Fujifilm Medical Systems has unveiled the Aspire CRm full-field digital mammography system, which targets smaller breast imaging centers.

Members of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) have elected three officers to serve on the 2012-2013 ASRT board of directors.

Source: whitehouse.govThe Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues is requesting public comment on the ethical issues raised by the ready availability of large-scale human genome sequence data, with regard to privacy and data access and the balancing of individual and societal interests.

Rates of death in the U.S. from all cancers for men and women continued to decline between 2004 and 2008, according to the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, published online in Cancer on March 28.

After almost a week of covering the latest in cardiovascular news in the Windy City, it is time to reflect. At this years American College of Cardiovascular Administrators (ACCA) meeting, hospital thought leaders discussed what it takes to integrate the most innovative technologies and ways to incorporate the most cost-effective, quality-driven programs. This years American College of Cardiology (ACC) scientific session included clinical triumphs in anticoagulants and imaging techniques, among others, intertwined with the latest in research for a thought-provoking meeting. But both meetings left us asking one question, Where is healthcare headed?

The FDA is clarifying dosing and warning recommendations for citalopram hydrobromide (Celexa, Forest Laboratories). There is the possibility that high doses of the antidepressant can cause dangerous abnormalities in the electrical activity of the heart.

Conventional wisdom and prior findings hold that physician risk intolerance and malpractice fear fuel CT ordering; however, recent research disputes this assertion and suggests variations in head CT use in the emergency department (ED) do not correlate with these factors. The authors cautioned of caveats related to the findings, and emphasized that clinical decision support could improve quality, reduce inappropriate imaging and conserve healthcare resources, in an interview with Health Imaging and research letter published March 26 in Archives of Internal Medicine.

The Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI), a nonprofit organization, has received $600,000 in federal funding to extend access to currentcare, the statewide health information exchange (HIE), to the behavioral health community.