September 29, 2009 - Abnormal results on outpatient imaging tests sometimes may not receive timely follow-up even when clinicians receive and read results in an advanced, integrated electronic medical record system, according to a report in the September 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

September 29, 2009 - Positron Corp., a molecular imaging solutions company focused on nuclear cardiology, will attend the 14th Annual American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) annual conference in Minneapolis, Minn. Oct. 1-4, to showcase their newly developed cardiac optimized PET scanner, the Attrius.

September 29, 2009 - At the upcoming 81st American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Convention and Exhibit, Siemens Healthcare will showcase three of its health information technology solutions designed to help providers build and maintain a comprehensive Electronic Health Record: Soarian Clinicals, Soarian Enterprise Document Management and Soarian Quality Measures.

September 29, 2009 – PACSGEAR, a provider of document and multimedia connectivity solutions for hospitals and healthcare facilities, announced that Birmingham Women's Hospital in Birmingham, UK, has become its 1200th customer site.

September 28, 2009 - GE Healthcare and Biosense Webster Inc. announced new versions of the Vivid i and Vivid q cardiovascular ultrasound systems, with support for two new intracardiac echo (ICE) catheters.

September 28, 2009 - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality plans to provide $100 million in stimulus funding in the coming fiscal year to support studies of the effectiveness of treatments and diagnostics, including personalized healthcare approaches, such as pharmacogenetics, clinical diagnostics, and bio-imaging studies.


September 25, 2009 - Intelerad Medical Systems, a PACS solution vendor, bolsters its PACS market presence with new contract signings and installations in the U.S., Canada and Australia.

In the United States, new IntelePACS clients include St. Vincent General Hospital District of Leadville, Colorado and Colorado Springs Health Partners, P.C.

September 25, 2009 - Cancer physicians and cancer care advocates applauded a bipartisan letter led by Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) sent to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius yesterday urging that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) spare life-saving radiation oncology services from a major Medicare funding cut proposed for diagnostic i

September 25, 2009 - Nearly of 300 of the world’s leading researchers focused on the problem of prostate cancer will begin a three-day meeting today to discuss the latest scientific data and breakthroughs in prostate cancer. The meeting, held in Incline Village at Lake Tahoe in Nevada, is the 16th Scientific Retreat sponsored by the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF).

September 25, 2009 - The Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation recently received a $1 million planned-gift donation to create a future scholarship fund for interventional radiology fellows to pursue this medical profession.

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