The FDA released, "Medical Device Safety Action Plan: Protecting Patients, Promoting Public Health," on April 17 in an effort to enhance programs and processes to assure the safety of medical devices.

The FDA approved the first use of Trace-Ability’s Tracer-QC at Massachusetts General Hospital for testing of an imaging agent used in positron emission tomography (PET)-N-13 ammonia for injection.

A misconfigured security setting on a radiology interface at Middletown Medical, a multi-specialty physicians group in New York, led to a security breach exposing patient data, including radiology images, reports and Social Security numbers, according to HIPPA Journal.

On Friday, April 13, the FDA approved the latest version of the SOMATOM Force, a dual source CT system from Siemens Healthineers.

A recent article published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology takes Stephen R. Covey’s eight habits of highly effective people and applies them to radiology, while adding a ninth.

A decision made by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to formally withdraw four Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking related to Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has halted national efforts to ensure individuals with disabilities have access to medical diagnostic equipment, including medical imaging equipment.

Medical imaging devices require large amounts of energy, and that costs money. A recent blog post by the Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) examined what leaders need to know about how they are billed for energy and what facilities can do to cut costs.

According to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, CESM may be easier to implement into clinical workflow by decreasing equipment and patient setup times related to contrast administration.