As the National Weather Service issued its predictions for where and when Hurricane Sandy would the Atlantic states in late October of last year, John McCabe, product service director for MR at GE Healthcare and his colleagues watched closely

What consistently gets the worst marks on hospital patient-satisfaction surveys? You guessed it: Noise. A short article in this morning’s WSJ describes how some hospitals and health systems are bringing the noise level down. Strategies include replacing paging systems with electronic wristbands or headsets, allowing patients to close doors and post Do Not Disturb signs, installing sound-absorbing tiles, raising the “white noise” level, and designating sleep times during which patients are not disturbed.

New American College of Radiology quality control (QC) requirements for ultrasound and breast ultrasound will take effect June 1, 2014

GE Healthcare has acquired Unisyn Medical Technologies’ Transactional Business for an undisclosed amount. Unisyn is a provider of comprehensive ultrasound probe repair solutions to biomedical and clinical engineers, and GE Healthcare plans to integrate its products and services into its Global Services organization

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Dotarem (gadoterate meglumine) as the first macrocyclic and ionic gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) that can be used in the United States

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to Varian Medical Systems Nexus DRF Digital X-Ray Imaging System. The new diagnostic X-ray image processing workstation combines radiography/fluoroscopy (RF) and digital radiography (DR) capabilities on one platform

Addressing the need for better imaging of tissue surrounding metal-containing implants such as joint replacements, GE Healthcare and researchers at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Waukesha, Wis., designed and tested a novel MR imaging technique that cuts down on the image distortion caused by metal in implants

Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-Pa.) — a proponent of ending the medical device tax — was on hand to help open Siemens' second U.S. ultrasound factory, which is located in his district.