The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) acknowledged the recent downward trend in Medicare spending and utilization on medical imaging procedures in its annual March Report to Congress, a move applauded by the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance.

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) launched its new MR education program, MR Basics: The Series, on March 14.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.A panel of healthcare technology leaders discussed innovation for population and economic health during the inaugural eHealth Innovation conference.

IBM has developed a biomedical analytics platform for personalized medicine that could enable better clinical decision support.

The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is conducting a survey on electronic claims attachments to assess the industry standard.

CAMBRIDGE, MASS.--Speaking at the inaugural eHealth Innovation Conference on March 15, Wil Yu, special assistant of innovations and research for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), explained that promoting private sector innovation is one of his responsibilities.

Acclarent is recalling its Inspira AIR, a balloon catheter system used to dilate blocked airways and restore breathing in patients with airway stenosis.

Mandating radiologists use computerized physician order entry (CPOE) for contrast media does not negatively affect the rate of oral contrast use for inpatient abdominopelvic CT, but that doesnt mean radiologists will like it, according to a retrospective, single-center study published in the March issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.