July 25, 2008 – GE Healthcare has entered into a merger agreement to acquire Vital Signs Inc., a provider of medical products applicable to a wide range of care areas such as anesthesia, respiratory, sleep therapy and emergency medicine.

July 25, 2008— The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) said iMedica Corp. is CCHIT Certified for its product, iMedica PRM 2008 version 8.1, and meets the Commission's ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) criteria for 2007.

Ambulatory EHRs are designed for physician offices and clinics where most Americans get their healthcare.

As a CCHIT Certified product, the iMedica PRM 2008 has been tested and passed inspection of 100 percent of a set of criteria for functionality, interoperability and security.

We don’t want to underestimate the impact that the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) has had on outpatient and imaging centers, but the bigger story is that the DRA is just one component in an ongoing campaign by Medicare and other payers to try to control the burgeoning growth of imaging services. What is most notable is how other players in the imaging value chain are profiting from these imposed constraints.

July 25, 2008 - InSite One said it added 40 new clients during the first half of 2008, including hospitals, general outpatient imaging centers, cardiology and women's imaging centers, as more facilities outsource archiving and storage management.

The company said this reflects the value of out-sourcing archiving and storage management addresses the challenge of cost control, technology obsolescence, and ensures high availability of clinical information while reducing risks associated with long-term data management.

July 25, 2008 – Intellirad’s Voyager PACS was recently installed at Greenslopes hospital in Brisbane, Australia replacing a large international brand PACS.

The Voyager PACS configuration included PACS Archive, Web server, diagnostic workstations (including Mammography reporting), administration stations, document scanning stations, CD/DVD burning stations, DICOM modality worklist, custom desktop RIS integration and Voyager data migration as a background task.

July 25, 2008 – Imaging Dynamics Company Ltd. (IDC) said The Orthopaedic Institute has purchased three IDC 1600 Plus X-Series DR systems for three of its facilities in Ocala, Lake City and Alachua, FL.

The Orthopaedic Institute is a private practice group of 22 specialty physicians providing the complete spectrum of musculoskeletal care including orthopedic surgery, primary care orthopedics, spine and neurosurgery, hand and upper extremity surgery as well as plastic and reconstructive surgery.

July 25, 2008 - TomoTherapy Inc. said it will introduce TQA at the 50th Annual American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Meeting in Houston, July 27-31, 2008.

July 24, 2008 – Siemens Healthcare will showcase its ARTISTE Solution, a linear accelerator engineered specifically for Adaptive Radiation Therapy (ART), in addition to its portfolio of radiation therapy IT solutions at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in Houston, July 27-31.

July 24, 2008 - EDDA Technology will launch its new release of IQQA-Liver V1.2, designed to assist physician's assessment of volumetry from liver MDCT, at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) in Denver, CO.

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