Health IT

Healthcare information (HIT) systems are designed to connect all the elements together for patient data, reports, medical imaging, billing, electronic medical record (EMR), hospital information system (HIS), PACS, cardiology information systems (CVIS), enterprise image systems, artificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

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Outpatient Imaging Affiliates scoops up 7 imaging centers

Outpatient Imaging Affiliates has acquired seven outpatient imaging centers in Tennessee, Alabama and Colorado from Diagnostic Health.

Edwards buys Embrella for $43M

Edwards Lifesciences has acquired Embrella Cardiovascular, the developer of the Embrella Embolic Deflector System that can be used during transcatheter heart valve procedures, for a purchase price of approximately $43 million in cash.

ECR: TeraRecon emphasizes iNtuition

TeraRecon highlighted iNtuition at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR), March 3 to March 7 in Vienna.

Physio-Control acquires maker of Lucas

Physio-Control, a subsidiary of Medtronic, has acquired privately held Jolife, developer of the Lucas chest compression system, headquartered in Lund, Sweden.

HIMSS: Merge's iConnect gets interoperability thumbs up

Merge Healthcare featured its health IT interoperability platform, including iConnect, which recently passed conformance testing at the IHE North American Connectathon, during the 2011 HIMSS conference last week in Orlando, Fla.

Thijs named president of Agfa HealthCare

The board of directors of Agfa-Gevaert has accepted the recommendation from CEO Christian Reinaudo to appoint Luc Thijs as president of the Agfa HealthCare business group and member of the group's executive committee, effective April 1.

Vital books stronger Q4, FY2010

Vital Images, a developer of advanced visualization and analysis software, has narrowed its losses for the fourth quarter, which ended Dec. 31, 2010, and its 2010 fiscal year.

Boston Sci acquires two devices to treat CTOs

Boston Scientific has acquired a re-entry catheter and intraluminal chronic total occlusion (CTO) crossing device from S.I. Therapies and ReVascular Therapeutics that will help treat complex peripheral lesions.

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