HealthMyne, an imaging informatics company, today announced 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The new imaging informatics platform is designed to streamline clinical decision support and integrate with enterprise PACS and vendor-neutral archives using industry-standard formats.

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has selected seven leading physician-researchers to receive a total of $675,000 in awards and grants to advance radiation oncology research.

In the midst of a growing trend for Medicare patients to receive observation care in the hospital to determine if they should be formally admitted, a new study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania shows that for more than a quarter of beneficiaries with multiple observation stays, the cumulative out-of-pocket costs of these visits exceeds the deductible they would have owed for an inpatient hospital admission.

Women who are obese have a higher risk and a worse prognosis for breast cancer, but the reasons why remain unclear. A Cornell study published this month in Science Translational Medicine explains how obesity changes the consistency of breast tissue in ways that are similar to tumors, thereby promoting disease.

The study of mice and women shows obesity leads to a stiffening of a meshwork of material that surrounds fat cells in the breast, called the extracellular matrix, and these biomechanical changes create the right conditions for tumor growth.

Editor's note: This blog was reprinted with permission from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute, and can be viewed in full here.

 

Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.
–Aaron Levenstein

 

Richard Duszak, M.D., Guest Blog Author

Submitted by mtaschetta-millane on Thu, 08/27/2015 - 08:02

Richard Duszak, M.D., is chief medical officer, Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute, and vice chair for Health Policy and Practice, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine.

Elekta announced that Providence Health and Services in Renton, Wash., the nation's third largest not-for-profit health system, has ordered multiple Elekta cancer management solutions, including radiation therapy systems and upgrades, oncology information systems and multiyear service contracts for its hospitals, clinics and other health care facilities in Washington, Alaska, California, Montana and Oregon.

BC Technical, a non-OEM provider of medical imaging solutions, has acquired Atlas Medical Technologies. This strategic acquisition allows BC Technical to add valuable diagnostic imaging service resources and knowledge.

 

OncoPeer Developer Cloud is a place for developers and the Varian research team to come together to support and advance non-clinical projects. Within Developer Cloud you will find discussions, groups, events and polls. 
 
There is also education material covering Varian research tools and interfaces, TrueBeam Developer Mode, Monte Carlo Solutions for our linacs and the Veritas research interface for xml building. Other API Toolkits are coming soon. Have fun exploring the site, meeting community members, and planning your next project.

Life Science Industry Research adds 2-D X-ray Equipment: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2015 to 2021, research report that says use of portable (mobile) devices is expected to enhance the business opportunities in the Global 2-D X-ray market.

 

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