April 3, 2008 - AMICAS Inc. is partnering with one of the nation’s largest radiology practices, Radiology Imaging Associates (RIA) of Denver, CO, a partnership designed to allow AMICAS to apply its medical image and information management tools as part of RIA’s customer service and outpatient growth initiatives.

April 3, 2008 – Imaging Dynamics Company Ltd. (IDC) said that Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital (SPMH) in Kerrville, TX has chosen IDC’s X1590 and X2200 direct digital radiography systems for its new, expanded medical facility.

After an evaluation process, the hospital chose IDC for its system reliability, image quality and processing efficiency. SPMH is located in “the hill country,” a rural area approximately 60 miles from San Antonio, TX and the hospital has been an IDC customer for more than three years.

April 3, 2008 - D2 Sales LLC said this week Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago has chosen the My Patient Passport Express kiosk for its patient check-in program.

The My Patient Passport Express kiosk allows patients to check-in, make future appointments, and update their medical history using a simple to navigate touch screen. Patients can use their credit card to make co-pay payments, and sign documents using the integrated electronic signature pad. The kiosk also provides way finding and mapping features.

April 4, 2008 - The Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is offering an online educational session at 10 a.m. CST Thursday, April 24 to help clarify and demystify the HIPAA security audit, explaining how it works, the timeline and the selection process for audited organizations.

April 3, 2008 – The FDA granted 510K clearance to Kanteron Systems for marketing its KDS (Kanteron DICOM Station), offering an open source mini-PACS and multimodal workstation in the market for processing, rendering and storing digital medical images.