
Carestream debuted new software features for three of its computed radiography systems that offer important advantages in the areas of quality and exposure control, pediatric and ICU imaging and print output. These features are now shipping with new DIRECTVIEW Elite CR, Classic CR and Max CR systems and are available as upgrades for existing customers.

eHealth Week 2012, the largest annual gathering of the pan-European eHealth communities, has ended. With an impressive programme, 98 exhibitors and over 70 supporting partners, the event gathered more than 2500 delegates over a three day period.
Agfa HealthCare's first quarter revenue decreased by 3.1 percent versus last year. In the Imaging segment, the market-driven decline for traditional X-ray film products continued, while the digital radiography business (consisting of Computed Radiography and Direct Radiography) was influenced by product mix effects.
HIMSS Europe today delivered its annual Leadership award to Steiner Pedersen, MD, a Norwegian internationally renowned IT health professional "for having created Europe's first Research and Development Centre for Telemedicine and for making Tromsø,Norway the centre for development of Telemedicine."
Daintel, a provider of software solutions developed specifically to specialist hospital departments was awarded the 2012 EU SME eHealth Competition first prize. Daintel has achieved a 50% market share in Denmark in just 18 months, and now the company is focused on expanding to other European markets.
The Institute for Emergency Medical Service (EMS) in Novi Sad, Serbia, has turned to Microsoft Lync 2010 for assistance with upgrading its once-antiquated dispatching system. Previously when patients called EMS, their details were taken down on paper and a dispatcher relayed that information to the teams in the field via radio station or cellphone.
Savonlinna Central Hospital, part of East Savo Hospital District, was awarded a top prize for its best practices in healthcare IT by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) at the World of Health IT (WoHIT) event in Copenhagen, Denmark, in May 2012.