The Academy of Molecular Imaging (AMI) has reported a gift of $200,000 from the Phelps Family Foundation to support further awareness and education related to PET and PET/CT diagnostic applications.

Philips Healthcare has initiated a voluntary global recall of devices to measure carbon dioxide (CO2) exhaled by infant and neonatal patients, due to concern that patients could inhale dislodged plastic strands found in defective products, which could result in serious injury or death.

CMIO presents a weekly update of the EHR products certified by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies. The following EHR certifications were announced recently:

Two facilities and six individuals have won awards for excellence and outstanding achievement in applied medical informatics from the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS). The awards honor individuals and/or organizations who have successfully applied information systems and computer technology into the practice of medicine.

As many in the political and public arenas argue that the costs of healthcare are on an unsustainable trajectory, physicians may be reaching their limits as well: the costs of care for oncology are unsustainable and require far-reaching changes in treatment and attitudes, among oncologists as well as patients, wrote the authors of a May 25 article in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

Elekta and ScandiDos AB have entered into a non-exclusive global agreement to distribute ScandiDos's Delta4PT quality assurance (QA) tool.

UltraSPECT, a developer of nuclear medicine image reconstruction technology, has signed a multi-year distribution agreement with nuclear pharmacy network UPPI for the exclusive leasing and/or non-exclusive sale of its cardiac and bone imaging applications in the U.S.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California has granted a request by Amylin Pharmaceuticals for a temporary restraining order related to litigation involving its diabetes collaboration agreement with Eli Lilly.