1. Without Healthcare Reform, Premiums Will Double
(Healthcare Reform/Healthcare Reform)

... high levels of unemployment; slow growth in incomes; high growth rates for healthcare costs to full employment; faster income growth; slower growth in healthcare costs, the analysis shows that the middle-class ...

2. Overall EMR Use At 36 Percent
(EMR (Electronic Medical Records)/EMR)

... practices of 10 physicians or more, the growth rate was much faster. For offices with between 11 and 25 physicians, the EMR adoption rate went from 39% to 65%. And for practices with 26 or more doctors, ...

3. PET Usage Increases Considerably: Positron
(Company News/Positron Corporation)

Positron Corporation cites Journal of the American College of Radiology ( JACR) study that reports a 737% growth rate in PET among 5 speciality groups including cardiology Positron Corporation. The growth ...

4. Prostrate Cancer: Dietary Supplements Affect Radiation
(Modalities/Radiology )

... the growth rate of the normal prostate cell lines while a third supplement also increased the cellular radiosensitivity of some normal cell lines by inhibiting DNA repair. "Cancer patients turn to supplements ...

5. Healthcare Reform Won't Break The Bank
(Healthcare Reform/Healthcare Reform)

... toward long-term fiscal sustainability: It more than meets the president's commitments that healthcare reform not add a dime to the deficit and that it contain measures to reduce the growth rate of health-care ...

6. Ownership/leasing PET Scanners on the Rise
(Communities/PET)

... ) and magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI ), the growth rate among non-radiologists who own or lease positron emission tomography ( PET ) equipment is also on the rise, contributing significantly to the ongoing ...

7. MRI Scans Aid Cervical Cancer Treatment
(Communities/MRI)

... exposure, the speed at which the body removes dead cells from the tumor, and the growth rate of surviving tumor cells. The model is applicable to all cervical cancer patients, and the investigators are ...

8. Medical Imaging Reagents and Analysis Equipment
(Modalities/Radiology )

... at the chemical level ( reagents and contrast media ) and at the analysis level (software tools and image management) Provide market data for 2008 and 2009, and forecast the compound annual growth rate ...

9. Report on India Ultrasound Systems Market
(Communities/Ultrasound)

... at $108m. It is forecast to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 13% over the next seven years to reach $250m in 2015. During this period the market is expected to be driven by a rapidly developing ...

10. Outlook for Medical Devices in Central Asia
(Modalities/Radiology )

... health resort, with an airport to airport concept of health tourism. The Indian market for medical equipment and supplies is valued at around US$1,563 million in 2007. Despite strong growth rates, the ...

11. Contrast Media Market: $8 Billion in 2015
(Modalities/Radiology )

The global contrast media market was valued at $5.4 billion in 2008, growing at 5% Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) to reach $7.9 billion in 2015. The global market will witness a modest growth due ...

12. Mammography Guidelines emphasizes Reform Debate
(Healthcare Reform/Healthcare Reform)

... hand in determining what medical treatments patients receive. The release of the mammogram guidelines coincides with Congress' attempt to overhaul the U.S. health system and slow the growth rate of its ...

13. COE: Effective Solution to Managing Imaging Utilization
(Communities/Healthcare Informatics)

...  The radiology department at Massachusetts General Hospital uses a computerized order entry system. Their seven-year experience shows a reduction in the quarterly compound growth rate of 2.75 percent for ...

14. Congress Scheduled Hearings on Mammography Guidelines
(Modalities/Mammography)

... policy. The release of the mammogram guidelines coincides with Congress' attempt to overhaul the U.S. health system and slow the growth rate of its enormous cost. Those who disagree with the revised guidelines ...

15. Health IT Sector Booming !
(Healthcare Informatics/Healthcare Informatics)

... of the $1 trillion global health care marketplace, and is poised to continue its impressive growth through 2013. The health IT marketplace is showing 11% combined annual growth rate, which is likely to ...

16. Combined Healthcare reform bill may cost imaging $4.3 billion !
(Healthcare Reform/Healthcare Reform)

... executive director of the American College of Radiology. House leadership removed proposed changes to the Medicare sustainable growth rate formula out of the reform package for promised separate consideration. ...

17. Ultrasound Tests at 3fivetwo.com Providing Reliable Aortic Aneurysm Screening
(Communities/Ultrasound)

... it should be screened regularly to chart its growth rate. Aortic aneurysm is condition where by the affected individual develops weakened bulging areas in the aorta. Aorta is one of the major blood vessels ...

18. Medicare Costs Key to Healthcare Reform
(Healthcare Reform/Healthcare Reform)

... seem like a mundane topic: a mathematical formula. Called "the sustainable growth rate," it determines how much the government pays doctors for seeing Medicare patients. And by almost all accounts, it's ...

19. NCI Developes a Method that Protects Healthy Tissues from the Damaging Effects of Radiation
(Modalities/Radiology )

... agent to tumor-bearing mice and followed tumor growth rates after radiation therapy. Blocking CD47 expression increased the sensitivity of tumor cells to radiation. The researchers observed that mice with ...

20. AdvancedMD Named to Inc. 5000 List for Third Consecutive Year
(Company News/AdvancedMD Software, Inc.)

... companies. Of the 5,000 honorees, AdvancedMD was ranked 1,047 with a three-year growth rate of 295 percent. For the second year in a row, the company was named among the Top 100 Software Companies, in ...