Carestream Health showcased a new works-in-progress viewer for its PACS workstation at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) this week in Vienna, Austria.

According to the FDA, 2008 saw a 30 percent increase in the number of reported MRI accidents. In the four years following 2004, the FDA's MAUDE database catalogues a 270 percent increase in MRI accidents. But what may be even more troubling than the dramatic increase in reported accidents are the numbers that aren't included in the FDA's data.

Amicas, a provider of medical image and information management solutions, has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire healthcare IT developer Emageon.

Rogan-Delft and Pie Medical Imaging have signed a distribution agreement for the integration of Pie's Cardiovascular Angiography Analysis System (CAAS) products into Rogan's Zillion product portfolio.

Physician Healthcare Network in Fort Gratiot, Mich., is now operational with eRAD PACS.

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.

During an internal inspection, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) discovered that a contractor providing medical transcription services was not following its medical information privacy rules.

Corepoint Health is the new brand name for NeoTool, under which the company said it will accelerate the expansion of its product and service offerings.