Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. Those words of Alexander Graham Bell coupled with another famous quote from him—Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the co-operation of many minds—are key to purchasing and integrating state-of-the-art breast imaging technologies. That’s the focus of our special section this month.

Healthcare information systems developer iSoft has been appointed assub-contractor to Dallas-based Affiliated Computer Services (ACS)Healthcare Solutions to provide and support a laboratory informationsystem (LIS) at Malta's new 850-bed Mater Dei Hospital.

San Francisco Health Plan (SFHP) has selected Plexis Claims Manager of Ashland, Ore.-based Plexis Healthcare to provide benefitsadministration, electronic data interchange, as well as provideanalytic and reporting processing for the San Francisco Department ofPublic Health’s new Healthy San Francisco program.

Diagnostic imaging modality developer Toshiba America Medical Systemsreported that East Tennessee Children's Hospital has installed two ofits Aquilion CT systems; one 16-slice and one 64-slice.

Mammography supplier BioLucent installed its Mammopad in the CapitalBreast Care Center (CBCC) of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Centerat Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

Medical equipment manufacturer Quantum Medical Imaging has completedinstallation of its Q-Rad radiographic system, featuring a Canon’sMedical System’s dual-panel DR receptor system at New Britain GeneralHospital in New Britain, Conn.

Microsoft reported that Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health willimplement the Redmond, Wash.-based firm’s Azyxxi unified healthenterprise platform throughout its healthcare network.

Gaylord Hospital, a long-term acute care hospital in Wallingford,Conn., selected CoActiv Medical to supply its EXAM-PACS family ofproducts to support the acquisition, analysis, distribution andarchiving of medical images, according to the software and IT systemsprovider.