Philips launches IT-focused group to help hospitals improve efficiencyVendor shifts PACS efforts into new organization Philips Medical Systems has launched a new business unit that will develop a full suite of products and services to

Executive WatchAccess Radiology has added Sheri Stamper, Mark Bowman, and John Mishalanie to its sales organization, bringing the Natick, MA-based company's direct sales force to 11. Stamper comes to Access from an account executive position at

Will DIN-PACS also bolster private sector?It has become fashionable for many PACS market participants to pooh-pooh the pioneering role the military played in fostering acceptance of large-scale PACS. While the Medical Diagnostic Imaging Support

GE lands PACS contract from NY cancer centerGE Medical Systems has notched another multimillion-dollar PACS sale. The Mt. Prospect, IL-based vendor's Integrated Imaging Solutions division has been awarded a $2.3 million contract to install and

Voxar expands use of 3-D technology in PACS and teleradiology networksFirm to open U.S. sales and marketing office While 3-D image reconstruction tools might be handy additions to image viewing stations on PACS and teleradiology

Military moves forward with plans for DIN-PACS purchasingProject is part of plan to link all military healthcare The impact of the military's Digital Imaging Network-Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (DIN-PACS) project has

ISG posts strong growth, releases NT-based softwareMedical imaging and PACS software developer ISG Technologies reported strong financial results for its 1998 fiscal third quarter. The company realized a 16% increase in revenue for the period

Kodak seeks PACS resurgence following early market difficultiesVendor will leverage installed base for success Film and digital imaging giant Eastman Kodak is one of the oldest participants in the PACS market. Despite its early entry,

Sales of variable-angle system will begin this yearHitachi Medical Corp. of America is discovering that its plans to reenter the U.S. market for gamma cameras may be well timed after all. The Twinsburg, OH, vendor is set to begin U.S. sales of its

Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA, has rolled out a new ultrasound scanner targeted at the mid-range price point. The new product, PowerVision 6000, shares many features with the company’s premium PowerVision 7000, but in a more compact

Imatron suffered a 57% drop in revenues for its first quarter (end-March) due in part to the effects of the Asian economic crisis on new ultrafast CT scanner sales. For the period, the South San Francisco, CA, company reported revenues of $4.6 million,

Toshiba America Medical Systems will present ongoing developments in coincidence imaging at next month’s Society of Nuclear Medicine conference in Toronto. The Tustin, CA-based company will feature its Toshiba E.Cam attenuation correction and

Fonar and Toshiba Corp. have settled their pending litigation over MRI patent claims, the companies reported this month. As part of the settlement, Toshiba made a monetary payment of an unspecified amount to Fonar, of Melville, NY. Neither company

Firm believes its Q1 shipments surpassed ADAC’sThe nuclear medicine group of Siemens Medical Systems continues its remarkable rebound, powered by sales of its variable-angle E.Cam gamma camera. The Hoffman Estates, IL, division believes that

Former Toshiba America Medical Systems executive Dean Winter has joined Siemens Ultrasound as vice president of sales, a new position created after the Issaquah, WA, vendor restructured its sales force late last year. Siemens will maintain a dedicated

ISOs face stiff competition from OEMsIndependent service organization InnoServ Technologies has agreed to be acquired by GE Medical Systems of Milwaukee for $16 million in cash. GE intends to use the acquisition to add to its growing multivendor

New line features high-end solid-state detectors at all price pointsGE Medical Systems this month unveiled a new line of CT scanners in its HiSpeed line that is designed to take advantage of the burgeoning growth of the mid-range CT segment. GE

Toshiba America Medical Systems has hired Ross Heaton as director of ultrasound marketing. Heaton replaces Suzanne Certain, who has left Tustin, CA-based Toshiba. Heaton most recently served with PC-based ultrasound manufacturer Perception Ultrasound,

New technique forms digital ultrasound wavesGE Medical Systems this month introduced its latest upgrade package forthe high-end Logiq 700 MR ultrasound scanner. GE claims that thepackage, called Digitally Encoded Ultrasound, represents a new level

Siemens filmless order from Canadian hospitalSiemens Medical Systems has landed a $3 million (Canadian) order to install its Sienet PACS at Charles LeMoyne Hospital in Quebec. The 600-bed hospital will become the first filmless hospital in