Search Tag: PACS

2013 29 Jul

Agfa HealthCare has announced that it has successfully implemented its latest IMPAX picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and radiology information system (RIS) at Isala Clinics in the Netherlands. The solution went live end of May 2013, and is already exceeding expectations. 
Isala Clinics in Zwolle, the Netherlands, is the largest...Read more

2013 16 May

Carestream has been awarded the contract to supply CARESTREAM Vue RIS and Vue PACS to Helse Sør-Øst (HSØ), the largest of the four Regional Health Authorities in Norway, with 35 hospitals covering 56 percent of the population of Norway. The contract spans eight years and the first phase of installations will extend to five Trusts. “This is one...Read more

2013 06 May

The medical imaging IT company, Sectra has been awarded a 10 year contract from the Whittington Health NHS Trust to supply medical imaging IT systems.  Sectra’s solution will facilitate a more efficient image and information-management workflow within the hospital, and make images and information available to authorised radiologists and referring...Read more

2013 30 Apr

Agfa HealthCare has announced that Hunt Regional Healthcare, Greenville, Texas, has upgraded its Agfa HealthCare PACS to IMPAX 6.5 and installed Agfa HealthCare's Cardiology PACS and XERO Viewer to deliver a consolidated view and centralised management of patient, image and information data. With XERO Viewer, physicians are able to quickly and securely...Read more

2013 29 Apr

Agfa HealthCare has announced implementation of  a complete IMPAX Picture Archiving and Communication System/Radiology Information System (PACS/RIS) and Clinical Application solution at the new National Guard Health Affairs (NGHA) hospital in Al Madinah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The comprehensive solution also includes IMPAX Business Intelligence...Read more

2013 17 Apr

Sectra has signed ten-year contracts with two Dutch hospitals, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, and Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven. Sectra’s solution enhances the efficiency of each step of the care process, from when a physician refers a patient for a radiology examination to when radiology images and responses to referrals are returned....Read more

2013 11 Apr

Improved imaging devices and adoption of PACS in hospitals has dramatically improved the ability to digitally share medical image studies via portable storage, mobile devices and the Internet. However, many of these systems are proprietary vendor-specific applications. In addition there are still interoperability and deployment issues which reduce...Read more

2013 26 Mar

Siemens Healthcare will showcase its imaging IT solutions in addition to its latest mobile digital X-ray, mobile surgical imaging and wireless ultrasound solutions at the annual UK Radiological Congress (UKRC) event in Liverpool, 10-12 June 2013. Demonstrations and information on the syngo®.plaza PACS, syngo.via visualisation and syngo.share smart...Read more

2013 26 Mar

Getting instant access to consolidated images and reports from outside radiology is still a dream for most radiologists and clinicians – even more so for images and reports from different regions and imaging platforms. Three years ago the Danish regions decided to implement a new and visionary project called IBI (Interregional Image Index) providing...Read more

2013 20 Mar

Merge Healthcare, a leading provider of clinical systems and innovations that seek to transform healthcare, has announced that more than 650 orthopedic surgeons at more than 50 practices in the U.S. already have or in the process of implementing Merge OrthoPACSTM, a comprehensive image management and digital templating solution for orthopaedics. In...Read more

2013 19 Mar

Trakya University Hospital in Turkey has invested in Sectra's system for processing and archiving of digital radiology images (PACS) as well as service and support.  Trakya University Hospital is one of the largest hospitals in Turkey and handles approximately 150,000 radiology examinations annually. Through use of Sectra PACS, Trakya University...Read more

2013 07 Mar

JiveX version 4.5 from VISUS, which was launched last year,  not only offers an update of tried and tested PACS architecture but also introduces an optimised system equipped with innovative functions to facilitate and streamline imaging diagnostics. Image Registration, 3D Volume Rendering and Vessel Analysis: these additional image processing options...Read more