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February 25, 2009 - Products or services become commoditized when there is no differentiation between how they are perceived, and price becomes the determining factor in provider selection. In radiology, the threat of commoditization has increased in part due to teleradiology, increased information exchange and the development of new technology, according to Bruce I. Reiner, M.D., and Eliot L.

Time February 24, 2009
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February 25, 2009 - The most frequently cited subspecialty for radiology was neuroradiology at 17.1 percent and for radiation oncology, 18.9 percent of procedures involve the prostate, according to an article, Subspecialization in Radiology and Radiation Oncology, by Geoffrey G. Smith, M.D., et al, published in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Time February 24, 2009
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February 25, 2009 - Merge Healthcare released Cedara ProPlanner 3.1, a digital solution for joint arthroscopy, trauma and deformity correction that can be integrated into existing applications such as PACS or EMRs.

Time February 24, 2009
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February 24, 2009 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology will host a connectathon at its headquarters in Fairfax, VA., this September as part of the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise Radiation Oncology (IHE-RO) initiative to promote seamless connectivity and integration of radiotherapy equipment and patient health information systems.

Time February 24, 2009
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February 24, 2009 – The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) today introduced its HIMSS Online Buyer’s Guide, a Web-based tool with companies listing relevant information on their healthcare IT products and services.

Time February 24, 2009
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Feb. 24, 2009 – NovaRad’s NovaRIS receives the highest overall performance score in the RIS community hospital market segment of the 2009 KLAS “The Revival of RIS” report.

Time February 24, 2009
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ScImage will demonstrate the newly added cardiology imaging capabilities for its cardiology PACS, including; structured reporting for echocardiography and vascular procedures, a clinical information database, voice recognition enhanced reporting, DICOM Modality Worklist Driven ECG Management and automatic pre-fetch of cardiac CT and thoracic CR/DR exams stored on its multi-departmental PACS.

Time February 24, 2009
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Digirad's Cardius X-ACT, a dedicated cardiac SPECT system, offers the potential to set new clinical standards with X-ACT attenuation correction. The X-ACT system is based on the high-efficiency Cardius-3 XPO triple-head upright dedicated nuclear cardiac SPECT imaging system.

Time February 24, 2009
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The INFINITT Cardiology PACS has a user friendly interface, optimized for the cardiology specialists’ workflow. It is a Web-based solution with smart clients, supporting Cine CT and providing reliable measurement tools for Cath, Echo, ECG and CT 3D images.

Time February 24, 2009
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McKesson’s latest generation Horizon Cardiology (version 12) is designed to incorporate the latest technology and enables extensive new clinical functionality, thus further improving the cardiology department and user workflows.

Time February 24, 2009
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February 24, 2009 - Researchers are testing the use of positron emission tomography (PET) for dose painting, but have found the technique is limited by PET’s spatial resolution, according to researchers from the Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium (Radiother. Oncol. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.11.014).

Time February 24, 2009
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February 24, 2009 - The Texas Facilities Commission has chosen Viztek as its digital radiology solution provider.

Time February 24, 2009
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February 24, 2009 - Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. today said a paper published online in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reinforces the clinical use and impact of its echocardiography contrast agent DEFINITY Vial For (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) Injectable Suspension in hospitalized and critically ill cardiac patients.

Time February 24, 2009
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February 24, 2009 - BrachySciences, a provider of medical devices for the treatment of early stage prostate cancer, has signed a distribution agreement with IsoRay Inc. to distribute manufacturer of Proxcelan, making BrachySciences the only provider of all three radioactive isotopes used in low dose rate (LDR) prostate brachytherapy.

Time February 24, 2009
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February 24, 2009 - Healthcare and breast radiology professionals from around the world recently attended the annual meeting of the Aurora Breast MRI Society in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where they highlighted designing more personalized treatments for breast cancer.

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February 24, 2009 - McKesson Health Solutions, a business unit of McKesson Corp., today announced the launch of an Uncompensated Care Management Program, designed to decrease the amount of uncompensated care provided within hospitals.

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February 24, 2009 - The Medipattern Corp. and NAVIX Diagnostix Inc., a leading provider of vascular ultrasound outsourcing solutions in the northeastern U.S., said that NAVIX will collect data for the development of Medipattern's vascular imaging tool, VasculariQ.

Time February 23, 2009
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February 24, 2009 – Two U.S. healthcare facilities recently signed multiyear contracts with Siemens Healthcare for installation of Siemens’ Soarian Health Information System (HIS) platform. An additional facility also signed a multiyear contract for Soarian and Siemens’ MedSeries4, another fully Web-based HIS designed to meet the needs of community hospitals.

Time February 23, 2009
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Vital Images’ Vitrea Web is a solution exclusive to ViTAL Enterprise customers that provides anywhere access to all of Vital Images’ powerful clinical applications.

Time February 23, 2009
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February 23, 2009 - Neuisys Imaging System Solutions announced that the FDA has granted 510(k) clearance of the NeuViz 16, a multislice computed tomography (CT) system, which was developed by Philips Neusoft Medical Systems, a joint venture between Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands and Neusoft Corporation of China.

Time February 23, 2009
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