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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
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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
2018 05 09 22 25 9943 Graph Bar
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
2018 03 19 17 22 4825 Doctor Computer 400
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
Merry X-Ray buys Nationwide Imaging Services
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging equipment distributor Merry X-Ray has continued its acquisition spree with the purchase of Nationwide Imaging Services, a Manasquan, NJ-based provider of reconditioned and used medical imaging equipment.
April 10, 2018
Use of skeletal radiography shows modest growth
By Brian Casey
The use of skeletal radiography has grown at a modest rate in the U.S. Medicare population over the past 12 years, researchers reported in a March 24 paper in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. But shifts have occurred in the use of radiography that may indicate some physician self-referral of x-ray studies.
March 28, 2018
2017 11 15 23 12 3096 Hand X Ray 400
Merry X-Ray acquires Texas service provider
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging equipment distributor Merry X-Ray has purchased imaging equipment refurbishing, sales, and service company Premier Imaging.
March 22, 2018
Japan adopts new gadolinium use restrictions
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Japan has adopted new restrictions on the use of linear gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs), according to an editorial written by Dr. Tomonori Kanda of Kobe University and published online on March 16 in Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences.
March 15, 2018
Surgeons at Texas hospital use AR in sinus surgery
By Erik L. Ridley
An augmented reality (AR) technology was used to perform minimally invasive sinus surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston by sinus surgeons affiliated with Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center.
March 13, 2018
2018 03 14 17 47 1563 Ar Sinus Surgery 20180314171628
Innovatus Imaging completes European acquisition
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Innovatus Imaging has acquired the European Bayer Multi Vendor Service business, renaming the entity Innovatus Imaging Europe.
March 11, 2018
Probo Medical merges with MedCorp
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Refurbished ultrasound equipment supplier Probo Medical and ultrasound systems and service provider MedCorp have merged.
March 11, 2018
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