CT radiation exposure has dominated consumer and professional headlines for several years, yet mechanisms, effects and measures to control dose are not well-understood. Research is needed to plug knowledge gaps in nearly all areas of CT radiation exposure, according to the proceedings and recommendations of the Radiation Dose Summit, published in the November issue of Radiology.

McKesson has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Emendo, which develops CapPlan Predictive Capacity Planning technology to forecast patient demand and provides clinicians with an enterprise-wide view of activity to make adjustments for patient flow and staffed capacity allocations.

Carestream Health has received FDA clearance for its lesion management module, which is a native oncology follow-up application that can be added for its Vue PACS.

M*Modal has reached an agreement to expand transcription services to all Johns Hopkins Medicine health facilities.

VuCOMP has received FDA premarket approval for version 2 of its M-Vu CAD [computer-assisted detection] system for digital mammography.

The purchasing agency of the French administration, l’Union des Groupements d’Achats Publics (UGAP), has selected Barco to provide diagnostic, mammography, clinical review and surgical displays.

With heightened interest and incentives for EMR and image and information sharing as part of a health information exchange--healthcare executives are focusing on coordinating their financial, clinical and technical resources on building and integrating a healthcare image and information archive that leverages their current IT investments while providing the foundation for imaging exchange workflow and EMR integration.