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SMS, Olicon to expand relationshipPACS firm Olicon and healthcare information systems powerhouse Shared Medical Systems have inked an agreement that will allow SMS to offer Olicon's diagnostic workstations and PACSView teleradiology offerings to

Lumisys develops plan for Affordable CR productNot long ago, the x-ray film digitizer business was a booming sector. But times have changed, and so has Lumisys, which, until recently, has been known exclusively in the PACS market as a digitizer

Philips site opens filmlessPhilips Medical Systems North America announced that Riverside County Regional Medical Center in Morena Valley, CA, opened its doors on March 31 with a large-scale PACS from the Shelton, CT-based company. The facility

Gmatek builds low-cost technology for range of PACS implementationsFrench company can provide up to 1.2-terabyte storageConsolidation may be the watchword in today's PACS industry, but that's not stopping small companies from coming into

Nortech expands into Asian marketsMonitor manufacturer Nortech Systems of Minneapolis, MN, has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with PACS software developer and distributor Rattan Computer of Taipei, Taiwan. Rattan will distribute

MarkCare, Data General get flagship PACS siteMarkCare Medical Systems has announced that its IntraScan II PACS software will be used in the Data General PACS and teleradiology installation at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, WV. The

Kodak faces tough decisions in PACS as it integrates Imation's medical unitCompany will apply lessons learned from Vortech acquisition While Eastman Kodak's acquisition of Imation's medical imaging business will give Kodak new

Baptist Health System uses CORBA to facilitate electronic patient recordObject-oriented interfaces to link up all information systems Developing an electronic patient record is no easy task. The integration of disparate healthcare

HBOC to buy Imnet systems in move to bolster EPR offeringImpact of deal on Imnet's OEM deals is still unknownThe intriguing story of Imnet Systems in the PACS market appears to be coming to a close, at least in its role as an independent

Meta Solutions to buy digitizers from HowtekMeta Solutions, the U.S. distributor of Dutch PACS software developer Applicare Medical Imaging, has ordered 100 MultiRAD CCD-based film digitizers from Howtek of Hudson, NH. The orders, which will be

Consolidating firms can't forget technologyAny vendor participating in the PACS market knows that it is being reshaped by the forces of consolidation. Driven by the desire to maximize distribution channels or to provide the right product mix to

Samsung plans entry into U.S. PACS marketKorean vendor targets niche opportunitiesSeveral Asian vendors, including Toshiba, Medison, and Shimadzu, have developed PACS, but have elected not to bring those systems to the U.S. market. Korean

GE Medical Systems has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Platinum line of Windows NT-based diagnostic and clinical review workstations. The workstations, which will also employ Java technology, are scheduled for a

The ultrasound division of Toshiba America Medical Systems in Tustin, CA, has received 510(k) clearance for two harmonic imaging options for its PowerVision 7000 scanner. The clearance includes both tissue harmonic and contrast harmonic options,

Siemens Medical Systems' Nuclear Medicine Group announced this month that the Food and Drug Administration has cleared the Hoffman Estates, IL, division's Emory Cardiac Toolbox, a cardiac image processing software package. Developed by Emory University

Parker also finalizes acquisition of EmPowerPhilips Medical Systems North America of Shelton, CT, demonstrated developments with its digital x-ray detector at last week's annual meeting of the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators in Las

Vendor secures award from Pentagon ClinicFilm and PACS vendor Agfa of Ridgefield Park, NJ, has begun to make its presence felt in the competition for contracts in the U.S. military's Digital Imaging Network-Picture Archiving and Communications

Firm to focus on marketing ultrafast CT unitsWhen South San Francisco firm Imatron posted its 1997 fiscal results in April, it faced an all-too-familiar problem. Although sales of its premium ultrafast CT scanners had climbed, the company reported

Nuclear medicine and information systems vendor ADAC Laboratories reported record third-quarter results last month and predicted good times ahead due to the Health Care Financing Administration's publication of reimbursement rates for PET studies. The

Parker also finalizes acquisition of EmPowerGE Medical Systems has introduced Advantx LCN+, a biplane neuroangiography system capable of 3-D image reconstruction and image intensifier distortion correction, according to the Milwaukee company.

Deal comes after years of false starts in modality at Dutch companyIndustry consolidation continues to reshape the ultrasound market. ATL Ultrasound and Philips Medical Systems became the latest players to participate in the market's restructuring

Kodak today announced a $520 million bid for the medical imaging business of Imation. If the deal goes through, Kodak will strengthen its leadership position in x-ray film, gain access to a hot-selling line of dry-process laser printers, and markedly

StorageTek builds direct sales team as part of push into medical imagingVendor eschews OEM model for its archive offeringsArchiving firm StorageTek has long been a force in the healthcare information system market, but, until recently,

Applicare seeks global growth for its NT-based workstation softwareFirm tries to leverage added exposure from DIN-PACS The U.S. military's Digital Imaging Network-Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (DIN-PACS) project has

Alvarez departs EMED to become consultantEMED director of sales and marketing Don Alvarez has resigned his post to become a PACS consultant. No replacement has been named yet for Alvarez, according to the San Antonio-based company. Alvarez had

Rivalry in digital chest x-ray quickens as FDA clears Konica's Regius systemFilm vendor expects to market system in 1999The market for digital x-ray systems is getting hot as vendors respond to hospitals' increasing interest in upgrading

Recent PurchasesAccess Radiology has landed a contract valued at more than $1 million from Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. Access of Lexington, MA, will be installing a wide-area network add-on to an existing GE PACS installation,

Imation receives large order for Canadian PACS siteFilm and PACS vendor Imation has landed a large-scale PACS contract with the Manitoba healthcare system in Canada. The three-year pilot project, valued at $5 million (Canadian), for PACS, as