Friday, June 3 | 9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Potomac Ballroom A

The Department of Defense has awarded Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) a contract to provide IT services and EHR systems support to the Tricare Management Activity Military Health System. 

Aptus Endosystems, a developer of endovascular aneurysm repair technologies, has received CE mark approval for the Aptus EndoStapling System, a helical staple technology that enables independent endograft fixation, and is designed to mimic the hand suturing performed during open surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs).

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last week that Medicare incentive checks for meaningful use were on the way; now those payments have begun to arrive.

FDG-PET is highly accurate in diagnosing progressive neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimers disease even if cognitive dysfunction is only mild. Thus, novel brain imaging probes targeting for instance beta-amyloid will likely serve a different purpose. They will play an important role if beta-amyloid is confirmed as a molecular target of effective therapy, and drugs that target beta-amyloid are actually developed.

Its not that Im so smart, its just that I stay with problems longer, quipped Albert Einstein. I wont debate Einsteins intelligence, but his point about perseverance is particularly astute.

Elixir Medical has received the CE mark for its DESyne drug-eluting coronary stent system for the treatment of coronary artery disease.

In early June, the imaging and informatics world descends on Washington, D.C. as the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) hosts its annual meeting. For sure, the organization selected the ideal setting to match its 2011 theme: Reforming Healthcare through Informatics: Challenges to Solutions.