Two Swedish hospitals choose Sectra PACS
Sectra has signed a five-year contract with Region Skåne regarding a digital solution for managing and archiving radiology images (PACS).
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Carestream supports Ebay for radiologists
Carestream Health is to provide technical infrastructure to the European Union-funded project to create an Ebay-style online market for radiology services.
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Nij Smellinghe hospital to install Carestream archiving
Nij Smellinghe Hospital in Drachten, The Netherlands, has chosen Carestream Health to provide it with a hosted information management system to enable it to remotely archive patient diagnostic imaging data.
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Philips and Utrecht University partner on research
Royal Philips Electronics and the University Medical Centre Utrecht have signed a morandum of understanding setting out a long-term research partnership. The new partnership between UMC, the Netherlands’ biggest university hospital, and Philips will focus on developing new solutions for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of major disease areas. Philips and UMC will develop collaborative […]
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Pacsgear establishes European office
Pacsgear Inc. a US provider of document and multimedia connectivity solutions for hospitals and healthcare facilities has opened a European office in Munich, Germany. The company specializes in software for medical image management (PACS) and electronic health record (EHR) systems. Over 600 hospitals worldwide use Pacsgear software. Pacsgear software enables clinicians, technologists and administrators can […]
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Barco upgrades 3D imaging software
Image from Version 6.3 of Voxar 3D Belgium medical imaging specialist Barco has released an updated version of its Voxar 3D advanced visualisation software suite, integrated into Agfa’s IMPAX picture archiving and communication system. Version 6.3 of Voxar is said to provide streamlined imaging workflow, enabling physicians to read and report their studies faster and […]
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Philips to lead ‘euHeart’ project
Royal Philips Electronics is to lead a pan-European project to develop advanced computer modelling to enable highly personalised diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
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Agfa Health has weak second quarter sales
Belgium-based Agfa-Gevaert reported that its healthcare division experienced falling sales for the second quarter of 2008. The company said that performance was down due to the strong euro, delays in its new PACS system and the high cost of silver, used in the wet film processes that still account for half the business group’s sales. […]
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NoemaLife buys Ferrania Technologies
German healthcare software specialist NoemaLife has acquired the radiology information (RIS) and picture archiving and communications systems (PACS), in addition to the service division, of UK-based Ferrania Technologies. NoemaLife has also taken over the service division of Ferrania Technologies’ LifeImaging operation. The acquisition will plug a gap in NoemeLife’s portfolio of systems. NoemaLife already provides […]
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Canada’s Infoway says 254 EHR projects underway
Canada’s electronic health record projects have quadrupled since 2004, according to the head of the Canadian health IT agency. Investment in EHRs is said to have increased by 12% in the past year alone. Canada Health Infoway – an independent, not-for-profit organization funded by the Canadian government – jointly invests with every province or territory […]
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