McKesson this week received FDA clearance for its Horizon Rad Station release 11.0 PACS workstation for reading, distributing and storing full field digital mammography (FFDM) images.

CT procedures performed at more than 7,350 sites in 2003 increased 10 percent to 50.1 million, compared with 45.4 million procedures in 2002, according to IMV Medical Information Division's recent census of CT sites in the U.S.

Cedara Software Corp. released second quarter FY05 sales and earnings ending December 31, which for the first time include results of direct sales to hospitals and imaging centers since the company acquired eMed technologies in mid-October.

DeJarnette Research Systems Inc. has released a CT workflow white paper that addresses the issues associated with new high-speed multi-detector CT (MDCT) scanners in a PACS environment.

Siemens Medical Solutions and Zynx Health Inc., a subsidiary of The Hearst Corp. and a developer of electronic evidence-based knowledge products, has inked an agreement that supports evidenced-based nursing.

CoActiv Medical Business Solutions is integrating its CoActiv EXAM-PACS with Meridian Technique's Orthopedic templating software.

StorageTek kicked off its North American seminar tour in Santa Clara, Calif. this week, which educates attendees on regulatory compliance issues and challenges, as well as the latest systems for compliant archiving and data protection.

A new association has been established, the PACS Administrators in Radiology Certification Association (aka PARCA), to develop criteria for the skills that are needed for PACS administrators, and to provide a certification for those that have proven to me