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Siemens isn’t concerned about sharing the dedicated extremity MR market with GE Medical Systems, even though GE may soon be selling E-Scan, a system very similar to Siemens’ Jazz. Siemens’ business leaders regard GE’s entry into the

The contrast media industry is highly competitive, but strategic partnerships between large and small companies offer consumers choices and consistent quality levels, according to a report about the world’s contrast media industry by healthcare

Technology Marketing Group has signed a three-year contract with AmeriNet to provide the healthcare purchasing organization with research and consulting services in diagnostic imaging and PACS. St. Louis-based AmeriNet represents 14,750 hospitals,

ATL Ultrasound is pleased with fellow ultrasound manufacturer Medison’s development of three midpriced systems and has extended a two-year-old strategic agreement between the companies. ATL markets the systems under its own logo.Korea-based Medison

With considerable fanfare, Siemens unveiled a sliding gantry version of its Somatom Plus 4 multislice CT system last week, installed in conjunction with a Primus linear accelerator at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, NJ.The chairman of the

Toshiba America Medical Systems executives said the company’s decision to move MR manufacturing out of South San Francisco to Japan will enable the company to form partnerships with top U.S. clinical research universities for designing CT,

GE Medical Systems has formed an alliance with Internet Security Systems (ISS) as part of its effort to meet evolving challenges for its Web-based teleradiology and PACS offering.The alliance, announced July 18, means ISS will monitor and manage this

Siemens to offer Agfax CR products worldwideAgfa and Siemens Medical have signed a three-year agreement that allows Siemens to offer its customers various computed radiography (CR) products manufactured by Agfa. Through the nonexclusive

ClarificationAn article in the June 14 issue of Health Networking News incorrectly stated that Mike Mahoney, formerly national sales manager for GE Medical Systems’ PACS division, had left GE to head up an Internet startup. Mahoney

ObjectRealm adds data access to standard telephone systemsASP links mobile docs with patient infoWith all the talk these days about the potential for personal digital assistants and wireless Web-based applications to revolutionize

Long leaves Cemax-Icon for VP spot at StentorPACS veteran Matt Long, formerly vice president of marketing for Cemax-Icon, has left Cemax for Stentor, where he has assumed the position of vice president of sales and marketing. Long was with

Toshiba and NTT provide joint ASP-based softwareJapanese firms Toshiba and NTT Communications will offer medical software, including accounting/back office, image storage and retrieval, and networking applications, to Japanese physicians under a

Philips to develop EMR for cardiology departmentPhilips Medical Systems has purchased CardioLogica, a cardiology information system developed by Cardiovascular Computer Systems, as part of a larger effort to develop an electronic medical record

Film vendors project healthy—albeit digital—revenue futuresNew products reflect fundamental strategy shiftsMuch has been written about the major modality companies—primarily Siemens, Philips, GE, and Marconi—expanding

Radiology.com joins with European PACS providerRadiology.com has signed an exclusive agreement with Tiani Medgraph of Vienna, Austria, to merge its Web-based image storage and retrieval system with

Barco signs multiyear supply deal with CemaxPACS vendor Cemax-Icon will standardize its workstations on Barco Display Systems medical display components as part of a new long-term agreement between the two companies. The multimillion-dollar

Fisher Scientific has acquired specialty medical marketer and distributor PSS World Medical in a tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction valued at $840 million. Fisher supplies laboratory supplies and equipment, e-commerce technology, and other services to

The German Federal Cartel Office has told Siemens Medical Systems that the company can go ahead with its acquisition of Shared Medical Systems. In May, Siemens announced it would invest $2.1 billion to purchase SMS, a provider of healthcare information

Much has been written about the major modality companies—primarily Siemens, Philips, GE, and Marconi—expanding beyond their core equipment businesses to become information and application service providers. But these vendors are not alone in