Three more PACS collaborations formed
Three more trust collaborations have been formed to tender for picture archiving and communications systems ahead of the end of national PACS contracts next year.
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Kent and Medway trusts tender for PACS
A group of Kent and Medway trusts have formed a collaboration to tender for PACS/RIS as the end of the national digital imaging contracts draws closer.
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Trusts to determine future of PACS deals
The 128 trusts that received picture archiving and communication systems under the National PACS Programme have been asked whether they want a new national contract or to procure future systems locally.
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Hart wins Assembly backing for health IT
Wales is establishing itself as a world leader in the use of digital technologies in health and social care, its health minister told a Welsh Assembly debate on the country’s NHS IT programme.
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Russells Hall first for new Siemens PACS
Russells Hall Hospital will be the first in the UK to implement the new syngo.plaza picture archiving and communications system from Siemens Healthcare.
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Birmingham Children’s signs Agfa deal
Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has signed a £3.5m deal with Agfa Healthcare for a picture archiving and communication system and radiology information system.
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Call for clarity on PACS contracts
Radiologists and PACS managers have called for greater clarity about the future of local service provider PACS contracts, which come to an end in January 2013 in most of England.
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PACS group calls for XDS-I imaging
EHealth Insider Live 2010 has heard an impassioned plea for standards-based interoperability in imaging, as the end of the Department of Health PACS contracts approaches in 2013.
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Carestream signs Dutch RIS deal
Carestream Health has been awarded a contract to supply a new radiology information system to eight departments at the University Medical Centre Groningen in the Netherlands following a competitive European tender process. The hospital, which is one of the largest in the Netherlands, will implement the RIS in December to interface with its existing Rogan […]
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German PACS company expands in Europe
VISUS, the German company that provides image management systems, has announced it is expanding its presence to cover Northern and Eastern Europe by opening new offices in Finland and Russia.
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