Enterprise Imaging: Page 531

NightHawk partners with Swiss firm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Teleradiology services provider NightHawk Radiology Services has formed a strategic alliance with contract research organization Timaq Medical Imaging of Zurich, Switzerland.
April 12, 2010
Studies duel over HIT costs, benefits; speech recognition saves money in Spain
By Brian Casey
April 12, 2010
VA saved billions with enterprise HIT investment
By Cynthia E. Keen
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) initiative to implement healthcare IT more than 20 years ago has paid off impressively. By 2007, the agency had saved a cumulative $3.09 billion, and it's currently saving nearly $700 million annually, according to a study published in the April issue of Health Affairs.
April 12, 2010
Spanish study finds speech recognition saves time, money
By Erik L. Ridley
A large study of speech recognition that included nearly 140,000 reports has confirmed the technology's ability to dramatically reduce report turnaround time while saving money. Researchers found that speech recognition slashed turnaround time from about 5.5 hours with conventional transcription to just over one hour.
April 11, 2010
Survey fails to find outcomes benefit for electronic records
By Cynthia E. Keen
How effective are electronic health record (EHR) systems in improving the efficiency and quality of healthcare services in U.S. hospitals? Right now, not very -- at least according to a study of nearly 3,000 hospitals that found that EHR systems minimally affected several types of outcomes measures.
April 11, 2010
Sectra, Philips partner in Japan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra has signed an agreement with Philips Healthcare for Philips to sell Sectra PACS software in Japan under a joint branding policy.
April 8, 2010
Another PACSMail install for Sybermedica
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.K. healthcare software developer Sybermedica has completed an installation of its PACSMail software at a London imaging facility.
April 8, 2010
Digisonics nabs OB-Windows contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has inked two contracts for its OB-Windows software.
April 8, 2010
NovaRad inks Fla. deals
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS and PACS vendor NovaRad has added two facilities in Florida to its customer list.
April 7, 2010
SIR sells ConexSys group to Custom Computer Specialists
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) and IT firm Custom Computer Specialists (CCS) have signed an exclusive, long-term licensing agreement to promote and develop the HI-IQ interventional radiology information management system.
April 7, 2010
Ultrasound PACS tools disappoint; carotid US predicts cardiac risk
By Brian Casey
April 7, 2010
Radiologists dissatisfied with ultrasound features on PACS
By Erik L. Ridley
Lagging ultrasound functionality available on PACS software has long been a sore point with many radiologists. And it remains so today, according to a recent survey that found that radiologists were less happy with ultrasound PACS functionality compared to users of other modalities.
April 7, 2010
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