Increasing efforts to collect, store and analyze data in every way are making data warehouses more important. An enterprise data strategy can help with effective and successful implementation.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) acknowledged the recent downward trend in Medicare spending and utilization on medical imaging procedures in its annual March Report to Congress, a move applauded by the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance.

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) launched its new MR education program, MR Basics: The Series, on March 14.

IBM has developed a biomedical analytics platform for personalized medicine that could enable better clinical decision support.

The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is conducting a survey on electronic claims attachments to assess the industry standard.

Mandating radiologists use computerized physician order entry (CPOE) for contrast media does not negatively affect the rate of oral contrast use for inpatient abdominopelvic CT, but that doesnt mean radiologists will like it, according to a retrospective, single-center study published in the March issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

The recent announcement of the proposed rule for meaningful use (MU) Stage 2 finally came last month after much speculation about both the latest meaningful use regulations and when the new rule would emerge.

Diffuse excessive high signal intensity (DEHSI) is often detected on MRI of premature infants. Although there has been debate about whether it represents a true white matter abnormality, DEHSI is not associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes, according to a study published online March 8 in Radiology.