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GE Medical Systems has signed an agreement with storage technology provider i3Archive of Philadelphia to offer its National Digital Mammography Archive (NDMA) to healthcare facilities in the U.S.

Enterprise image management firm Emageon of Birmingham, AL, has signed an agreement with Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton, NY, to manage medical image visualization and workflow integration throughout the organization.

Scheduling software developer ScheduleQuest has filed suit against Merge eFilm of Milwaukee and its RIS subsidiary, RIS Logic of Solon, OH, alleging that the firms infringed on ScheduleQuest’s U.S. Patent 6,389,454, Multi Facility Appointment Scheduling System.

PACS and RIS provider NovaRad has inked a deal to provide its NovaPACS network, as well as computed radiography and radiology information system integration software, to the Community Choice Healthcare Network in Washington.

German PACS vendor Vepro has installed its cardiac PACS network at three Centura Hospitals in Colorado.

Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra has signed a partnership agreement with computer-aided detection (CAD) provider R2 Technology. R2’s CAD technology will be customized for use with Sectra’s MicroDose full-field digital mammography system.

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.

DeJarnette Research Systems has signed on a new distribution partner.

Healthcare information systems provider IDX Systems has named Thomas Butts to the position of president and chief operating officer (COO) of the company and Stephen Gorman as president and general manager of the Burlington, VT-based company’s Groupcast operating unit.