Sectra highlighted it latest radiology information system (RIS) release at RSNA 2010. The Web-based system is designed to be flexible and scalable for use by small imaging centers and large hospitals. New features include: embedded Nuance PowerScribe Speech Recognition, protocol worklist, resident reading workflow and batch printing enhancements.

Planmed Oy introduces Planmed Verity, a new mobile computed tomography (CT) scanner for orthopedic imaging of the extremities. The Planmed Verity is a low-dose imaging system that provides fast and accurate 3-D imaging of peripheral skeletal fractures and disorders at the point-of-care. The compact device can be easily sited in any existing X-ray room, side-by-side with other imaging systems.

Siemens CT Vision image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) system combines a Siemens linac and a computed tomography (CT) system on rails in the treatment room. The table rotates between the linac and the CT scanner. The CT slides over rails to scan the patient on the stationary table.

January 6, 2011 - Healthcare spending in the United States grew 4 percent in 2009, to $2.5 trillion, or $8,086 per person, the slowest rate of growth in the 50-year history of the National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA). This was due in great part to the economic recession.

January 5, 2011 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given clearance for Medic Vision Ltd. to market its SafeCT product in the United States. SafeCT processes and enhances images spanning a broad range of clinical applications acquired on a wide variety of computed tomography (CT) scanners.

January 4, 2011 - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) yesterday announced the availability of registration for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) reimbursement incentive programs.

January 4, 2010 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released an update of what medical devices it expects to be developed and brought to market within the next 10 years.

At RSNA 2010, Wide Corp. showed its new 30-inch, 10 mega-pixel (MP) liquid crystal display (LCD) with auto-calibration software. It was developed for mammography and viewing images from picture archiving and communications systems (PACS).

January 4, 2011 - The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has issued a final rule to establish the permanent certification program for health information technology.

January 3, 2011 — With the delivery of new DigitalDiagnost X-ray systems to the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), Philips reached a milestone of shipping 4,000 systems.

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