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Xograph Healthcare has recently delivered a DRagon Direct Digital mobile X-ray unit to the medical centre at Huntercombe Young Offenders Prison, Oxfordshire, UK.  The DRagon uses a portable Canon CXDI-50C high DQE, single tile 35x43cm direct digital detector. Image...

Cardo Medical, a company engaged in the development of orthopedic medical devices, announces the initial release of its Press-Fit Total Hip system. The Press-Fit Total Hip system incorporates a dual taper design which has a long, proven clinical history...

The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation IHTSDO launched a new IHTSDO Workbench with tools to develop, maintain, and facilitate the use of SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. IHTSDO’s 11 Member nations and other SNOMED CT...

ICON plc, a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, announced that it has been named “Clinical Research Company of the year” at the annual PharmaTimes awards. ICON plc, a global...

North Mississippi Health Services (NMHS), a diversified regional healthcare organization, has adopted a self-distribution strategy with TECSYS’ EliteSeries warehouse management software for healthcare, enabling it to reduce hospital supplies cost by as much as $14.5 million to date while...

Allscripts announced that the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT(R)) has approved the Allscripts Professional(TM) Electronic Health Record Version 8.2 as a CCHIT Certified(R) 08 Ambulatory EHR, additionally certified for Child Health, and meets the Certification Commission's electronic...

Royal Philips Electronics and Hansen Medical, Inc. announced joint development and cooperation agreements to co-develop integrated products that may simplify complex cardiac procedures to diagnose and treat irregular heartbeats, also known as arrhythmias. Royal Philips Electronics and Hansen...