Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas has gained FDA clearance for its Dynamic Digital Radiography (DDR) imaging technology, which can capture movement and track changes in the body over time.

Arizona-based Banner Health and Radiology Partners announced Tuesday, April 23, that they have signed an agreement to provide imaging services in the metro Phoenix area. The new enterprise will be known as Banner Imaging.

Care New England Health System (Providence, R.I.) installed a CARESTREAM DRX-Ascend System (see video link), three CARESTREAM DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray Systems and six CARESTREAM DRX-1 Systems to upgrade existing room and mobile imaging systems to digital radiography (DR).

A cardiologist at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., is one of 60 that’s been charged in an illegal prescription opioid scandal that spans the U.S.

“Given that health care systems are limited in their financial resources, competing surveillance strategies should be analyzed for their cost-effectiveness," wrote Paulo Henrique Lima and colleagues, in an April 17 study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has announced the recipients of its Radiologic Technology Distinguished Author Award in honor of Jean I. Widger and Radiation Therapist Distinguished Author Award in honor of Harold Silverman.

Seven years from now, Medicare Part A will only be able to reimburse hospitals 89% of costs for hospital stays and related services. Twenty years later, the portion CMS can pay will fall to 77%.

The American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) updated blood pressure guidelines classify more kids in higher BP categories and can more accurately predict which children are prone to heart disease later in life, an extensive analysis of the Bogalusa Heart Study has found.

The high sensitivity associated with breast MRI makes it an effective tool for detecting breast cancer, but the costs and long acquisition times have kept it from being embraced as a supplemental screening option.

Choosing a cancer treatment plan is not easy, and nearly a quarter of young adults diagnosed with the disease felt some regret about their initial treatment decision, according to a study reported on by Reuters.