• HP (Palo Alto, California) reported introduction of an archiving platform to help healthcare providers, hospitals and imaging clinics meet rapidly expanding retention requirements for medical images. With the HP medical archive solution (MAS) 3.0, healthcare providers can strengthen their focus on improving patient care while also adhering to strict compliance regulations by ensuring that medical image data is securely indexed, preserved and accessible, HP said. HP MAS 3.0 delivers HP ProLiant servers, HP StorageWorks SAN and MSA disk storage with indexing, policy management and search software to provide long-term retention of medical fixed content. The tiered storage of the MAS grid is designed to help healthcare providers align the business value of images with retention policies.

• Millennium Dental Technologies (Cerritos, California) reported the results of a new peer-reviewed manuscript, published in the refereed specialty journal The International Journal of Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry, demonstrating uniform histologic success in the treatment of moderate to severe gum disease (periodontal pockets) using the Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure (LANAP). Millennium Dental estimates that LANAP-licensed practitioners are treating over 14,000 patients nationwide annually. New connective tissue attachment (CTA) and regeneration of root surface (cementum) was achieved in 100% of the cases studied in the human histology study using the PerioLase MVP-7 variable pulsed Neodymium:Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet dental laser, designed especially for LANAP. Study results show the FDA-approved and patented LANAP is now a legitimate treatment alternative to conventional scalpel/suture flap surgery, Millennium Dental said.