LuMedx universalizes access to cardiology information systemsASP offering links patients, providers, vendorsLuMedx is working to make a new name for itself in the cardiology information systems business. Formerly known as Seattle Systems

MR providers who want to do peripheral run-offs now have an alternative to the sophisticated and costly solutions offered by OEMs.A pair of entrepreneurs, a radiologist and a physicist at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI, are hawking a patient

In a move that underscores its commitment to very high field MRI, GE Medical Systems has acquired the clinical business of Magnex Scientific, a U.K.-based supplier of 3-tesla magnets."We were looking for the right complement and this was it," said Dennis

In what may be the first of several collaborative efforts, Philips Medical Systems and ADAC Laboratories have signed a three-year preferred vendor contract with Charlotte, NC-based Premier, one of the nation's largest healthcare alliances, to

An advanced concept in vascular imaging will be up and running in late October at the University of California, San Francisco when its state-of-the-art Philips MR interventional suite is completed. The modalities will be installed in adjacent

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HIPAA, managed care aid smart card entrée into U.S. healthcare marketU.S. firms go head-to-head with established European vendorsSmart cards, like voice recognition and wireless networking, belong to that “some day” group

Rorke, Konica expand OEM relationship to storage librariesRorke Data and Konica Medical Imaging have expanded their PACS OEM relationship to include Rorke’s advanced intelligent tape (AIT) storage libraries (PNN 11/99) in

VA’s Vista program achieves integration with GE CISThe U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Vista Interface Program and GE Marquette Medical Systems have developed interfaces that enable the Vista computerized patient record and

Dictaphone signs $30 million contract with U.S. ArmyDictaphone, a subsidiary of Lernout & Hauspie, has signed a contract worth up to $30 million with the Army Medical Department. Under terms of the deal, L&H Dictaphone Healthcare

Siemens shuffles SMS managers as part of firms’ integrationFollowing Siemens’ acquisition of Shared Medical Systems (HNN 5/17/00), the firms have implemented several management changes at SMS, now a part of Siemens Medical

ASPs draw standing-room-only crowds at AHRA meetingVendors stress Internet-based image managementDespite greater vendor participation and growing enthusiasm by hospitals for PACS and application service providers (ASPs), turnout was

Only three years ago, GE Medical Systems lost the highest profile lawsuit in the radiology industry when Fonar convinced a jury to order the multimodality company to pay $128.7 million in damages for patent infringement. Now the two companies have signed

Philips Medical Systems has announced it will move its 350-person North American headquarters next summer from Shelton, CT, to Seattle, a step that will put Philips’ offices next door to its ATL Ultrasound division and near the area’s

GE Medical Systems recently announced that it had purchased the world’s largest purveyor of used diagnostic imaging equipment.GE will take over Access Medical, which has sold thousands of used diagnostic imaging systems across the U.S. The

Agfa signs up Inphact to supply CR, PACS via ASPAgfa has signed a purchase and supply agreement with Nashville, TN-based Inphact to provide Agfa CR and PACS products, service, and support to community hospitals and clinics on an application

GE Medical to purchase cardiology systems firmGE Medical Systems has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Micro Medical Systems, a Sioux Falls, SD-based provider of client-server and Web-based clinical applications for cardiology. Micro

Merge DICOM interface to go into Philips’ productsMerge Technologies has signed a long-term contract with Philips Medical Systems to supply its ExamWorks DICOM-based workflow product for integration into Philips’ surgical C-arm

European radiologists launch IHE-type integration initiativeGE, Philips, Siemens among first to joinThanks to open architectures designed as part of the multiyear Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) project, radiologists in the

Data ByteSome 1800 hospitals and imaging centers surveyed by Technology Marketing Group spent a total of $600 million on PACS technology in 1999, according to a study released by TMG last month. The Des Plaines, IL-based market research firm is