WASHINGTON, D.C.A  panel of industry members shared a wealth of expertise about vendor neutral archives during a June 4 question and answer session at the annual meeting of the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM).

WASHINGTON, D.C.IT has enabled radiologists to read a larger volume of studies from just about anywhere; but in the process, radiologists have often become more distanced from residents, who may render inaccurate preliminary reports without ever finding out their mistakes. Although technology has given rise to this cleavage in training, IT may also deliver the solution, according to a June 2 presentation at the meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM).

Vital Images is debuting VitreaView, a universal viewer that provides uniform access to patient imaging and is accessible through the EMR, EHR and health information exchange, at the annual meeting of the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) in Washington, D.C., June 2-5.

Novarad will debut NovaCardio, an integrated C-PACS image and cardiovascular image and information management system (CVIIS).

Terumo Americas Holding, a U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Terumo, has entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Harvest Technologies, a biotechnology developer of point-of-care technologies that allows physicians to derive autologous, adult stem cells from their patients, for $70 million.

eRAD, a division of RadNet, was tapped for more than eleven orders from new customers during the first quarter of 2011.

More than 75 companies and institutions from across Europe were given proof of the viability of the IHE integration profiles of their systems in 2,200 tests in this year's Connectathon initiative of the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) in Pisa, Italy.

Eli Rapaich has joined PACSGear as its new CEO, succeeding PACSGear's co-founder Brian J. Cavanaugh, who will assume the role of chief operating officer. The new executive appointments are effective immediately.