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AuntMinnie's IMV MarketStat #18: Distribution of radiology information systems

Among hospital sites, the proportion of installed RIS networks that are interfaced with a HIS increases with hospital size.

January 9, 2003

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StorComm hires sales director

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Clinical image management firm StorComm has signed John Ciccarelli as director of sales.

January 8, 2003

AETmed signs Italian archiving deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Italian PACS vendor AETmed has signed a contract to provide its DICOMed product to the Emo Centro Cuore Columbus cardiovascular center in Milan, Italy.

January 7, 2003

Seshadri joins Cerner

PACS and information technology industry veteran Sridhar Seshadri has left GE Medical Systems Information Technologies for a position as vice president at healthcare IT firm Cerner.

January 6, 2003

InStar signs on Envision

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiology information systems provider InStar Systems has signed a multisite sales agreement with Envision Radiology Group in Colorado Springs, CO.

January 6, 2003

VirtuRad service chosen for college bowl games

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Electronic imaging distributor VirtuRad was selected by officials of the Fiesta and Insight U.S. college football bowls as the provider of x-ray imaging services.

January 5, 2003

IBM takes cooperative approach in PACS initiative

By Erik L. Ridley

IBM's Life Sciences division will marry technology from its PACS partners with specially configured IBM workstations and storage offerings to meet requirements for digital image management.

January 5, 2003

Array debuts DICOM Scan Pro Plus

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Film digitizer firm Array USA has rolled out DICOM Scan Pro Plus, an upgrade for its 2905 laser digitizer.

January 2, 2003

RSNA's RadLex initiative gathers momentum

By Erik L. Ridley

The time is right for a standardized radiology lexicon. RadLex is a pilot project from the RSNA designed to create a consensus of terms used to index and search diverse medical imaging resources.

December 26, 2002

Acuo inks deal with CDI

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image storage and management firm Acuo Technologies has signed an agreement to provide its AcuoMed and AcuoStore products to the Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI) of St. Louis Park, MN.

December 19, 2002

UltraVisual integrates IHE into VisualPACS

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

UltraVisual Medical Systems of Madison, WI, has incorporated the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) standards-based framework into its VisualPACS product.

December 18, 2002

GE bids to purchase Instrumentarium

By Erik L. Ridley

With an eye on expanding its presence in the operating room, GE Medical Systems has signed an agreement to acquire Finnish healthcare technology firm Instrumentarium for $2.04 billion. The acquisition would advance GE's goal of creating an integrated OR, encompassing anesthesia delivery equipment, patient monitoring, and information systems.

December 17, 2002

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