March 1, 2007 – Amicas, Inc. laid out is portfolio of imaging IT solutions for hospitals and ambulatory imaging businesses at HIMSS 2007, demonstrating four new offerings, including RadStream, Vision Reach, Insight Dashboards and Insight Services.

RadStream is a next-generation software designed to optimize radiology workflow beyond PACS by reducing interruptions reportedly as much as 25 percent and improving report turnaround by an estimated 40 percent, according to manufacturer.

March 1, 2007 - Agfa HealthCare demonstrated its IMPAX data center, a real-time database of all structured and unstructured data from different clinical sources that presents a unified view of a single patient and leverages a central bank of transactional and data services, which can permit an enterprise level of data and clinical content management.

IMPAX Data Center provides a set of demographic data along with a number that uniquely identifies each patient throughout the continuum of care, meaning the IMPAX data center can manage multiple patient ID domains.

March 1, 2007 - Philips has unveiled the IntelliVue Clinical Information Portfolio (ICIP), which enables the exchange of patient data or electronic health records (EHRs) across providers� networks, reportedly bringing a patient�s accumulated clinical data to clinicians while providing support for automated regulatory compliance through its ability to integrate into hospitals� IP enterprise architecture.

Philips also demonstrated the benefits of exchanging patient data by allowing show attendees to create and build an integrated electronic health record.

March 1, 2007 - GE Healthcare unveiled its efforts to connect clinicians across the healthcare continuum by demonstrating a simulated healthcare network, the Centricity Continuum of Care pavilion which infuses information into the care process to support clinicians in providing safer, more cost-effective care.

Technologies highlighted during this demonstration included the Centricity Enterprise Solution, the Centricity Electronic Medical Records and Centricity Business.

March 1, 2007 - GE Healthcare launched its newest Centricity Laboratory Information System (LIS), reportedly designed to handle high-volume test-processing needs of mid-to large-sized labs and multi-hospital facilities and aimed at helping healthcare organizations automate and integrate their laboratory processes. The system is now available with a Transfusion Medicine module, a new QC module, and additional security features.