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Paging system accelerates clinician access to medical images
By Erik L. Ridley
Knowledge is power, or least it was recently at an Australian hospital: Researchers there found that paging referring physicians to tell them their images were available in the PACS dramatically decreased the time between when studies were ready and when they were viewed.
June 16, 2013
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FDA issues cybersecurity warning
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a communication addressing recent cybersecurity incidents affecting medical devices and hospital networks.
June 13, 2013
SNMMI: FET-PET aids pediatric brain cancer patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET imaging with F-18 fluoroethyl-tyrosine (FET) PET can add relevant clinical information for treatment planning and monitoring of children and young adults with brain cancer when MR images are equivocal, according to a study presented at this week's Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) meeting.
June 13, 2013
ART signs Lahey Clinic
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's health firm Advanced Radiation Therapy (ART) has inked a deal to install its AccuBoost breast cancer brachytherapy device at two Lahey Clinic locations in Massachusetts.
June 13, 2013
MedPAC proposes new Medicare payment model
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has proposed a new Medicare payment model in its June 2013 report to Congress.
June 13, 2013
Imaging center firm CML to divest sites in Canada
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian imaging center operator CML HealthCare is moving ahead with its plan to exit the medical imaging business by selling off its imaging centers in the country.
June 13, 2013
MedQ lands ND client
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology IT provider MedQ has won a contract to install its dictation and reporting software at Jamestown Regional Medical Center in Jamestown, ND.
June 13, 2013
Carestream completes Calif. DR installations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has completed the installation of eight Carestream DRX digital radiography (DR) systems at San Antonio Community Hospital in Upland, CA.
June 13, 2013
Varian, Siemens link radiation therapy systems
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems and Siemens Healthcare have developed and deployed an interface between each firm's radiation therapy products.
June 13, 2013
CR, DR breast cancer screening performance comparable
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiologists reading breast screening studies had comparable performance regardless of whether the images were acquired with computed radiography (CR) or digital radiography (DR) mammography systems, according to a Belgian study published online in European Radiology. Still, DR delivered a lower radiation dose than CR.
June 13, 2013
ACR urges CMS not to separate MR, CT cost centers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) and a coalition of other radiology organizations are raising objections to a plan to change how Medicare pays for hospital-based CT and MRI scans.
June 12, 2013
Mindray to buy Zonare for $105M
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical equipment manufacturer Mindray Medical International is vying to expand its ultrasound presence, inking a deal to purchase ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems for $105 million.
June 12, 2013
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