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Misys, Wellsoft team up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT firm Misys Healthcare Systems and emergency department information systems (EDIS) developer Wellsoft have formed a partnership, allowing Raleigh, NC-based Misys to offer Wellsoft's EDIS as part of its CPR offering.
January 7, 2007
Cath lab studies grow in 2006, report finds
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The number of cases in cardiac cath labs across the U.S. increased to an estimated 4.2 million in 2006, a gain of 9% over the 3.85 million reported in 2002, for an average annualized growth rate of 2% per year, according to a report released by market research and consulting firm IMV Medical Information Division.
January 7, 2007
RADinfo Systems awarded Virginia contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS/PACS provider RadInfo Systems of Dulles, VA, has received a multimillion-dollar contract from Commonwealth Orthopaedics of Fairfax, VA, to install its PowerPACS in six more offices across northern Virginia.
January 4, 2007
Urgent Care Centers buys Family Practice
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Atlanta-based Urgent Care Centers (UCC) has completed its acquisition of the Boykins Family Practice in Boykins, VA. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
January 4, 2007
Head and neck surgeons can handle ultrasound, journal article says
By Erik L. Ridley
Head and neck surgeons can readily incorporate office-based ultrasound procedures into their practice, according to an article in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. Office-based ultrasound offers an easy and cost-effective tool to the surgeons, the authors report.
January 4, 2007
CVCTA: With advancements come challenges
In the past several years, cardiovascular CT angiography (CVCTA) has become the rage throughout the diagnostic imaging industry, with centers racing to offer cutting-edge programs in their marketplaces. Steven Renard of Liberty Pacific Medical Imaging in Encino, CA, discusses how center operators, radiologists, and cardiologists can work together to support, nurture, and drive this explosive growth and anticipated acceptance by both insurers and clinicians.
January 4, 2007
US-guided needle aspiration offers effective, low-cost treatment for liver abscesses
By Radiology Review
Trial percutaneous needle aspiration of multiple pyogenic liver abscesses, under ultrasound guidance, should be performed prior to catheter drainage or surgery, according to researchers from Italy. Because of its low-cost, real-time nature, and mobility, ultrasound is more versatile than CT guidance, the group states.
January 4, 2007
Boston Scientific buys EndoTex
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific said that it has acquired privately held medical device developer EndoTex Interventional Systems of Cupertino, CA.
January 3, 2007
Phase imaging with MPR improves MDCT of pancreatic cancer
By Radiology Review
For evaluating pancreatic adenocarcinoma using triple-phase multidetector-row CT (MDCT), a combination of pancreatic parenchymal and portal venous phase imaging is essential and appropriate, according to radiologists in Japan.
January 3, 2007
Danaher buys Imaging Sciences
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dental equipment firm Danaher has purchased 3D dental imaging developer Imaging Sciences International.
January 3, 2007
Temporal subtraction technique improves diagnostic accuracy, speed
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Although bone scintigraphy is one of the more widely used nuclear medicine studies, interpreting the images is time-intensive, and detecting interval changes can be problematic. Now researchers from Chicago have developed a computerized temporal subtraction technique used between successive whole-body bone scans that may reduce physicians' reading time and improve their accuracy.
January 3, 2007
MRI pegs cognitive dysfunction as noteworthy clinical feature in multisystem APS
By Shalmali Pal
Cerebral microvasculopathy could be an underlying mechanism for cognitive dysfunction, based on MR studies performed in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), according to Greek investigators.
January 2, 2007
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