Sectra, a leading provider of healthcare IT solutions, announced that it has signed a contract with Nashville General Hospital at Meharry. Accordingly, Sectra will implement a number of its solutions, such as its RIS/PACS, and other systems at the hospital. These solutions will help in improving the...

Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of healthcare IT solutions, announced that its ORBIS system will be used by the Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, a major hospital in Germany. ORBIS will be used to replace the hospital’s HIS and CIS systems. The Städtisches Klinikum is a 1500-bed hospital with...

IMS MAXIMS, a leading company providing healthcare IT solutions, announced that a new investor has joined the company. Thomas Anderson is the investor who will take complete ownership of IMS MAXIMS. Mr. Anderson has a meeting with the company’s CEO, Shane Tickell, where they discussed the future p...

The French Ministry of Health has recently started a new project “Region sans Film”, or filmless region, to deliver healthcare IT applications, such as PACS and RIS, to one of the most populated regions in the country, the Ile de France. A new consortium has been established between Orange and G...

In a recent announcement, Microsoft and GE Healthcare mentioned that they will establish a new healthcare IT joint venture. The latter will be concentrating on providing interoperable platforms for better management of patients, especially those with chronic conditions. The new venture will start w...

Siemens’ Soarian key to healthcare IT accolade and offers efficiency potential to UK The implementation of an electronic patient record system based on Soarian® Clinicals and Soarian® Health Archive from Siemens Healthcare has been cited as a key reason for the first hospital in Europe to be ho...

Affordability of DRX Family Allowed Hospital to Convert to DR While Staying Within Their Budget ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 19 — Blessing Hospital, Quincy, Ill., purchased three CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution suites, three CARESTREAM DRX-1 Systems and two CARESTREAM DRX-Mobile Retrofit kits for the hospital ...

New Features Enhance Workflow, Offer Advanced Processing Tools ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 12 — Carestream Health announced enhancements to its image acquisition software used with DIRECTVIEW Vita/Vita LE/Vita SE and Point-of-Care CR systems. The new software enhances workflow and offers advanced proce...

Medical Imaging Providers Cite Outstanding Image Quality, Enhanced Productivity and Excellent Reliability in Report ROCHESTER, Oct. 6 - Carestream's DRX family of wireless detectors earned the top ranking in MD Buyline's Third Quarter 2011 User Satisfaction Report on DR systems. Users gave the DRX ...

CSC, a leading company providing healthcare IT solutions, announced the successful establishment of the Master Patient Index (MPI), a new stage of the electronic health record (EHR) project in Austria. The MPI will allow healthcare providers in Austria to search, on nationwide basis, for patient inf...