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Radiology is the medical specialty directing medical imaging technologies to diagnose and sometimes treat diseases. Originally it was the aspect of medical science dealing with the medical use of electromagnetic energy emitted by X-ray machines or other such radiation devices for the purpose of obtaining visual information as part of medical imaging.

MHA announces endorsement relationship between AHR, VISTA Staffing Solutions and On Assignment

The Maine Hospital Association (MHA) has announced an exclusive endorsement relationship between their wholly owned entity, Associated Health Resources, Inc. (AHR), VISTA Staffing Solutions, Inc., and On Assignment, Inc.

5 Oct 2009

Tehachapi Valley Healthcare to deliver quality health care services

Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District received $2.4 million in capital from UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) to help the organization deliver quality health care services to Tehachapi-area residents and rural communities in Kern County.

5 Oct 2009

Aurora Baycare Honored as Emergency Center of Excellence

Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, is the first U.S. hospital to be verified as an Emergency Center of Excellence(TM) by Emergency Excellence (EmEx), a company specializing in emergency department benchmarking. At the annual meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians in Boston, Emergency Excellence recognized Aurora BayCare Medical Center's dedication to excellent emergency care. EmEx developed the award in response to the 2006 Institute of Medicine's call for emergency medicine improvement and to motivate emergency care providers to achieve a higher standard of quality.

3 Oct 2009

Electronic medical records: A valuable asset to healthcare industry

Hundreds of billions of gigabytes of health information are now being collected in electronic medical records, and three-quarters (76%) of more than 700 healthcare executives recently surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP agree that the secondary use of this information will be their organization's greatest asset over the next five years.

3 Oct 2009

University HealthSystem Consortium awards UH Case Medical Center the 2009 Quality Leadership Award

University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center is one of five academic medical centers in the nation to receive the 2009 Quality Leadership Award from the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC). The prestigious award is given to teaching hospitals that demonstrate excellence in delivering high-quality care, as measured by the UHC Quality and Accountability Study conducted annually since 2005.

3 Oct 2009

Senate Finance Members consider amendment that would require lawmakers 'to walk the walk' regarding reform proposals

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, proposed an amendment Tuesday night that other Finance Committee senators couldn't refuse: To force lawmakers to buy insurance coverage on an "exchange" proposed in the reform bills, rather than accept coverage through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, CQ Politics reports.

3 Oct 2009

IMRISNV and IMRIScardio to be installed in BWH's AMIGO suite

IMRIS Inc. ("IMRIS" or the "Company") and Brigham and Women's Hospital, ("BWH") today announced a comprehensive agreement in support of BWH's vision of bringing the most advanced multi-modality image guided therapy suite in the world to its facility in Boston, Massachusetts.

3 Oct 2009

New molecular imaging technique raises hope for common malignant female tumor

A promising new molecular imaging technique may provide physicians and patients with a noninvasive way to learn more information about a type of cancer of the uterus lining called "endometrial carcinoma"-one of the most common malignant female tumors. This research was presented in a study published in the October issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

1 Oct 2009

Envisionier launches new mobile medical imaging platform for capturing and sharing endoscopic multimedia

Envisionier announces the launch of the endogo® HD, a mobile medical imaging platform for capturing, storing, and sharing endoscopic multimedia.

1 Oct 2009

Society of Interventional Radiology offers intensive five-day course

The Society of Interventional Radiology presents Catheter Lysis of Thromboembolic Stroke (CLOTS)-an intensive five-day course featuring top interventional radiologists, neurointerventionists, neurologists and neuroradiologists offering doctors the opportunity to gain and/or upgrade skills to incorporate acute ischemic stroke care into their practice.

1 Oct 2009

St. Luke’s Miners Memorial Hospital and The Seltzer Group collaborate to provide medical insurance solutions

Schuylkill County’s The Seltzer Group, a member of Keystone Insurers Group, announces it has formed an alliance with St. Luke’s Miners Memorial Hospital to provide medical insurance solutions and occupational health services to businesses in Luzerne, Carbon and Schuylkill Counties.

1 Oct 2009

ARRA stimulus funds fuel research projects across America

The Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and The Science Coalition (TSC) today released highlighted examples of the important scientific work happening across the country as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The brief report summarizes just a handful of the thousands of projects benefiting from stimulus dollars.

