Agfa HealthCare has opened a research and development (R&D) facility and global data center in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Agfa HealthCare has launched Hydmedia, an electronic content management system for healthcare organizations, to the Canadian market.
Agfa HealthCare has been awarded a three-year contract with Novation to provide CR systems to VHA, UHC and Provista members and affiliate organizations in the U.S.
Agfa HealthCare has connected the 37 member sites of Hospital Diagnostic Imaging Repository Services (HDIRS) in Ontario, providing them the ability to view all diagnostic images and reports through the deployment of Impax Data Center and enterprise viewing technology.
Agfa Healthcare has signed a new agreement with DataFirst, a software engineering firm based in Raleigh, N.C., to provide data migration service capabilities and archival storage technologies for healthcare facilities.
Agfa HealthCare introduced a tabletop CR system and a mammography/general radiology CR product at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR), in Vienna, March 2-5.
Agfa HealthCare (Booth 4234) is introducing ICIS (Imaging Clinical Information System) platform to enhance the EMR at the 2012 Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference and exhibition, Feb. 20-24, in Las Vegas.
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston has added Agfa HealthCare’s Impax Data Center and also intends to upgrade to Impax PACS version 6.5 as the hospital expands its relationship with the Mortsel, Belgium-based healthcare IT vendor.
The global PACS market, valued at $2.8 billion in 2010, is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10 percent to reach $5.4 billion by 2017, according to a MarketResearch.com report titled “Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) – Global Opportunity Assessment, Competitive Landscape and Market Forecasts to 2017.”
The FDA has cleared Agfa HealthCare to market its DX-M computed radiography digitizer with needle-based detectors.
Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City has chosen Agfa DX-G computed radiography (CR) system.
The Cleveland Clinic has installed Agfa HealthCare’s Impax 6.5, the latest version of the software, as the network’s PACS.
Agfa HealthCare (Booth 8350) is introducing an expanded portfolio of cloud and managed service options at the 97th Annual Meeting & Scientific Assembly of the RSNA, Nov. 27 to Dec. 2 in Chicago.
Palmetto Health of South Carolina has installed Agfa HealthCare’s latest version of the Impax PACS.
In the era of health IT and meaningful use, many providers are looking for a one-stop shop to house all their cardiovascular reporting needs. However, in terms of the cardiovascular information system (CVIS), most users reported that their system was only 65 percent complete, and most are still looking for an all-in-one solution to meet their needs, according to an October KLAS report titled, “Will the Complete CVIS Please Stand Up?”
Agfa HealthCare (Booth 8350) will be highlighting its suite of informatics systems and DR system upgrades at the 97th annual RSNA scientific sessions and annual meeting of RSNA, Nov. 27 to Dec. 2 in Chicago.
Premier Purchasing Partners, the group purchasing division of the Premier Healthcare Alliance, has awarded Agfa HealthCare a contract to make Impax Data Center and Impax RIS/PACS/reporting systems available to its members.
Agfa HealthCare has been awarded a new three-year contract with Novation, a healthcare supply contracting company based in Irving, Texas, to provide DR systems to more than 30,000 VHA, UHC and Provista member organizations in the U.S.
Agfa HealthCare is changing the name of Insight Agents to Agfa HealthCare Imaging Agents.
Mid County Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine has selected Agfa HealthCare to supply two new CR systems to service patients needing spine, bone and joint examinations.
