Merge eMed has announced the release of Fusion RIS Version 3.1. This version improves upon Fusion RIS, now used as an integrated business and clinical workflow solution in more than 150 hospital-based and freestanding radiology imaging facilities.

Numa has a series of enhancements to NumaLink, its cross-vendor data translation solution, and NumaStore, its nuclear medicine and PET/CT image management system.

Sectra’s management tool, Sectra Control Tower, provides department managers full control and overview of current production statistics as well as historical data used for trend analysis.
The tool now also features live reports, with unique capabilities of revealing and analyzing bottlenecks in real time. The live reports provide the department manager with instant overview of such selected performance statistics as current queue lengths, patient waiting times and resource usage.

With this year's $108,000 Section 179 limit, medical purchases completed before Dec. 31, 2006 can count as eligible equipment acquisitions in this fiscal year.
In order to stimulate economic growth, the Internal Revenue Service Section 179 states: "You may elect to expense part or all of the cost of Section 179 property that you placed in service during the tax year and used predominately (more than 50 percent) in your trade or business."

Today there is no question that a digital infrastructure – modalities and information systems – increase departmental efficiency and productivity, while at the same time enhances patient care. Digital radiography – whether it is the phosphor-based computed radiography (CR) or flat panel detector-based direct radiography – are at the cornerstone of this evaluation.

In today’s environment of increasing accountability and cost optimization, radiology centers are seeking ways to manage their capital expenses, their operational expenses and achieve ROI for their investments.
When Larry Lempka, director of Radiology at Campbell County Memorial Hospital, evaluated a PACS for his 90-bed community and trauma hospital, his selection criteria included system functionality, scalability and affordable upfront cost as well as minimal continuing operational expenses.

Healthcare organizations around the world are actively looking for new ways to improve the flow of work throughout their facilities. With the goal of increased productivity, cost-savings and improved quality of care in mind, one such organization set out to improve workflows specific to its radiology department.

As one of the first hospitals in Missouri to be built under the Hill Burton Act of 1946, Madison Medical Center serves the rural communities of Madison County in the southeastern corner of the state. Since 1961, the facility has been the only local hospital that provides accessible, quality healthcare. In 2000, Madison Medical Center gained designation as a Critical Access Hospital licensed for 25 beds.

Emory University radiation oncologists recently launched a program for treating brain tumors with frameless radiosurgery using the Trilogy medical linear accelerator and other image-guidance tools from Varian Medical Systems. This state-of-the-art treatment enables physicians to accurately position and monitor patients during radiation treatment using both optical guidance cameras and cone-beam CT, which obviates the need for a standard rigid headframe.

The new home for Hoag Breast Care Center in Newport Beach, CA, is the Sue and Bill Gross Women’s Pavilion. The Pavilion is a multimillion dollar medical facility dedicated to providing women with the highest quality healthcare services.

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