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This page includes news coverage of various aspects of patient healthcare, including new technology innovations, what is working, what is not, personalized medicine and remote and telemedicine delivery. Find specific news in the areas of Care Delivery, Digital Transformation, Precision Medicine, Remote Monitoring and Telehealth.

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JACS: Cationic CT contrast agents more sensitive for imaging cartilage

Cationic CT contrast agents are more sensitive for imaging joint cartilage compared with most commercially available contrast agents, according to a study published online Sept. 1 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

ESC: CRT-D reduces heart failure events -- worth the expense?

Cardiac-resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) decreased the risk of heart failure events in relatively asymptomatic patients with a low ejection fraction and wide QRS complex, compared with those who received implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) alone, according to a MADIT-CRT trial presented Tuesday at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress in Barcelona, Spain, and simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

BioClinica acquires CardioNow from Agfa

Clinical trial services supplier BioClinica has acquired the CardioNow unit of Agfa HealthCare for an undisclosed sum.

Merge completes Confirma purchase

Merge Healthcare has completed its acquisition of Confirma, a developer of computer-aided detection (CAD) applications for MRI.

Minnesota provider reports cost savings with EMR/images integration

HealthPartners of St. Paul, Minn., said it has achieved cost savings by integrating its digital medical images and radiology reports into patients' EMRs.

JACR: Radiologists hit disproportionately hard by Deficit Reduction Act

The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 has had a disproportionately negative impact on radiologists private office MRI and CT practices compared with other physicians, according to a study published in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Judge limits Mallinckrodts damages in patent infringement suit

A federal judge has cut the potential damages Covidien's Mallinckrodt subsidiary can receive in its patent infringement case over medical injectors against two U.S. divisions of BraccoLake Success, N.Y.-based E-Z-EM and Acist Medical Systems of Eden Prairie, Minn.

Radiologist continues stent infringement suits, sets sights on Abbott

New Jersey radiologist Bruce N. Saffran, MD, who was awarded about $500 million in a 2008 patent infringement case against Boston Scientific, filed suit Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas over Abbott's Xience V everolimus-eluting coronary stent.

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Medsender, Patagonia Health team up to aid public health efforts against COVID-19

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