Researchers at Harvard Medical School have developed an open-source informatics toolkit capable of mining data from existing nuclear medicine report archives, allowing for calculation of organ doses for longitudinal patient-specific dose monitoring, according to a report published online May 24 in Radiology.

GE Healthcare has joined the Center for Connected Medicine as a founding partner, accompanying four other founding organizations and nine strategic partners at the center aimed at improving connectivity in healthcare.

When predicting pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, changes in breast tumor size measured at MRI are superior indicators to clinical assessment, with the greatest advantage seen using volumetric measurements of tumor response early in treatment, according to a study published in the June issue of Radiology.

Mobile technology is hot right now. So hot that President Barack Obama has declared a presidential mandate directing federal agencies to implement such technology within the next 12 months.

Pennsylvanias 2.1 million citizens covered by state-administered Medicaid, including those in the most rural and remote areas, are about to begin enjoying access to the best medical specialists in the state. Thats because, on May 23, the state broadened its coverage to reimburse far more telemedicine consultations than it previously paid for.

While 18th century French essayist Joseph Joubert wasnt specifically referring to the debate process that surrounds introducing new therapies to cardiovascular care, he does touch upon the crux of why debate is essential to every meaningful question. On May 23, at FDA headquarters in Silver Springs, Md., the Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee engaged in a lively debate about the potential of introducing an antithrombin agent into the care cycle for patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), which would be a completely novel approach for these patients.

As Americas hospitals and healthcare systems face mounting threats to their long-term fiscal health, healthcare technology managers find themselves eyeing an unprecedented opportunity to help their respective C-suite leaders minimize the hurt and hasten the healing.

Cardiovascular disease mortality dropped 40 percent for diabetic patients, according to findings from the National Health Interview Survey that were released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. These reductions may be due to improvements in the care and treatments for diabetic patients.