The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposal to align and modernize how Medicare payments are tied to the cost and quality of patient care for hundreds of thousands of doctors and other clinicians.

Imaging Advantage LLC, platform provider of cloud-based radiology service, announced the launch of a machine learning research initiative titled Singularity Healthcare.

In the world of molecular imaging, PET/MR is a wild card. But it’s a wild card that’s ready to be played. Three major vendors offer commercial products. The images are spectacular. So…what’s the hold up?

Ashley County Medical Center, Crossett, Ark., is the first hospital in the United States to install Carestream’s DRX-Excel Plus radiography/fluoroscopy (R/F) system.

April 27, 2016 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced the release of Dolphin Online Ready Patient QA and Monitoring. Dolphin enhances workflows in pre-treatment QA (quality assurance), while being mindful of future online treatment monitoring.

Dolphin Online Ready Patient QA and Monitoring

Patterns of brain activity thought to show pain responses have been called into question after researchers saw such patterns in rare patients born without a sense of pain.

The results of a secondary analysis of the SCOT-HEART trial show that coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) leads to a more appropriate and effective selection of invasive coronary angiography for patients with suspected angina due to coronary heart disease.

In a study appearing in the April 26 issue of JAMA, researchers examined the content, readability and understandability of dense breast notifications sent to women following screening mammography.

April 26, 2016 — Repeated head impacts to high school football players cause measurable changes in their brains, even when no concussion occurs, according to new research. The study was conducted by University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute and Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

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