June 8, 2009 - “About $4.7 billion will be spent on hospital IT applications in 2009, increasing to approximately $6.8 billion in 2014,” according to Mike Davis, executive vice president, HIMSS Analytics, in a recent report "Essentials of the U.S. Hospital IT Market – 4th Edition" (Essentials).
June 8, 2009 – CIVCO Medical Solutions announces needle guidance compatibility with GE Healthcare’s new 3Sp and 5Sp transducers. CIVCO’s Ultra-Pro II needle guidance system utilizes a two-part system consisting of a custom reusable biopsy bracket and a disposable snap-on needle guide. The single-use design of the needle guide reduces the risk of cross-contamination.
June 8, 2009 – Barco announced at the SIIM Annual Meeting, Charlotte, N.C., that it was selected by Vermont-based Fletcher Allen Health Care to supply a total of 24 Coronis Fusion 6MP DL display systems to be installed within the facility's radiology department.
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June 8, 2009 - SIIM established the Samuel J. Dwyer, III, PhD, FSIIM Memorial Lecture, and to celebrate the session the society featured distinguished speakers in Dr. Dwyer's areas of expertise and interest on Saturday, June 6, 2009, at SIIM 2009.
June 8, 2009 - eRAD, a workflow solutions provider, released at SIIM RIS/PACS version 6.2 with uniRAD, eRAD's proficient web-based worflow consolidation and interoperability platform. Designed to simplify dynamic environments and complex workflow, uniRAD is said to seamlessly integrate images, reports and other data from independent, multi-vendor information systems.
June 8, 2009 - Royal Philips Electronics introduced its microTEE, reportedly the smallest transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) transducer for cardiac imaging of neonatal patients, which Philips will be showcase at the 20th annual American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) in Washington, D.C. and will be available for sale globally this summer.
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June 8, 2009 – UltraSPECT announced today the addition of the half-dose imaging feature to the capabilities available on the Xpress.Cardiac, its half-time WBR image reconstruction product. This new feature can minimize radiation exposure to patients, maximizing safety for both patients and staff.
June 9, 2009 – Physicians can better predict potentially life-threatening cardiac events with real-time, three-dimensional echocardiography technology, according to a study released at the 20th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) in Washington, D.C.
June 8, 2009 - At the 20th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) June 6-10 in Washington, D.C., Siemens Healthcare (booth 411) is demonstrating a new standard in echocardiography – nonstitched, real-time, full-volume 3D images of the heart acquired in one single heart cycle with the ACUSON SC2000 volume imaging ultrasound system.
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June 4, 2009 – BRIT Systems announced today the introduction of BRIT SpeechWorks, an integrated voice recognition and structured reporting solution that understands how to use words from natural language speaking in the proper context, then translates words into data.
June 5, 2009 – The World Health Imaging Alliance (WHIA) said yesterday that the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) agreed to support WHIA in its efforts to deliver thousands of sustainable diagnostic digital imaging systems to developing communities across the globe.
June 5, 2009 - State of the Heart Cardiology in Grapevine, Texas, recently selected Digisonics DigiNet Pro, a fully-functional, Web-based cardiovascular image management and reporting system for its echo, stress echo, nuclear and CT studies.
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June 5, 2009 - TomTec launches its 2D Cardiac Performance Analysis software as part of its CardioArena multimodality imaging solution at the American Society of Echocardiography Congress 2009, June 6-10 in Washington, D.C.
June 5, 2009 - Aspyra Inc. said yesterday it will demonstrate the latest release of its AccessRAD RIS/PACS product at the upcoming Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) 2009 Radiology Summit June 7-10 at Lowes Royal Pacific Resort in Orlando, Fla. (booth 411).
June 5, 2009 - TeraRecon Inc. highlighted multitouch, automation and open interface features on its Aquarius iNtuition advanced visualization solution, which resonate with presentations at the 2009 Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting June 4-7 in Charlotte, N.C.
June 5, 2009 - GE Healthcare has successful integrated Xeleris Suite for Nuclear Medicine into the GE PACS RA1000 workstation, the company announced at SIIM 2009.
June 4, 2009 - Agfa HealthCare released IMPAX 6.4, the latest version in the IMPAX PACS product line, which delivers new features and tools to aid users in managing complex multiseries studies that are the rule rather than the exception in today's imaging technology.
June 5, 2009 – MEDRAD Inc. has launched Manage.Report, an informatics application that enables healthcare professionals to access clinical and administrative information associated with radiology patients’ contrast injections from nearly anywhere.
June 3, 2009 — AccelaRAD, the leading national Software as a Service (SaaS) radiology image management company, debuts at the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) conference this week a range of innovative features for its Virtual Radiology Network (VRN), making it one of the most flexible, efficient and cost-effective solutions available today.
AMICAS SHOWCASES VENDOR-NEUTRAL ARCHIVE Solutions AT SIIM 2009 June 4, 2009 — AMICAS, Inc., an image and information management solutions company, today announced that it will be showcasing AMICAS Enterprise Content Manager, a vendor-neutral archive solution designed to lower the total cost of ownership of an enterprise image management infrastructure. AMICAS will be showcasing Enterprise