Agfa HealthCare announced today that it has been chosen to provide St.-Jozef Hospital,a medium-sized healthcare provider in Izegem, Belgium, with its ORBIShospital and clinical information system, which manages the entirepatient flow through all hospital departments.

The University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill (UNC)has selected GE Healthcare’s Centricity Business Solution as part ofthe organization’s efforts to optimize organizational performance.

With change being the one thing we can always guarantee, the nextdecade for radiology will bring continued changes in imaging operationsand workflow.

Healthcare facilities are revamping digital radiology reading rooms with the basic design foundations — lighting, ergonomics, acoustics, room design and connectivity.

Envisioning a better future means improving on today. As you'll see inthis month's cover story "The Next Horizon: Radiology's Crystal Ball,"the next decade for radiology will see better focused and targetedimaging devices — building on 64-slice CT and beyond to 256-slice andoptical imaging—and truly intuitive reading and image managementtools.

Data Management system provider Princeton Softech inked a deal with the American College of Radiology(ACR) for use of its Optim system for data retention requirements toremain in compliance with Federal Drug Administration regulations.

San Francisco Advanced Medical Imaging has installed a Toshiba 64-slice high-speed CT scanner, the first in the region.

Liberty Pacific Medical Imaging (LPMI), a developer, owner and operatorof diagnostic imaging centers, announced today that its San FranciscoAdvanced Medical Imaging Center has unveiled the area’s first ToshibaAmerica Medical Systems’ 64-slice CT scanner.