CHICAGOThe requirements for Community Health Networks online scheduling application were simple: It had to be easy to use, convenient and quick. The main point of this was to eliminate the wait times of customers, said Adrian Payne, manager of new media and web design at the Indianapolis-based not-for-profit health system, speaking at the mHealth Initiative Conference, which was held March 30 and 31.

Olympus America and Leica Microsystems have signed a nonexclusive worldwide licensing agreement providing Leica access to Olympus portfolio of digital pathology and virtual microscopy patents.

Moffitt Cancer Center, a Tampa, Fla.-based National Cancer Institute (NCI) cancer center and translational research center, has selected Oracle Health Sciences tools for its health and research informatics platform.

Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola, N.Y. has purchased a seven-year cloud-based RIS/PACS archiving service from Carestream Health.

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) recently submitted comments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding the implementation of the new excise tax on medical devices as enacted by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

CareFusion has sold its OnSite Services instrument management and repair business to affiliates of Frazier Healthcare. Financial terms of the agreement were not released.

Positron has installed its PosiRx Beta system at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and the system completed testing of key criteria required for validation.

Market research and consulting firm KLAS has ranked Agfa HealthCares CR 30-X Digitizer the top CR single-plate product in the market.