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KLAS: Imaging purchases to increase in 2011
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Purchasing of diagnostic imaging equipment will increase by as much as 10% in 2011, according to a new study from healthcare technology research firm KLAS. And buyers won't be so loyal to particular vendors, the company found.
January 26, 2011
Zotec wins Calif. contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical billing services provider Zotec Partners said it has won a three-year billing service contract with a California radiology group.
January 26, 2011
Agfa inks deal with capital equipment firm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare said it has entered into an agreement with an online capital equipment planning and management company that serves the healthcare market.
January 26, 2011
ASTRO touts progress on patient safety
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) this week touted the progress it has made in the past 12 months with Target Safety, a patient protection plan developed to improve the safety and quality of radiation therapy treatments and to reduce the chance of medical errors.
January 26, 2011
Report: MRI safety at VA hospitals could be better
By Brian Casey
Most MRI facilities in a survey of sites in the Veterans Health Administration maintained good MRI safety practices, but there is room for improvement, according to a report issued this week by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
January 26, 2011
Calypso taps CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Electromagnetic localization technology developer Calypso Medical Technologies has named Edward Vertatschitsch, PhD, as president and CEO.
January 25, 2011
MITA adds radiopharma firms
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Industry trade group Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has expanded to include the radiopharmaceutical industry.
January 25, 2011
Novarad debuts dashboard app
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS and PACS vendor Novarad has released NovaDash, a dashboard application for radiology practices.
January 25, 2011
Survey forecasts hospital EHR adoption costs, challenges
By Cynthia E. Keen
A new survey of senior IT executives of large "wired" hospital organizations suggests that hospitals needing to adopt electronic health records (EHRs) to achieve "meaningful use" face major costs and challenges, according to management and consulting firm Accenture.
January 25, 2011
Zotec names Myers marketing director
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical billing services provider Zotec Partners has named Bradley Myers as director of marketing.
January 24, 2011
GE settles Omniscan case before trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has settled one of the first lawsuits scheduled to go to trial over charges that its Omniscan MRI contrast agent caused nephrogenic systemic fibrosis.
January 24, 2011
CMS continues to eye imaging overutilization
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to keep its eye on imaging utilization: The agency is planning a meeting for January 31 to discuss whether to add new imaging exams to a data reporting program designed to track overutilization.
January 24, 2011
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