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January 12, 2004

Philips signs Baptist Health South Florida

Philips Medical Systems has signed a seven-year agreement to provide Baptist Health South Florida with a radiology and cardiology PACS network.

January 11, 2004

Xtria taps Littlewood

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Consulting firm Xtria has appointed Ian Littlewood as president and COO.

January 11, 2004

IHE profiles offer value in RIS/PACS acceptance testing

By Erik L. Ridley

Facilities that install integrated RIS/PACS networks can make good use of the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) integration profiles during the acceptance testing process, according to researchers from Montefiore Medical Center in New York City.

January 11, 2004

Vital Images to acquire HInnovation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Three-dimensional-software developer Vital Images has signed an agreement to acquire HInnovation, a private Milwaukee-based provider of software that allows physicians to use PCs or notebook computers to access 2-D, 3-D, and 4-D medical imaging applications over the Internet.

January 8, 2004

NovaRad inks distribution deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS and RIS developer NovaRad has signed a partnership agreement with healthcare technology distributor and consultant iPro of Calhoun, GA, to market NovaPACS, as well as the company’s RIS, archive products, servers, and radiology accessories.

January 8, 2004

Emageon lands ThedaCare

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Enterprise image management firm Emageon of Birmingham, AL, has signed an agreement with ThedaCare, an integrated delivery system in central Wisconsin.

January 7, 2004

AuntMinnie.com PACS Insider

By Erik L. Ridley

In a presentation at the 2003 RSNA meeting in Chicago, Dr. Nogah Haramati discussed how IHE integration profiles could deliver a more thorough acceptance testing process.

January 5, 2004

Electronic exam ordering offers pros, cons in PACS

Implementing PACS requires careful consideration of how to handle the radiology ordering process. Giving up a card-based ordering system in favor of electronic ordering offers compelling benefits as well as some challenging drawbacks.

January 5, 2004

Part II: The psychological impact of 3-D ultrasound on pregnant women

This is the second and final installment of a white paper contributed by Dr. Stefano Ciatti and colleagues at the Studio Ecograficao Dott. Stefano Ciatti in Prato, Italy. It explores the role of 3-D ultrasound in shaping the perceptions of pregnant women toward the developing fetus.

December 29, 2003

Part I: The psychological impact of 3-D ultrasound on pregnant women

This is the first installment of a two-part white paper contributed by Dr. Stefano Ciatti and his colleagues at the Studio Ecograficao Dott. Stefano Ciatti in Prato, Italy. It explores the role of 3-D ultrasound in shaping the perceptions of pregnant women toward the developing fetus.

December 28, 2003

Philips, PointDx ink deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical software developer PointDx of Winston-Salem, NC, has signed a deal to supply its virtual endoscopy technology to multimodality vendor Philips Medical Systems of Andover, MA.

December 23, 2003

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