Spanish government agency selects Barco?s displays

Spanish governmental agency Red.es has chosen several of Barco’s Coronis diagnostic display systems for the introduction and development of PACS in hospitals across Spain.

Barco’s partner in Spain, Telefonica Soluciones, will be responsible for the delivery and installation, the company said.

The contract consists of several medical displays to help accelerate the country’s on-going PACS program in the regions of Murcia, Cantabria, La Rioja, Galicia, Navarra and Castilla-Leon, Spain. RED.ES selected Barco’s partner Telefonica Soluciones S.A. to supply Barco’s Coronis product line and MediCal QAWeb software, the Kortrijk, Belgium-based Barco said.

The Spanish Industry Ministry established Red.es to advise the local government authorities, Comunidades Autonomas, with their purchases of IT equipment.

Around the web

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.

A total of 16 cardiology practices from 12 states settled with the DOJ to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for imaging agents used to diagnose cardiovascular disease.