May 8, 2009 - Positron Systems Inc. signed a Letter of Intent with Idaho State University (ISU) that will set the stage in a public/private partnership for the production and distribution of molybdenum-99 (99Mo), a widely used isotope in nuclear medicine.

May 8, 2009 - Agfa HealthCare penned an agreement with ZNA (Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen - Hospital Network Antwerp) for the delivery of its IMPAX 6 image management solution to support and centralize the diagnostic and clinical imaging needs of its nine sites across the city.

May 9, 2009 - The Medipattern Corp. signed another Enterprise Wide B-CAD-FOR-LIFE managed service contract with Metropolitan Diagnostic Imaging Group LLC (MDIG), a group that has 13 radiologists that operate out of seven sites pushing the total licenses worldwide to over 100.

IMPAC SOFTWARE SELECTED TO PRESENT AT THE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS LAB
DURING 2009 ASCO ANNUAL MEETING
May 8, 2009 – Impac Software, part of the Elekta Group, has been selected to present at the Electronic Health Records (EHR) Lab during the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) Annual
Meeting, May 29 - June 2, at the Orange County Convention Center, in
Orlando, Fla.


May 8, 2009 - The debate heats up amongst doctors in the advent of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) decision on reimbursement for virtual colonoscopy (also known as CT colonography or CTC).


May 8, 2009 - ProSolv CardioVascular said Allina Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis, Minn., recently selected the Synapse ProSolv cardiovascular solution to become its enterprise cardiovascular system.

May 7, 2009 - With the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act set to spur their development and implementation, electronic health records (EHRs) are getting a lot of attention while businesses like Google and Wal-Mart have begun to develop their own EHR tools.

May 7, 2009 - Glan Clywd Hospital will soon offer local cancer patients across North Wales advanced radiotherapy treatments using RapidArc radiotherapy technology on two new treatment machines from Varian Medical Systems.

May 7, 2009 – The Alliance for a Stronger FDA today praised the FDA's President’s Budget Request for devices and radiological health for fiscal year 2010 (FY 10) of $315 million, up from $280 million in FY 09, yet below the Alliance Preliminary Request for FY10 is $340 million.

May 7, 2009 – McKesson announced today that Maria Parham Medical Center of Henderson, N.C., has implemented Horizon Medical Imaging picture archiving and communications system (PACS), which is part of a larger healthcare IT investment and lays the foundation for an electronic health record (EHR).

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