Imaging Informatics: Page 1350

Emdeon completes stock buyback
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare services and information technology developer Emdeon reported preliminary results of its tender offer to purchase up to 140 million shares of its common stock at a price of $12 per share, which expired yesterday.
December 4, 2006
Eastern European PACS market to expand
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Eastern European PACS market was worth $9.7 million (U.S.) in 2005, and is expected to grow to $29.3 million by 2012, according to market research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.
December 4, 2006
TeraRecon touts McKesson integration
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm TeraRecon said it has completed application programming interface (API)-level workflow integration between its AquariusNet Server offering and McKesson Provider Technologies' Horizon Medical Imaging PACS network.
December 4, 2006
GE signs CHN
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare will be providing its Centricity Enterprise (formerly IDX Carecast) clinical, financial, and administrative software to Community Health Network in Barrington, IL.
December 3, 2006
Sage names SVP
Healthcare IT provider Sage Software Health Division has appointed Mark Ryan as senior vice president of customer service and support.
December 3, 2006
Managing the precertification process
Diagnostic exam precertification, which requires referring physicians to obtain insurer approval for imaging services prior to scheduling scans, has developed into a reimbursement labyrinth. Now, insurers, radiologists, and referring physicians must all navigate the maze created by imaging's utilization. Radiology billing manager Christie James shares her group's experiences with handling the precertification process.
December 3, 2006
Confirma releases CADstream study results at RSNA show
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm Confirma of Kirkland, WA, announced the results of a recent study on its CADstream system for breast MRI at the 2006 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
November 30, 2006
MDR to use Nexsan's storage product
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Manhattan Diagnostic Radiology (MDR) in New York City has selected Woodland Hills, CA-based Nexsan's SATABeast as its primary storage technology for radiology practices.
November 30, 2006
Cape Cod Healthcare chooses EMC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cape Cod Healthcare of Hyannis, MA, has signed a contract with storage firm EMC of Hopkinton, MA, to use its software, storage, and related services.
November 30, 2006
Speech recognition technology shows double-digit error rate
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
CHICAGO - A study of radiology reports generated by speech recognition software at a prestigious U.S. academic medical center found that even with fully trained system users the technology was introducing significant errors in almost one out of five signed, final reports. The study authors presented their findings at the 2006 RSNA meeting.
November 29, 2006
Consumer color display may be suitable for radiographic image review
By Erik L. Ridley
CHICAGO - A consumer flat-panel color display from Dell may be able to handle primary interpretation of radiography studies, according to researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. They presented their study findings at this week's RSNA meeting.
November 29, 2006
Emageon, Allscript team up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image management firm Emageon of Birmingham, AL, has signed a reseller agreement with Chicago-based healthcare IT developer Allscripts.
November 29, 2006
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