Siemens Healthcare announced late last week that syngo Dynamics VA10, the company’s cardiovascular imaging software, has been approved by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for use with its VistA Imaging System. 

Philips Healthcare India will invest approximately $60 million into its Pune facility over the next three to five years, the company announced. 

RadNet, one of the country’s largest operators of outpatient imaging centers, and Barnabas Health, a New Jersey-based nonprofit healthcare delivery system, have announced the addition of 11 imaging facilities to their joint venture, New Jersey Imaging Networks (NJIN).

No standards currently exist for radiologists to follow during the documentation of contrast reactions, but according to a recent research article in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, the creation of such standards could lead to improved documentation and better overall patient care.

Health New England, a nonprofit health insurance carrier based out of Springfield, Mass., has announced that Laurie E. Gianturco, MD, is the company’s new vice president and chief medical officer. 

Recent research published in the American Journal of Roentgenology studied radiologist characteristics that may impact false-positive rates and sensitivity in diagnostic mammograms performed either for additional evaluation of a recent mammogram or to evaluate a breast problem. 

Carestream Health, a provider of dental and imaging systems, announced this week that Jianqing Bennett has been named president of its digital medical solutions business unit. The new position is effective immediately.

With more than one million patient contacts each year, Lee Memorial Health System considers patient engagement the order of the day every day. For Mike Smith, CIO of the six-hospital, 1,423-bed organization based in Fort Myers, Fla., this enterprise-wide emphasis means constantly working to ramp up IT-enabled interactions via—among other interfaces—an increasingly in-demand patient portal.