Diagnostic Imaging

Radiologists use diagnostic imaging to non-invasively look inside the body to help determine the causes of an injury or an illness, and confirm a diagnosis. Providers use many imaging modalities to do so, including CT, MRI, X-ray, Ultrasound, PET and more.

Four medical societies develop tool for tracking CME activity

The Radiological Society of North America, the American College of Radiology, the Society of Nuclear Medicine and the American Roentgen Ray Society have designed a CME Gateway that allows members to collect and report all continuing medical education (CME

McKesson releases 3Q FY05 results

McKesson Corp. reported that revenues for the third quarter FY05 ending December 31 were $20.8 billion, an increase of 14 percent from $18.2 billion in the year-ago quarter.

FDA approves clinical fMRI tool

Neurognostics Inc. of Milwaukee, Wis. has received U.S. FDA 510(k) approval to market its MindState functional Data Acquisition Device (fDAD).

FDA OKs Misys lab blood bank modules

Misys Healthcare Systems won U.S. FDA 510(k) approval for its Laboratory Blood Bank and Blood Donor Modules.

Misys teams with Foundation Management Services

Misys Healthcare Systems has partnered with Foundation Management Services Inc. of Denton, Texas to provide Misys Homecare in an ASP (application service provider) environment for startup to mid-size homecare and hospice agencies seeking affordable softwa

GE partners with PatientKeeper

GE Healthcare has inked an agreement with Brighton, Mass.-based PatientKeeper to market and sell the company's mobile software technology under the name Centricity Physician Office Mobile.

Survey: PDAs reduce medical errors for emergency physicians

Emergency room physicians are avoiding a range of medical errors using personal digital assistants (PDAs), according to a new survey conducted by MedAmerica Mutual, a physician-directed, liability insurer that covers emergency physicians and their medical

Kodak, Heartlab ink marketing/reseller agreement

Eastman Kodak Co. will market Heartlab Inc.'s Encompass line of cardiac image and data management systems along with the Kodak DirectView PACS System 5.

Around the web

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer. 

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