Imaging
Carestream Health has announced that its new cesium iodide CARESTREAM DRX-1C detector is now available around the world in countries where it is approved for use.
The Association of Alexandria Radiologists has chosen McKesson's Revenue Management Solutions for radiology billing and practice management.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Breast Screening Service Unit has become the first unit to go live with a new breast screening solution. The deployment is expected to make the breast screening service the first in the southwest peninsula region to go fully digital.
Carestream Health has bolstered itself with a broad new portfolio of conventional and digital X-ray technologies, thanks to its acquisition of Ronkonkoma, N.Y.-based Quantum Medical Imaging, a privately-held manufacturer of X-ray systems used by hospitals, imaging centers and health clinics.
New products entering the RIS market and vendors expanding their EMR and PACS client bases with integrated solutions suggest that radiology information systems are taking a renewed priority in purchasing decisions, a new report from research firm KLAS concludes.
Macquarie University Hospital performed Australia's first Gamma Knife surgery with its new Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion system on Aug. 3, making it the country's first center capable of providing dedicated intracranial radiosurgery.
A radiology professor is calling on radiologists across the country to mount a campaign against the overuse of medical imaging.
GE Healthcare announced that its Centricity Practice Solution version 9.5 has been inspected by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) and is a premarket conditionally CCHIT Certified 2011 Ambulatory EHR, with additional certification for child health and cardiovascular medicine with advanced reporting.
In an effort to expand clinical informatics offerings, Royal Philips Electronics has entered into an agreement to acquire the business of CDP Medical Ltd, an Israel-based provider of picture archiving and communication systems.
Royal Philips Electronics and SpineMark Corporation, a San Diego-based company that develops specialized centers for spinal care, have announced a partnership that will bring Philips's imaging and other healthcare IT solutions to new SpineMark facilities around the world.