May 9, 2012 – The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) submitted its comments on the proposed rules for Stage 2 Meaningful Use (MU), calling for more time to allow healthcare organizations to better prepare.

May 9, 2012 -Breast brachytherapy with a strut-based applicator appears to be an effective treatment for women who have ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast, according to a groundbreaking study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, held in Phoenix May 2-4.

May 9, 2012 - The American Society of Breast Disease (ASBD) is concerned about misleading information in a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), comparing breast brachytherapy to whole breast irradiation (WBI).

May 9, 2012 —Radiology Associates of Fox Valley (RAFV) in Neenah, Wisc., has elected McKesson Revenue Management Solutions (RMS) to help the group modernize its revenue cycle operations and navigate rapid changes in the healthcare billing and coding environment.

May 9, 2012 — Two studies presented at the Society of Surgical Oncology 2012 Annual Cancer Symposium found that the SurgicEye declipseSPECT may improve the accuracy of non-imaging gamma probes by providing 3-D images of the tumor and lymph nodes.

May 8, 2012 – Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc. announced U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market its Echelon Oval 1.5T ultra-wide magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. Echelon Oval sets a new standard for premium wide bore 1.5T MRI with its patient-shaped design, resulting in a 74 cm oval bore, the widest in the industry.

May 9, 2012 — Philips is bringing its newest computed tomography (CT) to St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., home to the area’s only Level II trauma center.

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