Cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) appears to be cost effective compared with SPECT imaging, and it does not result in higher downstream resource utilization, according to research led by Eddie Hulten, MD, of Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and shared at the Society for Cardiac Computed Tomography (SCCT) conference in July.

Integrating calcium scoring into the emergency department workup of low-risk chest pain patients may cut costs and reduce missed myocardial infarctions, according to research presented at the Society of Cardiac Computed Tomography (SCCT) conference in July.

Health information exchanges are nearing meaningful use in terms of their business strategy, said Trudi Matthews, director of policy and public relations at HealthBridge, during a recent webinar discussion on the release of the eHealth Initiative's annual HIE survey. The webinar, hosted by the Washington, D.C.-based eHealth Initiative, disseminated data from the organization's seventh annual survey on HIE.

Hospitals that adopt advanced computer technology to identify healthcare-associated infections are more likely to have implemented best practices to prevent such infections, according to a study presented July 12 at the 37th annual conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

Enhancing the EHR to consolidate information for comprehensive immunosuppressive medication review following liver transplant was associated with fewer rejection episodes and fewer toxicity events, and it decreased costs, according to a study published in this month's Journal of American Medical Informatics Association.

PET/CT may be superior in evaluating women with suspected metastatic breast cancer, as evidenced by the high rate of pathologically confirmed osseous metastases in women with positive PET/CT and negative bone scintigraphy results, according to a study published in this month's issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

FDG PET/CT may have a potential role in asymptomatic breast cancer patients with rising markers and negative conventional imaging, according to a multicenter study published May 21 ahead of print in the European Journal of Radiology.

A 3D SPACE MR sequence outperformed conventional 2D weighted MRI techniques of the pelvis, conserving image quality and diagnostic data, providing reconstruction versatility and saving time, according to a study published in the July edition of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

CTC training and testing, provided as part of the National CT Colonography Trial, improved radiologists’ performance and resulted in high sensitivity among inexperienced and experienced readers, according to a study published in this month's American Journal of Roentgenology.

The journey to create a certification exam to evaluate imaging informatics professionals has taken several years and hundreds of volunteer hours. The process, both “slow and deliberate,” involved practicing informaticists closely scrutinizing the results of each test to ensure the societies are providing a “useful instrument” for professionals to improve their careers, according to a review in this month’s issue of the Journal of Digital Imaging.

Until the development of biomarkers indicative of histology, polyp size will continue to be the most important biomarker for determining management of colonic polyps found at screening and diagnostic CT colonography (CTC), according to a review in this month’s Radiology.

PET combined with CT colonography (CTC) may provide a suitable alternative for detecting polyps and cancer in the colon, and the lack of bowel prep might be particularly beneficial in the elderly population, a study published in the June issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows.

3D reconstructions of cartilage geometry from multidetector CT arthrographic data can be used as an effective preoperative surgical planning tool for patients with hip pain, according to a study in the May issue of Radiology.

Limited-preparation, low-dose CT colonography is a useful minimally invasive option to evaluate the colon of elderly patients who are medically unfit or unsuitable for colonoscopy, according to a study published in the May issue of the American Journal of  Roentgenology.

A study in the April issue of Radiology has found that one out of every 200 asymptomatic people who have been screened with virtual colonoscopy has a clinically unsuspected malignant cancer, and that half of those cancers were located outside of the colon.

A study of 5,047 asymptomatic adults who underwent a virtual colonoscopy found that the prevalence of urolithiasis—or urinary stone disease—in the study group was 8 percent, providing insight into the true prevalence of the disease, according to an article published in the March issue of the Journal of Urology

The use of CT colonography is useful—and safe—for a preoperative exam of the proximal colon in patients who have been treated with metallic stents due to colon obstruction caused by colorectal cancer, according to a study published in the March issue of Radiology.

During his first physical exam as the U.S. commander in chief, President Barack Obama underwent a CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) in order to be screened for colorectal cancer.

The use of mobile technologies—or m-health—can play an important role in healthcare at the regional, community and individual level in developing countries, according to an article in the February issue of Health Affairs.

The effective use of hands-free communication device (HCD) systems depends on how well organizations train users, adapt to the changes brought about by the use of these systems and integrate the systems into the organization’s physical surroundings, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.