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 May 2006  Welcome to Healthcare IDeaS, Your Monthly Healthcare Newsletter from Industry IDS  
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Exhibitor News
Templeton Readings Recognized for Excellence in Teleradiology Services
A recent U.S. hospital survey by HCPro, Inc. ranked Templeton Readings, LLC as an industry leader among teleradiology service providers in the United States.
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Templeton Radiology
ImageInterpret Presents Cell-Pattern Classification Software at FOCIS2006
At the exhibition of FOCIS2006 in San Francisco ImageInterpret Ltd. will present its worldwide unique fully automatic software for cell-pattern classification - HEp-2-PAD with a further future-oriented new feature.
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ImageInterpret GmbH
Portable Gas Analyzers for Method 21 Studies
Interscan Corporation, a leading manufacturer of gas detection systems and related software, has started promoting its portable analyzers for EPA method 21 studies.
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Interscan Corporation
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Technology in Healthcare
Local Doctors Remedy the Ills of Paper Records
Like thousands of medical centers across the country, Rock Hill's North Central Family Medical Center is beginning to phase out paper medical records in favor of electronic ones.
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Tobyhanna Arms Soldiers with Medical Computers
Soldiers are being equipped with computers that give new meaning to first aid by allowing medics and other medical personnel to diagnose and probably treat injuries.
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Usefulness of 3D Imaging and Virtual Navigation as an Aid
Specialists have been debating the usefulness of 3D imaging and virtual navigation as an aid in diagnoses and in the enhancement of surgical planning.
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University Gives Birth to High-Tech Teaching Baby
FORMER football star Bob Wilson will unveil a life-like human baby today which medical students at the University of Hertfordshire will use to simulate surgery on babies.
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Medical Updates
Medical Tourism: Why Americans are Traveling Abroad for Health Care
Americans are going abroad for medical treatment, often combining business and pleasure, and the trend is typically referred to as medical tourism.
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German Law Hinders Use of Medical Devices
German medical device manufacturers and healthcare providers have demanded a clarification of the legal conditions for the adoption of medical technical aids into the medical technical aids register.
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Novation Selects Agfa Healthcare's Computed Radiography Solutions
Agfa HealthCare announced it has signed an agreement with Novation, LLC for Agfa's Computed Radiography solutions and services to be part of Novation's product offerings for digital imaging.
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Editorial

Hi-tech advancements are now going hand in hand with developments in the healthcare industry. A peep into our ‘Technology in Healthcare’ segment will substantiate this techno trend.

Among our featured exhibitors, Templeton Radiology was recently recognized as a quality teleradiology service provider.

ImageInterpret is poised to present its automatic software for cell-pattern classification, and Interscan Corporation is successfully promoting its portable gas analyzers.

The absorbing piece on medical tourism is a sign of changing times, and is sure to give you some food for thought.

We promise to bring you some more riveting healthcare reports in our June issue.   

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