Ultrasonography has been shown to be a useful tool for evaluating and treating adult sepsis patients in the emergency department, with physicians altering initial management plans based on point-of-care ultrasonographic data in more than 50 percent of cases, according to a study published online May 28 in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Lantheus Medical Imaging has been selected to receive a $300,000 Massachusetts-Israel Innovation Partnership grant to develop a 3D capsule for colorectal cancer screening.

As the healthcare community strives to become more transparent as a means to improve care, some have turned to cardiac surgery quality assessments or physician report cards. However, others turn their noses up to these types of public report cards, saying that the information may not always be 100 percent accurate.

Christiana Care Health System of Wilmington, Del., has been awarded a $10 million grant from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to design a new care model that will harness IT to approach gaps that currently exist in healthcare.

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Accountable care organizations (ACOs) now stretch across 45 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., according to a white paper from Leavitt Partners. The 221 identified ACOs represent a 38 percent increase compared with those identified just six months ago.