Research firm KLAS released a new report on electronic medical record (EMR) usability and product performance over the past two years, revealing how physicians and other users rate various vendors and solutions. The report, entitled “Physician Leadership Weighs In on Acute Care EMR Usability” compares usability performance in the acute care EMR market segment.

Viztek announced the availability of the Basic U-Arm, a new U-Arm digital X-ray system. Ideal for urgent care and orthopedic settings, among others, the system combines the benefits of a typical U-Arm system at an affordable entry point for many facilities.

Kubtec recently named new regional sales managers for the global markets. The appointments were made to meet the rising demand for Kubtec‘s products worldwide, including Mozart with TomoSpec, a specimen tomosynthesis system for excised breast tissue, and KUB 250, a high-resolution, low-dose portable digital X-ray system dedicated for neonatal imaging.

Results from Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc.’s first Phase 3 study of flurpiridaz F 18 for myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) were presented at the International Conference on Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT (ICNC12) in Madrid, Spain. The oral presentation was made by Jamshid Maddahi, M.D., professor of medicine (cardiology) and molecular & medical pharmacology (nuclear medicine), David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, in the “Important Clinical Trials and Registries in Nuclear Cardiology” session of ICNC12.

The diagnostic radiology department of LLUMC conducts an average of 500 diagnostic exams for roughly 1,600 images per day. It was clear that transitioning from CR to DR would have significant positive impact on patient care. However, without the availability of sufficient  capital to fund this transition, moving to DR did not appear to be a current possibility, but instead it would need to be a future goal. The radiology department was left with the challenge of trying to find a way to implement a DR an upgrade that they knew would save the hospital vast amounts of money in the long-run without the availability of a large up-front capital investment to purchase and install the new equipment. 

LLUMC turned to Agfa HealthCare to find a solution to this major challenge. The answer came in the form of Agfa HealthCare’s Fast Forward DR Upgrade Program, which was designed to allow hospitals to keep up with the fast-paced evolution in X-ray technology even in the absence of immediate capital funds. The program allows healthcare providers to sustain their existing financial model and upgrade to the best X-ray technology available with a cost structure that allows the transition to pay for itself.

A battle is taking shape in computed tomography (CT), one that pits the tubes that deliver X-rays against the detectors that record them. It is a fight over how to use X-rays of different energies — variations on the decades-old concept of selective energy CT (SECT), which promise to make diagnoses more accurate and patient management more effective. 


A battle is taking shape in computed tomography (CT), one that pits the tubes that deliver X-rays against the detectors that record them. It is a fight over how to use X-rays of different energies — variations on the decades-old concept of selective energy CT (SECT), which promise to make diagnoses more accurate and patient management more effective. 

Breast cancer screening has been on the forefront with the issue of breast density taking center stage. However, controversy surrounds the many contradicting studies that currently dictate the standards for breast cancer screening.

In a rare showing of bipartisan support, on April 14, 2015, Congress repealed the sustainable growth rate (SGR) and approved a new framework to allow Medicare to transition from its current fee-for-service payment system to a value-based reimbursement system. The legislation (H.R. 2) eliminates the threat of annual cuts in Medicare payments to providers that were required under the SGR, which was approved more than a decade ago to control skyrocketing Medicare costs.
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