) to detect an often-misdiagnosed genetic disease. The disorder, congenital ...

3. Allocade Demonstrates Artificial Intelligence Engine: HIMSS10
(Company News/Allocade, Inc.)

Allocade, Inc. will demonstrate its On-Cue software at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society ( HIMSS 2010 ) Annual Conference and Exhibition, Booth #7666, in Atlanta. Powered by an ...

4. Hospira's TheraDoc Technology at HIMSS 2010
(Radiology Conferences/HIMSS 2010)

Hospira's TheraDoc clinical surveillance platform and TheraDoc technology will be demonstrated at the HIMSS 2010 conference in Atlanta, GA. through March 4, 2010. Hospira, Inc., a leading provider of clinical ...

5. CPOE & Clinical Documentation Activation Strategies: HIMSS10
(Radiology Conferences/HIMSS 2010)

Chris Longhurst MD, medical director of clinical informatics at LPCH, speaks about the considerations for CPOE and clinical documentation activation strategies at HIMSS 2010 . Lucile Packard Children’s ...

6. Hodgkin's Lymphoma low-dose Radiation Not Risk-free
(Modalities/Radiology )

Low-dose radiation for Hodgkin's lymphoma leaves children at a significant risk for second malignancies, according to researchers at Stanford University Medical Center in California. "Because it is now ...

7. CATCH Rule for Head Injury CT Scans
(Communities/CT)

The new study in CMAJ shows a new tool may help standardize the use of computed tomography ( CT scans) in children with minor head injury and help reduce the number of scans. More than 650,000 children ...

8. YNNH selects Perceptive Software ECM Solutions
(Company News/Perceptive Software)

YNNH to deploy Perceptive Software ’s ECM solutions in multiple departments, integrating with Eclipsys SDK, the hospital’s registration and financial system. Perceptive Software, creator of enterprise ...

9. Child-specific Doses for Pediatric PET
(Communities/PET)

Studies shows that positron emission tomography 's ( PET ) value as a minimally invasive, painless and safe diagnostic tool for many pediatric conditions. This study published in the February issue of ...

10. St. Louis Installs Siemens SOMATOM Definition AS
(Company News/Siemens Healthcare)

Siemens Healthcare 's SOMATOM Definition AS CT scanner intelligently adapts to workflow and clinical needs. Recognized as one of the leading pediatric healthcare centers in the United States, St. Louis ...

11. UMHS Purchases IMRISneuro
(Company News/IMRIS)

IMRIS Inc. announced the sale of IMRISneuro system to The University of Michigan Health System ("UMHS") in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The IMRISneuro system will be installed at the new state-of-the-art $754 ...

12. Hand-Held SD-OCT Neonates With Progressive ROP
(Communities/CT)

Hand-Held spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) Imaging Device Diagnoses Neonates With Progressive ROP Earlier, More Accurately. Using a hand-held spectral domain optical coherence tomography ...

13. 30 hospital Launches MEDSEEK eHealth Portals
(Company News/MEDSEEK, Inc.)

Industry-leading eHealth vendor, MEDSEEK reports healthcare organizations throughout North America are making great strides towards redefining the healthcare experience. MEDSEEK , the leading provider ...

14. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Recieves Stage7 Award
(EMR (Electronic Medical Records)/EMR)

HIMSS Analytics announced Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC as the first children’s hospital to receive its Stage 7 Award.  The hospital will be recognized at the 2011 HIMSS Annual Conference ...

15. Toshiba Introduces CAT-880B; RSNA
(Company News/Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation)

Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. has introduced the CAT-880B, a new hybrid catheterization table, for its five-axis InfinixTM-i cardiovascular X-ray line at RSNA 2009. Toshiba will feature the new ...

16. Overweight Children Develop Back Pain, Spinal Abnormalities: RSNA
(Radiology Conferences/RSNA 2009)

Being overweight as a child could lead to early degeneration in the spine, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2009). "This is ...

17. Childhood Lead Exposure Causes Brain Damage: RSNA
(Radiology Conferences/RSNA 2009)

A study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to evaluate brain function revealed that adults who were exposed to lead as children incur permanent brain injury. The results were presented ...

18. Beverage Can Stay-Tabs Pose Swallowing Risk: RSNA
(Radiology Conferences/RSNA 2009)

Three decades ago, a study revealed that beverage can pull-tabs were being swallowed by children, prompting a switch by U.S. manufacturers to stay-tabs. But a study presented today at the annual meeting ...

19. MRI of Patients Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis
(Communities/MRI)

Magnetic resonance images ( MRI ) of patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in childhood show that pediatric onset multiple sclerosis is more aggressive, and causes more brain lesions, than MS diagnosed ...

20. Australian First MRI Incubator Designed for Newborns
(Communities/MRI)

Australian first, a new $1million MRI compatible incubator designed for babies, will allow University of Queensland researchers to develop earlier and more effective treatments for newborns with brain ...