Bridgehead Software’s PACStore v2 is a long-term archiving solution that consolidates data from disparate PACS systems, enabling it to be centrally managed and accessed while providing reportedly powerful federated search facilities.

December 11, 2008 – GE Healthcare has started a program that helps clinical sites, using any vendor’s ultrasound systems, address the part of accreditation filing that deals with equipment and image quality.

These imaging and system checks are components of the overall accreditation requirements specified by the American College of Radiology (ACR) and other accrediting bodies.

December 11, 2008 – Carestream Molecular Imaging’s KODAK Multispectral Imaging System earned the “Top 10 Innovations of 2008” award from The Scientist magazine.

December 11, 2008 – GE Healthcare IT has recognized Puget Sound Family Physicians for its reported exemplary use of GE Centricity Electronic Medical Record (EMR) to extend the benefits of “going digital” to practices and patients in the greater Seattle area.

December 11, 2008 - Agfa Healthcare said this week it signed a contract for the delivery and installation of its IMPAX Cardiovascular solution at the Antwerp University Hospital.

The contract will provide enterprise-wide access to cardiology patient records to meet the high volume diagnostic needs of the department and includes an eight-year service, maintenance and licensing agreement. The Antwerp University Hospital, in Belgium, counts 38 specialized medical services and treats nearly 200,000 patients per year. The hospital has 2,500 employees.

December 10, 2008 - The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) recently formed a new partnership for radiation oncology practice accreditation that builds on the ACR’s current program that has served as the industry standard for more than 20 years.

Grundig Business Systems’ DigtaSoft and DigtaSoft Pro 4.2 voice processing solutions are equipped with new features that aim to streamline workflows in large dictation networks and improve the user experience during dictation and transcription.

December 10, 2008 – The Medipattern Corp. said the China Primary Health Care Foundation (CPHCF) has purchased 200 B-CAD systems as part of a pilot breast-screening program for rural China.

December 10, 2008 - Frost & Sullivan (F&S) awarded Zecotek Photonics Inc. (Zecotek) the 2009 Enabling Technology Award in the PET and PET/CT medical imaging markets in recognition of the its research and clinical validation for its next-generation scintillation crystals and solid-state photo detector technology.

December 10, 2008 - New research has found that the availability of a portable eight-slice computed tomography (CT) scanner in an emergency room can significantly increase the number of stroke victims who receive a potentially life-saving treatment, according to results of a study conducted at North Shore Medical Center (NSMC)-Salem Hospital in Salem, MA, and presented at the annual meeting of the

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