January 4, 2010 - In the Office of the National Coordinator's (ONC) proposed regulations for certification criteria and standards for achieving "meaningful use" for electronic health records, released on December 30, 2009, it specified the use of e-prescribing, electronic exchange of health information, and data on clinical quality measures.

January 4, 2010 - Healthcare purchasing alliance seals new deals with leading vendors to provide medical imaging equipment to acute care and continuum of care members.

January 4, 2010 - Because the cumulative radiation from medical imaging tests may pose a cancer concern, both doctors and patients have begun to push for alternatives. Post-imaging enhancements to X-ray images serve to reduce both patient and clinical exposure.

December 29, 2009 - Imaging is at the heart of diagnostic procedures and is the focus of the "ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Imaging", which will be released in early 2010.

December 29, 2009 - The award for World Class Manufacturer of the Year 2009 recognizes the quality work produced each year by a manufacturing staff.

December 29, 2009 - In patients with known or suspected myocardial infarction, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) provides a comprehensive, multifaceted view of the heart, according to a study published in the Dec. 29, 2009 to Jan. 5, 2010 issue of Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

December 28, 2009 - The Medical College of Wisconsin will license a novel molecular imaging technology designed to rapidly diagnosis cell death in organs such as the brain and heart.

December 28, 2009 - AMICAS entered into a definitive agreement with an affiliate of Thoma Bravo LLC, a multi-industry private equity firm, to be acquired for $217 million in cash.

January 4, 2010 - Patients demonstrated significant improvements in motor skills and brain function in a large-scale study conducted to measure the effectiveness of dopamine cell transplantation in Parkinson’s disease patients shows, according to research reported in the January issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM).

December 28, 2009 - The Mayo Clinic will further develop and commercialize a suite of its licensed technologies in conjunction with a molecular breast imaging system called Lumagem in an effort to improve the diagnosis of cancers in women with dense breasts.

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