May 20, 2008 - GE Healthcare IT today said it extended collaboration with HP to offer pre-configured, pre-installed GE Centricity Enterprise software on HP Integrity NonStop servers, targeting midsize hospitals and developing countries with lower cost and faster deployment of GE’s clinical workflow solution.

May 20, 2008 - As reimbursements have impacted the bottom line of surgery centers in the U.S., profitability has been attacked, making reprocessing a more attractive option, according to MEDISISS, a medical device reprocessing company that primarily serves outpatient facilities.

MEDISISS featured its reprocessing services at ASCs 2008 last week.

The company said reprocessing offers facilities a tool to enhance profitability while maintaining quality.

May 20, 2008 - GE Healthcare extended its collaboration with HP to offer preconfigured, pre-installed GE Centricity Enterprise software on HP Integrity NonStop servers, targeting midsize hospitals and developing countries with lower cost and faster deployment of GE’s clinical workflow solution, Centricity Enterprise.

May 20, 2008 - Agfa HealthCare and Amirsys are partnering to integrate STATdx Radiologist Decision Support system with Agfa’s IMPAX PACS Solution in hopes to increase speed and diagnostic confidence for radiologists.

May 20, 2008 - Merge Healthcare released Fusion PACS MX 3.0, featuring integrated Merge Mammo 7.10, the company’s digital mammography application, and introduced several new features designed to increase radiologist productivity, including study caching, viewing protocol enhancements and extended keyboard shortcuts.

Calgary Scientific Medical Group unveiled a fully Web-based thin client solution, ResolutionMD, that supports the increasing demand for access to high resolution CT and MRI studies without requiring dedicated visualization workstations.

Voyager Imaging is releasing its new Web streaming technology, that is designed to provide fast delivery of images to referring doctor desktops through low to medium bandwidth connectivity.

PACS administrators can configure compression based on modality and body part, reportedly ensuring acceptable quality of images being delivered. Alternatively, the user is able to stream the full Dicom image as required.

NEC Display Solutions of America released a 4MP, 30-inch MultiSync MD304MC widescreen display, designed exclusively for medical diagnostic professionals and is certified for radiology and emergency room environments.

Vision Reach 2.0 made its debut at SIIM 2008, extending the solution's functionality to include physician order entry, giving the referring physician the ability to order new or follow-up exams through the zero-install Vision Reach portal.

Reportedly emerging as a comprehensive radiology EMR, Vision Reach delivers orders, results and key images to referring physicians through common email and secure Web access.

RamSoft introduced Gateway Router 4.5, featuring new upgrades to the DICOM workstation, including DICOM Storage Commitment and MPPS, along with customized routing rules.

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