GE Healthcare launched Centricity Business 5.0, its next-generation revenue cycle management tool for hospital networks, academic medical centers, large practices and physician billing groups.

Researchers found the use of shutter-speed dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI has potential to improve breast cancer diagnostic accuracy and reduce biopsy procedures that often yield benign pathologic findings, according to a study published Aug. 9 in Radiology.

DALLASAHRA took a deep dive into healthcare reform and its impacts on the practice of radiology during an educational session Aug. 15 at its annual meeting.

The patient history and clinical examination often sufficed for patients presenting to the emergency department, according to a study published as a research letter online Aug. 8 in Archives of Internal Medicine. The authors suggested that the decision to order advanced imaging studies, such as CT, be based on clinical data for this population.

Concord Medical Services and GE Healthcare have signed a memorandum of understating (MOU) to form a preferred strategic partnership in China.

The American Medical Association (AMA) and 81 physician organizations recommended that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed Medicare data for performance measurement rule should ensure that public reports on Medicare and private payor data are valid, reliable and actionable.

Providing portable computed radiography chest studies in the homes of elderly patients provided satisfactory image quality and lowered delirium among patients, according to a small pilot study published as a research letter Aug. 8 in Archives of Internal Medicine.

Florida physicians who care for Medicaid participants said they are more likely to apply for incentive payments to adopt EHRs under the Health IT for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009, according to research published in the August issue of Health Affairs.