The Washington State Health Care Authority has launched three consumer-managed Health Record Bank pilot projects in three regions of the state, in conjunction with Microsoft HealthVault and Google Health personal health record (PHR) systems.

Lumedx and Mennen Medical have signed a strategic partnership agreement to provide integrated cath lab data that streams hemodynamic cardiovascular patient data to their customers.

The Rochester Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO) hasimplemented eHealth Global Technologies' eHealthConnect Image Exchange service to automate access to patient images for participating healthcare institutions.

A framework and toolkit for secure, efficient and standards-based access to remote imaging data has the potential to enhance multi-institutional collaborations in biomedical imaging studies, according to the developers of an open-source application, VirtualPACS.

Precision Orthopedics in Salinas, Calif., has selected Viztek's Opal-Ortho PACS for digital image management.

GE Healthcare has implemented its Digital Imaging Repository to connect hospitals and medical centers throughout Southwestern Ontario Canada.

The Peine Clinic in Lower Saxony in Germany has interfaced its angiography systems with an image management and reporting system from Siemens Healthcare.

DR Systems has secured four new RIS/PACS contracts, including two data migrations from PACS, totaling almost $1.57 million.