A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association Neurology set out to examine the implications of the presence of a certain type of antibody in some people’s cerebrospinal fluid. 

Pokémon Go is a lot more than a game. It’s advance notice on what our world is coming to via technology, for better and for worse. And its ups and downs have important implications for healthcare. 

Leaders often struggle with finding the best way to motivate and inspire their employees, and in healthcare, it can even be trickier than normal. What can leaders in medical imaging do to get the most out of their employees?

Within the frequently frustrating arena of medical billing, it’s the paradox that never ceases to confound some of the brightest minds in the business: Procedures listed by payers as “No pre-authorization required” are among the most commonly denied for payment after they’ve been completed.

A new study shows that the more a person’s brain can amplify neuroactivity during times of stress, the more resilient that person may be when trying to cope with trauma. 

With patient-portal technology slowly but surely headed toward ubiquity—half of U.S. hospitals and 40 percent of physician practices now offer their patients such access—the time was right to ask what patients are doing, specifically with respect to radiology, on all those portals. 

Purview (www.purview.net), a growing healthcare technology provider of medical imaging services and solutions, announced today that it has exceeded one million patients on its medical imaging access platform, Purview ViVA, in just three years since its launch. Purview has now processed over 175 million medical images through ViVA and is adding a new image every second and a new patient every two minutes. At this pace, Purview will add one new patient to its platform and process 120 new images in the time it takes you to read this press release.

Photosynthesis isn’t just for plants anymore, researchers say. In a new study published in the journal Advanced Materials, doctors argue that the green pigment in chlorophyll could help physicians peek inside human digestive tracts with certain kinds of imaging procedures.