Medical Imaging Northwest Selects Compressus for Enterprise Interoperability.
MEDxConnect(TM) System Implementation Features Integration with McKesson PACS and Kodak Carestream to Provide Seamless Distribution of Data across Disparate Network CHICAGO, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Compressus, leaders in interoperability of disparate healthcare IT systems, and Medical Imaging Northwest (MINW) announced an agreement to implement a single Enterprise-wide...

Foundation Radiology Group Adds World Class Cardiovascular Imaging Expert, Dr. Sanj Katyal, to Staff.
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Pittsburgh-based Foundation Radiology Group (FRG) is pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Sanj Katyal as their new Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations. Katyal will be joining them from West Penn Hospital, where he was most recently the Chief of Cardiovascular Imaging and...

Molecular Breast Imaging Performs Better Than Ultrasound in Patients With Mammographic Abnormalities.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- For difficult to diagnose patients, Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) is found to be a more useful adjunctive imaging tool than ultrasound for patients who need additional imaging following a questionable mammogram, this according to findings presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological...

Siemens: Ask the Ultimate Power in Imaging.
Siemens' portfolio of innovations and workflow solutions take center stage at RSNA 2008 CHICAGO, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At the 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago, November 30 to December 5, Siemens Healthcare (http://www.siemens.com/healthcare) will demonstrate its...

Sentinelle Medical Enters OEM Distribution Agreement with Toshiba.
TORONTO, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Sentinelle Medical Inc., a leading manufacturer of breast MRI coils and software, and Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. are announcing an OEM Distribution Agreement for Sentinelle's Vanguard(R) T-Series coil at this year's Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago, Nov. 30...

Fujifilm Acquires Information Systems Vendor Empiric.
Gains further ground in health IT segment and expands breadth of Synapse(R) portfolio STAMFORD, Conn., Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA is pleased to announce the acquisition of Empiric Systems, LLC, Morrisville, NC. Fujifilm has acquired 100 percent of the Empiric stock, making the vendor...

MedCommons HealthURL, a New Unified Clinical Viewer Appliance, Is Integrated with EMC Open Systems Archive Solution for Healthcare Organizations.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- MedCommons announces integration of its HealthURL Appliance with the EMC Open Systems Archive Solution for Healthcare Organizations. The EMC Open Systems Archive Solution for Healthcare Organizations provides a modular DICOM-compliant management platform that aggregates and reconciles patient information, including medical images from clinical and...

Foundation Radiology Group Named One of 50 Largest Radiology Groups in the Country.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Pittsburgh-based Foundation Radiology Group (FRG) was named by the Radiology Business Journal to be one of the 50 largest radiology groups in the country. Located in Gateway Center in downtown Pittsburgh, FRG has been growing at a brisk pace, and was pleased to get...

St. Paul Radiology Selects AMICAS.
One of the country's largest and most progressive radiology groups partners with AMICAS to enable productivity and growth BOSTON, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMICAS, Inc. , a leader in radiology and medical image and information management solutions, today announced a new partnership with one of the nation's...

Fujifilm AcSelerates the Future of DR.
New spin on flat panel DR detector technology produces superior image quality CHICAGO, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA, Inc., the world leader in digital x-ray with more than 61,800 systems shipped, is pleased to show a groundbreaking flat panel DR system, the FDR AcSelerate(TM)(1)....