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Innovation summit offers look at state of orthopedics sector.(Medical Innovation Summit)
December 1, 2005... Innovation summit offers look at state of orthopedics sector By HOLLAND JOHNSON BBI Associate Managing Editor CLEVELAND -- Joseph Iannotti, MD, PhD, chairman of the department of orthopedic surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, saw the 2005 Medical Innovation Summit, with its focus...

Refractive surgery technologies in spotlight at AAO.(American Academy of Ophthalmology)
December 1, 2005... Refractive surgery technologies in spotlight at AAO By LARRY HAIMOVITCH BBI Contributing Editor CHICAGO -- The annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO; San Francisco), the largest gathering of eye physicians in the world, took place amidst brilliant fall...

Conference shows EHR adoption deck stacked against small suppliers.(electronic health record)
December 1, 2005... Conference shows EHR adoption deck stacked against small suppliers By ARTHUR GASCH BBI Contributing Editor NASHVILLE, Tennessee -- The Medical Group Management Association's (MGMA; Englewood, Colorado) annual conference is an important fall gathering attended by many large...

Paradigm shift seen as surgeons become interventionalists.
December 1, 2005... Paradigm shift seen as surgeons become interventionalists By DIANA TUCKER BBI Contributing Editor SAN FRANCISCO -- By far the most forward-thinking presentations by a panel of renowned surgeons during the 91st clinical congress of the American College of Surgeons (ACS; Chicago),...

Pharmaceuticals and drug delivery tech are highlighted at meeting.
December 1, 2005... Pharmaceuticals and drug delivery tech are highlighted at meeting By JEFFREY BERG, PhD BBI Contributing Editor NEW YORK -- A total of 302 public and private companies made presentations at the annual Techvest healthcare conference sponsored by Rodman & Renshaw (New York). The...