ComMedica closes diagnostic imaging business
ComMedica Limited, the UK-based developer of picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) has announced that it is closing its diagnostic imaging software business. The company has announced a "significant restructuring", including the closure of its diagnostic imaging software business, resulting in over 100 redundancies at its Woking office and elsewhere. ComMedica said the move followed […]
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GE Healthcare completes acquisition of IDX
GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, has completed its acquisition of health IT specialist IDX Systems Corporation. The deal $1.2 billion (£681 million) was first announced in September last year. IDX is one of the key software providers to the English NHS National Programme for IT, in which, as a sub-contractor to BT, […]
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CliniSys acquires Orion Imaging
Clinical and laboratory systems specialists, CliniSys has acquired diabetic retinopathy screening solution provider, Orion Imaging. Diabetic retinopathy is the single largest cause of blindness in the UK and is a problem in all countries where ageing populations and increasing obesity rates are leading to greater numbers of people living with diabetes. Digital retinopathy cameras provide […]
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PACS roll-out stalls in NW and West Midlands
The roll-out programme for PACS in the North West and West Midlands of England by CSC looks in danger of stalling. Despite assurances from NHS Connecting for Health (CfH), as recently as two weeks ago, that initial implementations will begin before the end of December 2005, E-Health Insider has confirmed that none of the four […]
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Kodak chosen for Finnish e-health project
Eastman Kodak’s Health Group has been selected as the main supplier of Finland’s RATU e-health project, which aims to integrate the medical imaging and information systems across five Finnish hospital districts. The €2.7m RATU project focuses on the development of e-health in Northern Finland and is funded by five hospital districts and the Finnish Ministry […]
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Cash injection
After GE’s purchase of IDX, are more medical systems companies eyeing up the healthcare IT market? Industry analyst James MacPherson investigates.
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GE to buy IDX for £681 million
General Electric Co.’s healthcare unit is to buy US health IT software supplier IDX Systems Corp. in a deal worth $1.2 billion (£681 million). GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, and IDX Systems Corporation announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for GE to acquire IDX. The deal is […]
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Agfa selected as Accenture’s PACS supplier
Agfa-Gevaert has formally announced that it has been selected by Accenture to provide digital radiology imaging management solutions to the North East and East clusters in England as part of Accenture’s work in delivering the NHS National Programme for IT. Agfa will provide include Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) and Computed Radiography (CR). The […]
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Wirral’s gateway to care
Pete Marsh, technical director of Wirral Health Informatics, outlines the needs and obstacles often not considered by those implementing clinical IT systems.
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Philips buys US PACS firm Stentor
Royal Philips Electronics is to acquire Stentor, a US firm specialising in picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) for radiology images in a deal that will make Philips the world’s second largest PACS provider. Philips, which is contracted to provide PACS systems to NHS hospitals in London as part of the NHS national programme […]
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