PACS/VNA: Page 636

ScImage, Stryker in orthopedic PACS deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS provider ScImage is teaming up with orthopedic medical device firm Stryker to offer an orthopedic-focused imaging and information management system based on ScImage’s PICOMEnterprise system.
March 15, 2004
Task automation drives workflow enhancement
By Erik L. Ridley
SAN ANTONIO - Dr. Steven Horii discussed the process of reengineering workflow and UPMC’s extensive experience with digital image management at PACS 2004: Working in an Integrated Digital Healthcare Enterprise, sponsored by the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry last week.
March 14, 2004
PACS success relies on QA/QC procedures
By Erik L. Ridley
SAN ANTONIO - Commercial PACS networks are not designed to support comprehensive quality assurance (QA) practices; it’s up to the customer to implement these procedures, and radiologists have a pivotal role to play, according to Charles Willis, Ph.D., of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) in Houston.
March 11, 2004
Analysts offer advice on keeping HIPAA security compliance simple
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
In an electronic presentation at the 2004 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Orlando, Kristen Sostrom, information security analyst with Integrated Management Services in Arlington, VA, and Jeff Collmann, Ph.D., from the Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, DC, shared their thoughts on keeping HIPAA security simple.
March 11, 2004
Currency effects crimp Agfa’s healthcare sales
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Currency impact from a strong euro put the brakes on revenue growth at film and PACS vendor Agfa HealthCare of Mortsel, Belgium, with the division posting 2003 sales of 1.408 billion euros ($1.73 billion), down 5.6% compared to the year before. At stable exchange rates, however, Agfa HealthCare’s annual revenues would have grown 3.8%.
March 10, 2004
QSR execs form new company
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Three executives from digital radiology services provider Quick Study Radiology of St. Louis have purchased the company’s medical billing and practice management division and have formed a new enterprise called Evolutions.
March 10, 2004
SourceOne taps COO
Imaging distributor SourceOne Healthcare Technologies has promoted Robert White to COO and senior vice president.
March 8, 2004
Heartlab to buy CardioNow
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NEW ORLEANS - Cardiac image management firm Heartlab of Westerly, RI, has reached an agreement to acquire telecardiology firm CardioNow, the companies reported at this week's American College of Cardiology meeting.
March 8, 2004
PointDx signs BioImaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical software developer PointDx has added BioImaging of Franklin, TN, to its client list.
March 8, 2004
Sixty-four-slice scanner paces GE's ACC products
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NEW ORLEANS - GE Healthcare of Waukesha, WI, is using this week's American College of Cardiology meeting to unveil its entrant in the next-generation multislice scanner race -- LightSpeed VCT, a 64-slice scanner.
March 8, 2004
Barco expands availability of DuraLight
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Kortrijk, Belgium-based vendor now offers a ClearBase version for Coronis 3MP.
March 7, 2004
Heartlab adds distributor, lands big order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac image management firm Heartlab has signed an agreement with cardiology equipment distributor Medical Sales Partners. MSP will distribute the Westerly, RI-based firm’s Encompass cardiac image management product in the U.S.
March 7, 2004
Previous Page
Page 636 of 775
Next Page