Research published online today by researchers in the Netherlands finds that regular mammograms may reduce a woman's risk of dying from breast cancer by nearly half. The reduction in risk was even greater for women ages 70 to 75.

GE Healthcare recently announced it hired Richard Hausmann, a 23-year veteran of Siemens, to head its Magnetic Resonance business.

Continuing a nationwide trend of health care mergers, the 27 physicians of La Jolla Radiology Medical Group in San Diego recently signed a deal to join Scripps Clinic Medical Group, comprised of more than 400 physicians in more than 50 subspecialties, according to its press release.

Indianapolis-based insurer WellPoint is first out of the gate among the nation's insurers in deciding to cover low-dose CT screening for lung cancer in heavy smokers, company spokesperson Jill A. Becher confirmed to ImagingBiz today.

A report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says adoption of health information technology by doctors has doubled in two years and created more than 50,000 jobs.

Applications for iPhone and iPad devices just got a lot more sophisticated as radiologists will now be able to remotely diagnose patient images from GE’s Centricity PACS.

The Radiological Society of North America’s new president, George S. Bisset III, M.D., says he wants to improve member benefits through more interactive forms of education, according to an RSNA press release.

A new survey indicates that patients' decision of whether or not to undergo a given imaging procedure correlates closely with their awareness of and familiarity with that particular test.