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MedCurrent debuts insurance verification tool

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare practice management firm MedCurrent has launched Verify, a Web-based insurance eligibility tool.

December 7, 2008

Merge teams with IBM

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has partnered with IBM.

December 7, 2008

Elderly do well when undergoing image-guided biopsy procedures

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - Even patients over the age of 80 can successfully and safely undergo image-guided biopsy procedures, study results suggest. Findings from the research, conducted at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, were presented at the 2008 RSNA annual meeting.

December 7, 2008

McKesson inks pact with Iron Mountain

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare information systems firm McKesson has signed an agreement with Iron Mountain to provide its hospital and imaging center customers with a new service for protecting and storing their diagnostic images.

December 4, 2008

Study: How well does MRI-guided breast biopsy work?

By Kate Madden Yee

Breast MRI has been gaining clinical interest of late, with its high sensitivity rate of 86% to 100% for detecting breast cancer. Philadelphia researchers investigated the outcome of MRI-guided breast biopsy as a function of the indication for MRI and the MRI features of the lesions.

December 4, 2008

Compressus lands multisite install

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Software developer Compressus announced it has been selected to implement its MEDxConnect system at multiple sites in Washington.

December 4, 2008