The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will provide up to $20 million in grant funding to support an international clinical trial to examine the effectiveness of MRI-guided radiosurgery as a treatment for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.

The Pink Lotus Breast Center, a breast center focused on the prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, has unveiled GE Healthcare's SenoBright, contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) technology at its flagship breast center in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Patients enrolled in a telemonitoring-enabled case management program experienced a 44 percent reduction in 30-day hospital readmission rates compared to a control group that did not benefit from the technology, according to the results of a Geisinger Health Plan study of its two-year-old patient monitoring program.

Medtronic has received CE Mark and launched the CapSure Sense MRI SureScan pacing leads, which are approved for use during an MRI.

New York City-based communications firm Verizon partnered with Schaumburg, Ill.-based mobile device manufacturer Motorola and Columbia, Md.-based mobile software developer BoxTone to make BoxTones Enterprise Mobility Management software available on Motorolas Android products, which are compatible with Verizons wireless network.

A number of factors, including a hospital's size, budget and functionality needs, determine the degree to which McKesson's Paragon, a comprehensive EHR and health information system, is a fit for any given hospital, according to a new report from healthcare market researcher KLAS.

Orion Health, a health information exchange (HIE) provider headquartered in Santa Monica, Calif., announced the availability of the Rhapsody Integration Engine version 5 and new applications for use with its HIE.

Although most of the European womens health imaging system market will decline over the next five years, overall revenues will increase slightly as a result of growth in the breast imaging system segment, due to the introduction and adoption of more expensive and innovative systems, according to Millennium Research Group.