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Nuance launches Dragon Medical 10 in U.K., Ireland

Speech recognition firm Nuance Communications has released its Dragon Medical 10 speech recognition software for healthcare documentation in the U.K. and Ireland.

March 16, 2009

Medtronic poses revision for CMS NCD

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medtronic has asked the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to change some of the language in the agency's national coverage decision (NCD) review of the appropriateness of flow analysis and mapping in cardiac MR studies.

March 16, 2009

RIS Concepts gets telerad sale

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

RIS Concepts has landed a deal to supply its RAD-RIS software to USArad.com, a subspecialty teleradiology practice.

March 16, 2009

NovaRad signs North Carolina clinic

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS developer NovaRad has sold its RIS and PACS software to a medical clinic in North Carolina.

March 16, 2009

SonoSite launches vet US remote control

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite has launched a new remote control for veterinary ultrasound, as well as a new transducer for reproductive and musculoskeletal applications in horses and other large animals.

March 16, 2009

Carestream Molecular lands Notre Dame

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The molecular imaging division of Carestream Health has installed its in vivo and in vitro molecular imaging technology at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, IN.

March 16, 2009

Regenstrief Institute gets WHO distinction

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, has named the Regenstrief Institute of Indianapolis as the world's first WHO Collaborating Center for Medical Informatics.

March 15, 2009

GE sets up joint venture in Qatar

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare is ramping up its activities in the Middle East, partnering with the Qatar Foundation to create a joint venture company to develop new products in the fields of healthcare IT, digital x-ray, and molecular imaging.

March 15, 2009

Cardinal opens PET cyclotron in Nebraska

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardinal Health has opened a cyclotron facility in Nebraska to manufacture fluorine-18 PET radiopharmaceuticals.

March 15, 2009

Double Black debuts surgical displays

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Monitor distributor Double Black Imaging has debuted a pair of new surgical displays at the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) meeting in Chicago.

March 15, 2009

MedQuist resolves SEC investigation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Speech recognition and transcription technology provider MedQuist last week announced the resolution of an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding past billing practices.

March 15, 2009

Lumedx, Mennen ink cath lab deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiovascular software developer Lumedx and patient monitoring firm Mennen Medical have signed a deal to integrate their products to offer a combined package for cardiac cath labs.

March 15, 2009

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