By comparing mammography's life-saving absolute benefit with its expected harms, a well-informed woman along with her physician can make a reasonable decision to screen or not to screen for breast cancer, according to research published April 2 in the BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.

ORLANDO, Fla.During the Great Depression of the 1930s, companies that maintained or initiated an aggressive marketing plan prospered over those who did not. Hospitals and physician practices should take this lesson to heart in today's challenging economic times, according to Phyllis B. Marino, who spoke last week at the Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals (ACVP) meeting.

Patients who undergo numerous CT scans over their lifetime may be at increased risk for cancer, according to a study published in the April issue of Radiology.

Most of the extracolonic lesions detected by CT colonography are lesions of low significance, and careful case selection and use of contrast enhancement would increase the effectiveness of exam, according to research published March 28 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology.

The Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Mass., has signed an agreement to implement a range of Eclipsys Sunrise Enterprise clinical solutions to create an enterprise-wide electronic medical record (EMR).

ORLANDO, Fla.There could be a more cost-effective approach to radiology benefit managers (RBMs)--currently recommended in the Obama budget--to determine appropriate SPECT-MPI utilization in clinical practice, according to results from a SPECT pilot study presented Sunday at the American College of Cardiology's (ACC) late breaking clinical trials session.

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services has entered into a civil monetary penalty settlement with West Valley Imaging Limited Partnership of Las Vegas, and its principals, William L. Boren, MD, and Luke S. Cesaretti, MD, over claims of Medicare fraud.

The central mission of cardiovascular departments is providing high-quality patient care. From an inventory management perspective, this implies at least two things: that the right products are available when they are needed and that expired and recalled products are not used on patients. Now more than ever, cardiovascular departments are under pressure to control costs and to do so in a way that does not jeopardize patient care.