As global healthcare reform continues to change approaches to providing quality care, research has shown that implementing telemedicine models in the hospital setting can achieve desirable results. In a recent report, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) outlined ways in which the technology is addressing healthcare challenges, as well as telemedicines barriers and recommendations for overcoming them.

WASHINGTON, D.C.Quantitative imaging offers a grand opportunity for radiology. However, key prerequisites including systems to support development and integration into clinical workflow are required, according to the Quantitative Imaging session June 4 at the annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM).

The University of Texas at San Antonio and Southwest Research Institute plan to award $200,000 in FY2012-2013 in a Connect program funding to a collaborative research proposal: Novel Scaffolds for Tendon/Ligament Regeneration and Tissue Engineering Applications.

Merge Healthcare has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Ophthalmic Imaging Systems (OIS).

Long considered the gold standard for soft tissue imaging, the static nature of MRI has meant that many functional injuries in athletes have remained invisible, a limit that may have been significantly outgunned by the recent invention of an MRI-safe method and device to recreate controlled passive motion of a patient's joint.

Care to comment on the proposed guidelines for accountable care organizations? You have until June 6. CMS wants to hear from you, said John Pilotte, CMS' acting director of performance-based payment policy staff, during a National eHealth Collaborative webinar on accountable care and payment models yesterday.

The FDA has warned women that thermography should not be used in place of mammography for breast cancer screening or diagnosis. Mammography remains the most effective way of detecting breast cancer in its earliest stages, the agency stated.

Of 652 radiology mistakes reported to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority (PPSA) in 2009, half were specifically related to wrong-procedure or test errors, according to a report published in the June issue of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority. Another 30 percent of the incidents were related to wrong-patient errors.