Equipment: Page 13

New imaging equipment services firm opens its doors

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

HealthMed360 has officially begun operations as a new company, providing system sales, service, and parts and mobile rentals of CT, MRI, PET/CT, and ultrasound equipment in the U.S.

August 21, 2018

CMS finalizes overhaul to meaningful use program

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a final rule for its Inpatient Prospective Payment System and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System that includes its proposed overhaul of the meaningful use program.

August 2, 2018

Breast density notification laws boost ultrasound use

By Kate Madden Yee

Breast density notification laws have increased the use of follow-up ultrasound after mammography screening, according to a study published online July 20 in Medical Care.

July 26, 2018

Group uses AI to assess mammo interpretation bias

By Kate Madden Yee

Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, TN, have used artificial intelligence (AI) technology to analyze how radiologists read mammograms, according to research published in the July issue of the Journal of Medical Imaging.

June 28, 2018

Live from SNMMI 2018: Nuclear medicine appropriate use

What's the best way to promote appropriate use of nuclear medicine? Dr. Sukhjeet Ahuja, director of evidence and quality at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), spoke with Features Editor Wayne Forrest during this week’s SNMMI annual meeting about how appropriate use criteria are developed and how clinicians should proceed.

June 24, 2018

How should AI be used in breast ultrasound?

By Erik L. Ridley

How can radiologists make the most of artificial intelligence (AI) software in breast ultrasound? By using the software concurrently during the interpretation process, according to research presented at the recent Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine annual meeting.

June 20, 2018

Prestige signs new executives

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging technology and services provider Prestige Medical Imaging has named Ken Vaughan as executive vice president of sales and Michael Colaiacovo as vice president and managing partner for its Ohio region.

June 4, 2018

Interventional radiology used for Melania Trump procedure

By Kate Madden Yee

Interventional radiology was used in a May 14 procedure to treat first lady Melania Trump for a benign kidney condition. The procedure went well and the first lady is recovering at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, according to the White House.

May 14, 2018

U.S. leads world in MRI availability, use, and price

By Kate Madden Yee

The U.S. leads comparable countries in availability, use, and price of MRI, according to data posted May 8 from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The information was published as part of a forum held by the foundation and the Peterson Center on Healthcare in Washington, DC.

May 9, 2018

Mass. imaging spending, use higher than other states

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission has released a report that finds the state's spending and use of medical imaging per beneficiary are higher than those in many other U.S. states.

May 7, 2018

CMS proposes overhaul of meaningful use program

By Erik L. Ridley

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a number of changes to its Inpatient Prospective Payment System and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System for 2019, including renaming and overhauling its meaningful use IT stimulus program.

April 24, 2018

Using ACR's TI-RADS reduces biopsies

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Using the American College of Radiology (ACR) Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS) decreases the number of nodules requiring biopsy, according to a study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

April 24, 2018

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