News Headlines for Radiology (X-Rays) Issues
DMC radiology contract raises issues - Detroit Free Press
17 Jan 2012 at 2:01am
DMC radiology contract raises issues
Detroit Free Press
Imaging Advantage, a Santa Monica, Calif., teleradiology firm that helps hospitals read X-rays, mammograms and other tests, signed a five-year contract with the DMC effective Jan. 1. Its new arm, Michigan Radiology, has a six-month contract to use the ...
CDHB purchases radiology assets - Voxy
17 Jan 2012 at 9:09pm
CDHB purchases radiology assets
Voxy
CMI is a private company owned by international medical diagnostics company Sonic Healthcare and have been delivering community referred radiology services (mostly X-rays) from the Merivale base for 13 years. "This really is a win-win for the ...
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X-rays - CNET
16 Jan 2012 at 2:14pm
X-rays
CNET
The machine wasn't just fired up for fun, but for science, by doctors who chronicle their findings in the journal Radiology. Still, that doesn't mean that we can look down at the venerable old Dutch machine. If you hadn't been told that the image on ...
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Your Health: FDA oversees devices used for mammograms - Richmond Times Dispatch
16 Jan 2012 at 12:10am
Your Health: FDA oversees devices used for mammograms
Richmond Times Dispatch
A: Mammograms are low-dose X-rays of the breast to screen for or diagnose cancer. The benefit of early detection of breast cancer outweighs the risk that the small dose of radiation will do harm, according to the Food and Drug Administration. ...
MU radiology department under scrutiny - Columbia Daily Tribune
15 Jan 2012 at 3:05am
Columbia Daily Tribune
MU radiology department under scrutiny
Columbia Daily Tribune
But that doesn't mean the X-rays or scans provided weren't called for, McGuffey said. “The fact that physician signatures didn't accompany orders didn't necessarily mean services were unnecessary,” he said. Auditors recommended the office develop a ...
5 Useful iPad Apps for Doctors, Patients and Med Students - Mashable
16 Jan 2012 at 12:23pm
5 Useful iPad Apps for Doctors, Patients and Med Students
Mashable
Medical software developer Mobile MIM has created an FDA-approved radiology imaging application that empowers doctors to store diagnostic-quality X-rays in the cloud. Now doctors can zoom to highlight certain areas of a scan. ...
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Riverain's Chest X-Ray Comparison Tool Gets FDA Nod - Diagnostic Imaging
11 Jan 2012 at 1:27pm
Riverain's Chest X-Ray Comparison Tool Gets FDA Nod
Diagnostic Imaging
The technology targets differences between the X-rays, drawing attention to what could be an emerging or enlarging tumor. The software aligns the two images to produce a difference image, which the company said allows radiologists to identify subtle ...
Riverain Technologies' Temporal Comparison X-ray Software Receives FDA ClearanceMarketWatch (press release)
Riverain gets FDA clearance for lung X-ray comparison softwareMedCity News
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The Mobile MIM radiology app: A video tour of the new version - MedCity News
23 Dec 2011 at 10:12am
The Mobile MIM radiology app: A video tour of the new version
MedCity News
“X-rays are the bread and butter of medical imaging,” said Mark Cain, Cleveland-area MIM's chief technology officer. In February, an earlier version of Mobile MIM became the first-ever radiology mobile app to receive the FDA's seal of approval. ...
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Studies Probe Self-referral for Imaging - Journal of American Medical Associa...
17 Jan 2012 at 4:27pm
Studies Probe Self-referral for Imaging
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription)
Chicago— Evidence continues to mount showing that physicians with ownership stakes in imaging equipment are more likely to refer their patients for imaging tests than physicians who send their patients to radiologists for independent imaging. ...
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Benefits trust takes steps to control radiology costs - Crain's Detroit Business
9 Jan 2012 at 3:09am
Benefits trust takes steps to control radiology costs
Crain's Detroit Business
By Jay Greene Rising radiology costs are a big concern to employers and the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust. Since 2000, health care spending on computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography has grown an average of ...
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