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McKesson hits milestone

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare informatics firm McKesson said that its Horizon Physician Portal is logging more than two million physician visits per month.

September 18, 2005

Empiric adds referring physician portal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

RIS/PACS vendor Empiric Systems is teaming up with electronic medical record (EMR) firm JaggedEMR to offer a portal between referring physicians and imaging centers.

September 18, 2005

Analog workflow analysis guides RIS/PACS implementation

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Before it implemented a RIS/PACS, the radiology department at Rochester General Hospital in Rochester, NY, struggled to keep up with the workload with its old system of whiteboards, typewriters, lightboxes, and ledgers. But before putting the new systems in place, the department conducted a function-by-function workflow analysis of current practices, laying the groundwork for a successful implementation.

September 15, 2005

NovaRad adds to installed base

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS firm NovaRad has installed its NovaPACS network at Marietta Imaging Center in Marietta, GA.

September 14, 2005

Merge adds presentation software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Merge eMed has introduced I-Conference, a medical presentation software application.

September 13, 2005

Sectra, Kestral team up

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish PACS vendor Sectra has formed a long-term strategic alliance with Australian RIS vendor Kestral Computing.

September 11, 2005

CodeRyte books CA, TX clients

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Internet-based medical coding technology and services provider CodeRyte has signed three agreements to install its software at billing companies in California and a radiology practice in Texas.

September 8, 2005

Format no factor in report efficiency

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

A common belief in the medical community is that structured radiology reports are more efficient and effective at transmitting information than free-text reports. But when a pair of researchers recently put this maxim to the test, they discovered that both free-text and structured forms of radiology reporting are equally efficient and accurate for transmitting information.

September 7, 2005

CompuMed gets CE Mark

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical informatics firm CompuMed of Los Angeles has received the European CE Mark for its OsteoGram system.

September 6, 2005

Agfa brings Heartlab to European market

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare has introduced its Heartlab Cardiovascular cardiac image and information system into the European market.

September 5, 2005

RSS DiMed debuts RIS/PACS

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian medical information systems developer RSS DiMed has introduced its All-In-One Medical Information On Demand (MIOD) network.

September 5, 2005

MDX gets clearance for PACS/RIS

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS developer MDX of Oakville, Ontario, has received Food and Drug Administration for its Insight PACS/RIS software.

August 30, 2005

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