Electronic Health Records have largely been viewed as a critical way to reduce health care costs. The argument goes that when doctors have access to previous test results they are less likely to order additional or duplicative tests.

Stop the presses, meaningful use advocates: a new study released in this month’s issue of Health Affairs challenges the notion that electronic access to a patient’s medical history necessarily results in fewer imaging studies being ordered.

The corporate consolidation beat marches on this week, as Varian Medical Systems scooped up digital radiography and fluoroscopy vendor InfiMed for $15 million plus “earnouts based on sales of InfiMed products achieved over the next 24 months,” according to a press release.

The American College of Radiology has won over nearly a majority of Congressional Representatives for House Resolution 3269 that would repeal recent CMS cuts to multiple diagnostic imaging services.

Bayer Healthcare announced a new business unit this week at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2012 meeting in Vienna.

Wisconsin joined 38 other states when it began licensing radiologic technologists this month to continue performing radiography imaging services.

Significant investments have been made to unlock the mysteries of human genetics, behavior, and various disease states. To date, however, research into the neural pathways that comprise the brain and their connectivity had not yet reached that same level of depth.

Technological improvements in image acquisition and software processing in nuclear cardiology should allow physicians to shave patient imaging times dramatically or cut radiation doses fourfold, according to a new preferred practice statement from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC).