October 14, 2009 - The largest annual study of patient outcomes at each of the nation’s 5,000 nonfederal hospitals found a wide gap in quality between the nation’s best hospitals and all others.

October 13, 2009 – Bright Note Technology, which is said to instantly populate all critical data on a patient chart, is now available across the entire spectrum of McKesson’s ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) solutions for physician practices.

October 13, 20009 - The Senate Finance Committee today approved the measure on a 14-9 vote in favor of a healthcare overhaul, gaining the support of an influential Republican.

October 13, 2009 – The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced the recipients of several Annual Meeting awards. Recipients will receive their honors during ASTRO’s 51st Annual Meeting in Chicago, being held November 1-5, 2009.

October 13, 2009 - Cost to deliver radiation varies widely from one delivery method to the next, according to a new analysis from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Costs can range from around $1,700 for a single treatment with conventional radiation techniques to more than $16,000 for four treatments when using a Cyberknife system for radiation delivery.

October 13, 2009 - FENICS has validated the Matrox Xenia PRO display controller board with their DIAGNUM Workstation mammography computer-aided detection (CAD) solutions, which will be demonstrating this technology at Journee Française de Radiologie (JFR) 2009 from October 16-20, 2009, in Paris - Porte Maillot, France.

SenoRx extends the EnCor breast biopsy product line into the MRI arena by offering grid and pillar/post compatibility in the same EnCor MRI product.

The versatility found throughout the EnCor breast biopsy product line extends into the MRI arena by offering grid and pillar/post compatibility in the same EnCor MRI product.

October 13, 2009 - SenoRx extends the EnCor breast biopsy product line into the MRI arena by offering grid and pillar/post compatibility in the same EnCor MRI product.

October 13, 2009 - The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) Division of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has announced it will hold a rally in the Rayburn House Office Building Gold Room, on October 14, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. "to preserve access to medical imaging."

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