Safe implementation of new technologies and therapies accompany classic patient safety challenges on ECRI Institute's “2017 Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations.” The report highlights concerns from health information management, clinical decision support and new oral anticoagulants, to long-standing concerns like test result reporting and follow-up and unrecognized patient deterioration.

Carestream announced that it provided a DRX Plus 3543 digital X-ray detector for the 2017 National Football League (NFL) Scouting Combine in Indianapolis to aid in physical examinations for top college football players. The detector was used with the existing X-ray system at Lucas Oil Stadium; additional tests were conducted at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.

March 23, 2017 — Swedish healthcare provider Danderyd Hospital AB has signed a five-year contract with Sectra for the ...

Profound Medical Corp. announced that it has successfully completed the first sale of a TULSA-PRO system in Finland to the Turku University Hospital (“Tyks”). The deal was completed in collaboration with Philips, who is working in partnership with Profound to commercialize the TULSA-PRO system in Europe.

Samsung NeuroLogica announced that its portable computed tomography (CT) technology will be included in Carolinas HealthCare System’s Levine Cancer Institute’s innovative Mobile Lung CT Unit. The unit will bring lung cancer diagnosis and intervention to underserved populations in the Carolinas.

March 21, 2017 — Toshiba Medical demonstrated its Forward projected model-based Iterative Reconstruction SoluTion (FIRST ...

EchoPixel recently announced progress in the clinical adoption of its True 3D virtual reality software in pediatric surgical procedures. At several leading clinical sites, the company said surgeons and radiologists are adopting True 3D powered by HP to develop surgical plans, effectively communicate in a common 3-D language, and assist in challenging procedures - including a 17-hour operation to separate conjoined twins.

Patients in their 80s and 90s who have early-stage lung cancer but cannot undergo an operation can be treated safely and effectively with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), according to research presented at the 2017 Multidisciplinary Thoracic Cancers Symposium. The advanced form of radiation therapy (RT) was well tolerated among this relatively understudied elderly population, indicating that SBRT is a viable option for patients who may otherwise be offered no curative treatment.