Amirsys has introduced an updated RADPrimer, an online learning portal for radiology residents and faculty, with new features and functionality for both trainees and faculty with its 2.0 release.

Siemens Healthcare has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Penrith, a Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based manufacturer of ultrasound imaging systems. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Aetna has entered into an agreement with Coventry Health Care to acquire the company in a transaction valued at $7.3 billion.

Vascular Solutions has acquired the Venture wire control catheter, a deflectable-tip catheter used to provide guidewire directional control in coronary and peripheral interventional procedures, from St. Jude Medical for $3 million.

River Ranch Radiology, based in Austin, Texas, plans to deploy eRad's RIS.

M*Modal and One Equity Partners (OEP), the private investment arm of JP Morgan Chase, have announced that Legend Acquisition Sub, an affiliate of OEP, has successfully completed its tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock.

ORLANDO, Fla.A deluge of imaging data is coming, and for providers that will mean a new approach to health IT and data storage. At the center of this approach is a model where providers take back control of storage through the implementation of a vendor neutral archive (VNA), according to a presentation Aug. 13 at the 40th annual meeting of AHRA: the Association for Medical Imaging Management.

CardioNet, a wireless medical technology company with a focus on the diagnosis and monitoring of cardiac arrhythmias, has entered into a definitive merger agreement with cardioCORE Lab, a centralized cardiac testing laboratory with locations near Washington, D.C., San Francisco and London.