October 21, 2009 - GE Healthcare launched a new solution that puts clinical data and treatment practices in the hands of doctors and clinicians in real-time so that they can make informed decisions right at the point of care.

October 20, 2009 - The American College of Radiology is urging the medical community to support a bill (S. 1776) to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula and erase the $240 billion debt associated with it.

October 20, 2009 - SERVICE 800's honored Agfa Healthcare with a five-year award for exceptional service quality at the Customer Satisfaction Executive Conference.

This annual forum is a gathering of technology executives from around the world who have a common interest in measuring and benchmarking service performance delivery.
 

October 20, 2009 - Virtual Radiologic Corp. (NASDAQ:VRAD), a provider of teleradiology services and technology solutions, released vRad Enterprise Connect version 2.1, which enables clients to access the product solution on mobile PDAs, as well as use new transcription capabilities, known as vRad Scribe, in addition to the existing voice recognition technology.

October 19, 2009 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has selected Carrie Daly, A.P.N., of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Ill., as the recipient of the 2009 ASTRO Nurse Excellence Award, which is awarded to a registered nurse who goes above and beyond the normal standards of nursing practice.