St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor, Wash., has installed Toshiba Medical Systems Vantage Titan MR system at its new 80-bed facility.

The combinations of BI-RADS lesion descriptors can predict the probability of malignancy for breast MRI masses, but not for non-masslike enhancement, according to a study in this months issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

The University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia has awarded a $135 million contract for integrated service management and imaging systems to Siemens Healthcare.

Patients reporting new lower-back pain are more likely to undergo surgery if treated in an area with a higher-than-average concentration of MRI machines, according to a study published online Wednesday in Health Affairs.

Healthcare providers realize that new technologies have to be adopted to improve their business, but the medical benefits of technology also are clearly in their sights, according to CompTIAs Healthcare IT Market: Insights and Opportunities survey.

Denver, Colo.-based Qwest Communications has been selected by Memorial Practice Management (MPM) in Yakima, Wash., to provide a communication network solution to connect seven MPM-managed healthcare clinics in central Washington state.

The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General (OIG) will commence new studies regarding Medicare Part B imaging payments and the appropriateness of many emergency department scans, according to the recent OIG Fiscal Year 2010 Work Plan.

BioImagene has unveiled Crescendo, its new digital pathology workstation, this week at the 2009 College of American Pathologists conference in Washington, D.C.