Siemens Medical Solutions has inked a five-year agreement with St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Paterson, N.J., to provide business office outsourcing services.

GE Healthcare has inked a seven-year product agreement with Skaggs Community Health Center (SCHC) of Branson, Mo., that it says will advance clinical and patient care areas.

In the eyes of radiologists, (the) image is everything. But to everyone else involved in the care of patients, the work that occurs before, during, and after the evaluation of the images is everything. Scheduling, patient info, orders, referrals, billing, reports - all depend on accurate and timely information that must be tightly linked to the images and patient record. Yes, all data must be secure and private, while remaining instantly accessible.

Agfa Healthcare has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for the DIN-PACS (Digital Imaging Network/Picture Archiving and Communications System) II contract.

Medical Information Technology Inc. (Meditech) will provide Dallas-based Christus Health with its Healthcare Information System (HCIS).

Merge eFilm and InSight Health Corp. have expanded the terms of their Fusion PACS contract from 10 imaging centers to a total of 25 centers throughout the United States.

Gibson General Hospital of Princeton, Ind. has selected RIS/PACS provider Evolved Digital Solutions to digitize its medical imaging services.

Wimbledon, England-based Global Diagnostics Ltd. has selected Intelerad Medical Systems Inc.'s IntelePACS to supply a Web-based PACS for its mobile MRI service throughout the United Kingdom.