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July 21, 2009 – Total procedures performed in angio labs from 2004 to 2008 grew 20 percent, from 4 million in 2004 to 4.8 million procedures in 2008 for hospitals with 150 plus beds, resulting in an average annual growth rate of 4-5 percent, according to a recent report released by IMV.

Time July 21, 2009
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July 21, 2009 - Varian Medical Systems has received FDA 510(k) clearance for the Acuros capability offered initially in its brachytherapy treatment planning system, which will be on display at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) at Anaheim, Calif., from July 26-30.

Time July 21, 2009
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July 21, 2009 – The American College of Radiology’s (ACR) chair, James H. Thrall, M.D., FACR, sent out an “Action Alert” to 7,000 ACR members who are constituents of Energy and Commerce with background and talking points urging phone calls of support for the Weiner/Braley self-referral amendment.

Time July 21, 2009
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The HITECH Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and its impact on radiology is foremost on the minds of everyone in healthcare.

Time July 21, 2009
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July 21, 2009 - Philips Healthcare has signed an eight-year iSite PACS expansion deal with OrthoCarolina, one of the largest orthopedic practices in the nation comprised of 16 locations in the Charlotte, N.C. region.

Time July 20, 2009
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July 21, 2009 – PACSGEAR, a provider of document and multimedia connectivity solutions for hospitals and healthcare facilities today announced the expansion of its European Office, located in Munich, Germany. The new office supports PACSGEAR’s continued growth in the EMEAR region, including Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Russia.

Time July 20, 2009
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July 20, 2009 – Over 225 volunteers with the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) came together for a kickoff meeting last week in Chicago to update and broaden certification programs for electronic health record (EHR) technologies – some to be launched within 90 days, others in the months to follow.

Time July 20, 2009
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July 20, 2009 – St. Joseph Medical Center has selected McKesson’s Revenue Management Solutions (RMS) group to manage its medical billing processes to streamline operational and revenue challenges.

Time July 20, 2009
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July 17, 2009 – Codonics Inc. has introduced a new line of affordable medical image servers designed to meet increasing demand for cost-effective storage of temporary data sets or permanent archives.

Time July 17, 2009
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July 17, 2009 – PETNET Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens Medical Solutions USA, announced today that it is a registered supplier of investigational 3’Deoxy-3’[18F] Fluorothymidine (F-18 FLT) to the Society of Nuclear Medicine’s Clinical Trial network.

Time July 17, 2009
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July 17, 2009 - In 2007, 20 high-use counties accounted for 16 percent of Part B spending on ultrasound despite having only 6 percent of Medicare beneficiaries, according to findings from a report issued by the office of Inspector General (OIG) released on July 10, 2009

Time July 17, 2009
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provided further clarification on the existing physician supervision regulation that affects diagnostic and therapeutic services, including radiation oncology and interventional radiology services in the 2010 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) proposed rule released on July 1, 2009.

Time July 17, 2009
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July 17, 2009 - After doctors at the Space Coast Cancer Center in Titusville, Fla., surgically removed a brain tumor, the patient’s daily treatments are taking just two minutes to complete, rather than the typical 20 minute session, using Varian Medical System’s RapidArc radiotherapy technology.

Time July 17, 2009
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July 17, 2009 - TeraRecon is highlighting its goal to meet the mission of SCCT’s recently-released reporting guidelines for interpreting and reporting coronary CTA, by augmenting the workflow and reporting capabilities of Aquarius iNtuition 4.4 software to achieve increased productivity and enhanced compliance.

Time July 16, 2009
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July 16, 2009 - Agfa HealthCare said today it expanded the capabilities of its IMPAX Cardiovascular (IMPAX CV) with advanced software for cardiology outcomes management from Cedaron Medical.

Time July 16, 2009
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July 16, 2009 - On Tuesday, July 15, the three jurisdictional committees charged with drafting healthcare reform legislation introduced the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act.

Time July 16, 2009
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July 16, 2009 - INFINITT North America, a web-based RIS, PACS and advanced visualization solutions provider, will partner with Great Valley Technologies (GVT) to offer its single-database RIS and PACS with fully-integrated billing capabilities.

Time July 16, 2009
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July 15, 2009 - Tufts Medical Center of Boston, Mass., recently ordered a RIS/PACS solution from Carestream Health to streamline workflow at the teaching hospital. The medical center also contracted with Carestream Health’s eHealth Managed Services (eMS) for remote disaster recovery.

Time July 16, 2009
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July 16, 2009 - Principal investigator, radiologist Dr. Alexander Poellinger, and his team of researchers at the Charité, Medical University in Berlin, Germany, will use fluorescent dye to demonstrate an enhancement of the sensitivity and the specificity of diffuse optical tomography in a new a breast cancer imaging study.

Time July 16, 2009
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July 16, 2009 - Southern California Orthopedic Institute (SCOI) has selected the REGIUS Digital Imaging Suite (RDIS), reported Konica Minolta, as a key component of their conversion to a complete digital solution.

Time July 16, 2009
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