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More Southern California Breast Reduction Patients Choosing Outpatient Settings
MARINA DEL REY, Calif. — In recent years, breast reduction patients in Southern California have begun to show an increasing interest in having their procedures performed at outpatient surgical facilities instead of hospitals. Grant Stevens, MD, and David Stoker, MD, of Marina Plastic Surgery Associates (MPSA) in Los Angeles perform an increasing number of plastic surgery procedures at Marina Outpatient ...(More)
7/29/2008
Technology Reshapes ASC Preoperative Process
NORWELL, Mass. — Medical Web Technologies (MWT), a leading provider of innovative, Web-based medical information solutions reveals testimonial confirmation that its solutions ease the pain of preoperative data collection and management for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). According to Gina Espenschied, the administrator at The Surgery Center at Brinton Lake in Glen Mills, Pa., within just six weeks following the implementation ...(More)
7/29/2008
Virtual Reality System Gives Surgeons a New Way to Train
Pilots use flight simulators to train, now surgeons get their own virtual reality system to practice complex procedures. Seattle-based Mimic Technologies developed a training simulator, the dV-Trainer, designed to allow efficient, on-demand training for surgeons learning to use the daVinci® Surgical System, a sophisticated robotic platform that enables complex surgery using a minimally invasive approach. The dV-Trainer is like a "flight simulator" for the ...(More)
7/29/2008
Recycling Unused Medical Supplies to Help Save Lives and the Planet
In an effort to "go green," eco-conscious medical students and hospital staff at Rush University Medical Center have started Rush Remedy, a medical supply recovery and recycling program that collects unused medical supplies and equipment and provides them to overseas hospitals and clinics-in-need. Today, the volunteers of this grassroots movement, which started in January, have collected and donated over 12,000 ...(More)
7/28/2008
Mobile Medics Will Shape the Medical Device Market, Says Wireless Healthcare
The increase in the level of healthcare being delivered by mobile medical practitioners outside of hospitals will become a key driver within the medical device market over the next decade. According to a report by Cambridge, United Kingdom-based analysts Wireless Healthcare, as healthcare providers are pushing more diagnostic and monitoring processes out to the edge of their care networks, medical ...(More)
7/25/2008
PEAK Surgical Receives Clearance to Market PEAK Surgery System
PALO ALTO, Calif. — PEAK Surgical Inc., a medical device company that has developed a new tissue dissection system based on a proprietary technology, announced that the Food and Drug Administration has granted the company 510(k) clearance to market its PEAK® Surgery System for use in general surgery. The PEAK Surgery System combines the PULSAR™ Generator, which supplies pulsed plasma ...(More)
7/24/2008
No Justification for Denying Obese Patients Knee Replacements
There is no justification for denying obese patients knee replacement surgery: They benefit almost as much as anyone else from the procedure, concludes a small study published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.Around 55,000 knee replacements are performed every year in the United Kingdom to relieve the pain and disability of knee osteoarthritis.But in some parts ...(More)
7/24/2008
MedCom USA to Acquire Two Medical Transaction Companies
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — MedCom USA, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: EMED) , a leading provider of HIPAA-compliant healthcare and financial transaction solutions for the healthcare industry, has signed letters of intent acquiring PayMed USA, LLC and Absolute Medical Software Systems, LLC (AMSS). PayMed USA and Absolute Medical are leading providers of practice management, electronic medical records and revenue cycle management software to ...(More)
7/23/2008
Palomar Medical Expands Portfolio through Distribution Agreement with Astron Clinica
BURLINGTON, Mass.— Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PMTI) , a leading researcher and developer of light-based systems for cosmetic treatments, announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Astron Clinica, Ltd. to distribute a range of aesthetic imaging products in the United States and Canada.The agreement gives Palomar exclusive distribution rights to sell Beau Visage™, a clinically proven skin ...(More)
7/23/2008
Study Uncovers Sobering Facts about Alcohol Abuse Detection in Surgical Patients
A study in this month’s Anesthesiology found evidence that alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are frequently overlooked in patients undergoing surgery — but also touts a very simple and effective method to identify patients who may be at risk for alcohol-related perioperative complications.In the AUD study, anesthesiologist Claudia D. Spies, MD, and her research group from Charite-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin studied 1,556 surgical ...(More)
7/23/2008
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