February 21, 2012 — The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) released the results of its first-ever survey measuring demographics and teaching practices of faculty members in radiologic science programs.

February 21, 2012 — ScImage Inc. announced the development of a unified dashboard to access enterprise-level image-centric health information. For the diverse health enterprise, the new dashboard offers study- and order-centric worklists blended into a single framework, employing exacting new programming and web technologies.

A comparison of HIMSS Analytics data from September 2011 to December 2011 suggests that a number of hospital segments showed increased capability to achieve Stage 1 of meaningful use.

February 21, 2012 ? Nucletron, an Elekta company, announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) granted Shonin approval to market the microSelectron Digital (HDR-V3) afterloader in Japan.

Resolute Integrity Drug-Eluting Stent (DES)

February 20, 2012 — U.S. Senate and House legislators have reached a “doc fix” agreement this week to prevent slashing payments to physicians treating Medicare patients. A law was to take effect at the beginning of March would have reduced reimbursements by 27 percent.

Edwards Intuity Valve System

February 20, 2012 — The Fraxion head frame helps ensure accuracy and precision in stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT) of cancer targets in the brain and cranium. Elekta's Fraxion is the first to introduce an innovative system that integrates all proven cranial immobilization options in a single solution.

February 20, 2012 — As part of president Obama’s pledge to reduce regulatory burden, Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced HHS will postpone the date at which certain health care entities have to comply with International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition (ICD-10) diagnosis and procedure codes.

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