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TechniScan nets bridge financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast ultrasound imaging developer TechniScan has closed on the first $1.85 million of a proposed $2.5 million in bridge financing.
April 5, 2010
MITA, DoD plan device security conference
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare industry trade group Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) will participate in a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)-sponsored conference on medical device security April 14-15 in Arlington, VA.
April 4, 2010
Cardiac cath delivers high radiation doses to operators
By Eric Barnes
The rapid development of new cardiac stents and other medical devices is opening up a world of possibilities for interventional procedures in the cath lab -- but it's also exposing equipment operators to ever-higher radiation doses.
April 4, 2010
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FDA, SNM, RSNA host workshop
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, SNM, and RSNA will host a joint two-day workshop on April 13-14 at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD.
April 1, 2010
Early imaging with CT, MR means shorter inpatient stay
By Kate Madden Yee
Early advanced imaging with CT, MR, or nuclear scintigraphy, especially on the day before or the day of patient admission, leads to shorter inpatient stays, according to a new study in the April Journal of the American College of Radiology. And shorter inpatient stays could mean lower healthcare costs.
March 31, 2010
Nuance taps Dillione for healthcare business
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Speech recognition and software developer Nuance Communications has appointed a new executive vice president and general manager of its healthcare business.
March 31, 2010
Boost RT training to maintain safety standards, speakers tell FDA
By Cynthia E. Keen
Speakers at this week's hearings on medical radiation dose at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration were told that attacking the problem of rising dose requires a focus on radiologic technologist (RT) training. In particular, RTs need career-long training to remain competent in their jobs.
March 31, 2010
FDA hearings rise above medical radiation rhetoric
By Brian Casey and Cynthia Keen
Despite a few distractions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's hearings this week on medical radiation dose occurred in a constructive environment and represent the agency's serious intentions to resolve the dose dilemma, according to participants at the hearings.
March 30, 2010
CMS offers reprieve to SGR rate cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Once again, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is giving healthcare providers a temporary reprieve from a 21% reimbursement cut due to go into effect on April 1.
March 30, 2010
ASRT taps new officers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has announced three new officers for its 2010-2011 board of directors.
March 30, 2010
Zotec signs Texas group
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical billing services provider Zotec Partners has added Peach Tree Radiology in Weatherford, TX, to its client list.
March 30, 2010
Acacia inks patent license deal with Aware
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Patent holding company Acacia Research and its Hospital Systems subsidiary have signed a patent license agreement with imaging software developer Aware.
March 30, 2010
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