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.

Swearingen building new headquarters

Swearingen Software announced this week that by the end of the year it will relocate its headquarters to a soon-to-be-constructed 8,200 square foot building in Northwest Houston.

Online ordering percentage increases at UHN with Misys CPR

Having almost reached its goal of full activation of its computerized physician order entry (CPOE) throughout the enterprise, general internal medicine physicians at University Health Network's (UHN) Toronto General Hospital are now placing 95 percent of

Nucletron previews new IMRT system

Nucletron is scheduled to release its new IMRT (intensity modulated radiation therapy) planning system called the Oncentra Optimizer in the first quarter of 2005.

Sonotech unveils single dose gel packets for ultrasound

Sonotech Inc. has introduced Clear Image Singles, single dose ultrasound scanning gel packets designed specifically to eliminate cross contamination from refilled gel bottles.

iCRco debuts new software for CR product

Computed radiography (CR) and film digitizer provider iCRco Inc. this week released new software called Rapid Preview and Advanced Print that are intended to improve workflow efficiency and functionality of its CR products.

Lumedx offers free white paper

Cardiology information systems (CIS) provider Lumedx Corp. is offering a free white paper on knowledge-driven systems for the challenges of cardiovascular data management.

L.A. hospital's ED automates workflow with Emergisoft

California Hospital Medical Center in downtown Los Angeles has implemented Emergisoft Corp.'s Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) - EmergisoftED - to automate workflow processed in the ED, including wait time, triage, patient tracking, lab orde

Xtria adds to digital imaging environment at Lahey

Xtria LLC has inked a three-year contract with Lahey Clinic to provide managed services supporting the digital imaging environment for the teaching hospital affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine and its three facilities in Massachusetts.

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.