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Amicas sales edge up, but firm dips into red

PACS vendor Amicas reported slightly higher revenues for the company's second quarter (end-June 30), but the Boston company reported a net loss due to reimbursement-related pressure on its client base.

July 31, 2007

Part XV: Exploring PACS Secrets -- The eHarmony approach

By Michael J. Cannavo

The reality is that the process we undertake in buying multimillion-dollar PACS isn't so unlike that used in finding an e-Harmony match -- a few questions, a few answers, a meeting or two, then, perhaps, somewhere down the road in the not-so-distant future, an "I do." Do we really know the PACS vendor or the system before we engage in a formal commitment? Realistic expectations in PACS and love are key, according to PACS consultant Michael J. Cannavo.

July 31, 2007

InSite One, Amicas strike deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Archiving services provider InSite One has signed an agreement with Boston-based PACS firm Amicas to provide it with archiving and disaster recovery technology.

July 30, 2007

EBM PACS receives FDA OK

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

EBM Technologies of Taipei, Taiwan, said it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its multimodality Web-based UniWeb PACS.

July 30, 2007

Siemens lands Partners for Soarian install

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, has won a contract to install its Soarian Financials patient administration and revenue cycle management system at Partners HealthCare of Boston.

July 30, 2007

USEI opens India facility

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Diagnostic display distributor U.S. Electronics (USEI) of Minneapolis last month opened a new joint-venture manufacturing plant in India to produce medical imaging technology for hospitals in the country.

July 30, 2007

eHealth Global signs Carestream

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

eHealth Global Technologies of Rochester, NY, has signed a joint marketing agreement with Carestream Health, also of Rochester.

July 29, 2007

PACS data-mining technique tackles CR dose creep

By Brian Casey

Looking for a way to deal with dose creep resulting from your digital x-ray systems? If you have a PACS, the solution to the problem might be as close as your data archive, according to a group from the University of Washington in Seattle. They implemented a software application that mines data from their PACS archive to help monitor computed radiography (CR) radiation dose, cutting the dose nearly in half for some applications.

July 29, 2007

NightHawk posts Q2 gains

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Driven by strong organic revenue growth, teleradiology services provider NightHawk Radiology Holdings posted 66% increase in revenues for its second quarter.

July 25, 2007

Cedara debuts I-Response

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cedara Software has released its I-Response workstation, which is designed to evaluate, assess, and monitor the effect of cancer therapy over time using data from multiple modalities.

July 24, 2007

Carestream adds European orders

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Carestream Health has received contracts for its Carestream PACS and RIS technology from several European healthcare institutions.

July 24, 2007

Cerner posts strong Q2

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Growth in new business bookings helped power revenue and earnings at healthcare information systems provider Cerner in the second quarter (end-June 30).

July 24, 2007

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