CoActiv has announced a new EXAM-PACS donation program for qualifying educational institutions with accredited radiologic technologist training programs. The new initiative has already been tested with several RT Programs, including Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, Bunker Hill Community College in Boston and Bergen County Community College in New Jersey. As part of the program, qualifying schools will receive a complete, full-featured EXAM-PACS application free of charge as well as access to the CoActiv cloud-based EXAM-VAULT QUAD-REDUNDANT ARCHIVING system for radiology instructional images and related data.
eRadiology has rebranded itself as Radius to capitalize on its strength as a cloud-computing RIS/PACS service to both national and international clients. Radius, in partnership with RamSoft, offers fully customizable, reliable, and cost-effective RIS/PACS and Teleradiology solutions. Radius removes the headaches and unpredictable expenses of managing a PACS or RIS platform.
InSite One, the provider of vendor-neutral, intelligent enterprise image archiving and access solutions, announced that its archive management software is now available independently of its hosted and on-site cloud service offerings. The standards-based, vendor-neutral software is now available on a per user license basis, and can be used in conjunction with most enterprise archive systems.
Carestream Health has unveiled three new printers that address the diverse printing needs of healthcare providers across the globe at the annual RSNA meeting. The company showed its new CARESTREAM DRYVIEW 6850 Laser Imager for high-quality, high-volume printing to medical diagnostic film and the tabletop CARESTREAM DRYVIEW 5700 Laser Imager for affordable high-quality film output. A new work in progress CARESTREAM DRYVIEW CHROMA Imager, that will reproduce color or grayscale images and medical documents onto paper or film, was also unveiled.
Royal Philips Electronics has announced Philips Ingenia, the first-ever digital broadband magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) solution. Driven by Philips’ commitment to developing innovative patient care solutions, Ingenia MR delivers exceptional image clarity, scanning efficiency and scalability. The Philips Ingenia MR system is pending U.S. FDA 510(k) and is not available for sale in the U.S.
SuperLumin Networks, a provider of high-speed data delivery and application acceleration solutions, has announced the launch of its SuperLumin OEM Edition program. This new, customizable software is ideal for Internet appliance builders looking to provide a competitive, quick time-to-market proxy solution. Using the world’s leading proxy platform, the SuperLumin OEM Edition simplifies configuration and delivery of proxy appliances.
Intelimedix, a business intelligence company focused on multi-relational data mining and advanced analytics for faster, more accurate decision making, has partnered with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC). Representing over 3.7 million customers and handling more than $10 billion in medical claims annually, BCBSNC will initially implement Intelimedix’s Tru:Insights employer group reporting tool.
Royal Philips Electronics has announced the new Philips Ingenuity CT (computed tomography) platform, an innovative technology that will help redefine low dose imaging. The Ingenuity CT features iDose4, Philips’ next-generation iterative reconstruction technique, designed to provide equivalent diagnostic image quality at up to 80 percent less dose; improve spatial resolution by up to 35 percent with up to 50 percent less dose; or simply improve spatial resolution by up to 68 percent.
DICOM Grid, provider of a cloud-based platform for medical imaging management, has announced the general availability of DICOM Grid ImageCare, the first secure, scalable cloud computing platform that makes searching, sharing and exchanging medical images as easy as using consumer web applications such as Google, Facebook and iTunes. ImageCare delivers an advanced, web-based application that provides seamless image sharing along with long-term archiving at disruptive pricing.
SRS, the provider of productivity-enhancing technology and services for high-performance specialty practices, has announced that Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center has selected the SRS Unified DesktopTM for its 35 providers. Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center has 6 office locations providing specialized upper extremity treatment to the greater Indianapolis area.
Riverain Medical, a maker of computer-aided detection (CAD) and advanced visualization technologies, announced its SoftView Enhanced Chest Imaging and OnGuard Chest X-ray Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) technologies can now integrate In Unison for improved workflow and enhanced lung nodule detection.
Royal Philips Electronics has introduced the Philips IntelliSpace Portal, a multimodality workspace that uses advanced networking capabilities to facilitate collaboration between radiologists and referring clinicians that may lead to faster, more accurate and informed patient care. The IntelliSpace Portal turns virtually any PC into an advanced multimodality imaging system workspace and offers clinicians the ability to view images anywhere, from multiple imaging modalities, including those from non-Philips systems, without moving to a specialized workstation.
Emerson Network Power, maker of business-critical continuity technology, has introduced the NetSure ITM uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system—the industry’s first row-based, integrated DC (Direct Current) UPS system specifically designed for the data center market. The NetSure ITM is a scalable and highly efficient 48V direct current output power system that includes battery backup and branch distribution for robust power protection in a compact footprint.
