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NovaPACS brings Oklahoma online

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

RIS and PACS provider NovaPACS of American Fork, UT, has sold a PACS installation to Advanced Imaging of Tulsa, OK.

September 29, 2003

Aycan debuts printer/server combo

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

German plain-paper printing vendor aycan Digitalsysteme has introduced its aycan xray-print imaging output system in the U.S.

September 29, 2003

NovaPACS books Kentucky customer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

RIS and PACS provider NovaPACS of American Fork, UT, has sold a PACS installation to Louisville, KY-based Metro Medical Imaging.

September 28, 2003

Florida install for WebMD

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Information systems firm WebMD Practice Services of Van Nuys, CA, has been selected by North Broward Radiologists to provide its Intergy practice management system.

September 28, 2003

IBM, VHA expand digital storage agreement

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Group purchasing organization VHA of Irving, TX, and IBM of White Plains, NY, have expanded a previous contract between the organizations.

September 23, 2003

OrthoView receives 510(k) clearance

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical applications developer Meridian Technique of Hampshire, U.K., has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) pre-market clearance for its OrthoView digital templating software.

September 22, 2003

Laurel Bridge releases DICOM analysis tool

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Software developer Laurel Bridge Software of Newark, DE, has released DICOM Protocol Analyzer (DPA), a tool that enables users to detect and diagnose DICOM-related networking problems.

September 17, 2003

IDX names new U.K. staff

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Information systems developer IDX Systems has promoted senior vice president Robert Galin to the post of president of IDX United Kingdom.

September 16, 2003

New HIPAA transaction standards in spotlight

By Erik L. Ridley

PHILADELPHIA - The countdown is on to meet the transaction standards set out by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Attorney James Wieland discussed the implications of these standards at the Radiology Business Management Association meeting.

September 15, 2003

Agfa closes deals in Belgium, Luxembourg

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare has received large RIS/PACS and CR orders from seven hospitals in Belgium and Luxembourg.

September 14, 2003

Merge adds European distributors

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

RIS and PACS provider Merge eFilm has signed agreements with four European companies to resell or distribute Merge eFilm’s Fusion RIS/PACS and eFilm workstation products.

September 10, 2003

Swiss promote open-source radiology informatics tool

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

For a radiology department on a tight budget -- but with a desire to establish a collaborative environment in which to share images, databases, and reports -- a new piece of open-source technology may offer a cost-effective solution.

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