Bayer to sell Multi-Vendor Service business
Will increase focus on contrast agents and image acquisition devices

BIOTRONIK gets FDA nod for Edora HF-T QP MR-conditional pacemaker
Smallest of its kind

The Supreme Court, the Lexmark case and implications for the health care industry
How a printer cartridge ruling ensures medical device reprocessing rights

ECRI releases evaluation of over 30 surgical sutures
Intended to help hospitals make informed purchases

Annual mammogram starting at age 40 saves the most lives, study finds
Challenges USPSTF recommendations

Three methods for combating 3-D printer cyberattacks
CT scanners and Raman spectroscopy used to examine 3-D printed objects for cyberattacks

New laser imaging technique could predict patient's risk of heart attack and stroke
May also monitor effectiveness of drugs

The parts and services big three: What every health care system should be asking
Questions that will help mitigate issues down the road

Researchers develop a smaller, cheaper lab-on-a-chip device
A new 3-D printing method

New advanced ECG tool for cardiac disease now available in Europe
New ECG tool more sensitive in detecting cardiac dysfunction using continuous wavelet transform

Musculoskeletal CT exams jump 754 percent over 20 years
New study could guide capital expenditures for imaging technology

Researchers develop method that generates multi-color MR images
Requires the use of two contrast agents

Third-party medical equipment service: high stakes in the ongoing debate
Checking in with the FDA's examination of third-party stakeholders

Cleveland Clinic, American Cancer Society dump Trump's Mar-A-Lago
Mounting blowback from health care industry in wake of Virginia aftermath

Medica to acquire Mayo Clinic Health Solutions
May improve access for patients with complex conditions

INSIGHTEC's Exablate Neuro hits 1,000 patient mark
System installed in 30 medical facilities worldwide

Enterprise imaging will make up 27 percent of imaging IT market by 2021
PACS vendors ramp up enterprise solutions to compete against multi-vendor IT models

Stryker’s Serrato Pedicle Screw gets FDA nod
Part of the Xia 3 Spinal System

Machine learning algorithm may predict early-stage Alzheimer's disease
Already used for cancer

Robotic-assisted transhiatal esophagectomy is safe and effective for certain patients
But it's a complex procedure to perform

Siemens Healthineers collaborates with Houston Methodist Hospital
Will provide advanced angio, MR, CT, molecular imaging and ultrasound technology

Nationwide hosts IAMERS forum on QMS in advance of FDA report
Stakeholders discuss ISO quality management systems