St. Lukes Lakeside Hospital of the Woodlands in Texas--a new hospital within St. Luke's Episcopal Health System--has selected imaging equipment from diagnostic imaging systems and services provider Toshiba America Medical Systems for its new facility.

Less than two months after the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force set off a national controversy with its revised recommendations for mammography screening, the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) have issued recommendations calling for breast cancer screening to begin at age 40 and even earlier for high-risk patients.

Western New York Radiology Associates, an imaging practice in Buffalo, N.Y., has selected Corepoint Healths Corepoint Integration Engine to orchestrate its internal workflow and external patient data flow.

The Center for Diagnostic Imaging in Minneapolis has installed Fonars Upright Multi-Position MRI to replace its existing low-field, open-sided scanner.

Avnet Technology Solutions has launched new service offerings to assist in the storage and management of medical images for EHRs, and will allow its partners in the U.S. and Canada to offer vendor neutral archive solutions through its healthcare solutions practice--Avnet HealthPath.

Prism Clinical Imaging and the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee are the recipients of a three-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development and clinical validation of medical imaging software to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of brain cancer.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) released a statement yesterday charging that medical imaging cuts contained in the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule may restrict imaging services to large hospitals, produce longer commutes and wait times to receive care, and could cause delays in diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other serious illnesses.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Friday announced final changes for policy and payment rates during the 2010 calendar year, which, if implemented, could cut by up to 38 percent the amount doctors will receive when they use medical imaging equipment for procedures such as MRI and CT scans. The rule affects more than one million physicians and non-physician practitioners who are paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.