NORTH HAVEN and NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and the Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven announced today they have reached agreement on their contract renewal.

The Hospital of Saint Raphael has successfully implemented SciHealth's Insight in a number of process improvement efforts. In 2004, the hospital initiated a comprehensive process improvement program using Six Sigma to engage staff in data-driven decision making.

Dialog Medical, the leading provider of informed consent and patient education systems for hospitals and physician practices, today announced a new contract for its iMedConsent application with The Hospital of Saint Raphael.

Scott Helton, M.D., chief of surgery at the Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut, an internationally recognized liver surgeon, became the first in the USA to use the new Acculis microwave cancer-fighting technology to destroy liver tumours.

By Amanda Cuda, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Jul. 5--Like many other women, Donna Tilley, 45, of New Haven, knew how important it was to get a mammogram. She knew that, yet, when she met Dr. Andrea Silber earlier this year, Tilley was overdue for an exam.