Imaging IT personnel have unprecedented opportunities to make the transition from the radiology department to enterprise IT, says Louis Lannum, who recently did the same at the Cleveland Clinic.

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 23 — The Johns Hopkins Health System (Baltimore, Md.) has purchased Carestream Health’s Vue PACS which offers innovative radiology features that can further enhance the organization’s ability to help deliver exceptional medical services for patients with a wide range of diseases.

April 8, 2014 – Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1961 by Drs D.J. McCulloh and W.F. Lindsey, Radiology Associates of Tallahassee has been serving Tallahassee and surrounding areas for the past 50 years. They have 17 Board certified radiologists on staff with sub-specialties in all areas of diagnostic and interventional radiology for a combined total of over 250 years of experience in Tallahassee. They were seeking a solution to automate their teleradiology business and selected PowerServer PACS for its breadth of functionality and ability to expand to their future business needs. 

Latest PACS Platform Also Offers Ability to Integrate Mammography Into General Radiology Workflow     ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 10 — Major Hospital (Shelbyville, Ind.), purchased and installed an upgrade to the newest CARESTREAM Vue PACS to benefit from advanced features and options that include Carestream’s Vue Motion image viewer, lesion management application and a mammography module that will integrate mammography exams into the general radiology reading workflow. 

RamSoft, a developer of RIS, PACS, and Teleradiology workflow solutions, adds Stockdale Radiology to its roster of clients. Founded by Drs. David Suadi and Gabriel Gelves, Stockdale Radiology is a brand new, state-of-the-art imaging center in Bakersfield, CA offering advanced imaging services to the Central Valley. They selected PowerServer RIS/PACS/MU to manage their workflow and to collect the data required for Meaningful Use Attestation.

Vendors Will Engage in Aggressive Price Competition to Win Public Tenders, According to Findings from Decision Resources Group BURLINGTON, Mass., Feb. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources Group finds that expansion of the European market for picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), radiology information systems (RIS) and cardiovascular information systems (CVIS) will be hindered by the debt crisis and radiology cuts in the region. The resulting budget constraints have led to deferred purchases of new and replacement PACS, RIS and CVIS for many countries in 2013, as well as the cancellation of a significant number of public tenders for these systems, particularly in the more severely affected markets in Italy and Spain.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (February 24, 2014) – Zotec Partners (Zotec), the industry leader in radiology physician billing and practice management services, announces a new practice management contract agreement with SDI Diagnostic Imaging (SDI) in Tampa, Florida. The group currently uses Zotec for its billing and revenue cycle management needs, and after an extensive practice review, decided that practice management was also necessary for its financial and operational health.

Ann Arbor, MI, February 24, 2014 – Health Level Seven® (HL7®) International will officially launch a new Conformance Testing Program for HL7 standards Feb. 25. A round table briefing about the program that features HL7 leadership and program partners is set for 12:20-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the HL7 booth (#1265 in Hall A) at the HIMSS14 Conference in Orlando, Fla. The briefing is open to members of the media and conference attendees.