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New Delaware legislation to review hospital budgets may only create new bureaucracies and problems

The creation of a Diamond Review Board is not a ‘gem’

GE HealthCare and Medis Medical Imaging collaborate to enhance coronary assessments

Diagnosing and treating CAD noninvasively

Blue Earth Diagnostics and Siemens Healthineers partner on PET radiopharmaceuticals

Utilizing data to refine AI-driven algorithms on syngo.via PET/CT software

Driscoll Children’s Hospital Rio Grande Valley launches $100 million pediatric facility

The eight-story hospital is first designated free-standing children’s hospital in the region

Siemens Healthineers invests $314 million in low-helium MR manufacturing

DryCool cuts MR helium requirement from 1,500 liters to less than one liter

Hyperfine targets European market with portable MR distributor partnerships

Swoop portable MR distributors coming to France, UK and Italy

Samsung will acquire fetal ultrasound software developer for $92 million

Sonio offers the FDA-cleared Sonio Detect

Probo Medical and Philips settle ultrasound servicing lawsuit out of court

Dispute centered around licensing agreements and intellectual property

Siemens and University Hospitals announce 10-year partnership

The aim is to improve the health system’s oncology, cardiovascular, and neurovascular care

Steward Health puts 31 hospitals up for sale to pay off $9 billion debt

Announcement comes shortly after health system filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy

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How will young people react to Affordable Care?

July 24, 2013

There are still many unanswered questions.

Share your good news. No one else will!

July 17, 2013

GE takes the high road

July 10, 2013

Company recalls its gamma cameras.

Nationwide Imaging is moving and my predictions about the future

July 02, 2013

Phil starts biking to work

June 26, 2013

New York City's bike sharing program is finally here.

Interesting stories in this month's DMBN

June 19, 2013

It's all about nuclear medicine.

My visit to SNMMI in Vancouver

June 12, 2013

A beautiful setting and a busy show.

My visit to AAMI 2013

June 06, 2013

Interesting topics and a meeting with the Queen made the trip worthwhile

HHAF's annual gala

May 29, 2013

A memorable night and a worthy cause.

Photos from the DOTmed cocktail party

May 23, 2013

I hope you enjoy.

NYU Langone Medical Center's Violet Ball

May 15, 2013

In case you don't know, NYU Langone is back in action after Hurricane Sandy.

My view about the Affordable Care Act

May 08, 2013

What's yours?

IAMERS celebrates 20 years with a meeting in New York City

May 01, 2013

The association's meeting will be held this week in NYC.

Watch for the May issue of DOTmed Business News

April 24, 2013

It's all about biomeds.

Which recommendations carry the greatest weight?

April 17, 2013

Our new rating system at DOTmed.

Rumors about companies for sale

April 10, 2013

What does this mean for us?

Africa is a growing market

April 03, 2013

DOTmed is attracting more and more users from Africa.

Is disability driving up the cost of health care?

March 27, 2013

You might be shocked to know the facts.

Phil visits mammo/CAD vendor at ECR

March 20, 2013

Here is a company to keep an eye on.

Phil gets his carotid scanned at ECR

March 13, 2013

With ultrasound, I saw images of my carotid artery and the blood vessels in my neck.

I'm on my way to ECR

March 06, 2013

The European Congress of Radiology gets underway this week.

DOTmed is participating in four trade shows in the coming days

February 27, 2013

We'll be reporting from all across the country.

Get to know who you're dealing with

February 20, 2013

You only have one chance to make a first impression.

Phil visits with Bob Gaw at PRN

February 13, 2013

If there weren't people like Bob, there wouldn't be a DOTmed.

Alzheimer's disease in the news

February 08, 2013

I urge everyone to pay attention to this issue.

The U.S. health care sector is strong

February 06, 2013

Big companies are investing in health care, plus the sector added more jobs last month.

A visit to a community hospital near the Ugandan border

January 30, 2013

First installment of Anne Bugge's trip to Africa.

Watch out for our journalists these next few months

January 23, 2013

We'll be covering lots of shows and live events.

Fewer complaints is a good thing

January 16, 2013

The internet has really changed a lot of things in business.

2013 will be a great year for journalism

January 09, 2013

I have an update on DOTmed's news operation.

Phil's predictions for 2013

December 26, 2012

Here's my top ten list for what I think will happen in our industry next year.

What would Einstein say about mobile imaging?

December 19, 2012

The mobile imaging business is on the upswing.

Syria's medical supply shortage

December 12, 2012

There's a need for arterial blood gas analyzers and other medical supplies for doctors assisting with the conflict.

Phil visits Genesis

December 05, 2012

Genesis just completed expanding their cold-head repair facility.

RSNA 2012

November 28, 2012

Imaging technology continues to evolve.

Medica 2012 coverage

November 20, 2012

Our online editor attended the big event.

Doing business during a natural disaster

November 14, 2012

Hurricane Sandy and the importance of business continuity.

Mobile imaging surges up 18 percent

October 24, 2012

The mobile imaging market is heating up.

How does Calscan deal with changes in the market?

October 03, 2012

Innovation is key.

Phil talks about the interesting stories in this month's DMBN

September 28, 2012

Phil visits with Aytac Mavruk and talks about old fashioned values

September 26, 2012

What's behind the uptick in equipment listings?

September 19, 2012

Despite uncertainty surrounding the election, it seems that equipment purchases are up.

Phil's thoughts and predictions on Europe 1 week after the IAMERS meeting

September 12, 2012

What's happening across the Atlantic.

In Florence for IAMERS

September 05, 2012

IAMERS' European meeting starts tonight.

DOTmed Launches a New Way to Help Charities

August 29, 2012

DOTmed Charity LifeLine helps providers send equipment where it's needed most.

Give me your input on DOTmed

August 22, 2012

Tell me what you think about the new look, new features.

Taking the industry's temperature at AHRA

August 15, 2012

Guarded but upbeat.

My name is Philip F. Jacobus, and I'm the CEO and founder of DOTmed.com, Inc., and the publisher of HealthCare Business News.

Generally, I spend between 5 to 6 hours a day visiting with people on the telephone, in person, or over video chat. These are their stories and the lessons that I have learned from them.

Philip Jacobus launched DOTmed.com in 1998. He has been involved in health care since 1977, when he visited China to sell equipment. He has done business in over 35 countries and still travels extensively. Phil is active in charity, helps rural clinics and always tries to help DOTmed users when he can.

Phil is a member of AHRA, AAMI, HFMA and the Cryogenic Society of America. He has contributed to a number of magazines and journals and has addressed trade groups.

Phil's proudest achievement is that he has been happily married to his wife Barbara since 1989, who helped him found DOTmed in 1998.

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