Royal Philips Electronics has reached an agreement with Lumalier Corporation to address the growing problem of microbial contamination in hospitals.

The American Medical Association (AMA) voted June 20 at its annual meeting to continue its policy supporting individual responsibility for health insurance with assistance for those who cannot afford it.

Last weeks announcement by Cordis to discontinue manufacturing its Cypher, Cypher Select and Nevo sirolimus-eluting stent lines shook the drug-eluting stent (DES) market. While the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary said that the decision will allow the company to focus on other areas of the market, many players are left wondering what this will mean for the future of the stent market.

As CT and advanced visualization improve, a multidisciplinary group at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., is looking to develop the technologies to provide physicians with a noninvasive method for coronary artery disease (CAD) screening that would offer predictions not available on conventional angiography.

A recent study examining the effects of introducing health IT in long-term care found that nursing home residents responded positively to health IT, but no significant care improvements were realized, according to a recent article published online in the Journal of Aging and Health.

Healthcare company Humana has formed an alliance with EHR company Allscripts to provide eligible physician practices with incentives for implementing EHR technology to assist the delivery of advanced clinical decision support at the point of care.

Boston Scientific has launched its Mustang PTA Balloon Catheter, a 0.035 inch percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) catheter designed for peripheral angioplasty procedures.

MR enterography (MRE) without anti-peristaltic agents offers diagnostic accuracy comparable to CT enterography for the presence or absence of Crohns disease, offering a protocol that eliminates ionizing radiation and reduces exam complexity and cost, according to a study published online June 15 in the European Journal of Radiology.