Belgian company says 5 MP screen is the first cleared by the FDA for breast tomosynthesis.

Medical device firm to cut 142 jobs in County Cork.

Restrictive contrast agent guidelines bring NSF cases to zero.

Advanced IT, quality awards, linked to higher hospital profitability, Fitch Ratings finds.

Ultrasound moves in on mammo's turf.

Charity hopes device will be like a "board of physicians in your pocket."

Hospital marketers say video beats Facebook, Twitter.

Facilities can see how they stack up.

How one of the most recognized humanitarian medical organizations got its start.

Middle East to get first center developed with IBA and Philips' one-stop shopping solution.

Heart Check America's Denver clinic shuts down after apparently performing CT scans without doctors' referrals.

For the uninsured, median savings are only twenty bucks.

Boston Scientific Corporation releases the Expect Needle.

NAPT says 7 proton sites under construction in U.S.

Increased reimbursement and new public policy could increase access to screening.

Doctors need to perform twice as many procedures as once thought to reach "minimal competency."

Samsung Medison is born.

Dogs could replace drugs for some anxious patients.

A new radiology staffing company is born.

Hot endoscopy, women's urology products wrongly labeled.

Bismuth shields can help lower rad dose to breasts during chest CT scans.

At a two-day AAMI meeting, industry leaders suggest a unified name for the field of patient equipment care.

At one hospital, the wait for a screening mammogram was 148 days in FY 2009.

Researchers say USPSTF guidelines might be to blame.

The MicroDose Mammography system gets 510(k) clearance.

The digital imaging company launched Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. to expand its solutions business.

The following are some of the products introduced during the past 12 months. More products will be added as we receive them, so check back often!

Max Baucus (D-Mont.) asks the device giant why it killed contracts with Novation.

For neurosurgeons, 3-D printing is becoming cheaper and easier.

Potential 2012 presidential contender Newt Gingrich slams hospital confidentiality agreements.

Air India strike leads to shortages.

Agency issues draft guidance for cleaning reusable medical devices.

Newer technologies promise to bring proton therapy centers within financial reach of more hospitals. Will they? And perhaps more importantly, should they?

Medicare claims for intensity-modulated radiation therapy jump tenfold.

Medicare plan will pay hospitals for quality, not quantity, of care.

The imaging agent could help with heart, lymph node scans.

This month features a device that's pre 19th century.

Captain America star brings famous safety needle lawsuit to the big screen.

Texas-based ambulatory surgical center owner Northstar moves into the radiation therapy market.

This report originally appeared in the April 2011 issue of DOTmed Business News