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Supercommittee Dems pitch $400B Medicare cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Democrats on the congressional "supercommittee" charged with reducing the U.S. budget deficit are seeking up to $3 trillion in savings, including $400 billion in Medicare cuts, according to Reuters.
October 26, 2011
Lantheus revises label for Definity US contrast
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging announced it has made changes to the U.S. product label for its Definity ultrasound contrast agent.
October 26, 2011
FDA workshop eyes solutions for improving MRI safety
By Wayne Forrest
Representatives from the radiology community convened in Washington, DC, this week for a two-day workshop held by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on how to improve MRI safety. Attendees came up with a variety of recommendations for addressing the alarming rise in reported MRI accidents.
October 26, 2011
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Health info exchange market heating up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nearly 80% of U.S. hospitals either already have joined or plan to join a health information exchange, according to a new report from healthcare technology research and advisory firm CapSite.
October 26, 2011
St. Jude gets FDA nod for OCT/FFR unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac technology developer St. Jude Medical has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its Ilumien integrated optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fractional flow reserve (FFR) system.
October 25, 2011
Siemens sponsors student competition
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare is sponsoring an international student competition to obtain ideas on how technological progress and changes in society will affect global healthcare systems.
October 25, 2011
Accusoft Pegasus releases new mobile app
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image compression software developer Accusoft Pegasus has released Barcode Xpress Mobile for Android.
October 25, 2011
CT boosts prediction of acute stroke in TIA patients
By Rosemary Frei
Modifying a commonly used scale for stroke prediction in transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients to take into account whether acute ischemia is present on CT increases the scale's accuracy, according to a presentation this month at the Canadian Stroke Congress in Ottawa, Ontario.
October 25, 2011
DMS to sell Fukuda Denshi ultrasound
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The DMS Topline Medical division of DMS Health Technologies has been chosen by Japanese medical instrument firm Fukuda Denshi to distribute the company's new UF-760AG 3D/4D compact ultrasound scanner.
October 24, 2011
CT lung screening gets boost by adding COPD sequence
By James Brice
Low-dose CT lung screening has already demonstrated its effectiveness in reducing mortality from lung cancer. Now, Dutch researchers have found that adding a short sequence to the low-dose CT protocol can help the modality detect chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study published on Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
October 24, 2011
SIIM regional meeting focuses on Calif. dose reporting bill
By Rebekah Moan
SAN FRANCISCO - California's new radiation dose reporting law was the focus of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine's (SIIM) first regional meeting. Attendees heard from inspectors on how they plan to enforce the law, which could become a model for other states concerned about radiation overdose.
October 24, 2011
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Viztek completes Texas install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging informatics firm Viztek has installed its Viztek U-Arm digital radiography system at the Methodist Center for Orthopaedic Surgery in Houston.
October 24, 2011
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