Abbott has completed its acquisition of Piramal's Healthcare Solutions business, seeking to fortify its market share in India pharmaceuticals and in the emerging markets.

The Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center in Albuquerque, N.M., has purchased Digisonics DigiView CVIS/PACS and structured reporting system to provide image analysis and structured reporting with measurement options for vascular studies.

Storage management systems developer Symantec Health and Siemens Healthcare have completed compatibility testing for Symantecs cloud-based medical image archiving offering and Siemens PACS technology.

Ebix, a supplier of e-commerce services to the insurance industry, has signed a merger agreement to acquire Atlanta-based A.D.A.M., on a debt-free basis for aggregate merger consideration of $66 million.

Medical imaging software provider TomTec has inked an agreement to integrate its quantification tools for 2D and 4D ultrasound imaging with ScImages PicomEnterprise PACS.

The TriZetto Group has acquired all of the voting stock of Tela Sourcing, a business process outsourcing services company based in Baltimore.

In the chaotic rush of 21st century radiology, it is all too easy to forget the basics and sweat about the hard stuffinteroperability, meaningful use and ROI. Two recent studies remind us that simple, direct solutions work well in the difficult pay-for-performance arena and help beleaguered departments deliver improved quality.

Novel ways of approaching the cardiovascular disease process, such as in the hybrid OR/cath lab suite, are becoming increasingly common. A hybrid lab sets the stage for cutting edge cardiovascular interventions and facilitates collegiality among varied specialties. There are, however, several challenges to overcome when planning and initiating a hybrid OR/cath lab including turf, expenses and accounting.