September 17, 2009

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MRI Can Help Diagnose, Treat Diabetes

Imaging might help catch diabetes in its earliest stages, according to study.

Bill has no public option but includes expansion and reform of insurance coverage.
A puzzling study finds the use of defibrillators in women with heart failure does not decrease their chances of sudden cardiac death. So now what?
Having a busy ER, dealing with patients on Medicaid, could make a hospital seem riskier than it is, according to a recent study.
Moderately to severely obese prostate cancer patients have superior outcomes when treated with top-of-the-line image-guided radiation scanners, rather than with traditional external beam radiation.


"See" if you can top this: a Philips BV Pulsera C-arm with 3D Imaging, Release 2.3 AND a One-Year Warranty!

Also check-out the hundreds of items being sold due to the closure of Baptist Riverside Hospital in Knoxville, TN. Also see the consigned equipment from Longmont United Hospital, and consigned equipment from Scottsdale Healthcare.

And take a look at the great MRI Parts being auctioned by Oxford Instruments!

Trauma patients who have several orthopaedic injuries and are considered to be in unstable condition should only have a few hours of surgery.
Cutting-edge treatment could help crush the malignant brain cancer believed to have killed Senator Ted Kennedy last month.
Electrical device on tongue helps blinded combat vets "see."
Doctors support a public option across the board; they criticize aspects of Medicare but want it extended to those 55 and older.
Responses include both strong support and emphatic rejection of a public option.
The FDA this week approved vaccines from Sanofi-Aventis, Novartis, CSL and AstraZeneca's MedImmune division.


Though wrongly labeled as compatible, the SC catheters can cause dangerous leakages if connected to the IsoMed Pump. In other news: ConMed Linvatec Power Pro and some Lifepak CR Defibrillators recalled.

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Over 800 Employees Leave Work Behind to Help Pittsburgh Communities
MEDRAD employees participate in the 10th Annual Day of Caring.
RamSoft Announces Three New RIS/PACS Installations
Three facilities across the United States selected the PowerServer™ RIS/PACS solution to improve day-to-day workflow and image access for interpreting physicians.

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Letter From the Editor


Reform Fatigue

In the security field there's a concept called threat fatigue. After a while we're just too tired to keep up with vigilant and meticulous safety measures.

The same ennui might be setting in with health care reform. Right now is absolutely the most critical period in which reform measures are being debated. Yet, people are getting sick and tired of it. It's hard to maintain enthusiasm about policy matters, however important.

Thank goodness we have a great team of writers here at DOTmed to help sort out and cover all the exhausting details, like our report on the new Senate bill provisions. You don't need to read the bill, just keep it right here at DOTmed.com.

See you tomorrow.

Barbara Kram, Editor

People & Companies

Genesis' Dave Johnson to Retire
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Dave Johnson, Vice President of Development for Genesis Mobile Partners, LLC is retiring. Al Iglehart replaces him.
Medical Aesthetics Expo Resurfaces in New York City
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Read DOTmed's report from the Medical Aesthetics Conference and Exposition, held Sept 15-16 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan.
Medtronic CFO Denounces $4 Billion Fee Proposal; Industry Fights Plan
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Health reform proposal puts devices in the crosshairs; company fights Senate proposal to charge medical device makers $4 billion.
MedTrade Conference and Expo Set for Atlanta
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Healthcare professionals in the home medical equipment (HME) sector could benefit from attending the Medtrade Conference and Expo, October 12-15, in Atlanta.
GE Stock Rebounds; Analysts Predict it Will Hit $17 by Year End
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GE shares are quickly rebounding from their rock bottom low of $6 in March and analysts at Morgan Stanley and Sanford Bernstein both put the 12-month target price for the shares at $17.
Athena Offers Stimulus Guarantee to Physicians Who Use its System
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Athenahealth, which sells Internet-based services to physicians, says it will provide a guarantee to entice doctors to install its electronic health records (EHR) systems.
Abbott Buys Transcatheter Valve Maker Evalve for $410 Million
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Abbott Labs gains a foothold into what promises to be a white-hot market for transcatheter heart valves for mitral valve regurgitation (MR).
St. Jude's Deep Brain Stimulation Device Gets European OK
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DBS implant that sends electrical pulses to brain to treat Parkinson's is world's smallest, longest-lived, according to company.
John Bowers Appointed Senior Vice President
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SonoSite appoints John Bowers as Senior VP of Strategic Development and Patient Safety Innovations.
Nurses Become More Dependent on Mobile Technology
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An Epocrates, Inc. survey shows nurses are responding to the nursing shortage by relying on mobile technology.
No More Sign Language During MRI Operations
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Optical headphones allow doctors to talk during interventional MRI procedures.
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