For the first time since November 2009, a United States supercomputer holds the top spot on the TOP500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers.

In support of a second round of start-up capital, representatives from SHINE Medical Technologies took their case to the Wisconsin business community at the state’s International BIO convention.

From 2001 to 2008, emergency department visits climbed faster than population growth by a factor of 60, according to a study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine this week—and although advanced imaging was a big factor in ER crowding, its significance was outweighed by that of standard clinical procedures.

The average, per capita cost of healthcare services—including Medicare and privately insured patients—is up six percent year-over-year in the month of April 2012, as measured by the S&P Healthcare Economic Composite Index.

Canadian teleradiology vendor RamSoft announced that it has sold its PowerServer Tele Plus real-time digital environment to Hova Health, one of the largest teleradiology groups in Mexico.

Among the second wave of DHHS Health Care Innovation Awards announced this week was a $6 million meaningful use grant to the Santa Monica, CA-based Imaging Advantage.

From the Center for Advanced Medicine at the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in Success Lake, NY, GE announced Thursday a whopping 16-CT sale to the facility as a demonstration of the viability of its new low-dose facility blueprint.

A family physician from Show Low, AZ has launched a competitive pricing website for patients who need diagnostic imaging studies but can't afford to pay full price.