New Products & Services

Guide offers tips on buying EMR system

La Jolla, CA-EMR Experts, Inc. has released the free, downloadable, 48-page Electronic Medical Records eBook, designed to educate health care organizations about electronic medical records and to teach them how to plan for purchasing an EMR system, including a tutorial for conducting return on investment and cost-benefit analyses studies; selecting the right hardware for the project; and implementing a quality network. A current list of EMR software vendors, a glossary of health care information technology terms, and additional resources are included.

For additional information, visit http://www.emrexperts.com/.

For additional information, visit http://www.twincrestgroup.com/.

Planning system optimizes brachytherapy treatment

Chico, CA-The Brachy InversePlan from Prowess, Inc., is a brachytherapy planning system that enables clinicians to define treatment goals for tumors and radiation dose constraints for critical organs in minutes, then computes optimal seed placement plans within those parameters. The result is precise, real-time planning on the day of seed implantation with fewer seeds and needles, a less-invasive procedure, and lower costs, the company says.

For additional information, visit http://www.prowess.com/.

Wall-mounted, portable units detect ethylene oxide

For additional information, visit http://www.kerncoinstr.com/.

Improved features mark clinical benchmarking web site

Johnson City, TN-The American Association of Ambulatory Surgery's web-based clinical benchmarking system includes improvements to the password-protected quarterly survey report, such as survey results 7 days after the survey closes; quarterly customized report generation in graphic or text formats; improved readability; custom reports; facility profile management; and more.

For additional information, visit http://www.aaasc.org/.