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Amicas, a provider of image and information management solutions, has reported a large jump in revenue, despite sliding net income in its unaudited financial results for its fiscal 2009 second quarter, which ended June 30.
Chris E. Perkins has been named Eclipsys' executive vice president (EVP) and chief financial officer (CFO), effective immediately. He will report to Phil Pead, Eclipsys' CEO and president.
Acacia Research's subsidiary, Hospital Systems, has agreed to license its PACS technology patents to Amicas.
Amicas, a provider of radiology and medical image and information management solutions, has completed its acquisition of Emageon—which settled a shareholder class action lawsuit in order to finalize the merger.
Amicas, a provider of medical image and information management solutions, has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire healthcare IT developer Emageon.
Healthcare IT developer Emageon has terminated its amended merger agreement with the New York City-based Health Systems Solutions (HSS), due to the latter's failure to receive all necessary financing on or before a designated closing date of Feb. 11.
Emageon, a provider of enterprise medical information technology systems for hospitals and healthcare networks, has been awarded a five-year HeartSuite Vericis cardiology contract with MultiCare Health System, a healthcare organization made up of four hospitals in the Greater Tacoma, Washington area.
Emageon has formally demanded a closing of its pending merger with Health Systems Solutions (HSS) by today, Dec. 23.
Emageon said its stockholders have voted to approve its proposed merger with Health Systems Solutions (HHS) at a special meeting of stockholders held at Emageon’s offices.
Emageon (Booth 8537) is featuring its HeartSuite that offers an integrated suite of cardiology tools for enterprise-wide imaging, content, and information management.
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Many hospitals are considering new vendor-neutral solutions for archiving and accessing medical images to avoid being locked into closed, proprietary software, according to a report from market research firm KLAS.
RIS/PACS developer DR Systems has hired Ryan Yamatani as vice president of sales and marketing, and John Conklin as the director of cardiology programs.
Amicas has reported lower revenues and increased losses in unaudited financial results for its fiscal 2009 first quarter that ended March 31.
A complete, truly integrated cardiovascular information system (CVIS) does not exist today, based on the opinion of most healthcare providers, according to a new report by healthcare market research firm KLAS.
The disintegration of the merger between Emageon and Health Systems Solutions (HSS) last week could be tied to investment fraud charges brought against a Texas-based international financing company that was expected to back HHS in the deal.
Emageon, a developer of enterprise medical IT systems for hospitals and healthcare networks, reported that it has been informed by Health Systems Solutions (HSS) that it does not expect that Stanford International Bank will provide the funding necessary to consummate the parties' planned merger transaction.
Health Systems Solutions (HSS) and Emageon have agreed to extend the closing date for their pending merger to Feb. 11.
Emageon featured its new Outside Study Gateway (OSG) at the 2008 RSNA meeting in Chicago earlier this month.
Emageon (Booth 8537) is featuring its new Outside Study Gateway (OSG) that enables outside facilities to perform direct DICOM transmission of their PACS images to the receiving hospital’s OSG server, providing for patient and exam integrity checks to be automatically performed as well as auto-forwarding into the receiving hospital’s enterprise PACS.
Emageon (Booth 8537) is featuring its new Outside Study Gateway that offers a solution that enables outside facilities to perform direct DICOM transmission of their PACS images to the receiving hospital’s OSG server, providing for patient and exam integrity checks to be automatically performed as well as auto-forwarding into the receiving hospital’s enterprise PACS.
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The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
During the Health IT Standards Committee meeting on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C., the Clinical Operations Workgroup sought to gather comments on proposed recommendations on implementation specifications for content exchange, vocabulary and code set standards for the Interim Final Rule of meaningful use.
In 2006, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), a branch of the FDA, began examining the number of medical device reports they received. Over the past two years, the number of submitted reports has increased, sparking a demand for the CDRH to make a move to electronic reporting.
A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.