HIS companies should not be underestimatedIt should be no surprise that healthcare information system vendors are turning their attention to the PACS market. PACS is a high-priced technology that, despite years of being on the cusp of success,

It's been a long road back, but the nuclear medicine group of Siemens Medical Systems can finally claim to have accomplished its long-awaited turnaround. Executives with the Hoffman Estates, IL, division are reporting a return to market share and revenue

UCSF moves PACS from research tool to clinical practice with Agfa's helpUniversity encountered barriers to expanding home-grown PACS networkThe University of California, San Francisco was one of the early adopters of PACS technology,

Film digitizer market leader Lumisys has agreed to acquire PACS and teleradiology software developer CompuRad. The deal would unite two of the largest PACS and teleradiology component providers in the industry.For CompuRad, the deal provides access to

HIS companies should not be underestimatedIt should be no surprise that healthcare information system vendors are turning their attention to the PACS market. PACS is a high-priced technology that, despite years of being on the cusp of success,

Big Vencor PACS order boosts Olicon's revenuesA major order for PACS technology from long-time customer Vencor has helped spur Olicon Imaging Systems to sharply higher revenue growth for the first six months of 1997. The Aliso Viejo, CA, company

Lumisys to expand in PACS with acquisition of CompuRadDeal caps whirlwind year for CompuRadLumisys late last month made a decisive move to expand beyond its core x-ray film digitizer market with the signing of an agreement to acquire

Purchase is step in drive to offer one-stop serviceGE Medical Systems this month added over 200 trained service technicians to its multivendor imaging and biomedical equipment maintenance business in the U.S. through the acquisition of the

Wellmont Bristol contract valued at over $1 millionSterling Diagnostic Imaging's PACS efforts continue to build momentum. The Greenville, SC-based vendor has signed on Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center in Bristol, TN, to be the company's

The industrial analytic x-ray division is one of three business units that German conglomerate Siemens AG plans to sell as part of its ongoing restructuring effort, the Munich company reported this month. Although the move does not affect the company's

Toshiba America Medical Systems has debuted four multifrequency transducers to expand its flagship PowerVision ultrasound scanner's pelvic, vascular, and transcranial capabilities. The Tustin, CA-based vendor also released SmartTrace, a spectral Doppler

Deal also includes PACS development aspectAgfa, of Ridgefield Park, NJ, and the University of California, San Francisco, have entered into a partnership for the installation and development of PACS technology. The deal will add Agfa's PACS

HealthSouth deal includes multimodality purchasing contract GE Medical Systems is in the midst of a small-scale acquisition binge in the MRI market. In the last several months, the Milwaukee vendor has acquired the ultra-high-field MRI business of

Milwaukee vendor has aggressive commercialization scheduleGE Medical Systems cleared up much of the mystery shrouding its work in digital x-ray detector technology with a news conference in Santa Clara, CA, last month, where the company announced

Star elects to exit medical imaging Star Technologies has ended its eventful experience in medical imaging with the sale of its PACS technology to CompuRad. Sterling, VA-based Star has decided to focus on the document imaging market.Under the

Italian PACS firm plans entry into U.S.An Italian PACS developer has filed a 510(k) application with the Food and Drug Administration in preparation for U.S. sales of its product line. The company, Program S.r.l. of Vicenza, has also signed a

Philips gets green light to begin U.S. sales of Sectra PACS softwareAlliance with Sectra already paying dividends in EuropePhilips Medical Systems North America, a major player in the North American PACS market in the technology's early

Imation completes Cemax-Icon purchaseImation of Oakdale, MN, last month closed its acquisition of PACS software developer Cemax-Icon of Fremont, CA. Imation and Cemax-Icon announced the agreement in May, in which Imation agreed to pay $30

Informix database to be adapted for medical imagingEffort could help development of electronic patient recordDatabase technology developed by Informix Software will soon be adapted for PACS applications. A Tennessee start-up company is

Limited hours at AHRA upset PACS companiesInterest in PACS technology was high at last month's American Healthcare Radiology Administrators meeting in Minneapolis, but you had to move quickly to cover the entire show, due to the limited hours of