Across the United States, family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance increased 119 percent between 1999 and 2008, and could increase another 94 percent--to an average $23,842 per family by 2020--if cost growth continues on its current course, according to a Commonwealth Fund report released Thursday.

Philips Healthcare has made the first commercial shipments of its MX 16-slice CT scanner, including to University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center in Chardon, Ohio.

According to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the insurance industry practice of denying coverage to individuals with pre-existing medical conditions means more people are having trouble getting, and affording, health insurance.

Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital in Hampshire, England, has installed Zoll Medicals AutoPulse non-invasive cardiac support pump in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.

Although physicians should perform early screening of children for developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), diagnostic imaging is recommended only for those children at high risk of DDH, according to appropriateness criteria from the American College of Radiology (ACR).

A New Jersey womens imaging center has chosen Jacksonville, Fla-based imaging informatics developer Viztek to provide it with PACS, RIS and billing solutions for its new facility.

The Social Security Administration is looking to award $24 million in funding to health information exchanges, regional health information organizations, general medical service providers and specialty care providers to help automate the exchange of medical records.

Zonare Medical Systems has installed seven z.one ultrasound systems in three hospitals that make up Baptist Health system, including Baptist Medical Center South, Baptist Medical Center East and Prattville Baptist Hospital.