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Agfa to sell NDT unit to GE

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Agfa-Gevaert has signed an agreement to sell its nondestructive testing business to General Electric division GE Aircraft Engines.

January 20, 2003

Offsite ASP archive fulfills disaster-recovery, backup requirements

By Erik L. Ridley

Planning for data recovery and backup is crucial in a filmless environment, because the only copy of the imaging study may be the one stored in the PACS archive. One California hospital successfully addressed the data backup issue with a home-grown solution based on an application service provider (ASP) model.

January 20, 2003

IMCO, Vision Imaging Partners ink deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

IMCO Technologies has signed an agreement with group purchasing organization Vision Imaging Partners of Hunt Valley, MD, to add its PACS products to VIP’s product catalog.

January 15, 2003

HX Technologies aims to improve inter-PACS communication

By Erik L. Ridley

Healthcare IT startup HX Technologies is developing iHistory, a software platform that provides Web access to imaging data and information across different medical centers and information systems from multiple vendors.

January 15, 2003

Sectra adds Swedish hospital

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish PACS vendor Sectra will provide its PACS technology to Trelleborg Hospital in Sweden.

January 14, 2003

Heartlab signs EMH

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiac image management firm Heartlab will be providing its Encompass Cardiac Network to EMH Regional Healthcare System.

January 14, 2003