CSC added end-to-end testing to its suite of implementation services for healthcare organizations working to comply with ICD-10.

A new survey of stakeholders in the medical device industry confirms that regulatory requirements strongly sway manufacturers decisions around investments in, and development of, new products. Led by John H. Linehan, PhD, professor of biomedical engineering at Northwestern University in Chicago, the study suggests that, in the U.S., the FDA is unnecessarily hindering innovation.

Source: Radiology (doi: 10.1148/radiol.12111896)Training with direct feedback for inexperienced readers can improve diagnostic accuracy when evaluating abdominal MRIs for acute appendicitis, according to a study published online June 14 in Radiology. The researchers also found the addition of diffusion-weighted (DW) images to conventional MR images improved reader sensitivity.

Fujifilm Medical Systems is the overall best manufacturer of medical equipment doing business in the U.S. in 2012. Thats according to a survey of end users taken by KLAS, the healthcare vendor-research firm based in Orem, Utah, which annually queries customers for their opinions on, and ratings of, healthcare-product performance.

The Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) has announced its 2012-2013 board members and officers.

Markets reports, a new standards and interoperability framework and thoughts on tablets dominated the CMIO News headlines this week.

Researchers from Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, N.Y., have developed an effective, and potentially safer, nanoparticle-based MRI contrast agent, according to the results of a preclinical study published June 7 in the journal PLoS ONE.

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