Digirad, a provider of diagnostic imaging products, personnel and equipment leasing services, has named Richard B. Slansky as itschief financial officer (CFO), effective March 9.

CorNova, a development-stage endovascular company, has expanded its executive team with the appointment of Robert Gallahue as chief financial officer (CFO) and the addition of Richard Sahagian as senior scientist.

Consolidated healthcare IT infrastructure promises to help fix the systemproviding clinicians streamlined access to multiple datasets to make timely, informed clinical decisions and removing artificial barriers between departments, physicians and hospitals.

Radiologists, administrators and IT professionals have worked hard to refine the acquisition, manipulation and storage of diagnostic images. But what about the special needs of referring physicians who increasingly want to access radiological images along with reportsincluding 3D renderings? Surprisingly, its not all that complicated.

The healthcare enterprise houses scores of disparate clinical IT systems. A precious few systems talk to each other, but many others dont communicate readily. Connecting disparate IT systems can streamline clinical workflow and improve patient care. But how?

While large medical hospitals, academic medical centers and health systems have traditionally been the earliest adopters for cutting-edge imaging technologies, community hospitals reap the benefits as the next level of adopters of imaging and IT to balance the needs of the community with delivering better patient care, controlling costs and increasing business and referrals.

Amicas has integrated Fovia Medical's high-definition volume rendering (HDVR) natively within Amicas PACS version 6.0.

Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions has reported that its board of directors has approved a stock repurchase program, under which Allscripts may purchase up to $150 million of its common stock over the next two years.