Industry News

Seattle provider pays HHS $100K in patient breach settlement
The Health and Human Services Department (HHS) has entered into a resolution agreement over breaches of health information Privacy and Security Rules by a Seattle home healthcare company.

FONAR to meet with Nasdaq under threat of stock exchange expulsion
Nasdaq's listing qualifications panel has granted FONAR its filed request for a hearing, at which time the company intends to request the continued listing of its securities based on FONAR's plan to solicit proxies and hold its annual meeting.

Philips Electronics officially relocates HQ to Massachusetts
Senior management from Philips Electronics North America, together with Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick, announced Tuesday that Andover, Mass., will serve as the company's new North American headquarters, where Philips Healthcare currently is based.

New super-resolution x-ray microscope holds promise for increased resolution
A super-resolution x-ray microscope combines the penetration power of x-rays with high spatial resolution, making it possible to shed light on the detailed interior composition of semiconductor devices and cellular structures. The first images were published online July 18 in the journal Science.

New Products

EMC updates enterprise content management suite
EMC has released its EMC Documentum enterprise content management (ECM) suite version 6.5—a family of products that combine Web 2.0 and its enterprise-class Documentum platform.

Partnerships & Alliances

Siemens aligns with Imprivata for single sign-on access
Siemens Healthcare and Imprivata, a converged identity and access management appliance company, have entered a strategic partnership, allowing Siemens to offer Imprivata's OneSign platform for authentication and enterprise single sign-on.

Contracts & Installations

Hitachi scores $3M MRI deal with Pennsylvania hospital
St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pa., has invested more than $3 million to purchase Hitachi Medical System's Oasis high-field open MRI system.

Riverain to provide VA hospitals with chest x-ray CAD
Riverain Medical, a provider of computer-aided detection (CAD) and diagnostic technologies, has received a Veterans Affairs (VA) contract for its OnGuard chest x-ray CAD technology.

Illinois hospital renews Emageon contract
Lake Forest Hospital in Lake Forest, Ill., has renewed its agreement with Emageon of Birmingham, Ala., until 2013.

Dutch hospital adopts Barco diagnostic display
Barco has received an order for its Coronis Fusion 6MP DL, a 6-megapixel diagnostic display system, as part of a PACS installation project at the Beatrix Hospital in Gorinchem, the Netherlands.

Financial News

J&J sees uptick in overall revenue, despite 11% profit dip for stent sales
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has reported sales of $16.5 billion for the second quarter of 2008, an increase of 8.7 percent compared to the second quarter of 2007. However, J&J's Cordis division has saw its drug-eluting stent (DES) sales fall 11 percent in the second quarter from a year ago.

Executive Announcements

Intelerad appoints Coffey as general manager
Intelerad Medical Systems has appointed Sandra Coffey to the position of general manager of operations.

Echoserve hires Mussman as sales VP
Echoserve has hired Lyle Mussman as vice president (VP) of sales to provide leadership for its U.S. sales team.

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