June 1, 2009 – The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) will change its certification program timelines to adapt to the new requirements of the criteria for qualified electronic health record (EHR) as specified in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) as well as the still-emerging work processes of the Office of the National Coordinator and i

May 29, 2009 – Barco announced that its new diagnostic display system with high-bright LCD panel, Nio Color 3MP, is now shipping and will be on display at this year’s SIIM Annual Meeting, June 4 -7, 2009, in Charlotte, N.C.

The new display recently also obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration, making it available for commercial distribution in the U.S.

May 29, 2009 - Cook Medical introduced EchoTip Ultra, a high-definition endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) needle technology that is up to three-times brighter than others on the market, according to the manufacturer.

May 29, 2009 - GE Healthcare will showcase a broad range of technological evolutions in imaging, such as PET VCAR, FASTlab, CT, PET/CT and MR systems and more at the 45th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists (ASCO), May 29- June 2 in Orlando, Fla.

May 29, 2009 - Interson has launched the SeeMore USB Ultrasound Imaging probe, a reportedly inexpensive and portable probes that plugs directly into the USB port of a laptop, netbook or desktop computer.

May 29, 2009 - In the article "CMS's Landmark Decision on CT Colonography — Examining the Relevant Data," by Sanket S. Dhruva, M.D., Steve E. Phurrough, M.D., M.P.A., Marcel E. Salive, M.D., M.P.H., and Rita F. Redberg, M.D., M.Sc., which appeared on nejm.highwire.org on May 27, 2009, the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) praised CMS for basing its decision on evidence-based medicine.

May 28, 2009 - Carestream Health Inc. and Onconcepts have signed an exclusive worldwide marketing agreement that enables Onconcepts to immediately begin selling Carestream Health’s portfolio of digital oncology products and services.

May 28, 2009 – Acuo Technologies, developers of the market leading high-performance software for intelligent medical image management, data migration tools and services, will be showcasing the latest version of the DICOM Services Grid software solution at SIIM 2009 June 4th to June 7th Booth number 507 in Charlotte, N.C.

May 28, 2009 – The University Hospital at Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf, Germany, has installed Elekta Neuromag, a device for noninvasive measurement of brain activity using Magnetoencephalography (MEG) technology.

Completely non-invasive and painless, MEG is a powerful tool used for studying normal brain function, as well as brain disorders, such as epilepsy and autism.

May 28, 2009 - PACSGEAR will launch MediaWriter D35, a single drive robotic CD/DVD burner for imaging centers and departments, at the SIIM 2009 Annual Meeting in Charlotte, N.C., from June 4 - 7, 2009.

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