The primary stakeholder in healthcare, the patient, must retain control over personal health information, according to a white paper from Patient Privacy Rights, an Austin, Texas-based health privacy watchdog group. 

PACS manufacturer aycan and SOVAmed, a Koblenz, Germany-based company connected to the University of Koblenz-Landau and its Medical Technical Institute, have formed a medical post-processing partnership for the creation of vascular and interventional radiology and surgery products.

Advanced visualization software developer Vital Images has entered into a partnership with the language services division of information management company SDL for the localization of providers global content.

Diversinet, a developer of server security software, has appointed Richard Eidinger, MD, to its board of directors.

Colon CAD [computer-aided detection] studies continue to demonstrate the power of the technology. Consider the September issue of Radiology, in which two separate group of researchers highlight giant strides forward.

NEC Display Solutions of America has released its new series of portable projectors, including the M260X replacing the NP410, M260W replacing the NP410W and M300X replacing the NP510.

MaxMD, a provider of web services to healthcare organizations, has upgraded its basic email service with automatic HIPAA-compliant audit controls and increased secure storage to 3GB for email archiving.

KLAS has added five new members to its advisory board, which provides ongoing governance and strategic guidance to the Orem, Utah-based healthcare research company.