May 5, 2009 - The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) reported that the final registration figures for the 2009 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference & Exhibition tallied 27,429 total registrants. The breakdown of the registrants was as follows: - 6 percent decrease from the 29,177 at HIMSS08
May 5, 2009 - A panel at the recent meeting of the 10th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, held April 22-26 in San Diego, included discussion of the advantages of a new laser treatment for fibroadenomas, using the Novilase Breast Therapy to offer a minimally invasive alternative to lumpectomy.
May 5, 2009 - Hologic Inc., manufacturer and supplier of diagnostics, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, reported revenues of $402.0 million for the quarter ended March 28, 2009. The highlights of the quarter included:
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
DeJarnette's Intelligent Router solution, which provides DICOM study distribution capability, provides manual routing and three automated routing technologies: - Source Metadata Routing (SMR) - Modality Worklist Routing (MWR) - Query/Move Routing (QMR)
MEDIAN LMS' Lesion Management Solutions comprises a portfolio of clinical applications for the management of cancerous or other suspicious lesions diagnosed in chest and abdominal CT scans, available on various enterprisewide environments, including PACS or RIS workstations.

SPONSORED CONTENT — EnsightTM 2.0 is the newest version of Enlitic’s data standardization software framework. Ensight is ...
May 4, 2009 - VIDAR Systems Corp. will showcase its newest addition to the Advantage film digitizer product line – the SIERRA Advantage – at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) Annual Meeting, June 4-7, 2009, in Charlotte, NC.
While most women understand the importance of health screenings, an estimated 72 million have missed or postponed a ...
Contour Design, maker of computer input devices, aims to improve imaging informatics in medicine with it's RxShuttlePROs, PACS systems and augmented with RollerMouse unit, which reduces RSI-causing repetitive mousing actions.
Sectra will show its next generation RIS/PACS offering, a combination that enables users to meet business objectives with precision, in booth 413 at SIIM09, held June 13-17 in Charlotte, NC. The solution combines advanced medical-visualization research with patent-pending image-handling technologies and the ability to deliver real-time radiology information.
BRIT Systems will show its next-generation, Web-based technology platform for the Roentgen Works remote reading solution, a workflow solution that enables radiology groups of all sizes to provide outsourced radiology reading services.
Fujifilm’s APERTO Lucent is a 0.4T mid-field, open MRI system addressing today’s capability and image quality needs ...
BRIT Systems will show its recently released DICOM Viewer that is downloaded and supported over the Internet. The viewer’s user-friendly design coupled with a go-live module that includes training and support will enable users to quickly include BRIT PACS View as an integral component of their DICOM imaging environment.
The MEDRAD Informatics Solution platform uses a service-oriented architecture that automates capture of power injection records and provides authenticated users access to current and archived injection reports. Users meet their information needs via Web browser from within the healthcare enterprise.
Konica Minolta is highlighting the ImagePilot CR System with AutoPilot Image Processing. AutoPilot is a patented technique designed to optimize image quality while eliminating the need to define and select image processing parameters for each body part and orientation.
SPONSORED CONTENT — Fujifilm’s latest CT technology brings exceptional image quality to a compact and user- and patient ...
Voyager Imaging is Australia's pioneering medical imaging company specializing in teleradiology, radiology workstations and PACS products.
At SIIM 2009, PACSGEAR will show how it provides complete document and multimedia connectivity solutions for PACS/EHR.
DatCard Systems, makers of PacsCube, is featuring its SmartLine of products. SmartLine provides patients with educational information specific to Mammography (MammoSmart), Ultrasound (BabySmart) and other disciplines on an automatically produced and customizable CD/DVD.
Iron Mountain, a leader in health information protection and storage, will emphasize at this year's SIIM conference its expertise and storage-as-a-service pedigree to help control costs as the volume and size of medical images grow.
RADinfo SYSTEMS offers PowerPACS/RIS, the first IHE-compliant solution to support structured reports. It is HIPAA-compliant, securely web-enabled. It performs basic RIS workflow functions for scheduling, admitting, ordering and reporting. It is an evolutionary enhancement of the PowerPACS suite of products that offer image acquisition, distribution, viewing, printing and archiving functions.
Philips Informatics will show at SIIM 2009 its innovations in clinically-deep solutions that compliment your EHR investments and that integrate into core hospital information systems. Philips connectivity solutions ultimately deliver data to clinicians to support evidence-based medicine. From monitoring everywhere to enterprise image management and real-time notifications.
May 4, 2009 - RIS Concepts announces multiple voice recognition system support for its RCI-RIS, web-based, multifacility RIS, and RAD-RIS, fine-tuned for the unique needs of radiology groups reading studies for multiple facilities.
May 4, 2009 – In response to recent proposals to dramatically reduce or eliminate industry support for the activities of medical professional societies, the Institute of Medicine issued a joint statement on behalf of several medical associations indicating that they need industry funding for education and new technology, and can accept such funding without product bias.