January 9, 2009 - The Heart Hospital of Austin is the first hospital in the world to use the new Stereotaxis RF PowerAssert Magnetic Guidewire, a magnetically-navigated guide wire that provides minimally invasive treatment for peripheral artery disease (PAD) and which can successfully treat chronic total occlusions (CTOs).

January 9, 2009 - TeraRecon Inc. revealed yesterday that two exhibits featuring Aquarius iNtuition won Cum Laude awards at the recent Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Scientific Assembly at McCormick Place in Chicago.

January 8, 2009 - The American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and its partners this week released a new clinical document addressing appropriateness in coronary revascularization is various situations.

January 8, 2009 - The budgetary constraints facing many healthcare facilities will significantly affect the markets for picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), radiology information systems (RIS) and cardiovascular information systems (CVIS) over the next five years, according to Millennium Research Group's (MRG) U.S. Markets for PACS, RIS and CVIS 2009 report.

January 8, 2009 - The Premier healthcare alliance sent a letter to Congressional leadership yesterday urging the inclusion of health information technology (HIT) in economic stimulus legislation.

In the letter, Premier said that HIT will improve healthcare quality, reduce errors and holds the potential for long-term savings and efficiencies for the healthcare system.

January 7, 2009 - As part of an imaging and storage expansion initiative, Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, IA, placed an order with Carestream Health Inc., for additional CARESTREAM Enterprise Information Management licenses and two IBM XIV Storage Systems.

In addition to growing demand for all of its imaging services, the facility is expanding its storage area network to support digital mammography, cardiac catheterization studies and vascular ultrasound images.

January 7, 2009 - The annual "Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services" report named Hyland Software's OnBase document management solution as the one solution that users would choose to buy again 100 percent of the time.

Janaury 7, 2009 - The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) granted approval to AGA Medical Corp. for its AMPLATZERDuct Occluder (ADO), a percutaneous, transcatheter occlusion device used for the non-surgical closure of a common structural heart defect known as patent ductus arteriosus (PDA).

January 7, 2009 – Every year, more than 500,000 people have coronary bypass surgery, and according to a New England Journal of Medicine study, more than half of those patients suffer from post-operative cognitive decline after their bypass due to the depth and duration of brain oxygen desaturation during these procedures.

January 7, 2009 - Cameron Health Inc. announced today the first CE trial implants in Europe and New Zealand for Cameron Health’s Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator (S-ICD) System.

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