Some 56 million U.S. consumers have accessed their medical information on an electronic health record (EHR) system maintained by their physician, and an additional 41 million are interested in doing so.

Although manufacturers of diagnostic imaging scanners and computer systems are arguably among the leaders in developing energy-efficient products, radiologists themselves can play a role in making the delivery of health care more environmentally friendly say both an HHS report and a JACR study published this week.

A rule that strikes back against imaging cuts advocated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) was introduced last week in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Pete Olson (R-TX) and Betty McCollum (D-MN).

The California Endowment, a private, statewide health foundation, last week filed a “friend of the court” brief, offering relevant facts, case studies, and informative research to the Supreme Court of the United States as it decides whether to hear a case regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Royal Philips Electronics has entered the North American mammography market with the introduction of MicroDose Mammography, a full-field digital mammography (FFDM) solution. The solution is said to administer a lower dose of radiation compared to other FFDM systems, without compromising image quality.

Hospital-based radiology departments that began offering discounted chest CTs to current and ex-smokers who could pay cash for the procedure may have been right. New research published in JAMA indicates that the standard insurance-covered annual chest x-rays do little if anything to actually reduce lung cancer death rates.

Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives are urging President Obama’s supercommittee to eliminate the sustainable growth rate (SGR).

Nuclear medicine/SPECT utilization is relatively flat and trending slightly downward, with the volume of procedures performed having decreased by an average of approximately 0.5% per year between 2007 and 2010. Last year, an estimated 17.0 million nuclear medicine procedures were performed on SPECT or SPECT/CT cameras in the U.S., at 7,230 hospital