Industry News

MEDecision names Wallace as interim president, COO
MEDecision has named Tim Wallace as interim president and chief operating officer.

New 3D ultrasound technology could improve stroke diagnosis, care
Duke University bioengineers can compensate for the thickness and unevenness of the skull using 3D ultrasound technology to see in real time the arteries within the brain that most often clog up and cause strokes, according to research published online April 18 in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology.

Nuclear Medicine Professionals high Q1 sales might lead to sale of the company
Nuclear Medicine Professionals reported positive first quarter financial gains for the mobile cardiology company, which has lead the managing partners to consider selling the company.

Clinical Studies

Boston Scientific completes enrollment in heart failure trial
Boston Scientific has completed the enrollment in its Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial with Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.

New Products

Grundig launches kits for digital dictation
Grundig Business Systems has launched a range of Premium Kits which come in three versions: DigtaDesktop for office-based use, DigtaMobile for use on the road and DigtaTranscription for secretaries and transcription services.

IMAGE to release new nuclear medicine software
IMAGE Information Systems is launching IQ-NUC, new nuclear medicine software for the automatic reconstruction and processing of medical images.

IMAGINE unveils new medical billing software
IMAGINE Software, a provider of medical billing solutions, has introduced its patent-pending technology, the IMAGINEappliance, designed to automate billing throughout its cycle.

Partnerships & Alliances

ProSolv CVIIS interfaces with Philips ultrasound software
ProSolv CardioVascular, a FUJIFILM company, has interfaced its cardiovascular image and information systems (CVIIS) with Qlab, proprietary ultrasound software from Philips Healthcare.

Contracts & Installations

Richardson Electronics delivers medical displays to Canadian healthcare market
Richardson Electronics' Healthcare Display Systems Group is concurrently delivering and installing multiple enterprise-wide medical imaging display solutions in Ontario.

7 Medical expands PACS, EMR installs to three additional states
7 Medical Systems, a provider in on-demand PACS and EMR solutions for healthcare, has signed eight new contracts for the quarter, which ended March 31.

Financial News

Digirad net income slides in Q1
Digirad, a provider of medical diagnostic imaging systems and services, has reported a net loss of $1.4 million, compared to net income of $74,000 for the year prior, for the first fiscal quarter, which ended March 31.

Executive Announcements

Pruter joins Aspyra as senior VP of sales, marketing
Robert Pruter has joined Aspyra, a provider of clinical and diagnostic information solutions for healthcare, as senior vice president of sales and marketing.

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