June 1, 2009 - The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) announced the recipients of the 2009 Resident Scholarship Awards and New Investigator Travel Awards.
June 1, 2009 – NightHawk Pros, a physician-owned and operated teleradiology company based in Royersford, Penn., introduced a new online radiology information system (RIS).
June 1, 2009 - Merge Healthcare will acquire etrials Worldwide, a provider of clinical trials software and services, to create a combined organization that will provide clinical trial sponsors and contract research organizations (“CROs”) solutions that include both critical imaging technologies and proven eClinical capabilities.
June 1, 2009 – New York Imaging Service Inc., Newburgh, N.Y., has installed a digital imaging solutions for the New York Mets at Citi Field, which include FUJIFILM Medical System’s XC-2 digital computed radiography (CR) system and the FCRView image management workstation along with Del Medical Group’s X-ray system – designed to quickly and accurately diagnose players.
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.
