Tenn.-based HIT company taps health care consultant and business professor Justin Neece for the job.
Carestream Health inks multi-year contract to install RIS at the Royal Marsden Hospital.
Most men get aggressive prostate cancer treatment even if they have low-risk disease, according to a new study.
Would expand free malpractice coverage to physicians who volunteer at health centers that treat the poor.
FDA speeds up review of drug to prevent radiation death, ease chemotherapy treatments.
Skipping screening tests and going straight to zapping nerves to relieve suspected arthritis-related back pain could save money while helping treat patients the screening tests might miss, according to new research.
Date set for restart. Read DOTmed's exclusive update.
Digitized slides take up more memory than a CT scan file.
DOTmed 100 service company expands to 80,000 sq. ft. warehouse.
Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc.'s lightweight flat panel cassette to convert analog or computed radiography X-ray rooms into digital radiography received FDA clearance.
Nurses say automated patient lifts can help save money and prevent career-ending injuries. A DOTmed Business News exclusive report.
Bloodstream infections are vastly more common, and therefore more deadly, than heart attacks after general surgery, according to a new study.
Although present, they're below background radiation levels.
Transdermal patch lets vaccines soak through the skin.
Point-of-care diagnostics company opts for new name.
Medicare Fraud Strike Force nabs 94 doctors and health care company workers accused of fraud in the biggest bust since the strike force began, the government says.
Carestream Health inked a deal with Diagnostic Medical Systems subsidiary Apelem to sell its remote-controlled radiographic tables to customers in France and Belgium.
Omnibus budget bill will privatize Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.
The agent, Definity, to be distributed by J.B. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals.
Government scientists move closer to a vaccine against all strains of flu.
Software upgrade for ultrasound helps anesthesiologists place needles.
Dire unemployment predictions for NHS shake-up.
An affiliate of private equity firm Providence Equity Partners bought teleradiology and workflow technology company Virtual Radiologic for around $294 million, the companies announced Monday.
One-third of physicians won't report impaired or incompetent colleagues, according to a survey, even though it's generally required by many professional charters and some state laws.
Hospitals that use infection-tracking computer technology are better able to meet research-based infection control guidelines, according to a new study.
Lantheus gains rights to sell MRI contrast agent outside North America, Australia.
A case study presented at APIC suggests aggressive response can quell deadly, drug-resistant acinetobacter outbreak in the ICU.
Groups urge the FDA to implement codes that could help patients while saving health care dollars.
FDA recalls 21 additional lots.
Obstetricians can now show expectant mothers their babies in 3-D.
Chalk River reactor not a 'magic bullet' to end radioisotope woes.
Weekly shipments to begin once the NRU reactor is back online.
Virus' rap sheet gets longer.
Device giant concludes $90M cash buyout of optical coherence tomography-maker.
Patients with hard-to-treat high blood pressure who tweak their medication schedules after self-monitoring saw a nearly 50 percent greater drop in blood pressure than those receiving typical office-based care, according to the results of a new trial.
Dr. Robert Neil Butler, a longevity researcher who fought discrimination against the elderly, died July 4, the U.S. Department of Health said. He was 83.
Good news for the easing of the moly crisis.
If accepted, the recommendations would lower age of screening for high-risk women
Dutch reactor progresses toward August re-start.
An implantable miniature telescope designed for patients suffering an age-related "blind spot" received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval Tuesday.
Debt-ridden North General Hospital stopped accepting ambulances Tuesday morning as a new urgent care clinic taking its place began seeing patients, according to reports.
Common vaccinations don't raise risk of rheumatoid arthritis, easing fears that they're linked to the inflammatory disease, according to a new study.
Subjects with mild cognitive impairment who get abnormal readings on PET scans and do poorly on a word recall test are almost 12 times more likely to become afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.
Patients denied health insurance coverage because of a pre-existing condition now have refuge in a new government-funded, high-risk insurance plan, one of the centerpieces of health reform.
Poorer regions with lower education attainment might suffer under Medicare scheme that rewards performance.
DOTmed News spoke with a regulatory expert to find out what India's proposed law toughening control of medical device companies means for the industry.
No hearing today. New date: July 5.
CMS is letting doctors switch status before the end of the year, after 2.2 percent increase in reimbursements.
Radiologists are performing a greater share of biopsies as image-guided and other less invasive techniques replace more aggressive procedures, according to a new study.
CDC report suggests how much healthier Americans would be if they ate just one fewer double cheeseburger a day.
