Attention surrounding the value and need for electronic medical records has never been greater until the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. As Health and Human Services' Secretary Michael Leavitt said, "There may not have been an experience that demonstrates, for me or the country, more powerfully the need for electronic health records than Katrina."

Supporting structures can make a world of difference by facilitating adoption of new solutions, improving workflow and enhancing safety.

Radianse Inc. recently announced a number of new installations of its active-RFID indoor positioning solution (IPS) at different healthcare organizations across the country.

Merge Technologies this week announced that the Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI), a chain of 33 imaging centers with locations in Minnesota, Florida, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Washington, has purchased Cedara PET/CT software fr

LifePoint Hospitals Inc. recently selected NovaRad Corp. as its exclusive PACS provider for its network of 57 hospitals located throughout the United States.

Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss., has installed an Imaging Dynamics Co. Xplorer 1600 DR system.

Credit Valley Diagnostic Centre, one of the largest private imaging clinics in Ontario (Mississauga and Meadowvale Town Centre), Canada, announced it completed conversion and is operating with a fully automated and paperless workflow.

Cottage Health System in Santa Barbara, Calif., has begun using the Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager 3.5 XA.