MEDICOM Technologies, a purveyor of technically advanced medical identification solutions, has introduced its revolutionary multimedia-enabled interactive Medical I.D. Wristband that readily presents an individual’s complete medical history to emergency treatment personnel in critical situations.
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Philips Speech Processing, a manufacturer of mobile and stationary dictation systems, has announced that it is now a member of Citrix Ready Partner program and that SpeechExec Enterprise 3.1, the latest version of the company’s digital dictation management software, received Citrix Ready certification. Citrix Ready is a product verification program that allows customers and users to quickly and easily find partner products and solutions that are trusted to enhance Citrix offerings.
GE Healthcare has announced its eHealth Image Exchange software solution: a flexible, standards-based platform for sharing images and integrating workflows across a healthcare community. The eHealth Image Exchange helps improve the quality of radiology care across the healthcare community by reducing costs and inefficiencies caused by using CDs and film to share images, and by enhancing online patient review capabilities among multi-disciplinary teams in numerous locations.
Merge Healthcare, a health IT solutions provider, has announced the addition of Inova MedImaging Services Limited, a UK based core lab with expertise in working with large pharmaceutical companies, to its growing list of customers using etrials CIMS imaging solution. In addition, the CIMS platform from Merge Healthcare was just awarded with the prestigious 2010 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Healthcare Innovation of the Year for use in clinical trials and medical research.
REACH3, maker of healthcare CRM technology, has launched Health e-Strategy, which combines customer relationship management(CRM) software and services to help single and multi-facility health systems engage consumers and increase patient loyalty through online channels, including the web, email and social networks.
athenahealth has announced that the Central Florida Health Information Technology Initiative (CFHITI), has selected athenahealth as a preferred EHR solution partner. Created via a collaborative partnership between the University of Central Florida (UCF) and the Central Florida Regional Health Information Organization (CFRHIO), the CFHITI will enable more than 1,400 physicians across central Florida to take advantage of the benefits that technology and cloud-based EHRs can bring to their practices.
Royal Philips Electronics has introduced the Juno DRF and the DigitalDiagnost – ER Wireless systems, two versatile diagnostic X-ray solutions that represent the next step in patient care. Featured at the 96th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago, these innovative systems uphold Philips’ commitment to integrating technologies in a smart way to help enhance patient outcomes and increase value for healthcare systems.
Phreesia has announced that it has entered into a five-year strategic alliance with Elavon, a global payments provider. Under the contract, Elavon will act as Phreesia’s exclusive payments processing provider, and will offer Phreesia’s automated patient check-in solution to healthcare customers across the United States. Phreesia, currently used by millions of patients in all 50 states, replaces the patient clipboard with an easy-to-use wireless touch-screen device — the PhreesiaPad.
PivotHealth, a provider of physician practice management and consulting services based in Nashville, has announced that Staten Island Physician Practice, P.C., of Staten Island, New York, will renew its multi‐year management services contract through December 2012. PivotHealth will continue to provide full practice management, including operational services, to the 83 physician, multi‐specialty medical group practice.
Sage Healthcare Division, a unit of Sage North America and a provider of EHR and practice management software and solutions serving approximately 80,000 physicians in North America, announced that Northwest Primary Care, a 25 physician, physician-owned practice in southeast Portland has selected Sage to provide the IMPAX PACS (picture archiving and communication system). This new medical imaging system will augment the practice’s existing Sage Intergy practice management and EHR system.
Omnicell, a provider of medication management solutions to acute healthcare facilities, announced the introduction of PandoraVIATM 2.0 pharmacy analytics software. The enhanced software includes improved detection of medication diversion, customizable user options and new hospital inventory management controls among other features designed to assist hospitals in their efforts to improve patient safety and regulatory compliance in hospitals.
Emdat, a provider of Web-based medical transcription software, announced that it has moved its Fitchburg, Wis., headquarters in order to accommodate the company’s robust growth over the past several years. The 11-year-old company, whose software helps medical facilities and transcription businesses more efficiently collect, store and transfer patient information, is on track to experience its 11th consecutive year of revenue growth and has tripled its staff size since 2005.
InSite One, provider of vendor-neutral, intelligent enterprise image archiving and access solutions, announced that its world class archive management software is now available independently of its hosted and on-site cloud service offerings. The standards-based, vendor-neutral software is now available on a per user license basis, and can be used in conjunction with most enterprise archive systems.
