The American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) has named Barry Benson Goldberg, MD, professor of radiology at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and Philip O. Alderson, MD, dean of the School of Medicine and vice president for Health Sciences at Saint Louis University as its gold medal recipients for Distinguished Service to Radiology.

Healthcare delivery is undergoing drastic changes, making interoperability all the more imperativeas long its done carefully, said George Conklin, senior vice president and CIO of Christus Health, a faith-based healthcare network based in Dallas, which has hospitals in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, Missouri and New Mexico, as well as Mexico. Conklin recently spoke with CMIO about Christus Healths initiatives to get beyond point-to-point interfaces.

The FDA has approved Boston Scientifics Latitude 6.0, a software upgrade to the company's Latitude patient management system.

A clinically controlled trial will determine whether PCI in appropriate patients with left main disease is as good or superior to CABG, said Gregg W. Stone, MD, of the Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, during a presentation at the fourth annual Left Main and Bifurcation Summit April 29 in Seoul, South Korea, sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF).

Compared to the Taxus Express paclitaxel-eluting stents, the Xience V everolimus-eluting stents proved more effective for patients with coronary artery disease and significantly reduced rates of target-lesion failure (TLF) at one-year, according to a study published May 5 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Boston Scientific has reported sharply wider net losses for 2010 first quarter, which ended March 31.

Boston Scientific has launched the Kinetix Guidewire, an interventional device that is used during PCI, which is equipped with a micro-cut nitinol sleeve.

Telehealth, this months cover story topic, has taken the national policy spotlight recently thanks to provisions of the National Healthcare Reform legislation and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.