 GE Healthcare is expected to layoff between 35 to 40 employees in Madison, Wis., which are being attributed to weakness in the U.S. healthcare market. The current round of layoffs follows a larger round that took place in late June, affecting approximately 400 employees in its Waukesha, Wis., facility.
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Health Imaging News 
GE Healthcare and Vital Signs have entered into a definitive merger agreement for GE to acquire Vital Signs.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday unanimously approved legislation, designed to promote faster adoption of EHRs.
Boston Scientific has reported that its net income fell 15 percent in the second quarter of 2008, amid slumping sales of its drug-eluting stents.
Breast self-examinations have no beneficial effects and lead to increased identification of benign lesions and an increased number of biopsies performed, according to data from two large trials published in the July issue of Cochrane Library.
The European Medicines Agency reported last week that the European Commission has suspended the marketing authorization of GE Healthcare's Optison, a diagnostic contrast agent used in echocardiograms.
TUCSON, Ariz.—Stereoscopic 3D full-field digital mammography can provide greater positive lesion detection and reduce false-negative lesion detection, according to results of three-year clinical trial conducted at the Emory University Breast Imaging Center in Atlanta, and presented at the International Workshop on Digital Mammography this week. 
TUCSON, ARIZ.–The utilization of full-field digital mammography (FFDM) technology provided higher cancer detection rates that conventional screen-film mammography in a retrospective analysis of the Irish National Breast Screening Program, which was presented on Monday at the 2008 International Workshop on Digital Mammography (IWDM).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) will provide incentive payments to eligible healthcare professionals who are e-prescribing, granting a 2 percent incentive payment in 2009 and 2010; a 1 percent incentive payment in 2011 and 2012; and a one half percent incentive payment in 2013. 
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