Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis received funding for two grants totaling $34 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the “Lifespan Human Connectome Project."

German health IT provider CompuGroup Medical SE has approached Belgian company Agfa-Gevaert about a potential acquisition by way of a public takeover.

The global market for contrast media is expected to reach $5.44 billion by 2021, according to a Markets and Markets report. The growth is largely driven by the increase in microbubble usage, the fastest growing segment of contrast.

The medical informatics market is expected to eclipse $5 million by 2021, according to a report published by Allied Market Research.

Montreal, Canada-based Intelerad has announced the appointment of Christian Bazinet as COO and Michel Desgagné as Chief Customer Officer.

In spite of consolidation and the uncertainty of a rapidly evolving healthcare market, the market for medical devices and equipment is expected to grow at least 5 percent annually until 2022, according to the market research firm Evaluate. The report was presented at the AdvaMed 2016 medical device conference, held mid-October in Minneapolis.  

Next year, the first hospital-owned imaging centers are expected to transition out of HOPPS reimbursement

The greatest challenge of coding and billing operations in implementing ICD-10 over the past year has nothing to do with coders or billing personnel.