Good news for the FDA and HHS marketing departments: The PSAs are working. Overall cancer mortality in the United States decreased by about 20 percent from 1980 to 2014, but it varied widely at the county level, according to a study conducted by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IMHE).

In a recent focus group, 70% of healthcare IT executives surveyed indicated that enterprise imaging was an active initiative in their health system*. But achieving a truly effective enterprise imaging strategy has eluded the majority of U.S. health systems.

Amsterdam-based Royal Philips has announced a multi-year partnership with Banner Health, a hospital network managing 28 hospitals across six U.S. states. The partnership is an extension of collaborative programs already in place, including the Intensive Ambulatory Care (IAC) pilot and telehealth solutions.

Researchers from Harvard Medical School published a review of breast cancer follow-up imaging in the February issue of The Breast, outlining appropriate procedures at different stages of breast cancer treatment.

In an effort to emphasize the importance of radiologist-patient engagement, Triad Radiology Associates has put one of its own radiologists at the helm of managing the practice’s Facebook page.

Clinicians can reduce the “tube voltage” (kVp) in CT pulmonary angiography without reducing image quality, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Researchers conducted a retrospective study to measure CT pulmonary angiography image quality as tube voltage was lowered, taking into account patient size as well as the benefits of simple image post-processing.

Inland Imaging and Missoula Radiology announced that they have combined their groups to serve under a single practice.

Packing his bags and traveling to England, Senior Communications Manager of Imaging 3.0 ACR, Chris Hobson, set out to learn how radiology is practiced in the United States compared to its practice in England.