The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has partially intervened in a lawsuit under the False Claims Act filed by a whistleblower against Halifax Health Medical Center of Daytona Beach, Fla., and Halifax Staffing.

St. Marien-Hospital in Borken, Germany, has signed a five-year agreement with the medical-technology company Sectra of Linkping, Sweden, to handle image processing and archiving.

The day before President Barack Obama presented Congress with a new plan to tackle high unemployment, two noted economists forecasted a loss of 43,000 American jobs in the medical device industry. The culprit, they explained in a report released Sept. 7, will be the Presidents healthcare reform law.

Philips Healthcare has been selected by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to install its Pinnacle3 SmartEnterprise radiation treatment planning system.

High physician fees, rather than factors such as practice costs, volume of services or tuition expenses, were the main drivers of higher U.S. healthcare spending and physician income, according to research presented in the September issue of Health Affairs.

Radiology Associates has partnered with McKesson for medical billing and practice management services.

In U.S. Department of Health and Human Services annual report to Congress, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius reported that between Jan. 1, 2010, and Dec. 31, 2010, breaches involving 500 or more individuals were less than 1 percent of the breaches reported, but accounted for more than 99 percent of the more than 5.4 million individuals who were affected. 

Philips Healthcare has installed its Ingenuity CT at the Huntington Internal Medicine Group (HIMG) in Huntington, W.Va.