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Agfa HealthCare will be installing its medical imaging repository, the Impax Data Center 2.0, at Hospital Diagnostic Imaging Repository Services in Toronto.
The implementation of voice recognition software decreased report turn-around time for the department of radiology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and for 28 of 30 individual faculty members, according to an article published in the July edition of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
Imaging and health IT developer Agfa HealthCare has installed Impax 6 PACS and its fifth generation RIS at four of Alliance Medical's 11 sites across Ireland.
Thirty percent of respondents in a new report from research firm KLAS are considering replacing their cardiovascular information system (CVIS) software because of ongoing frustrations with product functionality and integration.
Agfa HealthCare experienced a 5.2 percent drop in revenue in the first quarter of 2010 compared with the same quarter a year ago, from €291 million ($360 million U.S.) in 2009 to €276 million ($342 million U.S.) in 2010.
Diagnostic imaging and health IT technologies provider Agfa HealthCare has expanded its customer base in Germany by inking 28 new contracts for three of its technologies: Orbis hospital information system/clinical information system, Impax PACS and HYDMedia document management system.
Cambridge, Mass.-based Etiam has signed an agreement with Agfa HealthCare for the global distribution of its medical integration solution, DICOM Izer.
Following what Agfa-Gavaert claimed was a strong end to fiscal year 2009, Agfa HealthCare is anticipating weakening sales in the first fiscal quarter of 2010 and that results for the division for the entire year will be flat.
ATLANTA--The benefits of virtual data in real-world healthcare were clear at the Agfa HealthCare booth at HIMSS10 this week. The company debuted to the U.S. market the Impax Data Center with Xero Technology, an upgrade for the Impax Data Center as well as a way to cut costs and increase PACS image availability via virtualization.
Information management systems provider DR Systems has added to its list of medical facilities taking part in beta trials of its Electronic Medical Information Exchange (eMix), a cloud-based technology for sharing imaging studies and radiology reports.
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Agfa HealthCare (Booth #1633) will offer the healthcare community systems for clinical consolidation, results distribution and improved communication between care providers at the HIMSS10 conference in Atlanta in early March.
Diagnostic imaging and health IT solutions provider Agfa Healthcare has entered into an installation agreement with the Montpellier University Hospital System in France.
During its Feb. 9 meeting, the board of directors of Agfa-Gevaert accepted Jo Cornu’s request to end his mandate as CEO . The board has decided to nominate Christian Reinaudo as his successor, effective immediately.
Agfa HealthCare has integrated its IMPAX 6.0 PACS with workflow, quality improvement, and communications products from peerVue.
Agfa HealthCare’s ORBIS clinical information system has received SAP interface certification.
Clinical trial services supplier BioClinica has acquired the CardioNow unit of Agfa HealthCare for an undisclosed sum.
Agfa HealthCare has hired Jos Nyns as its chief financial officer (CFO).
Vital Images, a provider of enterprise-wide advanced visualization and analysis solutions, has named Erkan Akyuz executive vice president of engineering.
Many hospitals are considering new vendor-neutral solutions for archiving and accessing medical images to avoid being locked into closed, proprietary software, according to a report from market research firm KLAS.
TeraRecon, a San Mateo, Calif.-based provider of advanced visualization and decision support solutions for medical imaging, and Agfa HealthCare have released the cardiac CT review and reporting solution, which conforms to the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography's (SCCT) published guidelines for cardiac CT interpretation.
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“We’re beginning a revolution the way information is collected, managed, used and purposed for patients in the U.S. healthcare system,” said David Blumenthal, MD, chair of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, in opening remarks at an audioconference training session on meaningful use and EHR certification last week.
In Part 1 of our closer look at the final rules for meaningful use and EHR certification standards, CMIO’s Jeff Byers spoke with David Blumenthal, MD, chair of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. In Part 2, CMIOs weigh in with mixed reviews.
The framework for meaningful use is “something that had to be done and has been started intelligently,” John P. Glaser, PhD, vice president and CIO of Partners HealthCare System told CMIO. However, the challenges of becoming meaningful users and optimizing health information exchange will require unprecedented levels of communication within organizations and among healthcare systems, he said.
The contractual obligations in the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on modifications to the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules under the HITECH Act for business associates and downstream entities are game changers, according to Amy S. Leopard, JD, from Walter and Haverfield, during a webinar sponsored by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
Standardizing performance measures, with the help of health IT, will make it possible to collect the right data at the right time to support performance measurement, clinical decision support, clinical research and quality improvement, said Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, president and CEO of the National Quality Forum (NQF) during a webinar hosted by the forum on June 17.