The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) was awarded money from the Commerce Departments International Trade Administration Market Development Cooperator program to increase exports and expand access to diagnostic medical imaging, radiation therapy and radiopharmaceuticals in new markets.

Since it was last updated six years ago, NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) 99, the guiding document in minimizing fire, explosion and electrical hazards in healthcare facilities, has undergone numerous revisions. Perhaps most importantly, the document can now be adopted by governing bodies to become legally enforceable, explained Alan Lipschultz, CCE, chair of the NFPA 99 Medical Equipment Committee in a Sept. 15 webinar sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI).

GE Healthcare and Veran Medical Technologies have entered into a strategic alliance to co-develop navigation technologies for interventional procedures to improve the care and management of cancer patients.

A new initiative will evaluate the use of mobile devices to deliver Diabetes Self-Management Training (DSMT) within an underserved minority community in Dallas.

Swiss medical technology company Endosense has named Jan Keltjens, former CEO of AngioDynamics and CryoCath Technologies (now Medtronic and CryoCath), as the successor to outgoing president and CEO Eric Le Royer.

Michael Mahoney, worldwide chair of the medical device and diagnostics group for Johnson & Johnson, will become president of Boston Scientific as of Oct. 17, according to a statement from the company. Mahoney is expected to become CEO by Nov. 1, 2012, as well.

Advanced visualization, which had previously been used to streamline the analysis of large sets of data from advanced imaging scanners in radiology departments, has now expanded to other hospital departments, including cardiology, neurology, oncology and orthopedics.

BOSTONHospitals are one of the most challenging environments for wireless applications and each create different demands in establishing continuous connectivity, said Brian Long, CWNA, director of field systems operations at Masimo, at the third annual Medical Device Connectivity Conference and Exhibition on Sept. 9 at Harvard Medical School. The most important part of establishing wireless connectivity throughout a hospital, he said, is knowing what you want to do with it.