ECRI, a non-profit health services research agency, announces its launch of a web-based clearinghouse for information on medical device-related disaster relief for healthcare facilities hit hard by Katrina.

Gamma Medica-Ideas announced last week the installation of one of its FLEX Pre-Clinical Imaging Systems at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

Socket Communications, Inc., a provider of mobile productivity products, this week announced the availability of the CF RFID Reader-Scan Card Series 6.

Xenogen Corp. has launched its new IVIS 3D Imaging System, the first commercial three-dimensional biophotonic imaging system during the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Imaging (SMI) in Cologne, Germany.

Double Black Imaging has released a new wireless cart designed specifically for the operating room.

Physicians in solo or small group practices stand to benefit financially from purchasing and implementing electronic health record (EHR) systems, but they also should be aware of the financial risks, according to a study funded by the Commonwealth Fund an

Allscripts and Medem this week announced a partnership to provide free electronic prescribing and interactive personal health records to individuals displaced by Katrina.

GE Healthcare is sponsoring a three-year research initiative to investigate alternative treatments for damage to articular cartilage, the soft tissue that covers the ends of bones in joints.