The challenge of handling large volumes of patient-related data and images has now outgrown traditional ways of dealing with such information. Sharing, retrieving, saving, and viewing high-resolution medical images (MRIs, X-rays, etc) in conjunction with corresponding patient information accurately and reliably every time demands technology like Picture Archive Communication System...
The Canadian government unveiled a plan in 2001 to create an interoperable Electronic Health Record EHR for half of the country's population by 2009. The plan is aimed at increasing healthcare efficiency, hereby helping to address Canada's critical human resource shortages and potentially saving billions of dollars annually. As part...
As your healthcare organization makes the transition to digital imaging and recordkeeping, you face a whole new set of technological challenges. But if you can transform the overwhelming amount of data into usable information, you can access records faster and more reliably - and benefit from operational efficiencies and better...
Trade associations won a great victory in July when the Federal Election Commission FEC amended its regulations to allow corporate members of an association to use a payroll deduction system to forward employee contributions to the association's political action committee PAC. America's Community Bankers and COMPAC, its political action committee,...
The expression HIS/RIS/PACS integration at first sounds a little daunting, as if it were pretty complex. But this impression is not correct. On the contrary, hospitals that choose to forego the integration of HIS, RIS and PACS run into incredibly complex problems. Ever since the Marienkrankenhaus in Hamburg has integrated...
The purpose of this whitepaper is to provide information on how FUSION PACS can support the overall Healthcare Insurance Portability & Accountability Act HIPAA compliance efforts. This paper includes information specific to the Privacy and Security. Each organization must determine the combination of approaches that best fits its organizational needs....
The study analyzes and quantifies the impact of PACS access in the hospital, MD office, and at home for medical and surgical referring physicians. Benefits included efficiency and workflow improvements, eliminated travel to the hospital, and enablers for improved quality care. Also included are important lessons learned for MD training,...
Bethesda Healthcare System made a strategic decision to invest in PACS technology when its executive management team conceded that traditional X-ray film management would never achieve the information access expectations of its physicians, patients and medical staff. The imaging department needed more than a PACS. It also needed a major...
This paper describes about the up-to-the-minute information which is important in most lines of work. But in healthcare, it's essential. The healthcare facilities can have a better and more affordable way of managing medical images. Using a Picture Archiving and Communications System PACS from IBM and IBM Business Partners, healthcare...
SIENET is the Siemens networking solution for radiology and the hospital - for digital image reporting, distribution and archiving. This PACS network allows every member of the treatment team to access critical information - accurately and when it's needed most. Of course, it goes without saying, ensured system availability is...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-16 July 2008-RingCube and MXI Security partner to deliver a virtual desktop on the hardware-encrypted Stealth MXP Biometric USB DriveC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com RingCube Technologies, a provider of virtual workspaces, and MXI Security, a supplier of secure portable data systems, have teamed up to produce a secure...
BOSTON, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Riverside Partners, a Boston based private equity firm focusing on healthcare and technology businesses, is pleased to announce that The J-Pac and Doyen Medipharm Group ("JPDM" or the "Company"), a leader in contract manufacturing and packaging machinery for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries,...
SINGAPORE -- The current economic slump in the US has not had a major impact on the Asia-Pacific contact centre applications market in 2007. Except for the Philippines where some deals were deferred, almost all other Asia-Pac countries saw contact centres increasing their investments on equipment and applications to improve...
GUADALAJARA, Mexico, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: PAC; BMV: GAP) (the "Company" or "GAP") today announced that the Company is updating its guidance for full year 2008 based on recent developments that have increased uncertainty with respect to rates of growth of...
RingCube Managed Virtual Workspaces to be Delivered on MXI Security Biometric USB Drives MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & SANTA ANA, Calif. -- RingCube Technologies, a leading provider of the managed, virtual workspace, and MXI Security, the leader in superior managed portable security solutions, partner to deliver MojoPac Enterprise on...
A new, 137,000-square-foot Target store is looking to move in to a Tigard shopping center. Construction is expected to begin next June on the store, which will be located in the Tigard Triangle at Dartmouth Street and 72nd Avenue. Tigard-based developer PacTrust Pacific Realty Association has agreed...
Namco Networks Brings Arcade Classics and Other Casual Games to BlackBerry Smartphones Through Partnership with Handmark SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Namco Networks, a leading publisher and developer of mobile games and entertainment for the mass-market casual gamer, and Handmark, a global leader in the development and distribution of...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-14 July 2008-LUMEDX releases new version of picture archiving and communications software for cardiology image viewing and analysisC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com LUMEDX Corporation, a company specialising in cardiovascular information and imaging software systems, has released version 5.0 of CardioPACS. CardioPACS, a Picture Archiving and Communications...
Multi-Modality, Web-Enabled and Vendor-Neutral, CardioPACSTM 5.0 Delivers Maximum Flexibility, Interoperability and Efficiency OAKLAND, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- LUMEDX Corporation, a leading provider of fully integrated cardiovascular imaging and information solutions, introduces CardioPACSTM 5.0, the latest version of its cardiology PACS software. Multi-modality, web-enabled and vendor-neutral,...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Emageon Inc. , a leading provider of technology solutions for hospitals and healthcare networks announced today that the company's RadSuite product has been chosen by HealthNet L.L.C., a Montana technology joint venture, to include installs at Glendive Medical Center and Sidney Health Center....
