McKesson has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Emendo, which develops CapPlan Predictive Capacity Planning technology to forecast patient demand and provides clinicians with an enterprise-wide view of activity to make adjustments for patient flow and staffed capacity allocations.

Smaller amygdala volume is associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a study published Nov. 5 in Archives of General Psychiatry. Researchers have not yet determined if the physiological difference is caused by a traumatic event, or if people who naturally have smaller amygdalae are more vulnerable to PTSD.

Carestream Health has received FDA clearance for its lesion management module, which is a native oncology follow-up application that can be added for its Vue PACS.

M*Modal has reached an agreement to expand transcription services to all Johns Hopkins Medicine health facilities.

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, N.Y., are beginning work to develop a technique to accurately calculate radiation exposure from CT scans by leveraging computer graphics cards similar to the type used in the video game industry.

VuCOMP has received FDA premarket approval for version 2 of its M-Vu CAD [computer-assisted detection] system for digital mammography.

The purchasing agency of the French administration, l’Union des Groupements d’Achats Publics (UGAP), has selected Barco to provide diagnostic, mammography, clinical review and surgical displays.