The High-Flux reactor in Petten, Netherlands is set for Sept. 9 re-start.
Supply of 'biosynthetic' corneas could help alleviate human donor shortage.
Kindred Healthcare Inc. is buying hospitals and nursing centers in California and Texas for $218 million, adding to the hundreds of health care facilities it owns nationwide.
Laptop stolen from University of Kentucky hospital believed to contain more than 2,000 patient records.
Patient demand, lack of guideline awareness and even financial conflicts of interest have contributed to the growth of unnecessary medical imaging, a group of high-profile radiologists argue, and they think the profession should crack down on it.
Scheme that rewards radiologists for fast turnaround times might work more from changes to office culture than from lure of financial incentives.
Philips said Friday it bought medical lighting company Burton Medical Products Corporation for an undisclosed amount.
GE confirms it's in talks with Russia's state-run technology company. Details to come.
GE Healthcare said Wednesday it's working with Arineta Ltd. to create CT scanner technology focused on heart disease.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned patients who had a mammogram at a defunct Florida imaging center that they might need to get another exam.
U.S. clinics to get isotopes by Monday.
H'andy sana 210, an iPhone-like mobile phone that takes electrocardiogram readings and relays them to a doctor or hospital, will launch in Europe later this year. But if it comes to America, its success might depend on changing doctors pay schemes.
Philips made an anchor investment in a medical technology venture capital fund with a targeted worth of 200 million euros, or around $250 million, the Amsterdam-based company announced Tuesday morning.
The nearly half-century old National Research Universal reactor is back online after months of delays. First shipment of medical isotopes expected this week.
DOTmed News' Brendon Nafziger summarizes today's top news headlines.
Surgeries performed in war-torn, resource-strapped conditions can have low mortality rates, according to a study by Doctors Without Borders.
El Camino Hospital is sacking nearly 140 employees as it becomes the latest hospital to take a hit from declining volumes and millions of dollars in "bad debt."
Third-largest estate gift in hospital's history.
Ex-GE exec. Stuart Clarkson to take the reins.
Vacancy rates for radiologic technologists lowest on record.
Asks pope to intervene on religious grounds in a move they liken to Judas' betrayal of Jesus.
Siemens Healthcare won a 132 million euro contract to supply the Spanish region of Murcia with more than 100 medical imaging systems, the med tech giant announced Wednesday.
Developing world helps lead the way.
Skyrocketing commodity costs to blame.
Study examines "value" of dollars spent in health care.
A computerized system that flagged drugs not recommended for seniors cut drug ordering errors by around 16 percent, according to a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Almost a quarter of costs associated with medical injuries are the result of preventable errors.
The CARE bill, introduced to the Senate Thursday, hopes to answer concerns about recent CT scanning and radiotherapy mishaps.
However, numbers are likely inflated by HHS data dump.
Smart grid provider, which recently entered the hospital market, sees revenue upswing.
The bioabsorbable stent Synergy is meant to answer previous stent safety concerns.
Rumors prove true for the reported $1.5 billion buy-out.
The medical device industry welcomes some of FDA's proposed changes for the device clearance process but remains worried about searchable databases.
Software that helps radiologists interpret images gleaned from virtual colonoscopies received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance, its developer iCAD said Wednesday.
Mammography systems-maker Hologic's profits slipped 11 percent from acquisition, accounting and tax charges even as its revenues grew.
A therapy that blocks an immune-regulating protein could pave the way for a new class of drugs to save lives from sepsis, according to a recent study.
After a one-day workshop, rads cut radiation dose by almost half from multi-detector computed tomography scans.
Rasmussen poll finds 57 percent say health reform bill is 'bad for the country.'
The Dutch med tech giant bought Israeli PACS provider CDP Medical Ltd. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
A White House report released Monday said health reform will cut Medicare spending by a half trillion dollars over the next decade while extending the life of the Medicare Trust Fund by 12 years.
A new bill could help hospitals angling for Medicare stimulus bill incentives for electronic health records get them - at least temporarily - even if their EHR software isn't certified.
Wide geographic variation was found in two procedures to prevent stroke from diseased carotid arteries, according to a government report.
Faulty reactor instruments mean the NRU reactor won't be up on July 31.
Antigenics posted promising early results Tuesday of its experimental herpes vaccine.
Med tech giant buys out Shanghai Apex Electronics.
A tiny, implantable sensor that reads blood sugar levels could be a milestone on the road to an artificial pancreas.
Point-of-care ultrasound maker SonoSite Inc. saw a triple-digit profit leap in its second quarter, even as its per share earnings fell short of Wall Street estimates.
The 9,000-bed health system announces purchase of a brace of Florida hospitals.
Breast tomosynthesis, a 3-D digital mammography technology already available in Europe, might come to the U.S.
Virtual colonoscopies are less cost effective than the regular kind if reimbursed at the same levels or if they don't increase the number of people undergoing colon cancer screenings, according to a new study.
