M*Modal, a leading provider of clinical documentation and Speech Understanding™ solutions, today announced that healthcare IT industry veteran Scott MacKenzie has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer and a member of M*Modal’s Board of Directors.

Today, healthcare visualization expert Barco announces the release of Coronis Uniti™, the first diagnostic display explicitly designed for both PACS and breast imaging. 

Jeffrey Shuren, MD, JD, director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and David R. Hunt, MD, FACS, medical director of patient safety and health IT adoption with the Office of the National Coordinator for the Department of Health and Human Services, will each deliver a keynote address at the 4th annual ACR Imaging Informatics Summit.

Konica Minolta announced today the next-generation Informity cloud-based back up and disaster recovery solution.  Adding to the Konica Minolta family of Primary Imaging Solutions, Informity is the fastest, most complete automated cloud backup and recovery solution for the ImagePilot family of solutions.

Digisonics, provider of award-winning CVIS solutions, has announced integration with GE Healthcare’s EchoPAC for advanced analysis of 3D/4D studies and strain rate. 

In a move aimed at capitalizing on the convergence of professional healthcare and consumer end-markets for healthy living, Philips announced it will combine its Healthcare and Consumer Lifestyle businesses into one company called HealthTech.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has granted early termination of a regulatory waiting period in Cerner’s purchase of Siemens Health Services, according to a statement from the company.

National Decision Support Company (NDSC) continues to expand its customer base with more than 60 healthcare provider organizations adopting ACR Select for use within their electronic health record (EHR) order entry workflow.