Medical Imaging News

EU Research Promoting Libre Software Model
Kerala Next – Frank van der Linden of Philips Medical Systems argues that for global companies, it doesn t make sense to invest resources in software that doesn t create any differentiating value for the company. The global demand for software development

Callidus Software Receives ‘Positive’ Rating in Leading Analyst Firm’s
WTen.com – Customers/Partners include 7-Eleven, Accenture, CUNA Mutual, HP, IBM, Philips Medical Systems, Sprint Nextel, Sun Microsystems, Time Warner Corporation and Wachovia. Callidus is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol CALD. Note on Forward

Caught offside
Zawya.com – Philips Medical Systems is even throwing in HeartStart Defibrillators at some matches. FIFA, therefore, is doing all it can to protect Philips and the other official sponsors from being upstaged by other non-affiliated brands keen to cash in on event

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Pharmaceutical Business Review – For the fiscal year ended December 2003 Philips Medical Systems achieved revenues that totaled E5,990 million ($7,397.7 million), a decrease of 12.5% against the previous years revenues that were E6,844 million. The company s revenues represented

Philips Medical inks research agreement with Dartmouth
Boston Business Journal – Philips Medical Systems , a division of Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG), and the medical and engineering schools of Dartmouth College have entered into a research agreement to develop imaging capabilities that aim to better enable earlier

Orion Health Appoints RHIO Expert John Lightfoot as Chief Technology Officer (PrimeZone via Yahoo! Finance)
Orion Health, a leading provider of clinical workflow and integration technology for the healthcare sector, announces the appointment of John Lightfoot to Chief Technology Officer, Orion Health North America.
Big Prospects for China's Medical-Device Makers – Seeking Alpha

Toshiba Appoints Vice President of Business Operations
dBusinessNews.com – Before joining Toshiba in 2003, Richards held various sales management positions with Philips Medical Systems and Marconi Medical Systems. For more information about Toshiba and its wide range of products, please visit www.medical.toshiba.com . About …
Baxa Corporation’s Claude Hooton Featured in Leadership Strategy Book, ‘Inside the Minds: The Health Care Management (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Baxa Corporation’s Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Claude Hooton, was recognized as an expert in healthcare leadership in the recently released book, “Inside the Minds: The Health Care Management Team: The Roles, Responsibilities, and Leadership Strategies of CEOs, CTOs, Marketing Executives, and HR Leaders,” published by Aspatore Books.
Beijing Policy Shift May Boost Local Medical-Device Companies – Wall Street Journal (subscription)

Toshiba’s X-Ray Vision
Forbes – But in order to grab market share from companies like General Electric (nyse: GE – news – people ), Siemens (nyse: SI – news – people ) and Philips Medical Systems , Toshiba will need some help. It has turned to …

Baxa Corporation’s Claude Hooton Featured in Leadership Strategy Book, ‘Inside the Minds: The Health Care Management (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Baxa Corporation’s Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Claude Hooton, was recognized as an expert in healthcare leadership in the recently released book, “Inside the Minds: The Health Care Management Team: The Roles, Responsibilities, and Leadership Strategies of CEOs, CTOs, Marketing Executives, and HR Leaders,” published by Aspatore Books.
Premier Inc. Announces Imaging Group Buy With Philips Medical … – dBusinessNews Charlotte (press release)

Premier Inc. Announces Imaging Group Buy With Philips Medical …
dBusinessNews.com – CHARLOTTE — The Premier alliance of nearly 1,500 hospitals and health systems has announced a special group buy for Philips Medical Systems, as well as associated contrast media injectors from Mallinckrodt and Medrad. The event, which runs through …
Baxa Corporation’s Claude Hooton Featured In Leadership Strategy Book, ‘Inside The Minds: The Health Care Management (Medical News Today)
Baxa Corporation’s ExecutiveVice President of Sales and Marketing, Claude Hooton, was recognized as anexpert in healthcare leadership in the recently released book, “Inside theMinds: The Health Care Management Team: The Roles, Responsibilities, andLeadership Strategies of CEOs, CTOs, Marketing Executives, and HR Leaders,”published by Aspatore Books. [click link for full article]
Philips wins 100m medical equipment deal at Royal Hospitals … – MTBeurope

Baxa Corporation’s Claude Hooton Featured In Leadership Strategy Book …
Medical News Today – Featuring CEOs, CTOs, marketing executives and HR leaders from companies such as Stryker, Philips Medical Systems, FUJIFILM Medical Systems, the book provides a broad yet comprehensive overview of this dynamic industry today. According to Hooton …

