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. 

Gov't support for research crucial to future of eRx success

Continuous studies on the impact of e-prescribing are crucial, according to a commentary published in the American Health Information Management Association's online research journal, Perceptions in Health Information Management.

Whitehouse introduces Senate legislation targeting breast cancer

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) has introduced the Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act (S. 3237), legislation designed to establish a commission dedicated to completely eliminating breast cancer.

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Combo type 2 diabetes drug inches closer to EU approval

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly have received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency's medicinal committee recommending approval of Jentadueto (linagliptin/metformin hydrochloride) tablets, a medicine combining the DPP-4 inhibitor linagliptin and metformin in a single tablet taken twice daily.

NEJM: Preop chemoradiotherapy boosts esophageal cancer survival

Preoperative chemoradiotherapy has been shown to improve survival among patients with esophageal or esophagogastric-junction cancer, supporting the role of neoadjuvant treatment for those with potentially curable disease, according to a study published May 31 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Ohio State hospitals achieve Stage 7

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, has received its Stage 7 Award for four hospitals.

Around the web

Harvard’s David A. Rosman, MD, MBA, explains how moving imaging outside of hospitals could save billions of dollars for U.S. healthcare.

Back in September, the FDA approved GE HealthCare’s new PET radiotracer, flurpiridaz F-18, for patients with known or suspected CAD. It is seen by many in the industry as a major step forward in patient care. 

After three years of intermittent shortages of nuclear imaging tracer technetium-99m pyrophosphate, there are no signs of the shortage abating.