UltraSPECT, a leading provider of image reconstruction technology that reduces radiopharmaceutical dose and acquisition time for nuclear medicine (NM) exams, announces today that study data has shown UltraSPECT solutions are a viable method for meeting American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) low dose guidelines. Furthermore, technologists are able to rely on their existing imaging protocols, providing added confidence in overall results. UltraSPECT will be demonstrating this solution to conference attendees at the upcoming ASNC Annual Meeting, September 26-29, in Chicago.

Two new facilities have selected the Digisonics Cardiovascular Information System.  The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. and Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center, in Eagle Pass, Texas will implement the Digisonics CVIS for cardiovascular image review and structured reporting. 

A judge in New Mexico set a Nov. 4 jury trial date in a lawsuit that accuses a cardiologist, a hospital and the manufacturer of implantable devices of conspiring to perform unnecessary procedures.

The medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, will begin giving credit to students who edit articles on Wikipedia. In an article in the New York Times, the course’s teacher explained that the project will help students develop layman-level communication skills.

The delivery of healthcare is complicated, the business of healthcare even more so, and patients are directly affected by both. One way for physicians to play an active role in their patients' healthcare outside of the office or hospital is to participate in lobby days on Capitol Hill.

Supersize it. That appears to be the trend in practice size among physicians in the U.S., based on a study in the September issue of Health Affairs that reported that more than a quarter of physicians worked in groups of 100 or more in 2011.

Cardiovascular Associates’ website, www.nycva.org, was selected as winner of the Web Marketing Association’s 2013 WebAward for Outstanding Website. The New York City health center’s site, unveiled earlier this year, was designed and developed by the healthcare marketing agency Paramount/MD.

The World Heart Federation wants men, women and children around the world to get up and start getting fit for World Heart Day on Sept. 29.  They are even launching a new app to help keep track of fitness goals. That’s because, according to a federation study, between 14 and 37 percent of adults in six countries are not aware of how much they walk every day.