Vital Images, Inc. ("Vital"), announces enhancements in image management to its industry-leading VitreaView® enterprise viewer with VioStream™ software. Today, many healthcare organizations are challenged to unify access to imaging content, often spread across a number of departmental PACS and distributed locations. Vital is now offering unique building blocks, which will enable full image access through electronic health records (EHRs).

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today launch of the MultiSync® MD212G3 LCD, a widescreen display for diagnostic review applications in healthcare organizations.

Merge Healthcare Incorporated (Nasdaq:MRGE), a leading provider of clinical systems and innovations that seek to transform healthcare, today announced new capabilities and enhancements to Merge PACS, specifically designed to support enterprise health systems and tele-radiology.

Volpara Solutions announced today that it will launch VolparaAnalytics version 1.2 at the 100th Annual Meeting of the Radiology Society of North America (RSNA), November 30-December 5, 2014 (RSNA Booth 1752 – South Hall). Volpara Solutions will showcase the latest version of VolparaAnalytics and the rest of its innovative suite of quantitative breast imaging tools, including VolparaDensity and VolparaDoseRT, which enable personalized measurements of volumetric density, patient-specific dose, breast compression and other factors designed to provide critical insight for breast imaging quality and workflow.

Structured radiology reports are more complete and more effective than free text reports, according to a study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Structured order entry systems for physicians ordering trauma CT scans not only improved communication with radiologists, they’ve also improved billing efficiency and reimbursement rates, according to a recent study in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

A recent study from the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) found one-in-eight patients at the institution with imaging findings of possible cancer did not receive necessary follow-up care within three months of the finding, signaling the need for better electronic tracking and automatic notification of results.

There’s a very important tradition that takes place in Chicago at the end of every November, and it doesn’t involve turkey or football—it’s the Radiological Society of North America’s Annual Meeting and Scientific Assembly.