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SenoRx deal prompts law firm inquiry
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A Pennsylvania law firm is investigating potential claims against the board of directors of breast brachytherapy developer SenoRx, which agreed to be acquired Wednesday by interventional technology provider C.R. Bard.
May 5, 2010
Conn. breast density law causes conundrum for mammo sites
By Kate Madden Yee
A new Connecticut law that mandates that women undergoing mammography be informed of their breast tissue density rating could spark increased use of ultrasound for breast cancer screening. But are radiologists ready for the additional workload if similar legislation spreads across the U.S.?
April 28, 2010
Report: GE ignored Omniscan warnings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Documents from the Circuit Court of Cook County in Chicago allege that GE Healthcare declined to restrict the use of its gadolinium-based MRI contrast agent Omniscan, despite warnings from people inside the company.
April 18, 2010
Court OKs MedQuist, CBay buy of Spheris
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has approved the sale of substantially all assets of Spheris to speech recognition and transcription technology provider MedQuist and its majority shareholder CBay.
April 15, 2010
Minn. law outlaws exam cheating
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on April 1 signed into law a bill that makes cheating on licensing or certification exams illegal, according to the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.
April 15, 2010
Aribex settles x-ray patent case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Handheld x-ray developer Aribex has settled a patent infringement case with Sigma Biomedics of Prospect Heights, IL; Dentalaire Products International of Fountain Valley, CA; and Digimed of Moscow.
April 13, 2010
The Profit Center: Part 13 -- Radiology as factory work?
By Mark F. Weiss
Are radiologists succumbing to a factory-worker mentality? Such thinking is dangerous, according to healthcare business and legal affairs expert Mark Weiss. In this edition of the Profit Center, he offers ways for radiologists to change this mentality and move from being treated as a commodity to being treated as a unique resource.
April 12, 2010
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Virtual Radiologic patent approved
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Teleradiology services provider Virtual Radiologic has received a notice of allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for several patent applications.
April 6, 2010
Acacia inks patent license deal with Aware
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Patent holding company Acacia Research and its Hospital Systems subsidiary have signed a patent license agreement with imaging software developer Aware.
March 30, 2010
VC grilled in radiation hearings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
This week's U.S. Food and Drug Administration hearings on radiation safety are exposing virtual colonoscopy to high doses of criticism.
March 30, 2010
Radiologist hacks hospital PACS to access patient records
By Donna Domino
A small Connecticut hospital has notified nearly 1,000 patients that their imaging records have been breached by a radiologist who hacked into the PACS network for a month after being fired in February -- with the apparent goal of stealing the hospital's patients.
March 30, 2010
Sectra granted PACS patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra has received a U.S. patent for a method enabling enhanced multisite workflow and image data delivery.
March 30, 2010
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