Fujifilm Holdings is a chief suitor for Given Imaging, according to Calcalist.

Imaging medical device companies aren’t quite up to snuff compared with vendors that serve other medical specialties, according to “Brand Perceptions in the U.S. Medical Device Industry 2012,” a Millenium Research Group (MRG) report.

Wenatchee Valley Medical Center has selected Merge PACS and Merge’s iConnect Enterprise Archive to provide image access to providers across the region.

Lifespan is a five-hospital system in Providence, R.I., managing more than 500,000 radiology and cardiology exams per year. To balance the image management needs across departments, meet the daily demands of access to full clinical information across their health system with an eye on future participation in the Accountable Care initiative, Lifespan is embarking on a multi-year journey to leverage IT infrastructure as a strategic asset and utilize a combination of an enterprise vendor neutral archive coupled with archive neutral PACS for radiology, cardiology, endoscopy and other departments.

St. Clair Hospital in Mt. Lebanon, Penn., has purchased Carestream’s cardiology PACS, and upgraded its existing Carestream Vue RIS and Carestream Vue PACS.

Boston Scientific has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BridgePoint Medical, a privately held company based in Minneapolis, which develops a catheter-based system to treat coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs).