Use of MRI-controlled transurethral ultrasound therapy is feasible and safe for prostate cancer patients, according to the first evaluation of the procedure in humans published online Aug. 28 in Radiology.

Imaging providers are not immune to hurricane-induced havoc. RAD-Planning has issued an advisory and list of suggestions to help providers minimize potential damage.

A large payer-provider collaborative initiative in Minnesota slowed growth in ambulatory orders of high-tech diagnostic imaging, while also raising imaging appropriateness, through a pilot program using a standardized electronic decision support system, according to a study published in the August issue of The American Journal of Managed Care.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Health Plan in Pittsburgh has unveiled a mobile application that will allow its customers to access their personal health records in the palms of their hands.

Genetically guided personalized medicines potential will not be fully realized until it can be incorporated into routine daily healthcare. Clinical decision support could help propel it there, but research proving its effectiveness is absent, according to a review published Aug. 25 by the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Early MRI for workers compensation claimants with low back pain is generally not recommended by clinical practice guidelines, yet it is ordered in about one-fifth of cases, and it is more likely when patients consult a surgeon for their initial office visit rather than a primary care physician or chiropractor, according to a study published online ahead of print in Spine.

So much for hoping for a reduction in the number of data breaches that we report on. This week, we covered three breaches.

The FBI has arrested a former employee of Florida Hospital's Celebration Health in Celebration, charging him with accessing 760,000 emergency department records over two years and selling some of them to someone who solicited for attorneys and chiropractors.