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Areva forms advisory committee

Executive Announcements | Sunday, August 29 2010
Areva Med has formed an advisory committee comprised of five high-level scientists who will provide the firm with strategic advice and scientific guidance in the field of radio-immunotherapy using its lead-212 isotope.
 

SCCT: Positive cost data pile up

Editorial | Thursday, August 05 2010
Last month, cardiac CT experts from around the globe gathered at SCCT2010 in Las Vegas to exchange ideas and information about clinical advances in CCTA. The compelling clinical data shared at the meeting complemented promising research about the economics of advanced visualization in the cardiac arena.
 

SNM honors outstanding contributors

Industry News | Monday, July 19 2010
SNM has recognized the contributions to the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging during its 57th annual meeting in Salt Lake City.
 

Study: Automated clinical mgmt cuts post-liver transplant costs, improves outcomes

Portal Exclusives | Wednesday, July 21 2010
Enhancing the EHR to consolidate information for comprehensive immunosuppressive medication review following liver transplant was associated with fewer rejection episodes and fewer toxicity events, and it decreased costs, according to a study published in this month's Journal of American Medical Informatics Association.
 

Study: Computerized rounding, sign-out system shortens duty hours

Clinical Studies | Friday, July 02 2010
Responding to limited resident duty hours, the University of Washington implemented a computerized rounding and sign-out system (UW Cores), which resulted in shortened duty hours by facilitating sign-out, decreasing rounding time and sharply reducing the time spent in prerounds data recopying, according to an article in the July edition of Academic Medicine.
 

Cardinal Health, University of Washington align for molecular imaging trials

Partnerships & Alliances | Friday, June 04 2010
Cardinal Health and the University of Washington have collaborated for the use molecular imaging in clinical investigations and trials.
 

NIH awards $1.4M for arterial plaque research

Industry News | Wednesday, March 24 2010
A Worcester Polytechnic Institute research team has received a four-year, $1.4 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue a study of arterial plaque, which is seeking to predict the likelihood of plaque rupture.
 

JACR: Tools needed for primary care physicians to improve imaging decision requests

Industry News | Thursday, March 11 2010
A high percentage of CT and MRI examinations are not meeting appropriateness criteria and subsequently yielding negative results, which suggests a need for tools to help primary care physicians hone their imaging decision requests, according to a recent article in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
 

RSNA: Targeted breast US in young women reduces need for biopsy

Conference News | Thursday, December 03 2009
Written by Mike Bassett
CHICAGO--Targeting suspicious areas of the breast with ultrasound can reduce the need for biopsies in young women, according to the findings of two studies presented Wednesday at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
 

Radiology: Radiologists reluctant to disclose mammo errors to patients

Top Stories | Friday, October 30 2009
Radiologists may be reluctant to disclose mammography errors to patients, according to the results of a survey published in the November issue of Radiology.
 

Cancer research centers net $16M in ARRA funds

Industry News | Tuesday, October 06 2009
Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington Schools of Public Health and Pharmacy have received $16 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to lead four research projects based on cancer genomics, cancer diagnostics, breast imaging and cancer screening.
 

JNM: Low-dose protocols offered for pediatric PET/CT

Top Stories | Friday, October 02 2009
Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle and Seattle Children’s Hospital have developed low-dose pediatric PET/CT protocols for 11 patient-weight categories, according to a study published in the October issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
 

Study: Noninsurance means an extra 45,000 deaths annually

Tuesday, September 15 2009
A study in today's online edition of the American Journal of Public Health has found that nearly 45,000 deaths annually are associated with a lack of health insurance.
 

JNCI: Exam+mammo leads to higher detection, false-positive rates

Clinical Studies | Tuesday, September 01 2009
Combining clinical breast exam with mammography can result in higher cancer detection rates and sensitivities as well as more false-positives, according to a study published online Aug. 31 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
 

NIH grants $2M for PEM/PET research

Industry News | Friday, August 28 2009
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted West Virginia University researchers $2 million over four years for its positron emission mammography (PEM)/PET system, which images the breast and helps guide biopsy of suspicious areas.
 

AJR: Cardiac CT reduces costs, hospital stay for low-risk patients with chest pain

Clinical Studies | Friday, July 10 2009
The use of cardiac CT for low-risk chest pain patients in the emergency department--instead of the traditional standard-of-care workup--may reduce a patient's length of stay and hospital charges, according to a single-center study in the July issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
 

Digital mammo interpretations vary across facilities

Top Stories | Monday, June 22 2009
Interpretation of diagnostic mammography varies across facilities; and the failure to adjust for patient characteristics when comparing facility performance could lead to erroneous conclusions, according to a study in the June issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
 

AJR: Prospective ECG triggering, not retrospective gating, may lower CT dose

Clinical Studies | Thursday, May 21 2009
For long-z-axis whole-chest 64-multidetector CT of emergency department patients with nonspecific chest pain, the use of prospective ECG triggering may result in substantially lower patient radiation doses and better coronary artery image quality than is achieved with retrospective ECG gating, according to a study in the June issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
 

Cardiac CT cost-effective for screening low-risk angina patients

Top Stories | Monday, April 27 2009
Using cardiac CT in the emergency department to diagnose low-risk patients with chest pain is 44 percent less expensive than the standard of care and can decrease the length of stay up to 20 hours, according to a study presented today in Boston at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society.
 

Diagnosing cancer in 3D with Cell-CT microscope

Clinical Studies | Wednesday, February 11 2009
University of Washington researchers reported that they have developed a new kind of microscope to visualize cells in 3D, an advancement that could bring progress to the field of early cancer detection. 
 
Web Exclusives

Feature: U.S. needs national strategy to curb imaging overutilization

Medical imaging overutilization--a growing concern in the U.S.--exposes patients to unnecessary radiation, while also adding to rising healthcare costs, according to a study published online Aug. 24 in Radiology. In an interview, William R. Hendee, PhD, lead author, reviewed various methods by which medical imaging could be curtailed.

Radiology: Prelim study shows CE breast CT outperforms CT, mammo

Dedicated contrast-enhanced (CE) breast CT delivered significantly improved conspicuity of malignant breast lesions, including ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), compared with unenhanced breast CT and mammography, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology.

Radiology: Rad role may evolve as image-guided biopsies trend up

CT, ultrasound and MRI have helped shift biopsy techniques away from more invasive approaches toward image-guided percutaneous techniques, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology. The trend toward less-invasive approaches translates into enhanced safety and efficiency and could lead to more interaction between patients and radiologists.

CMS Webinar: Incentive payments to offset EHR adoption, not reimburse

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) EHR incentive payments are not considered reimbursement for money expended on EHR technology, but are intended to offset the cost associated with adoption and ongoing meaningful use, according to CMS during an Aug. 12 webinar.

CMS webinar: Eligible professionals can expect EHR incentives in 2011

Funding incentives for EHR use is the main goal of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) meaningful use initiative, and there are incentive programs for both hospitals and eligible professionals, according to Elizabeth Holland, health insurance specialist at the Department of Health and Human Services, who spoke during a CMS-sponsored webinar Aug. 8.

Webinar: Stage 1 of meaningful use is for quality reporting acclimation

Stage 1 requirements for meaningful use incentives aim to strike a balance between the overall goal of EHR use and widespread adoption, while avoiding added work, said Jonathan Teich, MD, PhD, chief medical informatics officer at Elsevier Health Services, during a HIMSS webinar titled “Meaningful Use: Safety and Quality of Care.”

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