Agfa HealthCare announces today that West Park Hospital in Cody, Wyoming has successfully deployed IMPAX CV, and integrated it with its existing IMPAX PACS.  With the expanded line-up of Agfa HealthCare health IT systems, the hospital is experiencing both clinical and IT benefits ranging from  limited physician training and more efficient clinical workflow, to ease of deployment and system maintenance.

Image sharing networks established through a virtual private network (VPN) can cut the need for repeat imaging of transferred trauma patients, according to a study published online June 13 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

CHICAGO, June 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merge Healthcare Incorporated (Nasdaq:MRGE), a leading provider of clinical systems and innovations that seek to transform healthcare, today announced that St. Mary's Healthcare System has selected Merge's iConnect Access and iConnect Enterprise Archive to support their enterprise imaging strategy.

IT and medical technology company Sectra (STO: SECT B) has been assigned to deliver a centralized PACS and vendor neutral archiving solution (VNA),  for digital mammography throughout the country of New Zealand.  This has the endorsement of New Zealand’s Ministry of Health.

When leaders at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (MLH), a not-for-profit health system based in Memphis, Tenn., saw the opportunity to standardize their suite of diagnostic imaging solutions, they capitalized on it. The seven-hospital system will deploy McKesson’s portfolio of enterprise medical imaging products across its various facilities to help improve physician collaboration, streamline data management, and simplify its imaging archive process with a single point of access.

Sorna Corporation, a global leader in digital medical image and data distribution systems, announces the release of SDS (Secure DICOM Share), a new and innovative feature of the eXpedo® software suite. eXpedo with SDS enables healthcare facilities to send DICOM studies and reports directly from one site to another through eXpedo utilizing the DICOM TLS Secure Transport Connection Profile.

DALLAS—Radiology is drowning in paper outside of the reading room, Paul J. Chang, MD, vice chairman of radiology informatics at University of Chicago School of Medicine, acknowledged during an educational session at the annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM).

DALLAS—As more organizations embrace an enterprise image management model, radiology informatics professionals have an opportunity to play a key role in the process. However, smart players will take care to avoid a few pitfalls, according to Paul J. Chang, MD, vice chairman of radiology informatics at University of Chicago School of Medicine.