Google's co-founders said earlier this month that they don't foresee the tech giant becoming a healthcare company, but that doesn't seem to be stopping the company from taking on more health projects--including its newest venture to create a full picture of what a healthy human should look like. Read more here.
While studies using Medicare Part B data indicate a decline in outpatient imaging utilization, a new study suggests a different trend in the commercially insured patient population. Read more here.
Royal Philips announced on Wednesday that the CEO of Philips Healthcare, Deborah DiSanzo, has left the company, and the health care business groups will now report directly to the company's CEO, Frans van Houten. Read more here.
Adding tomosynthesis to digital mammography results in a decrease in recall rates and an increase in cancer detection rates, according to a study published online June 25 by JAMA . Read more here.
A New York radiology practice has informed 97,000 patients that an employee had unauthorized access to their protected health information. The employee radiologist of NRAD Medical Associates accessed and acquired the information from NRAD’s billing systems; these data included patient names and addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and health insurance, diagnosis codes and [...]
Hospitals and some specialties should anticipate the need to “right size” as value-based care gains momentum, according to analyses of inpatient trends in several metropolitan areas. The studies found steep declines in use rates of interventional cardiology and cardiology service lines. Read more here.
Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has made the jump from a research technology to a clinically used technique, with nearly 30 percent of surveyed members from the Society of Breast Imaging reporting they use DBT. Read more here.
Medtronic has agreed to pay nearly $43 billion to acquire Covidien, a move that will allow the Minneapolis company to shift its headquarters to Ireland and lower its tax burden. Read more here.
The Food and Drug Administration has released guidance to manufacturers for submissions to its Global Unique Device Identification Database (GUDID). Read more here.
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