This month, were looking at how a pair of cutting-edge practices has assembled the various IT components to create an integrated infrastructure that support workflow and high-quality patient care.

While the number of radiation therapy or related visits continues at asteady pace, the utilization of diagnostic imaging devices in providingtreatments has clearly increased in the United States, according to arecent study published by IMV Medical Information Division.

Aetna has made its CareEngine-powered personal health record (PHR)available to current Aetna Medicare members who purchased Medicareplans individually.

Obese men with early-stage prostate cancer may benefit more frombrachytherapy treatment than surgery or external beam radiationtherapy, according to a study published in the August issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics.

Researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center reported thattargeted radiation therapy had completely controlled all signs ofcancer in 21 percent of patients, who had five or fewer sites ofmetastatic disease, according to an ongoing trial published in the Aug.15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research.

The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston and Emerson Hospitalin Concord, Mass., have partnered to develop the MGH-Emerson HospitalCardiovascular Center, to be based at Emerson’s Center of SpecialtyCare in Concord.

IMPAC Medical Systems, an Elekta company, has introduced version 1.6 for its Mosaiq image-enabled oncology information systemthat will support OBI Advanced Imaging from Varian Medical System’s OBIworkstation software.

HealthHelp, a radiology benefit management provider, has added radiation oncology services to its diagnostic imaging programs.