Imaging Informatics: Page 1394

BrainLab introduces Kolibri 2.0

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image-guided therapy firm BrainLab USA of Westchester, IL, has released Kolibri 2.0, a portable image-guided surgery platform for ear, nose, and throat (ENT) applications.

October 1, 2006

Private parts: Breast cancer screening and HIPAA compliance

By Shalmali Pal

What happens when a patient's emotional issues surrounding breast cancer screening come face-to-face with an imaging center's legal requirements surrounding HIPAA? AuntMinnie.com asked this question of Robert Tennant, a senior policy advisor in health informatics at the Washington, DC, office of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). Tennant offered his thoughts on how breast imaging centers can gain their patients' trust by making privacy paramount.

October 1, 2006

Pegasus launches JPEG Transcoder

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image compression firm Pegasus Imaging of Tampa, FL, has released its JPEG 2000 Transcoder for the PICTools MedX software development kit (SDK).

September 28, 2006

Perot nets HPA contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Information technology development firm Perot Systems has signed a seven-year deal with Charlotte, NC-based health system Hospital Partners of America (HPA) to implement and support its clinical and financial applications.

September 28, 2006

CAD boosts single reading of mammograms

By Erik L. Ridley

Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology can improve the performance of single reading of screening mammograms to match that of double reading, but it may also increase recall rates, according to U.K. researchers in a study published in the October issue of Radiology.

September 28, 2006

Emageon renews NJHA contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image management firm Emageon reported today that it has renewed an agreement with the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) corporate services group.

September 27, 2006