Callidus Software Receives ‘Positive’ Rating in Leading Analyst Firm’s 2006 MarketScope for Sales Incentive (SYS-CON Media)
Callidus Software Inc. , the leader in Enterprise Incentive Management (EIM), today announced that the company received a ‘Positive’ rating from Gartner, Inc. in the analyst firm’s MarketScope for Sales Incentive Compensation Management Software, 2006. To review the entire report, please visit http://www.callidussoftware.com/papers/marketscope/06.
Philips wins 100m medical equipment deal at Royal Hospitals … – MTBeurope

Premier Inc. Announces Imaging Group Buy With Philips Medical …
dBusinessNews.com – CHARLOTTE — The Premier alliance of nearly 1,500 hospitals and health systems has announced a special group buy for Philips Medical Systems, as well as associated contrast media injectors from Mallinckrodt and Medrad. The event, which runs through …
Defibrillator problems examined (Seattle Times)
A review of safety data raises questions about the reliability of the defibrillators that hang on the walls of airports, shopping malls…
Philips new medical software applications – Jobwerx

National Builder Organization Recognizes Carpenter, Cammack …
dBusinessNews.com – Premier Inc. Announces Imaging Group Buy With Philips Medical, Mallinckrodt, and Medrad CHARLOTTE — The Premier alliance of nearly 1,500 hospitals and … RolloverSystems Names Harold Hampton Senior VP of Technology and Operations; Industry Leader …

Premier Inc. Announces Imaging Group Buy With Philips Medical, Mallinckrodt, and Medrad (RedNova)
The Premier alliance of nearly 1,500 hospitals and health systems has announced a special group buy for Philips Medical Systems, as well as associated contrast media injectors from Mallinckrodt and Medrad.
Beijing Policy Shift May Boost Local Medical-Device Companies – Wall Street Journal (subscription)

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dBusinessNews.com – He is a member of the Board of Management of Royal Philips Electronics, which owns approximately 70.9% of the Company’s common stock, and is the Chief Executive Officer of Philips Medical Systems. Both Mr. Hommen and Mr. Karvinen are deemed to be …
Baxa Corporation s Claude Hooton Featured in Leadership Strategy Book, Inside the Minds: The Health Care Management Team (PR Web)
Claude Hooton, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Baxa Corporation, was recognized for his leadership through his contribution to the recently released book, “Inside the Minds: The Health Care Management Team.” Hooton s contribution joins those of CEOs, CTOs and other leaders to provide insight into the best leadership practice in the health care industry. (PRWEB Aug 11, 2006)
Premier Inc. Announces Imaging Group Buy With Philips Medical … – dBusinessNews Charlotte (press release)

Caught offside
Zawya.com – Philips Medical Systems is even throwing in HeartStart Defibrillators at some matches. FIFA, therefore, is doing all it can to protect Philips and the other official sponsors from being upstaged by other non-affiliated brands keen to cash in on event

Philips Q2 sales and opg beat forecasts, net misses; sees slower
Forbes – Philips Medical Systems saw sales grow by 9 pct compared to the second quarter of last year. Sales were 1.630 bln eur versus 1.498 bln. For the full year, Philips expects a ‘high-single-digit’, while operating margins are expected to ‘show an

Toshiba America gets a new operations VP
Orange County Register – Previously, he worked with Philips Medical Systems and Marconi Medical Systems. Cohen promotes director Mark Strauss was promoted to managing director of the capital markets unit of Newport Beach-based commercial real estate firm Cohen Financial

Philips Presents Speechmagic 6.1 – Healthcare Speech Recognition Turns
Onlypunjab.com – Crescendo, Dolbey, Epic, Healthcare Technologies, MedQuist and other Philips partners use reporting solutions powered by SpeechMagic. Leading international healthcare companies such as AGFA Healthcare, GE Healthcare, Kodak Health, Philips Medical

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dBusinessNews.com – He is a member of the Board of Management of Royal Philips Electronics, which owns approximately 70.9% of the Company’s common stock, and is the Chief Executive Officer of Philips Medical Systems. Both Mr. Hommen and Mr. Karvinen are deemed to be

Cutting Edge Hospital Equipment
KTRE – The hospital’s new Brilliance CT scanner from Philips Medical Systems features advanced technology that produces split-second high quality images, permitting doctors to see more anatomical detail in a fraction of the time needed for other tests. With