SYMX offers new system for RFID technology

SYMX Technologies, a provider of equipment life-cycle management services for healthcare facilities, has released its asset tracking location accountability system (ATLAS), a real-time business process system to help hospitals leverage radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.

The Miami, Fla.-based SYMX said it will employ the Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 to support ATLAS.

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Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.