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Feds ask for 12-month delay for stage 2 of meaningful use
By Cynthia E. Keen
The implementation of stage 2 of the U.S. government's "meaningful use" program for healthcare IT stimulus funding should be extended by 12 months, according to a recommendation by the Health IT Policy Committee of the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.
June 9, 2011
Toshiba completes cash offer for Vital Images
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba Medical Systems said it has completed its initial cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of Vital Images common stock.
June 8, 2011
Shine Medical wins funding for isotope project
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Wisconsin startup company Shine Medical has secured an initial $11 million in venture capital funding as part of its effort to develop a manufacturing plant to address the worldwide shortage of molybdenum-99.
June 8, 2011
GE wins FDA nod for AngioViz
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for AngioViz, an application that enables doctors to visualize vascular flow on a single image during interventional radiology procedures.
June 8, 2011
ONC announces health IT initiative
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has announced a new program designed to accelerate the development of innovations to resolve challenges in healthcare IT.
June 8, 2011
Fla. center to pay $3M to settle false-claims charges
By Kate Madden Yee
A Florida imaging center has agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges that it filed false Medicare claims that violated Stark law prohibitions on physician self-referral, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
June 8, 2011
Indian radiologists act on sex-selective abortions
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Between 4 million and 12 million female fetuses were aborted in India between 1980 and 2010, according to a new study in Lancet. Ultrasound still seems to be used widely to facilitate sex-selective abortions. What do the country's radiologists think?
June 8, 2011
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GE, Mayo to study dedicated brain scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and the Mayo Clinic have received a grant for $5.7 million from the U.S. National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to develop a dedicated brain MRI scanner to study neurological and psychiatric disorders.
June 8, 2011
ImageIQ signs MIT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging contract research organization ImageIQ has added the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as new customer.
June 8, 2011
ITL adds to PACS line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS/PACS developer Image Technology Laboratories (ITL) has added Plug 'n PACS to its portfolio of PACS offerings.
June 8, 2011
IMP merges with Barrington Lakes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging company Integrated Medical Partners (IMP) has merged with physician-group practice management and consulting firm Barrington Lakes Group.
June 8, 2011
Proton therapy: Is randomization needed?
By Tami Freeman
Are randomized clinical trials appropriate for demonstrating proton therapy's superiority to x-ray therapy? The European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology meeting, held last month in London, was the venue of a contentious debate on this subject.
June 8, 2011
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