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Israeli HMO cuts costs with ACR criteria

January 10, 2005

Misys adds to tsunami relief efforts

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare IT provider Misys Healthcare Systems said it has launched a charitable contribution campaign to assist victims of last month's Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

January 10, 2005

Healthcare IT regulations to drive European IS market

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare information technology (IT) regulations in the European market are becoming more significant due to the need to mandate the use of universal standards in the information systems (IS) industry, according to an analysis from Frost & Sullivan of San Jose, CA.

January 10, 2005

ACR criteria cut imaging costs in Israel

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

The American College of Radiology criteria for determining appropriate imaging exams are being credited with decreasing the costs associated with imaging self-referral by nonradiologists. In fact, following the guidelines can save millions, according to an Israeli healthcare service that has adopted the standards.

January 10, 2005

ABR outlines recertification program

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Board of Radiology has outlined its new Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program in an article published simultaneously in multiple radiology journals.

January 9, 2005

Fundamentals of Mammography

Although Fundamentals of Mammography gives a singularly U.K. perspective, it would serve as a valuable companion manual for established practitioners in any country.

January 9, 2005

Kodak provides tsunami relief donations

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Eastman Kodak Health Imaging said it has provided diagnostic imaging supplies and equipment to relief centers in areas affected by the tsunami in South Asia.

January 9, 2005

Analogic receives Nasdaq filing extension

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Analogic reported that the Nasdaq listing qualifications panel has granted the firm an extension until January 31 to file its fiscal 2004 annual report and 2005 fiscal first-quarter report.

January 9, 2005

Cedara donates to tsunami relief

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian medical imaging software developer Cedara Software has donated $100,000 Canadian ($82,900 U.S.) to Save the Children Canada.

January 6, 2005

AMI announces award winners

Dr. Anthony Shields and Joanna Fowler, Ph.D., have been named as recipients of distinguished scientist awards by the Los Angeles-based Academy of Molecular Imaging (AMI).

January 6, 2005

Ultrasonix names Thompson as VP

Ultrasound developer Ultrasonix of Burnaby, British Columbia, has named Robert Thompson as its vice president of marketing and business development.

January 6, 2005

Court issues judgment in stent patent dispute

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device firm Guidant reported that the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware found on summary judgment that none of Guidant's stents infringed on any of the Boneau patents asserted by medical device firm Medtronic.

January 5, 2005

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