Enterprise Imaging

Enterprise imaging brings together all imaging exams, patient data and reports from across a healthcare system into one location to aid efficiency and economy of scale for data storage. This enables immediate access to images and reports any clinical user of the electronic medical record (EMR) across a healthcare system, regardless of location. Enterprise imaging (EI) systems replace the former system of using a variety of disparate, siloed picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), radiology information systems (RIS), and a variety of separate, dedicated workstations and logins to view or post-process different imaging modalities. Often these siloed systems cannot interoperate and cannot easily be connected. Web-based EI systems are becoming the standard across most healthcare systems to incorporate not only radiology, but also cardiology (CVIS), pathology and dozens of other departments to centralize all patient data into one cloud-based data storage and data management system.

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Continuing spending spree, Covidien adds Oridion

Covidien has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Oridion, an Israeli maker of ventilation-monitoring products, for about $300 million.

Biomet buying DePuy from J&J, clearing the latter to buy Synthes

Musculoskeletal product-maker Biomet has put in a binding bid of $280 million, cash, for the global trauma business of Johnson & Johnsons DePuy, which makes artificial joints and other orthopedic devices.

HeartWare to buy VAD rival for $8M

HeartWare International, which develops and manufactures ventricular assist devices (VADs), has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire World Heart, a Salt Lake City-based developer of left ventricular assist devices, for consideration of $8 million, which will be paid in shares of HeartWare common stock or cash, at HeartWare's election.

RadNet nabs Calif. practice

RadNet has executed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of West Coast Radiology, which include five multi-modality imaging centers in Orange County, Calif.

AJR: BewareNon-DICOM CDs on the rise

Although the number of hard-copy films submitted for secondary neuroradiology interpretations have plummeted, the volume of non-DICOM CDs has nearly doubled, according to a study published in the April issue of American Journal of Roentgenology.

Covidien to buy ventilator manufacturer Newport Medical for $108M

Irish drug and medical device giant Covidien has announced that it is purchasing ventilator maker Newport Medical of Costa Mesa, Calif., for about $108 million.

Rosen appointed CEO of ACR Image Metrix

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has named Donald P. Rosen, MD, CEO of ACR Image Metrix.

Covidien to buy pulmonology device maker for $300M

Covidien has launched a definitive agreement to acquire superDimension, a developer of minimally invasive interventional pulmonology devices based in Herzliya, Israel.

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