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February 23, 2012 — Siemens Healthcare announced two new solutions for image management and radiology workflow that will be hosted from the Siemens Healthcare Cloud Computing Center (HCCC), in Malvern, Pa.
February 23, 2012 
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February 22, 2012 — Attendees at the HIMSS 2012 meeting in Las Vegas were given a preview of what will be in the expected proposed rules for Stage 2 meaningful use, certification and standards from officials at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). In a recap featured on its website, HIMSS reported that Farzad Mostashari, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, told attendees, “We stayed the course.” He also noted that image viewing will be an option for meaningful use (MU).
February 23, 2012 
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the number of hospitals using health information technology (IT) has more than doubled in the last two years. She also announced new data showing that nearly 2,000 hospitals and more than 41,000 doctors have received $3.1 billion in incentive payments for ensuring meaningful use of health IT, particularly certified electronic health records (EHR).
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February 21, 2012 — On Feb. 22, the first day of the 2012 National Football League Combine, more than 300 top college football players will undergo X-ray imaging exams using an innovative wireless, digital radiography detector from Carestream Health Inc.
February 22, 2012 
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February 22, 2012 — Cardiologists are expecting to use fewer imaging modalities per patient case in the future, according to a new report released by market research firm IMV Medical Information Division.
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February 21, 2012 — Clarity soft tissue visualization system now provides an autoscan option for automated ultrasound scanning from outside of the treatment room, employing a motorized probe positioned at the patient's perineum.
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February 21, 2012 — Circadence, a provider of WAN and network optimization solutions for healthcare, announced a set of solutions for optimizing electronic content delivery to iOS, Android and Windows clients.
February 22, 2012 
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February 21, 2012 — Dicom Systems is demonstrating the new version of its ArcStore diagnostic imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) vendor-neutral archive (VNA) at the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting in Las Vegas, Nev.
February 22, 2012 
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February 21, 2012 — Fujifilm Medical Systems USA Inc. showcased the version 6.1, the latest addition to the company's Synapse radiology information system (RIS) and Synapse TeleRIS applications at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2012 meeting.
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February 21, 2012 — Theragenics Corp., a medical device company serving the surgical products and prostate cancer treatment markets, announced that it has purchased Core Oncology’s prostate brachytherapy customer base.
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February 21, 2012 — The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) released the results of its first-ever survey measuring demographics and teaching practices of faculty members in radiologic science programs.
February 22, 2012 
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February 21, 2012 — ScImage Inc. announced the development of a unified dashboard to access enterprise-level image-centric health information. For the diverse health enterprise, the new dashboard offers study- and order-centric worklists blended into a single framework, employing exacting new programming and web technologies.
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A comparison of HIMSS Analytics data from September 2011 to December 2011 suggests that a number of hospital segments showed increased capability to achieve Stage 1 of meaningful use.
February 21, 2012 News
February 21, 2012 ? Nucletron, an Elekta company, announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) granted Shonin approval to market the microSelectron Digital (HDR-V3) afterloader in Japan.
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February 20, 2012 — U.S. Senate and House legislators have reached a “doc fix” agreement this week to prevent slashing payments to physicians treating Medicare patients. A law was to take effect at the beginning of March would have reduced reimbursements by 27 percent.
February 20, 2012 
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February 20, 2012 — The Fraxion head frame helps ensure accuracy and precision in stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT) of cancer targets in the brain and cranium. Elekta's Fraxion is the first to introduce an innovative system that integrates all proven cranial immobilization options in a single solution.
February 20, 2012 
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February 20, 2012 — As part of president Obama’s pledge to reduce regulatory burden, Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced HHS will postpone the date at which certain health care entities have to comply with International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition (ICD-10) diagnosis and procedure codes.
February 20, 2012 
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Varian Medical Systems’ OncoView image management and storage solution provides oncology professionals with a reliable, scalable way of archiving and accessing the images and data that impact decisions about a patient's course of treatment. It is designed to archive information covering the entire cancer treatment process from diagnosis to survivorship and followup. OncoView interfaces seamlessly with any standards-based clinical information management system, including Varian's ARIA oncology information system.
February 17, 2012 
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At HIMSS, TeraMedica will present solutions to maximize electronic medical record (EMR) investments and help attain Level 7 certification. The Evercore vendor neutral architecture solution connects images, documents, video, sound and any other information (DICOM/non-DICOM) to any EMR/electronic health record (EHR). Evercore simplifies workflow by providing access to all data and images within one patient record. Through one-click access, Evercore can connect the EMR to the image viewer of the physician's choice. TeraMedica also offers comprehensive cloud solutions, which address disaster recovery, business continuance, legal retention policies, latency issues and more.?
February 17, 2012 
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At HIMSS 2012, Philips will highlight the new IntelliSpace PACS 4.4. IntelliSpace PACS 4.4 leverages the latest advances in IT technology and allows for smarter collaboration with the goal of better patient outcomes. Built on Philips’ successful iSite PACS, IntelliSpace PACS 4.4 elevates the user experience through open access to images and information, enhanced enterprise workflow, new clinical applications and advanced tools for proactive service and support.
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