Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

New HSA Workgroup to develop best practices for health savings accounts

PricewaterhouseCoopers and Medical Banking Project (MBProject) are joining forces to form the HAS Workgroup, a new initiative to develop best practices for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).

Mercury Computer Systems to buy Echotek Corp.

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. announced it has inked an agreement to purchase Echotek Corp. for approximately $49 million.

SourceOne, iCAD renew distribution agreement

SourceOne Healthcare Technologies Inc. and iCAD Inc. this week announced that the companies have renewed their partnership and have inked an extended two-year national distribution agreement.

Prices skyrocket US health spending

Think your medical costs are too high? Well, you're right. According to a study published in Health Affairs, Americans pay nearly double in healthcare costs compared to similar costs faced by people in other industrialized nations.

Novadaq, Sorin Group and Kodak ink agreements for intra-operative imaging

Novadaq Technologies and CarboMedics of the Sorin Group, a world leader in medical technologies for cardiac surgery, this week announced that they have inked a North American agreement to distribute the SPY Intra-operative Imaging ("SPY") System, a real-t

Subimo, Allied team to boost consumer knowledge

Subimo, a provider of web-based decision-support tools, last week announced a partnership with Allied Benefit Systems, a national employee benefits provider, through which Allied will integrate Subimo's Healthcare Advisor and PharmaAdvisor into Allied's e

OnBase Healthcare wins endorsement

Hyland Software, Inc., developer of the OnBase enterprise content management (ECM) software suite, this week announced that it has been awarded an exclusive endorsement from the American Hospital Association (AHA) for its Integrated Document Management sy

MedImage integrates brain PET diagnosis software NeuroQ

MedImage Inc., creator of DELTAmanager and Syntermed, recently announced an agreement whereby the company will offer Syntermed Inc.'s NeuroQ as an integrated option for MedView for nuclear medicine and PET/CT image review.

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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.

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.

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. 

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