ORLANDO, Fla.--GE Healthcare is showing Centricity Imaging Mobile Access for PACS at this week's 2011 annual conference of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Pending 510(k) FDA approval, the app will enable users to view PACS images and reports from an Apple or Android smartphone or tablet.

Fujifilm Medical Systems (Booth 4750) is showcasing Synapse Mobility, a work-in-progress mobile application enabling remote access to Synapse products from handheld mobile devices that is not yet FDA approved, as well as Macintosh- or Windows-based PCs at the 2011 annual Healthcare Information amd Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting held in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 20 to 24.

Mammography is significantly less sensitive in the detection of breast cancer in women with prior malignancies, leading researchers at once to call for diligent screening in this especially high-risk group and for further investigation into adjunct cancer screening methods, according to a study published Feb. 23 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The machines never died / We will be vindicated, sang Frodus frontman Shelby Cinca in  the song The Awesome Machine.

A systematic review of the medical evidence has determined that drug-eluting stents (DES) outperform bare-metal stents (BMS) for revascularization of chronic total occlusions (CTOs). The consistency and magnitude of treatment effect across both individual trials and the pooled analysis establish DES as the preferred therapy for percutaneous revascularization of CTOs, according to a study in the February issue of Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions.

Hologic has received approval from the FDA for its Selenia Dimensions 3D digital breast tomosynthesis system.

Women had a 70 percent decrease in heart failure and 72 percent reduction in death when undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D) when compared with men, according to sub-analysis of the MADIT-CRT trial published in the Feb. 7 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected five participants in the Medicare Imaging Demonstration, a demonstration project that promotes appropriate utilization of advanced imaging services.