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Agfa inks Dutch PACS deals

Agfa HealthCare has signed computed radiography, RIS, and PACS deals with two hospitals in the Netherlands, Dutch Scheper Hospital in Emmen and Refaja Hospital in Stadskanaal.

January 15, 2004

DeJarnette, AllHealth join forces

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

DeJarnette Research Systems has signed on a new distribution partner.

January 14, 2004

Eigen offers data migration service

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiac PACS provider Eigen is launching a new data migration service.

January 12, 2004

Philips signs Baptist Health South Florida

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Medical Systems has signed a seven-year agreement to provide Baptist Health South Florida with a radiology and cardiology PACS network.

January 11, 2004

Xtria taps Littlewood

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Consulting firm Xtria has appointed Ian Littlewood as president and COO.

January 11, 2004

IHE profiles offer value in RIS/PACS acceptance testing

By Erik L. Ridley

Facilities that install integrated RIS/PACS networks can make good use of the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) integration profiles during the acceptance testing process, according to researchers from Montefiore Medical Center in New York City.

January 11, 2004

NovaRad inks distribution deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS and RIS developer NovaRad has signed a partnership agreement with healthcare technology distributor and consultant iPro of Calhoun, GA, to market NovaPACS, as well as the company’s RIS, archive products, servers, and radiology accessories.

January 8, 2004

Emageon lands ThedaCare

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Enterprise image management firm Emageon of Birmingham, AL, has signed an agreement with ThedaCare, an integrated delivery system in central Wisconsin.

January 7, 2004

AuntMinnie.com PACS Insider

By Erik L. Ridley

In a presentation at the 2003 RSNA meeting in Chicago, Dr. Nogah Haramati discussed how IHE integration profiles could deliver a more thorough acceptance testing process.

January 5, 2004

Electronic exam ordering offers pros, cons in PACS

Implementing PACS requires careful consideration of how to handle the radiology ordering process. Giving up a card-based ordering system in favor of electronic ordering offers compelling benefits as well as some challenging drawbacks.

January 5, 2004

Evolved Digital nets Missouri hospital

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image management firm Evolved Digital Systems has sold its RadWeb RIS/PACS to Sac-Osage Hospital in Osceola, MI, according to the Laval, Quebec-based vendor.

December 23, 2003

ADT takes stake in Ferrania

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Investment firm ADT Partners will buy a portion of Italian medical informatics developer Ferrania Imaging Technologies under a deal between the firms, according to the Cairo Montenotte, Italy-based company.

December 23, 2003

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