Friday, February 03
Researchers at the National Space Biomedical Research Institute have been developing an ultrasound technology that seeks to offer relief to those suffering from kidney stones and the results of the project could lead to new methods for both detecting and treating kidney stones.
Friday, February 03
The Association of Vascular and Interventional Radiographers (AVIR) has been designated a Recognized Continuing Education Evaluation Mechanism Plus by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT).
Wednesday, February 01
John D. Halamka, MD, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, seems to be taking a bit of flak for a recent assertion dubbing DICOM a "non-standard standard."
Wednesday, February 01
Allowing people to purchase over-the-counter (OTC) medications at local drugstores provides the U.S. healthcare system $102 billion in profits annually, and each dollar spent on OTCs saves $6 to $7 for the healthcare system, according to a white paper released Jan. 31 by Consumer Healthcare Products Association. Without OTCs, an additional 56,000 medical practitioners would be needed to assist with the increase in office visits, which would not bode well for the current physician shortage.
Tuesday, January 31
The healthcare industry as a whole has been slow to adopt social media tools and to join online social networks, but the presenters of a HealthWorks Collective webinar said hospitals that aren’t utilizing the modern mode of communication are making a mistake and encouraged them to start now.
Monday, January 30
Results from an analysis of 7,900 providers who have opted out of Medicare between 1998 and March 2011 by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’s (HHS) Office of Inspector General showed that not enough data were available regarding the physicians who opted out of Medicare to conduct a proper evaluation.
Sunday, January 29
The Texas Department of State Health Services-Radiation Control Program has granted Positron's wholly owned subsidiary, Manhattan Isotope Technology, approval of its radioactive materials license amendment.
Friday, January 27
Shine Medical Technologies, a developer of medical isotopes and cancer treatment elements, intends to build a new manufacturing plant in Janesville, Wis. Plant completion is planned for 2015, with more than 100 permanent employees and potential for further employment growth.
Thursday, January 26
The diagnostic imaging market will be marked by an expansion of hybrid modality technology, the growth of imaging in emerging markets and negative growth due to reimbursement cuts in the U.S., according to a report by GBI Research, a business information company, distributed by Industry Review.
Thursday, January 26
The Florida State Senate has refused to consider HB 1329, which would have required imaging centers, along with other healthcare providers, to publish and post a schedule of charges for services provided to patients paying out of pocket, effective Jan. 25.
Wednesday, January 25
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has published an initial draft of shared priorities and a nationwide agenda for comparative clinical effectiveness research, and is seeking public comment on its proposals.
Wednesday, January 25
CEOs are using federal and market reform as a catalyst to work through what remains to “fix 99 percent of the dumb stuff we’ve done,” according to a report from consulting group Huron Healthcare.
Wednesday, January 25
If mergers and acquisitions are signs of health within a given industry, the healthcare products-and-services sector is in fighting condition despite a punishing economy; and the medical device segment is leading the way.
Tuesday, January 24
The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has found all the asserted patents in a suit brought by Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to be invalid and entered judgment in favor of Boston Scientific.
Tuesday, January 24
Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., is adding a graduate-level health IT program to its course catalog for the 2012 to 2013 academic year.
Tuesday, January 24
Medquist Holdings, a developer of medical transcription services, will unify its operations under the name M*Modal, as of Jan. 25, and the company’s common stock will be traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol “MODL."
Monday, January 23
Healthcare consulting firm Beacon Partners surveyed more than 200 healthcare executives to determine the value of and interest in health information exchanges (HIEs). Despite concerns, the survey concluded that there was an overall positive opinion regarding the benefits of HIEs with 70 percent of executives reporting that they felt positively about HIEs.
Monday, January 23
Internet use among adults has skyrocketed over the past several years and the time may seem ripe for developing web-based tools to help patients manage their health, but research published online Jan. 4 by the
Journal of Health Communication suggested that such tools will receive underwhelming attention from patients.
Monday, January 23
In 2010, the healthcare community accounted for only 1 percent of the 761 data breaches examined in a January 2011 report on data security published by communications company Verizon--which is a decrease from the previous year.
Thursday, January 19
The Health Care Compliance Association, a nonprofit trade association for healthcare compliance professionals, determined that hospital audits conducted through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Recovery Audit Contractor program are usually handled by compliance departments and that they generally take a single full-time employee to manage.
