A new report from the Office of the Inspector General found the FDA failed to properly record meetings with drug manufacturers, ultimately approving drugs later shown to have safety and efficacy issues. 

The integration was announced during the annual JP Morgan Health Care Conference in San Francisco. The program works through Amazon Benefits Manager to remotely help patients with weight and blood pressure management. 

Maquet Cardiovascular, a subsidiary of Getinge, is recalling two of its endoscopic vessel harvesting devices due to issues with different pieces bending, peeling or detaching during use. Some of the company's other EVH devices were recently involved in a separate recall for similar reasons. 

Indiana University radiologists explore how 1 organization lost 80% of its sonographers in a month, detailing 3 ways peers can avoid such a situation in their own organizations. 

Some CPT billing code descriptions leave ambiguity as to the number of image views involved in an exam, resulting in variability in interpretation times.  

The Metairie, Louisiana-based radiology group is acquiring Houston MRI & Diagnostic Imaging, ballooning its center total to 48 across five states. 

The collaboration is with Sacramento-based Sutter Health, which operates 24 acute care hospitals across California, employing over 29,000 clinicians. 

The partnership begins with a video series called “Ask a Doctor” featuring clinicians from the health system alongside Muppet characters.