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Automated report tracking serves clinical, educational goals

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Radiologists are facing an ever-growing volume of patients. Managing cases for either clinical follow-up or teaching purposes adds time to workflow and decreases throughput. But researchers from Boston have streamlined clinical workflow by using an automated tracking system.

January 17, 2005

Agfa closes GWI acquisition

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare has completed its acquisition of German healthcare informatics developer GWI, following regulatory approval from German and Austrian antitrust authorities.

January 13, 2005

MedQuist releases SpeechQ for Radiology

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Transcription services provider MedQuist said it has released SpeechQ for Radiology, a speech recognition solution designed specifically for radiology medical reporting.

January 12, 2005

Healthcare IT regulations to drive European IS market

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare information technology (IT) regulations in the European market are becoming more significant due to the need to mandate the use of universal standards in the information systems (IS) industry, according to an analysis from Frost & Sullivan of San Jose, CA.

January 10, 2005

Siemens installs Soarian at MedCentral

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions has installed its Soarian health information system at MedCentral Health System in Mansfield, OH.

January 10, 2005

HIMSS, URAC form alliance

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the healthcare quality certification and accreditation organization URAC have entered into a joint marketing agreement to promote the URAC Health Information Technology Accreditation Programs.

January 4, 2005

Altient, HipaaManager join forces

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical information technology provider Altient and HIPAA privacy and security solution developer HipaaManager, both of San Diego, have signed a joint marketing agreement.

January 4, 2005

Agfa teams with AccessPt

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Information systems firm AccessPt of Ridgeland, MS, and Agfa HealthCare of Greenville, SC, have agreed to develop and implement an information technology solution for the Scarborough Hospital in Ontario, Canada.

January 4, 2005

MediRegs acquires compliance software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Regulatory and compliance database developer MediRegs of Wellesley Hills, MA, has acquired the compliance assessment and management tool (CAMT) software assets of health information and medical records services provider Precyse Solutions of Wayne, PA.

January 4, 2005

Evolved renews Texas contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian RIS/PACS vendor Evolved Digital Systems has renewed its contract with Cleveland Regional Medical Center in Cleveland, TX, for five years, according to the Laval, Quebec-based company.

January 4, 2005

ComSynTech partners with MedPay USA

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Information management systems firm Communication Synergy Technologies (ComSynTech) has partnered with billing software developer MedPay USA of Austin, TX.

January 3, 2005

HIMSS forms Dorenfest Institute

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Sheldon Dorenfest has donated his company, Sheldon I. Dorenfest and Associates, and its historical data assets to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

January 3, 2005

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