With the intent to improve patient safety, clinical information systems and CPOE provider Medical Information Technology Inc. (Meditech) and Zynx Health Inc., a subsidiary of The Hearst Corp., have signed an agreement to integrate Zynx Health clinical evi

The FDA has approved Guidant Corp.'s RX ACCULINK carotid stent system and RX ACCUNET embolic protection system designed to reduce the risk of stroke associated with carotid artery disease.

Patient cases performed in cath labs increased 17 percent from 1998 to 2002, to 3.85 million, but were essentially flat from 2001 to 2002, according to IMV Medical Information Division's 2003 Cardiac Catheterization Lab Census Database.

More than 98 percent of U.S. hospitals are now reporting quality-of-care data for certain ailments, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS).

Imaging Dynamics Company (IDC) has installed its Xplorer 1800 digital radiography (DR) system at two Florida-based hospitals: Shands Jacksonville and Jackson County Hospital.

Varian Medical Systems and Florida Hospital, a healthcare system including 17 Florida hospitals, have formed a strategic alliance to provide a radiation therapy training site at Florida Hospital Celebration Health in Celebration, Fla.

Display provider Richardson Electronics Ltd. will offer Planar Systems Inc.'s FDA-approved flat-panel Dome C5i system for displaying and viewing digital mammograms.

GE Healthcare this week introduced a new compact cardiovascular ultrasound system, the Vivid i.