The first quarter 2005 closed with AMICAS announcing continued penetration of the ambulatory care market, the obtaining of several large MEDITECH accounts and community hospitals, as well as seen a rise of requests for replacement of legacy PACS (picture

McKesson Corp. announced the completion of the 100th installation of Horizon Surgical Manager, which features comprehensive surgical scheduling and documentation abilities designed to improve on-time case starts, improve operating room (OR) capacity and h

Healthcare IT is in the news again this month with the introduction of the 21st Century Health Information Act - the first bipartisan bill to address the major elements and try to spur adoption of electronic health records (and the "systemic obstacles and misaligned incentives that have hindered health information technology adoption," in the words of the official release).

Among the considerations for effectively managing CT images are throughput, workflow and DICOM support.

Blanchard Valley Health Association & Shannon Medical Center

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Siemens Medical Solutions has inked a 3-year contract to provide magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound technologies to HealthTrust Purchasing Group (HPG), of Brentwood, Tenn.

GE Healthcare has installed its Lightspeed VCT 64-slice scanner at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, Wash.