Royal Philips Electronics and Stentor, Inc. this morning announced that Philips will acquire web-based PACS provider Stentor, the companies said in a joint release.

The educational sessions at the SCAR annual meeting were a core interest of attendees, with topics ranging from managing a PACS divorce to reading room ergonomics to optimizing the EMR for radiology.

Healthcare facilities that have coupled CR and PACS are realizing workflow enhancements and improved effectivenesss.

Open MRI systems have gained speed and clinical utility, and most importantly, image quality is earning clinical confidence.

The government is all a flutter with multiple legislative health IT related efforts that have been put forth, some by some political heavyweights.

The Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) has announced the opportunity for two $40,000 research grants for 2006.

Communication Technologies Inc. (COMTek), a high-speed broadband service provider available in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), announced this week that it will be the broadband provider for the Virgin Islands eHealth Initiative.

Faulkner-Sagoff Breast Imaging and Diagnostic Centre at Faulkner Hospital, Boston, Mass., is using the Aurora Dedicated Breast MRI System to provide patients with a more advanced breast cancer detection.