Independent global research organization Frost & Sullivan honored Barco, a healthcare imaging solutions company, with the 2013 North American Product Line Strategy Award in Diagnostic Imaging Displays at the 2013 Growth, Innovation & Leadership Awards on Sept. 9, 2013 in San Jose, Calif. The award recognized Barco for delivering excellence and best practices in the North American diagnostic image displays market.

The ScottCare Corp. announced Innovo, a rechargeable digital transmitter for the company’s VersaCare multi-parameter telemetry solution serving cardiopulmonary rehabilitation clinics throughout the U.S. and internationally. ScottCare will feature the Innovo unit at this year’s Annual Meeting of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) October 3-5 in Nashville, Tenn.

Fabry disease can be detected using a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that was developed at the University of Alberta. The discovery of this new diagnostic tool has resulted in updated clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Fabry disease in Canada.

While 95 percent of cardiac catheterizations in the United States are done through the groin, physicians at Bethesda Heart Hospital are utilizing special training to offer patients a safer, more comfortable procedure.

EP lab pacemakers ICD defibrillators cardioverter implantable

Devices like pacemakers and defibrillators allow doctors to introduce electrical signals to set patients' hearts at regularly timed beats. However, these small mechanical devices come with risks.

Infinitt will introduce its new “Communicator” package at RSNA 2013. It is an add-on that ensures immediate communication of critical test results, provides peer review and emergency room discrepancy management and includes an embedded communication feature that allows real-time collaboration between users of the Infinitt picture archive and communications system (PACS). This is particularly valuable for clarification between the study’s dictating physician and transcriptionist or the referring physician.

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