One Philadelphia-based medical center claims to have discovered a method that can decrease radiation dose during CT scans by 40 percent, CBS Philly has reported.

Sarcopenia, or low muscle mass, occurs in more than one-third of newly diagnosed nonmetastatic breast cancer patients and is associated with higher overall mortality, according to a new study in JAMA Oncology.

Utah is among the five lowest states in the U.S. for mammography screening rates, Brigham Young University’s newspaper, The Daily Universe, reported this week.

In a freewheeling question-and-answer session at the ACHE Congress in Chicago, Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush made some bold statements about where electronic health records are heading and why virtualization should trump other healthcare priorities.

A radiopharmaceutical tool developed by German and Swiss scientists has the potential to guide and assess treatment of neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis with PET imaging.

The most common patient complaints related to medical imaging deal with quality of care, patient safety and patient communication, according to a study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology. Most patients were satisfied with how their complaints were resolved.

A new report from IQVIA has collected information on the largest accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the country based on the number of participating facilities, along with portions of organizational and professional rosters as well as the largest organizations in four of the ACO models offered by CMS.

Michigan State University (MSU) suspended its chair of radiology, Suresh Mukherji, MD, MBA, in February in the wake of the scandal surrounding former MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Now, after a university review concluded Mukherji did not attempt to obstruct the Nassar investigation or violate any school policy, he has been fully reinstated.