Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic in Spartanburg, S.C., hasselected Viztek’s Onyx-Chiro chiropractic PACS to support fullconversion to the digital imaging environment for its on-campusChiropractic Health Center.

Eclipsys Corporation announced that City of Hope, a cancer center basedin Duarte, Calif., has selected Eclipsys clinical information solutionsto help improve patient safety, organization, and operationalefficiencies through technology.

To be a competitive player and grow business, outpatient imaging centers are investing in advanced systems such as RIS/PACS, voice recognition, and digital x-ray and mammography systems.

The concept of clinical decision support is simple. It deliverscontext-specific education material in real time to a physician tryingto make a patient-care decision. Butimplementing decision support in clinical practice? That’s a bit morecomplicated.

Even with the struggle DRAs bring, Baby Boomers are making sure there’sno lack of demand for imaging services. For imaging centers employingsmart business decisions and maximizing technology and people, thesting of the DRA can be less painful.

Hospitals across the country are struggling to contain costs whileensuring patient safety and high-quality care. Alegent Health, an11-year-old non-profit health system based in Omaha, Neb., that servesNebraska and southwestern Iowa is investing in technology to helpprovide unparalleled quality.

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA announced that Novation LLC, thehealthcare contracting services company of VHA Inc. and the UniversityHealthSystem Consortium (UHC), has renewed its contract with Fujifilmfor its Synapse PACS.

Kazeon, a provider of unstructured information management, saidthat Bartron Medical Imaging Inc., a provider of advanced medical imageanalysis, has chosen its Information Server IS1200-ECS to improvecustomer service to hospitals for quickly finding, managing, andsecuring patient information.