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American Imaging Management conducted a customer case study that found prospective clinical review for echocardiography improves the clinical appropriateness of cardiac imaging services, helping prevent the incidence of unnecessary utilization, according to an AIM news release.

Heart failure patients with no insurance, Medicaid or Medicare receive lower quality of care and have worse outcomes compared to heart failure patients with private insurance or HMO coverage, according to a study published in the Journal of the American…

Stanford Hospital and Clinics in Palo Alto, Calif., has opened its new Brain Tumor Center within an existing facility, according to a hospital news release.

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.,found MRI screening to be beneficial and cost-effective for women at high risk for breast cancer who have little or no insurance, according to a Duke Health news release.

Northern Illinois University, Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have partnered with the Northern Illinois Proton Treatment Center to study nuclear medicine and proton beam therapy, according to a wrex.com report.

Salem (Ore.) Hospital and five medical groups have signed a collaboration agreement to create the Salem Health Heart & Vascular Institute, according to a Salem Health news release.

Oklahoma State University Medical Center in Tulsa has acquired OSU Mobile Cardiology, a mobile unit that will bring cardiology diagnostic services to underserved and rural communities in Oklahoma, according to a hospital news release.

The Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons has launched a web-based tool to promote evidence-based cancer care, according to an ACS news release.

A monthly Wells Fargo report, which tracks hospital volume, shows the volume of cardiovascular procedures has been dropping each month this year compared to last year, according to a Forbes report.

In response to the decision by a region's largest group of heart specialists to move headquarters, Laura Kaiser, CEO of Pensacola, Fla.-based Sacred Heart Health System, is beginning to form its own cardiology group within the system, according to a…