Bosses at Scotland-based NHS Highland have been accused of ignoring the area's radiologist shortage as patients in need of emergency care are being transferred to other hospitals.

INSIGHTEC®,a global medical technology innovator of incisionless surgery, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Exablate Neuro™ compatibility for the state-of-the-art MRI Scanners Magnetom Skyra, Prisma and Prisma[fit] from Siemens Healthineers to treat patients with essential tremor (ET).

Texas radiologist Naveed Khan, MD, was badly injured when an all-terrain vehicle, or ATV, landed on his left arm. He was transported 108 miles via helicopter by Air Evac Lifeteam to a trauma center for surgery in Fort Worth—and later, his arm was amputated. He was also left with a $56,603 bill for an air ambulance flight, reported Kaiser Health News (KHN).

Radiology staff at VCU Medical Center, the comprehensive care center of VCU Health located in downtown Richmond, Virginia, perform approximately 160,000 imaging procedures a year with six CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution Systems, nine CARESTREAM DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray Systems, and three room-based imaging systems that have been converted to DR with CARESTREAM DRX-1 in-room retrofits and the company’s DRX detectors.

Fractional flow reserve (FFR) measured using coronary angiogram achieved greater diagnostic accuracy compared to invasive pressure-wire, according to a 10-center study published in Circulation.

CMS Administrator Seema Verma went to bat for Medicaid work requirement programs, which have been implemented or approved in a handful of states, even as thousands of beneficiaries are on course to lose healthcare coverage as a result of these rules.

The Butterfly Network, makers of the innovative iPhone ultrasound-on-chip named Butterfly iQ, announced it has raised $250 million to start shipping to 40 million healthcare practitioners globally, according to a report published Sept. 26 by Business Insider.

A minimally invasive autopsy can detect a person’s cause of death as well as a conventional autopsy, according to a new study published by Radiology. They can also result in a more helpful postmortem diagnosis.

CVS Health’s $69 billion acquisition of health insurance giant Aetna is not going to complete without divestments. WellCare Health Plans, a Tampa-based managed care company, has agreed to acquire Aetna’s entire Medicare Part D prescription drug plan business, which encompassed 2.2 million members as of June 30.

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 25, 2018 — Shimadzu Medical Systems USA and Change Healthcare, have entered a partnership through which Shimadzu will offer Change Healthcare Cardiology™ Hemo, along with its Trinias line of angiography systems. The announcement was made today at the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT2018) meeting in San Diego.