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.

RSS icon

SonoSite completes $69.5M acquisition of VisualSonics

Ultrasound technology provider SonoSite has acquired the high-frequency micro-ultrasound technology company VisualSonics, as of June 30 for $67.9 million in net cash and debt.

ProStor appoints Kidd as new board member

Digital information storage provider ProStor Systems has appointed Jay Kidd to its board of directors.

Data Storage acquires SafeData, expands product line

Data Storage has acquired SafeData, a Warwick, R.I-based technology company, for an undisclosed sum.

Intelerad releases new remote viewing tools, updates PACS

PACS developer Intelerad Medical Systems has formed a strategic technology partnership with Fovia to provide integrated High-Definition Volume Rendering for its IntelePACS and InteleOne software. Simultaneously, the company released two new web-based technologies, InteleFlex remote reading and InteleWeb remote viewing tool, for radiologists and referring physicians.

Biosensors acquires U.S. stent maker for $1.1M

Biosensors International Group has acquired certain assets of CardioMind for a total consideration of $1.1 million. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., CardioMind develops stent systems to treat small coronary lesions.

KLAS: CVIS is dropping the ball

Thirty percent of respondents in a new report from research firm KLAS are considering replacing their cardiovascular information system (CVIS) software because of ongoing frustrations with product functionality and integration.

Opportunity knocks

Imaging informatics seems to face a series of impossible demands. Clinicians want rich PACS/EMR integration with one-click image access in the EMR; administrators demand real-time, customized dashboards; and dollars and staff are in short supply. Nevertheless, smart players in the image management world are finding ways to leverage technology and people to devise real solutions.

Intelerad introduces InteleViewer for Apple products

Intelerad Medical Systems has released an image and report access application for Mac users, the 64-bit InteleViewer for Macintosh computers from Apple.

Displaying 1889 - 1896 of 2087

Around the web

Cardiovascular Business
Cardiology, radiology specialists debate CCTA’s rise as a go-to imaging modality for CAD

CCTA is being utilized more and more for the diagnosis and management of suspected coronary artery disease. An international group of specialists shared their perspective on this ongoing trend.

Cardiovascular Business
New AI program delivers rapid, accurate echo video assessments

The new technology shows early potential to make a significant impact on imaging workflows and patient care. 

Radiology Business
Key Medicare reimbursement and No Surprises Act updates from RSNA 2024

Richard Heller III, MD, RSNA board member and senior VP of policy at Radiology Partners, offers an overview of policies in Congress that are directly impacting imaging.