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Health Imaging News Highlights | Oct. 10, 2008

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In this edition:
  • CMS ramps ups fraud, waste prevention; launches national RAC program
  • DoJ intervenes in whistleblower suit against McKesson
  • Partners employees charged in hospital IT kickback scheme
  • MedPAC to vote on industry-physician disclosure requirements
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HEADLINES

FDA draft guidance targets timely regulation, labeling for imaging drugs, devices

Monday, October 13, 2008
 
The FDA is seeking public comment on a draft guidance for medical imaging devices with contrast agents or radiopharmaceuticals that focuses on developing new contrast indications for imaging device use with already approved imaging products.

GE Healthcare sees challenging Q3

Monday, October 13, 2008
 
GE reported a 22 percent decline in profit overall, and its Healthcare unit, now a part of the Technology Infrastructure segment, posted an 8 percent decline in profit for the company’s 2008 third quarter financial results.

FDA OKs Boston Scientific Taxus Liberte after two-year delay

Friday, October 10, 2008
 
Boston Scientific has received approval from the FDA to market its second-generation Taxus Liberte paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system.

Breast MRI usage climbs 23% in 2008

Friday, October 10, 2008
 
Breast MRI is showing double-digit growth in 2008 and is one of the fastest growing procedures in the MR departments, according to a newly released imaging market guide from Arlington Medical Resources, a provider of market research for the pharmaceutical and diagnostic imaging industries.

FDA increases public exposure of clinical trials

Friday, October 10, 2008

The FDA is increasing its public reporting process of information about clinical trials and their results, as mandated under the Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007.
Latest News

Imaging economics may ultimately drive U.S. CCTA policy

Industry News | Monday, October 13, 2008
PHOENIX–Although recent technological advances in multi-detector CT have refined the capabilities of the modality to perform cardiac CT angiography (CCTA), larger economic issues surrounding the utilization of diagnostic imaging may yet impact reimbursement approval for the exam, according to a presentation this weekend at the 2008 North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI) annual meeting.

Small practices to get financial boost with new health IT incentive program

Industry News | Monday, October 13, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, collaborating with federal and state health agencies, has launched a new incentive program, specifically geared toward small-to-midsize physician practices, to drive the adoption of EHRs.

Siemens breaks from PET-CT tradition with mCT

Industry News | Monday, October 13, 2008
Siemens Healthcare Friday launched its Biograph mCT, a hybrid PET-CT modality that brings together a high-slice count CT and routine, whole-body PET imaging in a single platform that could meet the imaging needs of both radiology and nuclear departments.

New committee to specify healthcare security, privacy data exchange standards

Industry News | Monday, October 13, 2008
OASIS, an international open standards consortium, has formed a new group to standardize the way healthcare providers, hospitals, pharmacies and insurance companies exchange privacy policies, consent directives and authorizations within and between healthcare organizations.

OCT may be best tool to detect vulnerable coronary plaque

Conference News | Monday, October 13, 2008
WASHINGTON—Optical coherence tomography (OCT) may be the best tool available to detect vulnerable plaque in coronary arteries, according to findings presented this week at the 20th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium.

CTA is cost-effective for confirming internal carotid artery occlusion

Clinical Studies | Monday, October 13, 2008
CT angiography (CTA) to be an effective, cost-saving alternative to standard catheter angiography for confirmation of internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusions, according to a recent study published in this month’s Journal of Neuroimaging.

Medipattern B-CAD V2 shown to increase diagnostic accuracy by 44%

Clinical Studies | Monday, October 13, 2008
Researchers in Beijing, China, have found a statistically significant increase in diagnostic accuracy when using Medipattern’s B-CAD Version 2 on lesions less than 1 cm in size, according to a study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Ashva debuts RADiON 2.0, adds 150 licenses

New Products | Monday, October 13, 2008
Ashva Technologies has released an upgraded version of its DICOM Workstation, RADiON 2.0.

Medison launches Accuvix V20

New Products | Monday, October 13, 2008
Medison America, a provider of 3D/4D ultrasound systems, has released its Accuvix V20.

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