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CCHIT Announces Newly Certified EHRs

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) announced the most recently certified electronic health record (EHR) systems designed for office-based physicians. This is the first series of systems that were approved considering the new criteria for 2008. more...

October 7, 2008 Related topics: Product Approval & Certification, IT & software

Colonoscopy Interpretation Improved with Color Coding

Color-coding stool with a moderate cathartic preparation can improve assessment of primary 3D CT colongraphy. An additional benefit of such is a decrease in patient discomfort sometimes experienced during preparation to undergo exams. The findings were reported in the current issue of the journal Radiology. more...

September 12, 2008 Related topics: Imaging, Diagnostic, Radiology, IT & software

GE and BSD Medical Announce Collaboration

GE Healthcare and BSD Medical announced plans to collaborate on technology that will improve the means by which...

New Radiation Therapy System Cleared

New radiation therapy technology, TomoDirect, from TomoTherapy, Incorporated received marketing approval from the U.S. Food and Drug...

McKesson Nets Three Hospital Install with Nueterra

The Paragon clinical/financial community hospital information system from McKesson is the solution of choice for Nueterra Healthcare. The...

Essentris Wins Contract with Tenet

The Essentris Perinatal system of CliniComp Internationl will be deployed at a number of Tenet hospitals (pdf) in...

GE Introduces Software to Integrate Data from Monitoring Systems

GE Healthcare’s Centricity system was expanded with the introduction of the Centricity Enterprise Monitored Care application. The new...

Toshiba Recognized by MD Buyline

MD Buyline recognized Toshiba with a top ranking in six of a total seven areas for which MD...

Wireless DR Detector System Introduced by Carestream

A new wireless digital radiography (DR) detector was launched by Carestream Health, the DRX-1. The new device can...

AMA Highlights Importance of Vendor Support for Technical System

A recent article published by the American Medical News (AMNews) highlights the importance of considering how technology vendor...

Call Center for CV Supports Rapid Response Times

GE Healthcare introduced a new service to support the consistent operations of the cardiac catheterization lab. The company’s...

T-System Reduces Patient Time in the ED

According to an article published in the Daily Leader, King’s Daughters Medical Center (KDMC) was able to reduce...

ABAS Software Assesses Anatomy Boundaries

A new solution which estimates anatomy boundary contours (pdf) from CMS, Incorporated was cleared for marketing by the...

FCC Finances Colorado Telehealth Network

The Colorado Hospital Association plans to create a new telehealth network, the Colorado Telehealth Network, that will cover...

Approval of New Imaging Software Based on Video Gaming

A new medical imaging application that leverages advanced technology from video games to create 2D/3D images was approved...

Solution Supports Guideline/Compliance Reporting

MEDai, Incorporated announced the availability of a new module (pdf) for the company’s line of predictive modeling solutions...

Data Archiving Requirements Diminished with Image Compression

Researchers from Austria and England working with image compression technology report that this approach to management of imaging...

Environmentally Image Storage Introduced by Nexsan and GE

A new collaboration to develop environmentally friendly systems for the storage of imaging records was recently formed by...

CardioDigital Assets Purchased by Covidien

CardioDigital, Incorporated sold a number of the company’s assets to Covidien. Covidien is acquiring the CardioDigital, technology for...

Healthcare Systems Adopts Card to Improve Convenience

The Community Health Network in Indianapolis is going to start providing patients with “myCommunity” cards. The tool is...

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