Screening

Diagnostic screening programs help catch cancer, abnormalities or other diseases before they reach an advanced stage, saving lives and healthcare costs. Screening programs include, lung, breast, prostate, and cervical cancer, among many others.

Vendors join to talk interoperability

Executives from Cisco Systems, GE Healthcare, IBM and Microsoft will be among delegates discussing the challenge of integration and interoperability in healthcare during two sessions on Nov. 11th at The World Health Care Innovation and Technology Congress

KOM Networks announces support for HP Ultra Density Optical Jukeboxes

KOMworx software from KOM Networks will be used to support the next generation HP StorageWorks Ultra Density Optical (UDO) Jukeboxes that feature increased capacity and higher performance.

Optio, Atos Origin deepen partnership

Optio Software Inc. and Atos Origin China, a subsidiary of Atos Origin, a leading global business and technology integrator, has formed a reseller partnership.

VHA Health Foundation awards $1 million in grants

The VHA Health Foundation has awarded grants to four healthcare organizations to fund promising health and healthcare initiatives at the local level.

UCLA Medical goes to mobile and wireless access to patient data

UCLA Medical Center is piloting a mobile, wireless patient information retrieval system developed by Global Care Quest designed to grant physicians quick and flexible access to patient data from virtually anywhere real-time.

Poll: Americans willing to put up with regulation to cure healthcare system

Most Americans would like to see key industries regulated, especially healthcare areas such as pharmaceuticals and insurance, according to a Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive poll.

Q&A with Etta Pisano, MD

Health Imaging News spoke with the study's senior author, Etta Pisano, MD, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, about her thoughts regarding the findings and the implications regarding the future of mammography and women's health.

Around the web

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.

A total of 16 cardiology practices from 12 states settled with the DOJ to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for imaging agents used to diagnose cardiovascular disease.