This week’s must read: colon cancer screening for men and women, new imaging technique prevents unecessary surgery for lung cancer patients, MRI tracks stem cells in the brain and nearly 9 out of 10 women say mammograms are vital. Read More
A new lung cancer study has found that MRI “could be used to prevent unnecessary surgery by enabling more accurate diagnosis of the disease.” Read More
This week’s must read: White House deficit reduction plan includes imaging cuts, Congresswoman highlights medical device industry’s power to create jobs and new studies find MRI is helpful in fight against breast cancer and ALS. Read More
President Obama’s plan to reduce the deficit contains $320 billion in healthcare savings over 10 years including payment cuts to medical imaging. Read More
A recent study using MRI has found that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease “attacks multiple parts of the brain.” Read More
This week’s must read: Senator calls on lawmakers to strike down device tax, ER doctors use ultrasound, India’s growing medical device market, MRI more patient friendly and new study confirms abnormalities in Gulf War vets. Read More
On Tuesday, the White House issued a Presidential Proclamation from President Obama declaring this week National Health IT Week. Read More
This week’s must read: medical device industry vital to job growth, mammography key to detecting breast cancer, another study finds high value in virtual colonoscopy and radiologists lower dose to scans that are critical to detecting diseases. Read More
Yesterday, President Obama unveiled his plan to jumpstart the economy and get Americans back to work. However, he missed an opportunity to highlight an industry that is vital to that goal. Read More
A report presented today at the 2011 Breast Cancer Symposium offers new research into the proven value of annual mammograms in detecting breast cancer. Read More
MITA released a report yesterday detailing the troubling impact of insurance coverage denials on patient access to medical imaging procedures. Data gathered by the Patient Advocacy Foundation (PAF) show that denials for patients seeking potentially life-saving medical imaging services have doubled in the past four years. Of even greater concern is the finding that 90 percent of the reversed denials for imaging services were actually covered by patients’ health plans. And on average, PAF’s professional case managers required 15.4 contacts per patient case to resolve the imaging issue, meaning it took on average more than 15 phone calls, letters or emails to determine why the imaging test was being denied coverage. Read More
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