Family Health Care Services and Family Home Hospice, subsidiaries of Sierra Health Services, chose Misys Homecare, a fully integrated, intuitive clinical and business solution, to increase productivity in its clinical and financial operations.
As part of Sierra’s million dollar project to increase its operational effectiveness and enhance its delivery of healthcare, it selected Misys Homecare, after scrutinizing five other home health and hospice IT systems.

Hologic, a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of diagnostic and medical imaging systems for women’s healthcare, digital imaging technology for general radiography and mammography applications, completed a $220 million acquisition of computer-aided detection (CAD) firm R2 Technology of Sunnyvale, CA.
According to sources at Hologic, the purchase price for the transaction is payable in approximately 4.6 million shares of common stock.

The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC), a broad coalition of physicians, patients, and providers working to delay $8 billion of imaging payment reductions included in the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act, said understanding regarding the impact of the DRA 2005 cuts on imaging services at a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing.

Donald Rucker, Chief Medical Officer of Siemens Medical Solutions USA, testified at the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing, on behalf of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, indicating that the rapid increase in medical imaging utilization stems from patient-centered changes due to its unprecedented ability to allow physicians to diagnose, treat and monitor cancer, stroke and heart disease.

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHITSM) announced the certification of 20 electronic healthcare record (EHR) system products after undergoing inspections for compliance with CCHIT’s criteria.

Frost & Sullivan awarded Eastman Kodak Company the 2006 Award for Excellence in Technology in recognition of Kodak’s role in advancing the use of computed radiography (CR) for breast cancer detection, a large cost savings for facilities that use CR for general radiography.

Suros Surgical Systems designs, manufactures and markets patient-focused and physician-inspired “Compassionate Technologies” through its ATEC (Automated Tissue Excision and Collection) Breast Biopsy and Excision System.

TomoGateway is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection that allows direct communication from each TomoTherapy Hi-Art System to the company’s Customer Contact Center.
The connection reportedly allows system data logs that detail the Hi-Art System’s operation and performance to be transferred to a customer support representative, eliminating the need for consuming reporting methods. It also allows technical support staff to perform online diagnostics and look at real-time data, while examining the system log files, making for enhanced problem-solving capabilities.

Workflow enhancements and clinical tools for the Aquarius product family of diagnostic workstations and enterprise-wide 3-D servers were showcased at AHRA.

With R2’s Version 2.1 ImageChecker CT Lung CAD System, results from the AutoPoint Temporal Comparison tool (for tracking lung nodule growth between current and prior multislice CT exams) can now be sent to a PACS workstation for full enterprise accessibility, without the need for R2’s dedicated CT CAD workstation.

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