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Physician education busts inappropriate CCTA use
By Eric Barnes
A study of more than 25,000 patients in Michigan shows that inappropriate use of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) can be drastically curtailed by educating the doctors who order heart scans, according to results published on August 8 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
August 7, 2012
FDA extends Bracco's MultiHance use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast agent developer Bracco has received word that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an expanded use for the company's MultiHance MR contrast agent.
July 29, 2012
QuadraMed partner attains meaningful use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT firm QuadraMed's longstanding partner, New York City Health and Hospitals, has successfully attested to achieving meaningful use stage 1 in all of its 11 hospitals using QuadraMed's Computerized-Patient Record meaningful use and interoperability package.
July 9, 2012
Imagine Software gets meaningful use certification
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology billing and RIS developer Imagine Software has introduced an electronic health record component that has received meaningful use certification.
June 27, 2012
Elekta reports 1st combined Agility, VMAT use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta's Agility multileaf collimator and its volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) technology have been used together for the first time to treat a U.K. cancer patient.
June 24, 2012
Siemens opens refurbished systems factory
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has officially opened its new refurbished systems factory in Wood Dale, IL.
June 19, 2012
JAMA study finds that imaging use is growing even at HMOs
By Kate Madden Yee
Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are famous for their ability to cut healthcare costs -- for better or for worse. But not even HMOs were able to curb growth in advanced diagnostic imaging, according to a new study in the June 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
June 11, 2012
BC Technical acquires Xpert
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging refurbished equipment provider BC Technical continues its expansion with the acquisition of Xpert, a molecular imaging service company in Redmond, WA.
June 6, 2012
Oncology Services International names CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology device service company Oncology Services International has named Richard J. Hall as its new president and CEO.
June 4, 2012
Intelerad lands meaningful use certification
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Intelerad Medical Systems' Meaningful Use Module 2012 has been certified as a complete electronic health record by a U.S. Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Testing and Certification Body, the company announced.
May 28, 2012
Software tool facilitates radiologist-technologist feedback
By Erik L. Ridley
Thomas Jefferson University recently experienced a spike in the number of scratches on radiography images at one location. Thanks to an internally developed PACS plug-in called Technique Logger, however, the institution was able to quickly diagnose the problem: faulty equipment maintenance.
May 24, 2012
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U.S. Olympic Committee to use GE EMR
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Olympic Committee announced that for the first time it will use electronic medical records (EMRs) to manage healthcare treatment for more than 700 athletes and 3,000 support staff at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
May 23, 2012
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