Philips Healthcare has landed a series of CT and radiation oncology planning system installs at the Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle.

Evidence showing the effectiveness of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) relative to other radiotherapy techniques is sorely lacking, with no comparative effectiveness trials published on SBRT and the majority of trials investigating thoracic tumors, leaving a paucity of data on treatment of all other tumors, according to a literature review published May 2 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Rodger Ford, the SynCardia Systems CEO for the past six years, has stepped down. SynCardia President Michael Garippa has taken over as CEO in addition to his current role.

Exploiting input from radiologists and referring physicians, structured reporting provides physicians with clearer and more thorough radiologic findingsbut the development of an efficient system remains a major challenge for radiology, according to a study published online April 25 in Radiology.

Kela Medical has launched its pHR card, a technology developed to provide patients and their healthcare providers secure access to personal health records.

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles have demonstrated preliminary accuracy in the use of 3D ultrasound tracking and MR image fusion for biopsy of suspected prostate cancers, according to a study published in the May-June issue of Urologic Oncology.

The Florida Department of Health and the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene are finalists for the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Public Health Davies Award for epidemiological surveillance and an EHR network for underserved populations, respectively.

Endosense and Siemens Healthcare have partnered and developed prototyping software to integrate into Endosense's TactiCath force-sensing ablation catheter that provides electrophysiologists a 3D model of the heart during ablation.