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Independent service organizations (ISO) will increase their U.S. market share over the next few years, while original equipment manufacturers (OEM), which currently hold a dominant share in the market, may witness a drop-off due to tight budgets for radiology departments, according to a report from Millennium Research Group.
RIS/PACS provider Visage Imaging has released Amira 5.3, a new software platform for visualizing, analyzing and presenting complex 3D and 4D biomedical data.
Image analysis technology provider iCAD has combined several of its offerings to create a new MRI product suite for cancer detection, staging, localization, treatment planning and serial monitoring of the breast, prostate and other organs.
The medical imaging market earned revenues of $5.73 billion in 2009 and is estimated to reach $6.55 billion in 2012, as the market is expected to bounce back from declining reimbursements and effects of the economic downturn, according to a report from market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
Toshiba America Medical Systems has installed its Vantage Titan MR system at Central Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss.
The PACS market has reached maturity with the lion's share of the market shifting from first-time PACS projects to upgrades, according to a report issued last week by marketing research and consulting firm IMV Medical Information Division. For many facilities, investment plans through 2012 are focused on expansions in image storage capacity and network/bandwidth infrastructure, deployment of additional workstations and flat screen monitors and investments in wireless networking and advanced visualization software.
Imaging Healthcare Specialists, based in San Diego, will implement two Oasis high field open MRI systems from Hitachi Medical Systems America.
Imaging with stress cardiac MRI in an observation unit can reduce incident cost without missing acute coronary syndrome in patients with emergent chest pain when compared to inpatient care, according to a study published online May 31 in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
Imaging contract research organization ACR Image Metrix teamed up with Nashua, N.H.- based computer-aided detection company iCAD at the 2010 annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Chicago to showcase the company’s new iCAD image analysis software program.
Tailored strategies based on the characteristics of research participants, including gender, age and family history, as well as willingness to pay for a quality-adjusted life-year (QALY), are required to address the problem of incidental findings in functional MRI studies, according to research published online in Value of Health on June 18.
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Written by Gina Narcisi
According to the 2010 Top 20 Medical Equipment Best in KLAS Awards, Toshiba America Medical Systems continues to stand out in terms of service and support for its customers, holding on to its number one medical equipment vendor ranking for the third consecutive year and holding the ranking in five different categories, Ben Brown, general manager of medical equipment and imaging informatics at KLAS, said in an interview.
Royal Philips Electronics has introduced the Achieva 3T TX Mobile MRI, the first mobile 3T MRI system implemented with MultiTransmit technology.
MRI technologies developer Invivo has released Expression, its new wireless MRI patient monitoring system.
Written by Lisa Fratt
MINNEAPOLIS—Imaging informatics can help in solving many of these persistent problems that plague radiology departments, including radiation dose concerns and mobile patients. During a Thursday afternoon scientific session at the annual meeting of the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM), three sites shared projects that leveraged informatics to overcome common imaging problems.
InSite One has increased its contracts for InDex enterprise archiving managed services during its fiscal year 2010 second quarter.
For the 2010 second quarter, Siemens AG recorded a revenue of €18.23 billion ($24.1 billion), down 4 percent compared to the prior-year period, on single-digit declines in energy and industry and stable revenue in the healthcare unit. Simultaneously, Siemens announced the restructuring of its healthcare unit.
iCAD has reported that it lost $1.2 million in the first quarter of 2010, compared with the $1 million net loss posted in the same quarter a year ago.
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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.