December 7, 2007 - Sage Software Healthcare Inc. said this week more than 500 ambulatory care practices chose the Intergy Practice Management system during the 2007 fiscal year, with the majority of those practices also implementing the Intergy Electronic Health Records system.

Sage Software Healthcare provides integrated electronic health records, EDI applications and practice management systems to thousands of ambulatory care practices throughout North America. These systems enable physicians and practice managers to better manage their practices and improve profitability.

December 7, 2007 - Optimal Readings Services Group has acquired Pin Point Radiology of Fort Worth, TX, combining all operations, and bringing to the table Pin Point’s radiology management contracts, with hospital and radiology group clients ranging from the Mid-Atlantic region to Florida under the Optimal service optimization platform.

December 7, 2007 – The University of Rochester, Department of Imaging Sciences 8th Annual Digital Healthcare Information Management System (DHIMS) Conference, formerly PACS, will be held March 25 through March 29, 2008 in San Antonio, TX, at The Westin La Cantera Resort.

The five-day conference titled “Getting Connected in Radiology…Interoperability & Workflow,” will tackle solving problems that impact interoperability, workflow and communications within Radiology and between Radiology and the other departments and healthcare personnel in the healthcare enterprise.

December 7, 2007 — GE Healthcare has licensed a technique patented by an Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) obstetrician that can automate the acquisition of ultrasound images used by physicians to diagnose fetal heart defects.

GE has licensed the software for exclusive use in its 3D/4D ultrasound systems. Alfred Abuhamad, M.D., chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at EVMS developed the automation protocol, called Sonography based Volume Computer Aided Diagnosis (SonoVCAD).

December 7, 2007 – The Siemens “Win an MRI" contest has closed and the polls are now open to award a MAGNETOM Essenza MRI system to rural and community hospitals, with fewer than 180 beds who do not have fixed MRI services.
The prize, a MAGNETOM Essenza, was introduced to the market in October 2007 and was developed specifically for the small hospital market, and expected to help physicians deliver improved imaging services in neurology, orthopedics, body imaging, angiography, cardiology, breast imaging, oncology and pediatric imaging.

December 7, 2007 - Candelis, Inc. has gained new PACS partners that include five leading regional hospitals, all using the ImageGrid PACS appliance as a central digital image management solution or dedicated mammography and cardiac imaging PACS solution.

New customers include A.L. Lee Memorial Hospital of Fulton, NY; Cuba Memorial Hospital of Cuba, NY; Redington-Fairview General Hospital of Skowhegan, ME; Virginia Mason Medical Center of Seattle, WA; and St. Francis Heart Center of Roslyn, NY.

December 6, 2007 - In Motion Technology, an in vehicle area network for public safety organizations, recently said the Guilford County EMS (GCEMS) in North Carolina deployed the onBoard Mobile Gateway and onBoard Mobility Manager in nearly 40 vehicles, and has achieved improvements in medical emergency operations, response times and communications for the residents of Greensboro, High Point and the surrounding areas.

December 6, 2007 - Earlier this year Edwards launched PediaSat, a critical care monitoring product for children, and this week the first published clinical study validated its efficacy over other methods in monitoring life-threatening conditions in children (infants to age 16) who undergo cardiac surgery.

December 6, 2007 - Mary Washington Hospital used SciHealth's INSIGHT as part of its Emergency Department Patient Flow initiative to dramatically improve performance, including a 45 percent decrease in patient wait times, a 50 percent reduction in radiology turnaround time for key emergency procedures, and significant gains in patient satisfaction.

December 5, 2007 - In an effort to improve the security of sensitive health information, major organizations from across the healthcare and employer spectrum have united to participate in the development of the first common security framework for the protection of health information.

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