Sparrow Health System of Lansing, Mich., has fired or disciplined employees that electronically accessed the medical records of Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm without permission.
The National Quality Forum is seeking public comment on measures for public accountability and quality improvement for diagnostic outpatient imaging, as detailed in its draft report, National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Outpatient Imaging Efficiency.
Canada Health Infoway has selected GE Healthcare Canada through a
preferred solution agreement for the company's Centricity PACS and diagnostic
imaging repository.
The market for adjunct breast imaging systems—covering breast coils,
dedicated breast MRI systems and breast-specific gamma imaging systems—will grow at a compound annual growth rate of almost 28 percent
over the next five years, according to a report from the Millennium
Research Group.
Coronary CT angiography (CCTA)-based triage for patients with low-risk
chest pain is modestly more effective than the standard-of-care, and it
is also associated with cost-saving in women and low cost-effectiveness
ratios in men, according to a study in the August issue of the American Journal Roentgenology.
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center has installed Intego PET infusion system from Medrad, which has partnered with IBA Molecular to provide the radiopharmaceutical supply.
St. Francis Health System, a multi-site, multi-specialty hospital in
Tulsa, Okla., has signed a contract to upgrade from its existing PACS
to the Merge Fusion PACS MX 3.0, a recently released version with the
capabilities of Merge Mammo 7.10.
El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif., will deploy InnerWireless’
Horizon in its new 300-bed hospital for wireless connectivity and
coverage for mission- and life-critical applications.
Vital Images, a provider of enterprise-wide visualization and analysis
solutions, has reported a net loss of $1.6 million for the 2008 second
quarter, which ended June 30, compared to a net loss of $379,000 for
the second quarter of 2007.
Agfa HealthCare has hired Andrew Hind as the head of its United
Kingdom, Ireland and Nordics (Scandinavia and the Baltics) regions. He
will officially join Agfa on Sept. 1.
The FDA is requesting comments from the industry on whether a registry
could facilitate standardization of feasibility trials studying local
treatment of small breast cancers with different thermal ablation
devices and therapies, such as cryoablation, focused ultrasound,
interstitial laser, microwave and radiofrequency ablation.
Cardiac imaging for myocardial infarct size in an emergency department
(ED) is constrained by the difficulty of conducting MR or nuclear
medicine exams on unstable patients. However, using more widely
available multidetector CT technology shows promise as an
alternative imaging technique that may provide similar information.
A telemedicine program that transmits data from a patient's bedside to stroke specialists, utilizing audio and video technology via the Internet, could positively impact the treatment of stroke patients, according to a study published online this week in Lancet Neurology.
RaySearch Laboratories has signed a consulting agreement with the
Uppsala University Hospital in Sweden, covering the development of a
new treatment planning system for proton radiation therapy delivered at
the Svedberg Laboratory in Uppsala.
TKG Healthcare Technology Solutions has signed an agreement with
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in New York City, to provide web-based
quality assurance for their patient access needs.
Imaging Dynamics Company (IDC), a Canadian supplier of digital radiography equipment, has reported financial results for the second quarter of 2008, which ended June 30.
Covidien reported that robust sales in its imaging solutions unit have contributed to positive results for its fiscal 2008 third quarter, which closed on June 30.
EPIX Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company, has entered into a
committed equity financing facility with Kingsbridge Capital, a
private investment group.
