Merge eFilm is now Merge Healthcare

Merge Technologies Incorporated, historically d.b.a. Merge eFilm, has recently announced that it has changed its corporate name to Merge Healthcare. The change follows the company's recent merger with Cedara Software Corp and its subsidiary eMed Technologies.

Along with the name change, Merge Healthcare will have two operating divisions: Merge eMed, which develops, markets, and services RIS/PACS products for hospitals, imaging centers and specialty clinics; and Cedara, which focuses on developing innovative medical imaging software for the OEM and international markets.

Around the web

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer. 

Trimed Popup
Trimed Popup