News
Members of the Missouri Society of Radiologic Technologists met with lawmakers at the state capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. Feb. 12. They asked them to support House Bill 1060, a measure that will set licensing standards for personnel who perform certain radiologic procedures.
February 27, 2014 
Blog
More than a decade has passed since I volunteered to ride a patient table into the maw of a Siemens’ CT. Then as now, I saw myself as a “doer,” not a “watcher,” experiencing as much as possible what I would write about.
February 26, 2014 
News
Level 3 Communications Inc. released results of a research study conducted among Level 3 healthcare customers and healthcare IT leaders. The study, which polled respondents about their cloud readiness, revealed that more than half were still investigating cloud options, and that a large majority referenced security concerns as the main barrier to adoption.
February 24, 2014 Sponsored Content
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September 25, 2024 
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The 25th Annual 2014 HIMSS Leadership Survey examines topics crucial to healthcare leaders including IT priorities, issues driving and challenging technology adoption and IT security. One finding from this year’s survey concerns the perceived impact financial resources are having on IT implementations. A majority of the survey participants (65 percent) reported IT budget increases, which is likely a contributing factor to the transition to a paperless environment. However, a lack of adequate financial resources tops the list of barriers to successful IT implementation. This is a shift from the past two years when the primary IT challenge was insufficient and untrained staffing resources.
February 24, 2014 
Technology
TeraRecon, a provider of medical image management solutions, debuted it’s iNteract+ solution at the 2014 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference.
February 24, 2014 Sponsored Content
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ScImage announced availability of a Master Patient Index (MPI) Translator that provides healthcare professionals diagnostic imaging data residing in disparate systems, often located at unrelated facilities.
February 21, 2014 Sponsored Content
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August 06, 2024 
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Medical X-ray exams are part of a comprehensive physical of football players at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis during the NFL Combine. The hospital uses a Carestream DRX-1 detector to produce digital X-ray exams of more than 300 athletes over several days.
February 21, 2014 
Technology
The fifth edition of Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) Atlas issued by the American College of Radiology (ACR) included changes in breast density reporting categories. Volpara Solutions, producers of VolparaDensity software, said this is a step toward the provision of accurate breast density measurements to women by the renewed emphasis on volumetric assessments.
February 20, 2014 
News
Blackford Analysis, a software provider with products to accelerate medical image comparison, introduced its software development kit (SDK) at the HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Fla.
February 20, 2014 Sponsored Content
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June 21, 2024 
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Until recently, cancer patients looking for a precise form of proton radiation therapy – "pencil-beam scanning" – had to narrow their search to about a half dozen centers in the United States that offer this treatment on a limited basis.
February 20, 2014 
News
Guerbet, a contrast agent specialist for medical imaging, received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a manufacturing plant for Lipiodol (ethiodized oil) Injection, in Montreal, Canada.
February 20, 2014 
News
VitreaView, a universal viewer developed by Vital Images Inc. was featured in a live case study. Shafiq Rab, M.D., vice president and chief information officer at Hackensack University Medical Center, presented during the Interoperability Showcase, Feb. 25 at HIMSS 2014 in Orlando, Fla.
February 20, 2014 Sponsored Content
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June 03, 2024 
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Viztek, a provider of digital software and hardware diagnostic imaging solutions, announced 45 percent year-over-year revenue growth from the 2011-2013 calendar years. The company experienced 20 percent growth in digital radiography (DR), and 15 percent growth in software. The PACS replacement market was particularly strong for the company, with 75 replacements in 2013. In the same year, Viztek also saw a significant jump in its customer base of hospitals with more than 200 beds.
February 20, 2014 
News
Results of the 2013 HIMSS Security Survey show progress toward hardened security and use of analytics, but more work is needed to mitigate insider threat, such as inappropriate access of data by employees. Federal initiatives such as OCR audits, meaningful use (MU) and the HIPAA Omnibus Rule encourage healthcare organizations to increase the budgets and resources dedicated to securing patient health data. However, over the past year, 19 percent of respondents reported a security breach. Additionally, 12 percent of organizations have had at least one known case of medical identity theft reported by a patient.
February 19, 2014 Sponsored Content
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Technology
The latest Soapware includes an order manager and continued progress toward 2014 meaningful use (MU). These features aim to deliver clinical value with maximum ease of use and also to meet MU 2014 requirements. Further features will be gradually added in future updates to continue to allow for a smooth transition and ample training time of MU 2014.
February 19, 2014 
Technology
Philips partnered with SonoCiné Inc., a U.S. research, development and manufacturing company, to provide automated whole breast ultrasound (AWBUS) imaging for the Philips EPIQ and iU22 ultrasound systems.
February 19, 2014 News
The market for electronic health and medical records (EMRs) is set to experience rapid growth over the coming years, with EMR peer group value estimated to climb from approximately $10.6 billion in 2012 to $17 billion by 2017, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 9.8 percent, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData.
February 19, 2014 
News
Senates in Missouri (SB 639) and the state of Washington (SB 6050) have both advanced Breast Density Inform bills. The bills are now headed to their respective Houses of Representatives. Rhode Island has also introduced a Breast Density Inform bill (H7341).
February 18, 2014 
Technology
HIT Application Solutions announced a partnership with Merge Healthcare Inc. to integrate its Notifi platform with Merge RIS, a Meaningful Use (MU) outpatient radiology information system. The solution, to be marketed as Merge Notifi, will initially automate appointment reminders and make patient results available through messages for Merge customers. Merge Notifi is a HIPPA compliant service.
February 18, 2014 
Technology
Claron Technology will debut at HIMSS 2014 enhancements for a streamlined image and video upload for both mobile devices and desktop PCs. This will add functionality to its family of Nil universal, zero-footprint viewers. The technology requires a browser only, not installation of an app or engine. The technology supports mobile devices and allows zero-footprint upload of both digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) and non-DICOM data from notebook and desktop computers.
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