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.
In conjunction with prevention efforts, the introduction of screening examinations has resulted in a reduction of nearly 6 million cancer-related deaths since 1975.
Breast density is most often discussed within the context of cancer risk, but new research suggests that it also could be used as a marker of cardiometabolic health.
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.
Approximately 18.4 million nuclear medicine procedures were performed in the United States in 2002, accounting for a 9 percent increase over volume of 16.8 million procedures in 2001.
IDX Systems Corp. has teamed with Fujitsu Services in a bid to deliver clinical information technology systems and services to the United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) for the Southern region.
The International Quality & Productivity Center (IQPC) will present its Best Practices in Optimizing Patient Throughout conference April 26 through April 28 in Atlanta.
Healthcare cooperative VHA Inc. reports that its members have saved a total of $25 million through agreements with two medical device reprocessing companies since April 2002.
The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry will hold its fourth annual PACS conference in San Antonio, Texas, on March 10 through 13.
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.
CCTA is being utilized more and more for the diagnosis and management of suspected coronary artery disease. An international group of specialists shared their perspective on this ongoing trend.
