Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Ventana), a member of the Roche Group, today announced that it has signed a worldwide agreement with healthcare imaging expert Barco to provide Barco’s leading diagnostic and clinical review display systems for use with the VENTANA Virtuoso image and workflow management system, offering a best-in-class, turnkey image viewing solution.

Recent advancements in cancer research have come at break-neck speed, yielding data that has provided new hope for cancer patients. Each advancement comes with an accompanying manuscript and oncologists are presented, each day, with dozens of newly published peer-reviewed, cancer-related articles in order to keep up to date on the latest advances. To aid physicians and researchers, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced an exclusive sponsorship of MDLinx, a web property of M3 USA, for a searchable mobile application that provides reviews of the latest oncology-specific journal articles.

The IT and medical technology company Sectra reported order bookings of SEK 350.0 million (188.2) for the fourth quarter of the 2012/2013 fiscal year. This corresponds to a year-on-year increase of 86%. Sectra has a sound financial position and, accordingly, the Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting that SEK4.50 per share be paid to shareholders through a share redemption program.

This week, the Department of Health and Human Services revealed data showing more than 50 percent of doctors have demonstrated meaningful use of EHRs, joining 80 percent of hospitals.

Intermountain Healthcare plans to track patients’ radiation exposure and share it via electronic health record, the Wall Street Journal reported May 21. The data may help reduce unnecessary exams, according to the article. Read more at the link below.

As the massive F5 tornado struck Moore, Ok., the town and its hospital were devastated. NPR visited Moore Medical Center to learn more about how staff and patients weathered the storm. Read more below.

The newest diagnostic medical imaging monitors for radiology – Sony’s LMD-DM series -- are now available from Monitors Inc.  Covering every modality including CR/DR, CT, MRI, PACS, US NM, and full-field digital mammography (FFDM) studies, the displays are 510(k) cleared for diagnostic use and come with a 5-year “Hot Swap” warranty.

Although thrombolysis with alteplase is an effective therapy for ischemic stroke, few patients arrive at the hospital in the three to 4.5 hour time window required for use. Improved prehospital processes are essential to offering the therapy to additional patients with stroke, according to a review published in the June issue of Lancet Neurology.