Reuters reports that seniors with diabetes are twice as likely to die from cardiovascular disease than non-diabetics, according to researchers from Kaiser Permanente in Tucker, GA.

First U.S. installations of Volcano Corp.ā€™s s5i IVUS (intravascular ultrasound) imaging system have been completed at: Columbia Presbyterian in New York, NY; Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, CA; Providence Hospital in Columbia, SC; and UNC in Chapel Hill, NC.

IVUS integration has also taken place at smaller community hospitals including Katherine Shaw Bethea in Dixon, IL, Western Medical in Anaheim, CA, and Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs, CO.

Berchtold Corp. has announced the introduction of the ChromoView Dual Flat-Panel (DFP) monitor mount and arm, a system that supports big images in a small space.

RadWhere Suite, from Commissure Inc., now has a new component. RadWhere Workflow Orchestrator enables radiology departments to connect together multiple PACS, RIS, 3D advanced visualization and teleradiology information into a central worklist.

New technology for the Stellant D CT Injection System from MEDRAD is designed to improve timing for cardiac CT imaging. SmartFlow automatically suggests injection protocols by factoring in patient-specific parameters, which can be a time-consuming process if done manually.


A nurse hangs another IV bag and prepares to hit the start button on the infusion pump ā€” sheā€™s entering 15 ccā€™s and as she taps the numbers in, she believes her entry for the number 5 didnā€™t take, so she hits it again and begins the intravenous infusion into her patient.
She leaves the room. The pump has been programmed at 155 ccā€™s because she unwittingly punched numeral 5 twice.

Acuity Care Technology: Hemodynamic monitoring is obviously an essential tool in the care of critically ill patients, but has something been missing with the technology?
Dr. McGee: From a perspective of the ICU there is always something lacking because for most patients we are doing a kind of very rudimentary monitoring of just vital signs and blood pressure, saturation and the intermittent sampling of blood gas and some other blood tests.


Patient monitoring technologies have played a crucial role in the development of anesthesiology practice within the U.S. Because anesthesiology involves many inherent risks that are difficult, if not impossible, to eliminate, anesthesiologists often turn to advanced patient monitoring technologies to ensure safety during a procedure. Itā€™s no wonder that anesthesiology has been a field of medicine that has made enormous contributions to the enhancement of patient safety throughout this country.

Our anesthesia department was searching for a more accurate means of assessing volume status and predicting the response to fluid administration in this patient population. This population can be very challenging during vascular, trauma orthopedic, thoracic, general surgical and obstetric procedures.


Having the most up-to-date blood gas readings is critical when dealing with many patients, especially pulmonary and cardiovascular ones. Equipment that allows a patient's levels to be checked on the spot by the caregiver is seen as an important technological advancement.
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