News & Updates

Check here regularly for news about medical imaging and updates from MITA.

• Industry NewsMITA News
  10.05.11

  The threat to Medicare medical imaging services and what it means for patient access

  Heralded by the New England Journal of Medicine as one of the most important “developments that changed the face of clinical medicine” in the last millennium, and dubbed by the National Institutes of Health as one of the most important medical tools of the future, medical imaging services are an essential component of our nation’s health system.

• Industry News
  10.04.11

  Protocols ensure MRI safety for cardiac device patients

  If a patient with an implanted cardiac device is referred for an MRI scan, can you scan him or her safely? Yes, even if the device is not one of the newer MRI-conditional devices, say cardiologists from Johns Hopkins University in a study published October 4 in Annals of Internal Medicine.

• Industry News
  10.03.11

  User Fee Talks On Schedule And Making Progress, Industry Says

  Despite FDA warnings that time is running out for an agreement to be reached with industry on a user fee reauthorization plan, device industry leaders say the two sides have made “good progress” toward reaching a pact.

• Industry News
  09.29.11

  Advanced MRI technique bests PET-CT in lung scan study

  Unnecessary lung cancer surgery could be avoided with new diffusion-weighted MRI scans, according to a new study.

• Industry News
  09.28.11

  Radiologists Ask Super Committee To Reject Proposed Imaging Cuts

  The American College of Radiology is asking the debt law’s super committee to reject a White House call for further cuts in imaging, arguing that taking such action could limit patient access to care and could end up raising costs.

• Industry NewsMITA News
  09.26.11

  Imaging Industry Expands Emerging Market Focus

  A recent award from the U.S. Commerce Department comes at an opportune time for the imaging and radiation therapy industry to accelerate its push for regulatory reforms in China and India, says the sector’s top lobbyist.

• Industry News
  09.23.11

  CCTA shows how even mild plaque boosts cardiac risk

  Asymptomatic adults with a low Framingham risk score (FRS) and nonsignificant coronary artery disease still face a higher risk of death and adverse events if mild coronary artery plaque is present at coronary CT angiography (CCTA), according to a study…

• Industry News
  09.22.11

  Med-tech industry to FDA: IOM’s 510(k) report falls way short

  The Institute of Medicine’s report on the FDA’s 510(k) clearance process for medical devices falls so far out of the scope of the questions it was meant to answer that it’s essentially meaningless, med-tech industry reps told the agency during negotiations over re-authorizing the Medical Device User Fee & Modernization Act.

• Industry NewsMITA News
  09.21.11

  MITA nets grant to develop global standards

  The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) will receive more than $200,000 over the next three years from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) Market Development Cooperator Program.

• Industry NewsMITA News
  09.21.11

  The IOM’s recent report impacts the medical imaging industry

  Medical imaging and radiation therapy technology have revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of disease over the course of the last century. Medical imaging and radiotherapy manufacturers are engaged in a continuous, incremental process of adding new features and advancing technological characteristics to improve patient outcomes.