Although most of the European womens health imaging system market will decline over the next five years, overall revenues will increase slightly as a result of growth in the breast imaging system segment, due to the introduction and adoption of more expensive and innovative systems, according to Millennium Research Group.

IBM has named its Watson Advisory Board, comprised of medical leaders with expertise in areas such as primary care, oncology, biomedical informatics and medical innovation. The board will provide IBM with insights on healthcare issues that could be positively impacted by Watson technology adoption.

Allscripts launched their integrated diabetes management system, MCT-Clinical for Diabetes, during the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference. The MyCare Team application enables patients and providers to collaborate to manage diabetes between visits and in the office, the company said.

There are two prominent strands of thought in healthcare discussions today. One emphasizes standardization as a means to improve efficiency; the other is individualized, patient-centered medicine based on the unique qualities of the patient. For radiologists, the pursuit of standards and guidelines can be compatible with patient-centered imaging, according to an article published in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Siemens Healthcare has developed a new mobile table designed to transport patients from the intervention room to the MRI scanner.

Visage Imaging, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pro Medicus, has released Visage 7.1, the latest version of the Visage 7 enterprise imaging platform.

Cardiac Science has initiated a voluntary field correction of several automated external defibrillators (AEDs), saying the devices contain a component that may fail due to a manufacturing defect.

Nuvon announced its new Nuvon Vitals and Nuvon Mobile Device Manager at the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference.