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JAMA Pediatrics: CT scans put children at higher cancer risk
By Eric Barnes
A landmark study that tracked pediatric CT radiation doses in large health maintenance organizations across the U.S. found that the volume of CT scans nearly doubled between 1996 and 2005, and that the scans may put young patients at greater risk of future cancer, according to JAMA Pediatrics.
June 9, 2013
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Contrast use spikes CT radiation dose
By Eric Barnes
The use of contrast media during CT scans significantly increases how much radiation patients absorb in amounts that vary by organ, researchers report in the June edition of the American Journal of Roentgenology. Radiologists should account for the expected dose increases when setting scanner protocols, they said.
May 29, 2013
Unisyn changes name to Consensys
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Unisyn Medical Technologies announced it has changed its name to Consensys Imaging Service.
May 28, 2013
GE buys Unisyn ultrasound probe repair business
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has acquired the ultrasound probe repair operations of Unisyn Medical Technologies.
May 28, 2013
Philips wins Novation network contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has been awarded a multiyear agreement designating the company as a preferred service provider for clinical equipment maintenance for the entire Novation network.
May 7, 2013
Survey finds growth in use of department dashboards
By Cynthia E. Keen
The use of dashboards to measure key radiology performance indicators is starting to proliferate, and a new study in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology offers insight into what academic radiology departments are doing.
April 22, 2013
CMS publishes guidance on meaningful use audits
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published guidance documents on audits for the meaningful use electronic health record incentive program.
April 11, 2013
JACR: MRI use has slowed
By Kate Madden Yee
The overall Medicare MRI utilization rate has slowed since 2008, due in part to policymakers' focus on reducing unnecessary healthcare costs -- and radiologists' efforts to educate their colleagues on appropriate imaging use, according to a new study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
April 7, 2013
Meaningful use payments top $12B
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has reported that federal payments to hospitals, physicians, and other eligible professionals for participating in the meaningful use electronic health record program reached $12.7 billion on February 28, 2013.
April 3, 2013
MRI Interventions reports new use for ClearPoint
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI Interventions said that its ClearPoint MRI-guided neuro intervention system has been used by physicians in laser ablation procedures to treat epilepsy and brain tumors.
April 1, 2013
Avreo gets meaningful use certification
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS/PACS vendor Avreo said that its interWorks Meaningful Use Module for Inpatient has received 2011 edition complete electronic health record certification by ICSA Labs.
April 1, 2013
MedQ reports meaningful use milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology IT provider MedQ said that customers of its Q/ris 3000 electronic health record received an aggregate of $1.2 million in meaningful use incentive payments from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2012.
March 28, 2013
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