Faced with plummeting revenue, mounting shareholder lawsuits, and investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SCAN, 10/11/00) and the Nasdaq stock exchange, Belgian voice recognition technology provider Lernout & Hauspie has filed for

The long-expected appointment of Jeff Immelt, GE Medical Systems president and CEO, to head up General Electric was accompanied at the RSNA meeting by the elevation of GEMS's executive vice president and chief operating officer Joe Hogan to head of the

GE Medical Systems has appointed Dan Kerpelman to the position of general manager, global diagnostic x-ray. Kerpelman will drive GE's digital x-ray, radiography, radiography and fluoroscopy, and mammography x-ray segments. Kerpelman has been working as

By Robert BruceShowcasing by four manufacturers of dedicated PET/CT combinations at last month's RSNA exhibit demonstrates that fusion imaging is not only here to stay but will likely become a powerhouse in oncology applications. Three systems have FDA

The major PACS and modality manufacturers aren't the only ones taking advantage of the medical community's growing desire for digital imaging. Despite tremendous industry consolidation this year and a growing consensus that only a handful of

Philips Medical Systems and StorageTek have signed a worldwide comarketing agreement. Under the deal, Philips will sell and distribute StorageTek's data storage products for integration with the Philips Inturis PACS. StorageTek provides tape

The hype around application service providers seems to be fading, replaced by the need for vendors to test, implement, and sell customers on products offered through ASP-based pricing and delivery. Most imaging and information systems vendors

ASP providers are not alone in identifying data storage as an inroad to new customers and real revenues. Stand-alone offsite data storage was a key marketing strategy for several PACS and information systems vendors at the 2000 RSNA meeting.

Thanks in large part to the IHE initiative and other standardization efforts, tighter integration of PACS and RIS has become a primary goal for systems manufacturers and software developers. While technology advances have helped facilitate

November was a banner month for medical market consolidation, with Philips/ADAC, Cerner/ADAC, Philips/Agilent, Kodak/Lumisys, and Kodak/R2 among the more prominent deals. Now Cardiac Science has offered to buy Spacelabs Medical for about $143

"Bigger, faster, cheaper" could have been the overriding theme at this year's RSNA meeting. It is always difficult not to feel overwhelmed when you first enter McCormick Place, but it seemed especially so this year. The center aisle of the

One feature missing from PACS is the ability to retrieve images by parameters other than patient name, medical record number, or exam date, according to researchers at a scientific session at the RSNA meeting. The evolution of PACS and digital imaging

GE Medical Systems Information Technologies has purchased SEC, a developer of enterprise-wide clinical information systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. SEC's suite of CIS software applies client-server and Internet-based

imagemedical.com and Andalon Health Systems have agreed to work together on providing ASP-based PACS to customers who want to avoid the initial capital equipment investment associated with a full-scale implementation. Andalon will host

DeJarnette Research Systems is partnering with Dynamic Healthcare Technologies to develop a platform for an integrated RIS/PACS offering. The collaboration will enhance and extend existing capabilities in Dynamic's RadPlus RIS and

Troubles continue for voice recognition technology provider Lernout & Hauspie (HNN 10/18/00). With the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Easdaq stock exchange both investigating accusations of questionable accounting practices

The imaging industry has been on a consolidation binge. Smaller companies have become fodder for multimodality giants as major vendors seek economies of scale by adding new modalities or increasing their market share in existing ones.At the

The first year of the new millennium has been a profitable one for the PACS industry. Nearly every vendor is reporting strong and even record increases in sales and installations, and we haven't even been to Chicago yet.The annual RSNA

When analysts make lists of which industries are furthest along in e-business, healthcare seldom finishes near the top. It's usually not even in the top 10. But some major changes are afoot-such as Web-based diagnostics and physician

By Greg FreiherrIn a bid to broaden its customer base, x-ray tube maker Dunlee has expanded its product line to include metal tubes.About 75% of Dunlee tubes are sold to Marconi Medical Systems, of which Dunlee is a division. The M series metal tubes now