Partnerships and alliances abound at HIMSS meetingProcesses and services, not systems, were all the buzz at the annual meeting of the Health Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) in Dallas

Imaging software developer Amicas is going commercial with an online image management service that incorporates its Amicas Web-based PACS and systems integration capabilities (PNN 1/00). The

Toshiba America Medical Systems showcased two models of cardiac ultrasound systems, members of the company’s PowerVision family, at this year’s American College of Cardiology convention in March. The PowerVision 6000 was released two years ago

Under an agreement signed at the end of last month, Philips Medical Systems will supply general radiology equipment to Novation, supplier of medical equipment to Voluntary Hospital Association and the University Health Consortium. VHA is a nationwide

Imaging film company Agfa has acquired the Vari-X and VariCath cine film business from GE Marquette Medical Systems, a subsidiary of GE Medical Systems of Milwaukee. Ridgefield Park, NJ-based Agfa has manufactured the cine film that GE Marquette has

The Food and Drug Administration has recalled 15 Philips Medical Systems Tomoscan SR4000 CT scanners because of a defect that shows up when an image is reversed in the system’s databank, according to an FDA enforcement report. The defect in the

The number of MRI scanners shipped grew a tepid 2% in 1999, but that was enough to push revenue past the billion-dollar mark for the first time in the history of the industry. The U.S. market for MRI units soared in 1998, but market demand could not

Vendors of multislice CT scanners appear headed into a period of one-upmanship, as industry leaders jockey to pass each other in detector technology.Detectors are being designed to surpass the current state of the art. One company, Philips Medical

Siemens Medical Systems has appointed Michael A. Bunnell vice president of sales and marketing for the company’s electromedical systems division. Bunnell succeeds Tim O’Malley, who left the Issaquah, WA-based company. Bunnell will oversee sales

Acuson, Aloka, ATL Ultrasound, Agilent Technologies, Biosound Esaote, GE, Hitachi, Siemens, and Toshiba took advantage of a new program at this month’s American Institute of Ultrasound Medicine convention in San Francisco that let the medical

Although Dr. Barry Goldberg opened the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine’s San Francisco convention this month with a lecture and slide show tracing the history of ultrasound over the last half century, this show was about the future.As

ECR meeting showcases European PACS idiosyncrasiesSmall firms share spotlight with major vendorsThe European Congress of Radiology, held last month in Vienna, provided a nurturing venue for European PACS vendors to showcase their wares.

Radiology.com creates Internet-based PACSRadiology.com has launched its first image-management product. The Chantilly, VA-based company’s ImageBank and PatientExpress use a PC-based application service provider model to provide image management

GE Medical–Mecon merger creates Healthcare Solutions subsidiaryModality vendor enters Web database marketGE Medical Systems has acquired Mecon, a provider of healthcare data mining software, in what appears to be a strategic move to

Siemens debuts Web-based image distribution serviceAcom.Web extends firm’s enterprise strategySiemens Medical Systems continues to broaden its product offerings with integrated systems and data distribution technologies such as Syngo

Cardiology systems advance toward integrated EMR goalACC showcases ASPs and Web-based platformsCardiology information and image management systems continue to make strides in the uphill journey toward a fully integrated cardiovascular

L&H eyes enterprise transcription with Dictaphone, Dragon SystemsVR firm unveils broader healthcare strategyVoice-recognition vendor Lernout & Hauspie announced two multimillion-dollar acquisitions last month that should help

Toshiba America Medical Systems recently signed a three-year, sole-source agreement to provide cardiovascular and diagnostic ultrasound systems to Magnet, a group purchasing organization. Under the contract, Magnet’s 12,000 hospital and clinic

Layer by layer, an electronic scalpel “peels” away grainy, hazy gray images: New software tools designed for use with Siemens’ Sonoline Elegra ultrasound platform allow radiologists to see a fetus more clearly.Erlangen, Germany-based

Logistics outsourcing company D. Logistics of Germany announced an agreement with Siemens Medical Engineering Group to start a new e-business venture in Europe’s medical market. Siemens will hold a 51% stake in the new company.The new company will