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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
Carestream's DR used for 2013 NFL scouting combine
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health's DRX-1 detectors were used at last month's 2013 National Football League (NFL) scouting combine, the company said.
March 5, 2013
Study confirms diminished use of pediatric trauma CT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The use of CT exams in pediatric trauma patients has declined or stayed the same for most clinical applications over the past decade, according to an analysis published online February 25 in Radiology.
February 28, 2013
Study will use DTI to show soccer heading effects
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. National Institutes of Health has awarded a $3 million grant to Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University to investigate the short- and long-term effects on the brain of heading a soccer ball, using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) MR.
February 27, 2013
Medical societies say 'not so fast' with stage 3 meaningful use
By Cynthia E. Keen
Major healthcare organizations think the U.S. government may be moving too fast in its "meaningful use" program to convince healthcare providers to adopt electronic records. The groups are recommending that stage 3 requirements be delayed until the effectiveness of the meaningful use program can be evaluated.
January 16, 2013
BC Technical buys Genesis Medical
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging refurbished equipment developer BC Technical has purchased Genesis Medical Imaging, an imaging service, refurbished systems, and parts provider.
January 14, 2013
CMS issues new meaningful use guidance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided new guidance that clarifies the eligibility of certain radiologists for the "significant hardship" exception added in stage 2 of its meaningful use IT incentive program.
January 9, 2013
Use of imaging in inpatient setting lags overall growth
By Kate Madden Yee
Use of noninvasive diagnostic imaging in the hospital inpatient setting lagged overall imaging growth from 2000 to 2010, and the share of imaging being done on an inpatient basis dropped from 32% to 25%, said Dr. Vijay Rao from Thomas Jefferson University.
January 7, 2013
U.S. equipment service market to remain flat
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. market for diagnostic imaging equipment servicing is expected to remain flat, growing at a rate of one-half of 1% per year for the next five years, according to a new report from market research firm Millennium Research Group.
January 7, 2013
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