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NovaRad has named Minneapolis-based NXC Imaging as ia new product distributor to serve facilities in Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota and parts of Illinois, Montana and Michigan.
The medical imaging market earned revenues of $5.73 billion in 2009 and is estimated to reach $6.55 billion in 2012, as the market is expected to bounce back from declining reimbursements and effects of the economic downturn, according to a report from market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
The most effective way to increase mammography screening among hard-to-reach, low-income, insured women is a stepwise intervention method or counseling program, according to a study published online June 29 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. The study found counseling increased screening compliance in the target population by 13.7 percent compared to the control group.
The PACS market has reached maturity with the lion's share of the market shifting from first-time PACS projects to upgrades, according to a report issued last week by marketing research and consulting firm IMV Medical Information Division. For many facilities, investment plans through 2012 are focused on expansions in image storage capacity and network/bandwidth infrastructure, deployment of additional workstations and flat screen monitors and investments in wireless networking and advanced visualization software.
Medical imaging systems distributor Mikron Digital Imaging-Midwest has signed a partnership with Fujifilm Medical Systems for the distribution of its line of Aspire digital mammography equipment and services.
The Medical Center in Bowling Green, Ky., is currently notifying 5,418 patients of a breach of personal protected health information, resulting from the theft of computer equipment from its mammography suite containing information on patients who underwent bone density testing between 1997 and 2009.
Medical billing and practice management services provider Zotec Partners has signed a three-year billing services agreement with Weatherford, Texas-based radiology provider, Peach Tree Radiology.
Long Beach, N.Y.-based Long Beach Medical Center has ordered a Carestream PACS, Carestream eHealth Managed Services and a Directview CR 975 System from Carestream Health.
The European PACS market will grow by about 5.9 percent annually through 2015, according to a report published by GlobalData, a market research firm.
Medipattern will provide B-CAD [computer-aided detection] software that uses breast ultrasound imaging at the Ocean Medical Imaging Center in Toms River, N.J.
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The University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine in Chapel Hill has begun notifying women who were part of a mammography research project that their Social Security numbers and other personal data may have been exposed when hackers breached the security of a database containing information recorded as part of the project—nearly two months after the breach occurred.
The FDA has granted 510(k) pre-market clearance for Cerner's ProVision Workstation-Mammography solution.
NovaRad has released its NovaMG breast imaging viewer that combines the tool set of NovaPACS with customizable mammographic reading and hanging protocol sequences.
InSite One has acquired National Digital Medical Archive (NDMA) clients who have leveraged its technology for long-term image management in women's health to InSite One's InDex services.
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“We’re beginning a revolution the way information is collected, managed, used and purposed for patients in the U.S. healthcare system,” said David Blumenthal, MD, chair of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, in opening remarks at an audioconference training session on meaningful use and EHR certification last week.
In Part 1 of our closer look at the final rules for meaningful use and EHR certification standards, CMIO’s Jeff Byers spoke with David Blumenthal, MD, chair of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. In Part 2, CMIOs weigh in with mixed reviews.
The framework for meaningful use is “something that had to be done and has been started intelligently,” John P. Glaser, PhD, vice president and CIO of Partners HealthCare System told CMIO. However, the challenges of becoming meaningful users and optimizing health information exchange will require unprecedented levels of communication within organizations and among healthcare systems, he said.
The contractual obligations in the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on modifications to the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules under the HITECH Act for business associates and downstream entities are game changers, according to Amy S. Leopard, JD, from Walter and Haverfield, during a webinar sponsored by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
Standardizing performance measures, with the help of health IT, will make it possible to collect the right data at the right time to support performance measurement, clinical decision support, clinical research and quality improvement, said Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, president and CEO of the National Quality Forum (NQF) during a webinar hosted by the forum on June 17.