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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Deloitte buys drug safety firm Intrasphere

Deloitte has acquired substantially all of the assets of Intrasphere Technologies, a global drug safety and regulatory consulting business, to blend life sciences and research, as well as development practice with drug safety consulting. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

HP grabs Autonomy for $10B

HP will acquire enterprise architecture software developer Autonomy, acquiring all of the outstanding shares of Autonomy for $42.11 per share in cash, which equates to about $10 billion.

Survey measures benefits of nursing information system

A recent study of the benefits of information systems (IS) for nurses looked at outcomes related to tangible improvements or products. Nurses realized the benefit of IS by using it in their daily work.

DigiPath, Olympus ink digital pathology deal

DigiPath and Olympus America have entered into a nonexclusive global agreement allowing DigiPath and its partners to access a portfolio of Olympus patents in the field of virtual microscopy and digital pathology.

GE Healthcare to purchase PAA labs

GE Healthcare has reached an agreement to purchase PAA Laboratories, a developer and supplier of cell culture media for biomedical research. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Quality Systems acquires CQI Solutions

Quality Systems, the parent company of NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, has entered into an agreement to acquire CQI Solutions, a provider of surgery information systems.

AHRA: The imaging strategic plangetting it right

DALLASAlthough a lack of strategy can lead to failure, its possible for organizations to fail despite good strategies, said Brian Baker, president of Regents Health Resources, during an Aug. 15 educational session at the AHRA annual meeting.

Intermedix snaps up revenue cycle management firm

Intermedix, a developer of business services to the emergency healthcare services industry, has acquired the assets of Comprehensive Medical Billing Solutions (CMBS) of Oklahoma City for an undisclosed sum.

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