Cynthia E. Keen[email protected]MRIPhilips touts MRI/US for image-guided drug deliveryRoyal Philips Electronics and Eindhoven University of Technology in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, this week announced that their researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of using image guidance for therapeutic drug delivery.February 6, 2011Radiation Oncology/TherapySurveillance/chemo recommended for testicular cancerActive surveillance or chemotherapy work well for most men diagnosed with seminomatous testicular cancer, according to an analysis published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology of five-year outcomes of a community-based treatment protocol used throughout Norway and Sweden.February 6, 2011ISCMS makes imaging demo project awards; Blumenthal to leave ONCThe U.S. government dropped two bombshells on the healthcare IT community on Thursday. First, it announced the recipients of awards for an eagerly awaited project on the use of clinical decision support for ordering radiology studies. Then, it announced that David Blumenthal, MD, is leaving as chief of the agency charged with directing federal health IT policy.February 2, 2011ISStage 2 'meaningful use' proposal spurns radiology -- againImaging providers hoping to get a piece of U.S. stimulus funds for adopting healthcare IT might be feeling spurned. The federal agency overseeing the program has once again omitted radiology in the draft proposal of stage 2 "meaningful use" criteria required to become eligible for the funds.February 2, 2011Radiation Oncology/TherapyBreast brachytherapy utilization rises rapidlyFor the past decade, breast brachytherapy has been used as a treatment for low-risk patients following breast conservation surgery. Although its long-term effectiveness is still unknown, its use has been climbing steadily, according to an article in the January 10 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.January 30, 2011CTIMRT reduces acute toxicities to anal cancer patientsUsing intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) instead of conventional radiation therapy to treat anal cancer reduces severe acute skin and gastrointestinal toxicities that many patients experience, according to research presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.January 26, 2011Digital X-RayQA technique monitors neonatal portable chest radiographsAll hospitals aim to keep radiation dose exposure to a minimum when taking chest radiographs of infants, but this goal can be undermined by invisible "dose creep" of digital x-ray equipment. An article recently published in Pediatric Radiology describes an easy way to monitor exposure levels.January 26, 2011ISSurvey forecasts hospital EHR adoption costs, challengesA new survey of senior IT executives of large "wired" hospital organizations suggests that hospitals needing to adopt electronic health records (EHRs) to achieve "meaningful use" face major costs and challenges, according to management and consulting firm Accenture.January 25, 2011BreastMammograms may detect early signs of heart diseaseScreening mammograms may be able to do more than reveal signs of breast cancer. For women with advanced kidney disease, they can detect calcifications in blood vessels that may be signs of cardiovascular disease, according to a study published January 20 in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.January 19, 2011Radiation Oncology/TherapyShort-course RT helps non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patientsLow-dose palliative radiation therapy (RT) delivered in just two sessions is a highly effective treatment for patients with advanced-stage indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to an article published online December 16 in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.January 18, 2011Previous PagePage 40 of 88Next PageTop StoriesPractice ManagementPost Cures Act, outpatients access radiology reports fasterPost the Cures Act, outpatients can see their radiology reports sooner than those treated in inpatient and emergency settings.MRIMRI may help guide brachial plexus surgeryAIShould hospitals pursue local domain LLM adaptation for radiology reports?Womens ImagingMRI model predicts breast tumor shrinkage patternsMRICheck for middle neck involvement for nasopharyngeal cancer prognosis
