Small medical offices with one or two physicians in the practice are the fastest-growing segment for adoption of EHR software, according to the latest results of an ongoing study by SK&A, of Cegedim, a healthcare information and research firm.

Widespread belief that modern technology will drive cost-saving efforts has rationalized recent federal investments to increase health IT adoption, but research published in the March issue of Health Affairs contradicts that belief, revealing that the ability to view imaging results electronically correlated with more orders for diagnostic imaging.

Neuroimaging practices for stroke patients may be unnecessarily costly and redundant, with substantial increases in MRI utilization supplementing, rather than replacing, CT use, according to a study published in the February edition of Annals of Neurology.

The University of South Florida has opened a $38 million, 90,000-square-foot center in Tampa for training physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will provide up to $20 million in grant funding to support an international clinical trial to examine the effectiveness of MRI-guided radiosurgery as a treatment for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.

The Pink Lotus Breast Center, a breast center focused on the prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, has unveiled GE Healthcare's SenoBright, contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) technology at its flagship breast center in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Patients enrolled in a telemonitoring-enabled case management program experienced a 44 percent reduction in 30-day hospital readmission rates compared to a control group that did not benefit from the technology, according to the results of a Geisinger Health Plan study of its two-year-old patient monitoring program.

Medtronic has received CE Mark and launched the CapSure Sense MRI SureScan pacing leads, which are approved for use during an MRI.