In an article published in the ICD10 monitor, Shannon DeConda, the founder and president of the National Alliance of Medical Auditing Specialists, compares the financial burdens brought on by EHR and ICD-10. In preparation for the ICD-10 implementation, hospital systems and larger health care facilities have large budgets planned for 2015, and many have already invested a significant outlay of money in education and training to meet the fall 2014 deadline. There also is the risk that unpracticed ICD-10 coding skills could diminish over the next 18 months. 

New research presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases suggests that ultrasound is as accurate as chest X-ray for detecting pneumonia in children. The research was conducted at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and led by Lilliam Ambroggio, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati. 

Oregon-based radioisotope technology company Northwest Medical Isotopes (NWMI) announced late last week that there are plans to construct a facility for radioisotope production at the University of Missouri-owned Discovery Ridge Research Park in Columbia, Mo.

Women who experience premature menopause either due to surgical treatment or reproductive organ failure may have a higher risk of cognitive problems later in life, according to a large, multisite study in France published May 7 in the international journal of obstetrics and gynecology, BJOG.

Piramal Imaging announced today that the company has settled into a global license agreement with Swiss bioresearch firm AC Immune for further development and commercialization of tau-protein PET agents designed to aid in the diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

Boston-based AG Mednet announced yesterday that the software company would be partnering with board-certified radiologists from Imaging Endpoints to improve the latter's clinical trial submission quality and compliance.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is projected to publish a final rule on “burdensome” regulations regarding imaging in ambulatory surgical centers (ASC) and radiopharmaceutical preparation in hospitals on May 12.

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, developers of Lymphoseek and novel NAV4694 announced its first quarter 2014 financial report Wednesday including word of $752,000 revenue over absolutely zero revenue for that period last year.