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. 

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GE to invest $1B to improve breast cancer detection, care

GE, along with its healthcare and financial partners, has launched a healthymagination initiative aimed at accelerating cancer innovation and improving care for 10 million cancer patients globally by 2020.

HHS launches massive campaign to curtail heart attacks, strokes

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), along with several association and industry partners, has launched Million Hearts, an initiative that aims to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes in the U.S. over the next five years. Currently, cardiovascular disease (CVD) costs $444 billion every year in medical costs and lost productivity for people living in the U.S.

Philips debuts decision support technology

Philips Healthcare has rolled out new technology able to separate fetal and maternal pulses.

AFC debuts new desk

AFC Industries has released a half-moon-shaped, dual-tier desk.

HIMSS Davies winners named

The six winners of the 2011 HIMSS Davies Awards deliver quality and care to the patients and populations they serve with ITspecifically with an EHR. The healthcare organizations and providers, winners of the HIMSS Davies Awards of Excellence, appear in the four award categories: organizational, ambulatory, community health organization and public health.

NIH announces mHealth grant

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a grant to stimulate research utilizing mobile health (mHealth) tools aimed at the improvement of effective patient-provider communication, adherence to treatment and self-management of chronic diseases in underserved populations.

Pa. judge rules against reform's individual mandate

Despite the Obama Administrations recent good fortune in Virginia concerning the legal standing of the individual mandate included in the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Pennsylvania U.S. District Judge Christopher C. Conner disagreed in the case of Goudy-Bachman v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Boston Sci defends mesh surgery products

Boston Scientific has officially asked the FDA to reconsider its questioning of the safety of transvaginal mesh products used in surgery. John Pedersen, the companys senior vice president and president of its urology and women's health division, responded in writing on Sept. 9 to an FDA advisory panel considering the revocation of 510(k) clearance status for these products.

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