Industry News: Page 1358

McKesson inks Miss. contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare information systems firm McKesson has won a contract with a Mississippi-based clinic for its Revenue Management Solutions package.
January 8, 2013
Riverain gets 510(k) for device placement software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared new software from Riverain Technologies that improves the clarity of conventional chest x-ray images and allows radiologists to confirm the proper placement of medical devices, according to the company.
January 8, 2013
Lantheus launches LEU TechneLite generator
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Diagnostic imaging agent developer Lantheus Medical Imaging has added a technetium-99m generator created using low-enriched uranium (LEU) technology to its nuclear imaging product portfolio.
January 8, 2013
Cardinal launches LEU radiopharma initiative
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardinal Health has launched an initiative to help customers better understand and participate in a recently signed federal policy that encourages the use of radioactive imaging agents that are produced with low-enriched uranium (LEU).
January 8, 2013
Study shows DBT plus mammo finds 40% more invasive cancers
By Kate Madden Yee
In one of the first large-scale studies of its kind, Norwegian researchers have found that digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) in combination with conventional digital mammography detects 40% more invasive cancers and decreases false-positive rates by 15%.
January 8, 2013
Carestream lands Vue PACS, Cloud Archive order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has received an order from Memorial Health System in Abilene, KS.
January 8, 2013
Viztek reaches DR milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging informatics firm Viztek said that it sold more than 900 digital radiography (DR) panels in 2012. The orders included more than 150 complete DR rooms, according to the vendor.
January 8, 2013
Analogic bids for Ultrasonix
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
With an eye on expanding its ultrasound direct business into the point-of-care market, medical imaging firm Analogic has inked a deal to purchase ultrasound vendor Ultrasonix Medical for $83 million in cash.
January 7, 2013
GE files applications for F-18 flutemetamol
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency have accepted applications from GE Healthcare for review of its investigational F-18 flutemetamol PET amyloid imaging agent.
January 7, 2013
Most radiologists don't meet Medicare quality reporting rules
By Kate Madden Yee
More than three-quarters of radiologists are not meeting requirements of the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System, according to a study to be published in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. The shortfall could expose radiologists to penalties starting in 2015.
January 7, 2013
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U.S. equipment service market to remain flat
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. market for diagnostic imaging equipment servicing is expected to remain flat, growing at a rate of one-half of 1% per year for the next five years, according to a new report from market research firm Millennium Research Group.
January 7, 2013
AngioDynamics makes 1st Ill. NanoKnife sale
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer AngioDynamics announced that Cancer Treatment Centers of America's Midwestern Regional Medical Center in Zion has acquired a NanoKnife surgical ablation system.
January 7, 2013
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