Canvys has released its Image Systems CFS WebSuite Calibration Feedback System and smart phone utility, which enables remote monitoring and quality control of medical displays via computer internet access and handheld devices.

Two institutional investors have agreed to purchase $1 million worth of Imaging3 common stock and warrants. The securities purchase agreement, which is expected to close by Oct. 14, includes the sale of approximately 4.59 million Imaging3 shares at a 20 percent discount from the  Oct. 1 closing price.

Allina Hospitals & Clinics, a nonprofit network of hospitals and clinics providing care throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin, will deploy wireless services company ADC Network Solutions InterReach Fusion distributed antenna systems for mobile broadband data and voice services in its hospitals.

Munster Orthopedic Institute in Munster, Ind., has selected Imix Americas ImixInmotion digital radiography (DR) system to be integrated with NovaRads NovaPACS.

In 2002, questions were raised about the ethical nature of group purchasing organizations (GPO) after it was found that these groups were taking part in anticompetitive business practices, including excessively high contract fees. However, a review conducted by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows improved transparency within the system.

The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) has selected Accenture as a contractor under the IT Support Services Contract (ITSCC) that will be used to acquire IT systems development and modernization services. The ITSSC includes a one-year base period plus six additional one-year options with an aggregate ceiling valued at $2.8 billion.

More than three-fourths of physicians said that PACS has positively benefited their work, despite barely half of physicians having received formal training for PACS and 20 percent complaining that PACS was totally unusable for at least seven days of the year, according to a survey of U.K. hospitals published in the September issue of the European Journal of Radiology.

In a joint effort by technologists and administrators, the department of radiology at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., increased radiographers productivity by 11 percent, saving the department $170,000 per year, according to a study published in the October issue of Journal of the American College of Radiology.