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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Select Medical seeks to buy Regency hospitals for $210M

Select Medical Holdings has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding equity securities of Regency Hospital Company, an operator of long-term, acute-care hospitals, for approximately $210 million, including certain assumed liabilities.

Sectra mammo PACS deployed Down Under

Sectra has signed a contract with the Australian Capital Territory department of health to install its breast imaging PACS and three MicroDose Mammography units in Canberra, Australia.

Merge offers Portuguese version of eFilmWorkstation

Merge Healthcare has entered a distribution agreement with Microdata Tecnologia, a PACS and medical imaging technology manufacturer in Brazil, where it will have exclusive access to a Portuguese language version of Merges eFilm Workstation.

ABII certifies 64 new imaging informatics pros

The American Board of Imaging Informatics (ABII) has named 64 new certified imaging informatics professionals, following the completion of the seventh ABII exam in March.

Texas Instruments updates imaging toolkit

Electronics manufacturer Texas Instruments has updated its medical imaging software toolkit, version 2.0 STK, expanding on the toolkit's collection of imaging algorithms for its processing architecture and digital signal processors.

UltraLinq, Advanced Imaging align for image management program

Image management provider UltraLinq Healthcare Solutions and healthcare consulting company Advanced Imaging Consultants have formed a partnership for the creation of an all-inclusive business management and operation program for imaging facilities.

Philips, NYU ink image management deal

New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center in New York City has signed a multi-year contract with Philips Healthcare for the installation of its iSite PACS within NYUs radiology department.

SIIM: Sectra demonstrates web-based PACS

MINNEAPOLIS--Sectra touted new capabilities of its web-based PACS IDS7 during the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting last week.

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