Awarepoint, a provider of real-time location system (RTLS) tools for hospitals, has acquired Patient Care Technology Systems (PCTS).

Providers are looking for vendors that offer not only functionality, but also integration between a RIS and PACS, according to a recent report from market research firm KLAS.

Brigham and Womens Hospital cut subsequent diagnostic imaging by 17 percent and subsequent CT imaging by 16 percent after implementing CD import to PACS among emergency department (ED) transfer patients, according to a study published in the May edition of Radiology. The authors characterized the CD import system as a partial success and noted the need for more reliable, health IT-based image transfer mechanisms.

A group of radiologists generally agreed on nodule growth on follow-up CT scans at lung cancer screening, but differed in their follow-up recommendations for lower-risk nodules, according to a study published in the April issue of Radiology.

Medical documentation software company MD-IT has completed a merger agreement with MDnetwork, a privately held EMR system optimization provider, under which MDnetwork will operate as a division of MD-IT. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

AmSurg  announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement for the acquisition of National Surgical Care for $173.5 million in cash.

Siemens Healthcare has released syngo.share, a unified, patient-centric clinical image sharing system in the U.K.

Armstrong County Memorial Hospital in Kittanning, Pa., has selected DR Systems' Unity CVIS to meet its cardiology department's CVIS needs.