November 20, 2008

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NOPR: PET Scans Serve Significant Role in Altering Cancer Patients' Treatment Plan

Physicians participating in the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) reported changing the treatment plan for 43.1 percent of their patients undergoing cancer treatment as the result of information gained from a PET scan.

Accident occurred near Saginaw, Michigan.
Tips from an industry veteran.
A transplantation was accomplished using the patient's own stem cells seeded into a donor's trachea.
Hospitals' role as health care safety net and major employer even more important as economic stresses mount.


The Bids Are Coming Fast & Furious on a TOSHIBA Aquilion Quad 4 Slice CT Scanner -- Check It Out Now!

There are also more CTs up for auction, as well as MRIs, C-arms, mammo units, ultrasounds, lasers, monitors, defibs, and much more. Just click on into Just Posted!

New Health Affairs study charts dramatic rise in medical imaging and associated spending; questions raised about actual benefits of expanded use of CT and MRI. Get details and links.
Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai are the locations in the People's Republic of China.
Cancer patients depend on LINACs and the simulators and planning systems that guide them.
RSNA will once again bring the radiology community together at the 94th annual meeting in Chicago. A DOTmed exclusive roundup of exhibitors -- including ourselves at Booth #7802.
Free vendor performance research to healthcare providers to assist in their vendor review process.
Just in time for today's Great American Smokeout: Rush University Medical Center's tobacco-free campus will motivate faculty and employees to quit smoking.
In the wake of Hurricane Ike, the Texas health care system has been forced to lay off thousands of employees.

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Philips Forms Several Health Research Alliances
The healthcare research alliances include NeuroNexus Technologies, West China Hospital in China, the University Medical Centers of Maastricht (the Netherlands) and Aachen (Germany), and the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands, the University of Urbino (Italy) and King's College London (United Kingdom).
Carestream Molecular Imaging Offers Custom Conjugation Services for its KODAK X-SIGHT Imaging Agents
Provides chemistry expertise to help life science researchers standardize and accelerate the study of disease and therapeutics.

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Letter From the Editor


Medical Equipment News Roundup

This week's DOTmed Online News reports on the effects of the current economic woes on the hospital sector. The American Hospital Association has compiled an early warning report.

Also this week, be sure to get caught up on our exclusive industry sector reports, which debut in DOTmed Business News magazine and also run here online. This week we cover medical equipment parts, and linear accelerators.

We've also got our usual amazing mix of regulatory updates, medical and market research highlights, and announcements from companies small and large.

Don't miss our RSNA preview and check in every day for news about medical equipment.

See you tomorrow.

Barbara Kram, Editor

People & Companies

Slumping Sales and Missed Analysts' Estimates Send Medtronic on Downhill Slide
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Medtronic earnings drop because of missed estimates and slumping sales.
Former Sen. Daschle Considered for Secretary of HHS
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President-elect Barack Obama will nominate former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle to serve as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Navigating the Body Without Radiation
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Siemens unveils GPS for interventional radiology.
STERIS and VTS Medical Systems in Joint Venture
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New company to offer fully integrated operating room technology.
Avalon Portfolio Urges TomoTherapy to Consider Strategic Alternatives, Possible Sale
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Shareholder urges action to stem precipitous fall in Tomo's stock since 2007. Read the entreaty along with TomoTherapy's response.
New Ultrasound Training for India
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DOTmed Certified Niranjan Kumar, owner, Sales'N'Service, a fast-growing India-based company offering OEM refurbished ultrasound scanners and color Dopplers, recently launched the first ultrasound training program in India.
Intelerad Wins Diversified Radiology of Colorado Contract
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Radiology group will become the first to implement innovative single workflow solution.
Leading Healthcare Providers Implement DataCaptor by Capsule
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Capsule, the leading provider of medical device connectivity, announced a growing number of leading healthcare providers who have implemented its best of class connectivity solution, DataCaptor.
Ascent Healthcare Solutions Gets Clearance for Reprocessed Biosense Webster LASSO Variable Circular Mapping Catheters
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The industry's first 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for this process.
One Step Tracheostomy Device
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Cook Medical Introduces Ciaglia Blue Dolphin Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy device. Combines balloon dilation and tracheal tube insertion to reduce risk to the patient.
Medtronic Receives European Approval for World's First Pacing System Designed, Tested and Approved for MRI
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EnRhythm MRI SureScan Pacemaker System Now Commercially Available in Europe.
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