Oncology Imaging

Medical imaging has become integral to cancer care, assessing the stage and location of cancerous tumors. By utilizing powerful imaging modalities including CT, MRI, MRA and PET/CT, oncology imaging radiologists are able to assist referring physicians in the detection and diagnosis of cancer.

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Health IT group approves meaningful use' standards, quality measures

The Health IT Standards Committee approved measures that healthcare providers must put in place by 2011 and delivered a roadmap for future work on July 21.

Hospital execs: Increased inpatient volume shifts to cardiac, ICU services

Inpatient volumes are expected to decline but outpatient volume will increase correspondingly, according to Healthcare Financial Management Association's (HFMA) Healthcare Financial Pulse survey. Some financial executives surveyed anticipate that volume will grow in selected inpatient areas, including cardiac, surgical and intensive care unit/critical care unit (ICU/CCU) services.

To reach go-live goal, ICD-10 implementation should start in January

Two advisory groups--the North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance and the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange--estimate that ICD-10 implementation will take 966 days. Thus, for facilities desiring to meet a a federally mandated compliance deadline of Oct. 1, 2013, work on ICD-10 conversion should begin no later than Jan. 18, 2010.

Elekta, C-RAD ink optical tracking deal

C-RAD's Sentinel laser scanner system has been selected as the Elekta solution for optical surface tracking.

House panel adds telehealth to healthcare reform bill

The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee included several provisions supporting telehealth into healthcare reform legislation this week.

CBO: House healthcare reform bill will add to deficit

The healthcare reform bill proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives last week would result in an estimated net increase in the federal budget deficit of $65 billion over the 2010-2019 period, according to a preliminary analysis performed by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), and released July 17.

House unveils health reform bill

The U.S. House of Representatives has released the America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, its version of how to reform the current U.S. healthcare system. To support the bill's initiatives, it proposes a 5.4 percent tax on U.S. taxpayers earning more than $1 million; and a 1.5 percent tax on those who make more than $500,000, but less than $1 million.

Dignam named as new RTOG group statistician

James J. Dignam, PhD, has been named the new group statistician for the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) and will lead the efforts of RTOG's Statistics and Data Management Center.

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Positron partners with Upbeat Cardiology Solutions to improve cardiac PET/CT access

Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

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Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

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.

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‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

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.