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All hospitals today face challenges, but none comes close to matching the recent experiences of Louisiana hospitals ...

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | Rick Dana Barlow

Acquiring used equipment carries with it certain stereotypes that span the spectrum of good to bad. Facilities that ...

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | Steven R. Renard

It is no surprise that during the past several years, the number of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed ...

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | Kim Phelan

When mechanical ventilation is initiated for surgical and acute-unit patients, protecting the fragile lungs while ...

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | Cristen Bolan

A 30-year-old woman arrives in the emergency room with “abdominal cramping and vaginal bleeding. A physical examination ...

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | rick dana barlow

Editor’s Note: This is the result of a “virtual” roundtable discussion on image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) with Drs ...

Time June 22, 2006
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Not too long ago, the capability of precisely directing and guiding a potent beam of radiation to eradicate a cancerous tumor without harming the healthy tissue around it was a pipe dream. Fodder for the imagination and science fiction.

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | John Hall

Few medical devices are credited with preventing death and are used so rarely as automated external defibrillators (AEDs ...

Time June 22, 2006
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ACT: What are some of the scenarios — decisions or investments — in which a hospital might want to consider doing a ...

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | Maureen Leahy

For most of us, handheld devices put the “fun” in functional. In the medical world, these tools do much more — they help save lives.

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | Rick Dana Barlow

Talk to the purveyors and supporters of digital radiography (DR) and you’ll hear that it’s the wave of the future and ultimately where the technology is headed – arguably replacing its earlier generation sibling, computed radiography (CR). However, raise that prospect with the CR crowd and you’ll likely hear something dramatically different.

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | Kim Phelan

About 10 years ago a close friend received some very bad news, but, oddly, she was happy about it. My friend was ...

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | Daniel J. Valentino, Ph.D.

Digital imaging is now ubiquitous in medicine. Contemporary imaging modalities are generating an ever-increasing amount ...

Time June 22, 2006
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Imagine for a moment, if something along these lines actually had happened. Back in the early 1990s when the debut of ...

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | Cristen Bolan

Chest pain is a common complaint among ED patients, yet failure to diagnose acute myocardial infarction in the trauma ...

Time June 22, 2006
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Technology

Along with the already established S2 20-inch surgery light, the new S1 surgery “satellite” and the new P1 video camera ...

Time June 05, 2006
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The Eclipse Powered System is “Power Made Easy” due to its automation and simplicity. The system has been engineered ...

Time June 05, 2006
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The Harmony V Keyless Entry (push-button) cart features a programmable automatic re-lock and a manual key override. The ...

Time June 05, 2006
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NIO COLOR 2MP from Barco features a 2-megapixel (1,600 by 1,200 resolution), 20.1-inch color LCD, offering superior ...

Time June 04, 2006
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The new Lumitex VersaLight is a single-use surgical device that provides a unique combination of features for ...

Time June 04, 2006
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