Industry News

The Bernard J. Tyson National Award for Excellence in Pursuit of Healthcare Equity, a new award program from The Joint Commission and Kaiser Permanente, is now accepting applications through July 8, 2021.

The 2021 Imaging Conference and Expo (ICE) was held in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida from May 11-12.

Acertara Acoustic Laboratories recently announced that its TEE probe repair processes have been validated by automated TEE reprocessor, CS Medical’s laboratory and engineering team.

East Coast Medical Systems Inc. (ECMed), a leading provider of MRI and CT sales and service in the Southeastern United States, has announced the appointment of Tim Beard as its new director of sales.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently acted to end the use of PACS. Now, the FDA will refer to these devices as medical image management and processing system (MIMPS).

DispatchHealth, a provider of in-home medical care, has acquired Professional Portable X-Ray (PPX), a mobile imaging provider.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked Thursday’s opening of Banner Health’s first “Banner Health Center plus,” a $65 million project with developer partner NexCore Group that will provide a wide range of services to make health care more convenient.

The International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS) continues to urge physicians to use ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) to enhance conventional ultrasound images where medically appropriate, with customary protocols in place to address rare allergic reactions that may occur in one out of ten thousand doses.

EchoNous has announced the launch of Kosmos Universal Platform (UP), a specialized software platform that helps educators streamline and automate the process of teaching POCUS, specifically ultrasound scanning – an emerging and critical skill for modern-day medicine.