March 23, 2009 - The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) in Canada has selected Agfa Healthcare’s IMPAX Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) to migrate its regional radiology services to a digital environment.

March 23, 2009 - Administrators at Jupiter Medical Center’s Imaging Department installed the Canon DR system, as well as the RadPRO40KW Digital Mobile and the RadPRO OT-2 overhead radiography system, to streamline various workflow segments associated with traditional diagnostic procedures reported Virtual Imaging Inc.

March 23, 2009 - It is essential that image archive storage solution providers, PACS vendors and image modality manufacturers become aware of the growing requirements of storage space, according to Frost & Sullivan.

March 23, 2009 - FiatLux Imaging and Panasonic Computer Solutions Co. will demonstrate at HIMSS 2009 the advanced visualization capabilities of FiatLux Visualize optimized for the next generation of tablet computers for the healthcare industry including the new the Panasonic Toughbook H1 Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA).

March 19, 2009 – Decatur Memorial Hospital, a 356-bed hospital in Decatur, IL, earned first place in McKesson’s second annual computerized physician order entry (CPOE) competition held in late February for improving patient outcomes and reducing variability in the blood transfusion process.

March 20, 2009 – MEDRAD Inc. Multi Vendor Service has launched TotalRepair, reportedly the first and only guaranteed repair solution on select ultrasound probes.

Enabled by 100 percent repair capabilities, TotalRepair aims to allow healthcare facilities to spend less on costly exchanges and replacements by maximizing the use of probe repair.

March 20, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare subsidiary PETNET Solutions is opening a new SPECT radiopharmacy in Raleigh, NC. Through an agreement with Covidien Medical Imaging, PETNET now offers a combined portfolio of high energy and low energy radioisotopes to the nuclear medicine community, further expanding its PET and SPECT coverage.

March 20, 2009 – In a time when the economy seems down for the count, hospitals and healthcare centers are finding themselves in the same position as other businesses and even homeowners – the lack of available financing is putting a damper on major projects and capital budgets.

The compact Ziehm Solo C-arm is designed to meet the needs of pain management and orthopedic imaging as well as trauma and spine surgery.

March 20, 2009 - Imaging Diagnostic Systems Inc., a developer of laser optical breast cancer imaging systems, has appointed Jainsons Pty Ltd. Co. as the new distributor for its CT Laser Mammography system for Australia, New Zealand and China.

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