30 Sep 2009

Mater Health Services implements Cisco Medical-Grade Network to improve health care

Cisco announced today that Mater Health Services, Queensland's largest not-for-profit hospital group, is making significant strides in achieving its Smart Hospital strategy with a roll-out of an expanded suite of business applications on its Cisco® Medical-Grade Network across its seven ultra-modern hospitals.

30 Sep 2009

NIH calls for identifying better methods to predict the risk of developing breast cancer

Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), the most common non-invasive lesion of the breast, presents unique challenges for patients and providers largely because the natural course of the untreated disease is not well understood. Because most women diagnosed with DCIS are treated, it is difficult to determine the comparative benefits of different treatment strategies versus active surveillance, meaning systematic followup.

25 Sep 2009

Researchers to use Intravenous Immune Globulin for slowing AD progression

Researchers from the Memory and Cognition Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center will begin testing an intriguing new approach to slowing down the progression of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) using Intravenous Immune Globulin (IGIV), also known as gammaglobulin.

25 Sep 2009

Perot Systems to provide Revenue Cycle services to the West Georgia Health System

West Georgia Health System and Perot Systems today announced that Perot Systems will provide Revenue Cycle services to the LaGrange, Georgia-based hospital organization. The agreement will enable WGHS to utilize Perot Systems' revenue cycle technology and its proven best practices for revenue cycle improvements.

25 Sep 2009

Scholarship fund for interventional radiology fellows

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. SIR Foundation is dedicated to advancing the clinical needs of interventional radiology by specializing in developing investigators trained in conducting pivotal basic and clinical trials research.

24 Sep 2009

AmeriChoice of Pennsylvania, Chester County Hospital sign agreement for access to hospital's facilities

AmeriChoice of Pennsylvania and Chester County Hospital have announced an agreement that will provide AmeriChoice Medicaid members access to the hospital’s inpatient and outpatient facilities.

24 Sep 2009

Cook Medical launches next-generation IVC filter delivery system for treating pulmonary embolism

Physicians can now navigate even the most tortuous anatomy with greater speed and safety with the next-generation inferior vena cava (IVC) filter delivery system introduced today by Cook Medical at TCT 2009. The release of the NavAlign™ delivery system marks the 20th anniversary of Cook’s first IVC filter and further advances the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE), a life-threatening condition caused by blood clots in the lungs that affects thousands of Americans annually.

24 Sep 2009

Z-Medica launches the QuikClot Interventional hemostatic bandage for use during catheterization procedures

Z-Medica Corporation, a medical device company developing innovative hemostatic agents, today announced the availability of the QuikClot® Interventional™ hemostatic bandage, on display at booth #1338 at the 21st annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation.

From Medica Corporation 24 Sep 2009

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MHA announces endorsement relationship between AHR, VISTA Staffing Solutions and On Assignment

Tehachapi Valley Healthcare to deliver quality health care services

Aurora Baycare Honored as Emergency Center of Excellence

Electronic medical records: A valuable asset to healthcare industry

University HealthSystem Consortium awards UH Case Medical Center the 2009 Quality Leadership Award

Senate Finance Members consider amendment that would require lawmakers 'to walk the walk' regarding reform proposals

IMRISNV and IMRIScardio to be installed in BWH's AMIGO suite

New molecular imaging technique raises hope for common malignant female tumor

Envisionier launches new mobile medical imaging platform for capturing and sharing endoscopic multimedia

Society of Interventional Radiology offers intensive five-day course

St. Luke’s Miners Memorial Hospital and The Seltzer Group collaborate to provide medical insurance solutions

ARRA stimulus funds fuel research projects across America

Mater Health Services implements Cisco Medical-Grade Network to improve health care

NIH calls for identifying better methods to predict the risk of developing breast cancer

Researchers to use Intravenous Immune Globulin for slowing AD progression

Perot Systems to provide Revenue Cycle services to the West Georgia Health System

Scholarship fund for interventional radiology fellows

AmeriChoice of Pennsylvania, Chester County Hospital sign agreement for access to hospital's facilities

Cook Medical launches next-generation IVC filter delivery system for treating pulmonary embolism

Z-Medica launches the QuikClot Interventional hemostatic bandage for use during catheterization procedures

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