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Empiric signs Hilborn

RIS/PACS vendor Empiric Systems has appointed Mark Hilborn as vice president, sales and marketing.

January 17, 2006

Bluegate lands imaging center IT contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare IT services firm Bluegate said that it has signed a three-year contract with OKOmed Downtown Imaging, a privately owned imaging center scheduled to open in Houston next month.

January 10, 2006

HIMSS Analytics signs Siemens deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

HIMSS Analytics has signed an eight-year agreement with Siemens Medical Solutions to provide its Web-enabled HIMSS Analytics Database to the Malvern, PA-based company.

January 9, 2006

Eclipsys reorganizes management

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare informatics firm Eclipsys has reorganized its management structure in a move that reduces staff by 100 employees and sends packing four executive vice presidents and three senior vice presidents.

January 5, 2006

Misys expands facilities

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare information technology developer Misys Healthcare Systems said it will be expanding its Raleigh, NC, headquarters.

January 4, 2006

Optio signs Alaska center

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare informatics software developer Optio Software has added Alaska Open Imaging Center (AOIC) to its client list.

January 4, 2006

GE completes IDX purchase

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has finalized its acquisition of healthcare IT firm IDX Systems.

January 3, 2006

Dictaphone sells EMS division

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Dictaphone, the parent company of speech recognition and digital dictation firm Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions Group, has sold its electronic manufacturing systems (EMS) division to Bulova Technologies.

January 2, 2006

SunGard, InSiteOne partner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Information services provider SunGard Availability Services and archiving services firm InSiteOne of Wallingford, CT, have formed a strategic alliance.

December 28, 2005

Downstream systems integration key to CPOE effectiveness

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Facilities that implement a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system without integrating it with other clinical application systems shortchange the product's potential, and also create a point where errors can be introduced, according to researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

December 28, 2005

TDK unveils DMC-1000

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

TDK Medical has debuted DMC-1000 DICOM network appliance, a medical DVD and CD DICOM media creator.

December 26, 2005

Impac to release CMS 2006 Quality of Care product

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation oncology information systems developer Impac Medical Systems announced plans to release CMS 2006 Quality of Care, an updated product for its oncology electronic medical record (EMR) designed to support the U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 2006 oncology demonstration project.

December 26, 2005

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