ON Semiconductor announced the release of a new CCD image sensor that enables video imaging under reduced X-ray dosage conditions for digital radiography.
McKesson Corp. and Change Healthcare Holdings Inc., provider of software and analytics, network solutions and technology-enabled services, (CHC) recently announced the completion of their previously announced agreement to create a new healthcare information technology company. The new company is named Change Healthcare and combines substantially all of CHC’s business and the majority of McKesson Technology Solutions (MTS).
Healthcare is an appealing target for cybercriminals. Last year cyberattacks led to the loss of 13 million patient records, according to Symantec Corp., a company focused on addressing cyberthreats.
Fujifilm’s APERTO Lucent is a 0.4T mid-field, open MRI system addressing today’s capability and image quality needs ...
An extensive study by University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers found significant variation in treatment strategies for people with three or more brain metastases. The study is bringing light to the need for further research to guide physicians’ decision making.
To understand the issues facing radiologists, it is important to identify the changes over the past decade that have ...
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RamSoft its 100 percent web-based PowerServer Cloud PACS (picture archiving and communication system) at the 2017 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference and Exhibition (HIMSS 2017), Feb. 19-23 in Orlando, Fla.
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According to the latest market study released by Technavio, the global picture archiving and communication system (PACS) market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of close to 6 percent through 2021.
Information technology (IT) is among the least sexy areas to cover in medical technology advances, and is often ...
At the 2017 European Congress of Radiology (ECR), Philips unveiled its newest computed tomography (CT) solution, the Access CT. Access CT is specifically designed for healthcare organizations seeking to establish or enhance CT imaging capabilities at an accessible cost for a high return in value. The system provides consistent image quality across a diverse patient population and a wide range of exam types, enabling healthcare organizations to expand care capabilities to treat more patients.
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Philips recently announced the global launch of Azurion, its next-generation image-guided therapy platform.
March 3, 2017 — In the featured article of the March 2017 issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers ...
Enterprise imaging system expert Louis Lannum was in charge of Cleveland Clinic's efforts to connect images and other ...
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Gamma Medica announced it has partnered with Hospital Services Limited (HSL), a Dublin, Ireland-based established medical device company that distributes, installs and services radiology capital equipment and medical devices. This partnership will provide women with dense breast tissue access to Gamma Medica’s LumaGEM Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI) system in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Channel Islands.
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NantHealth Inc. exhibited its new suite of oncology solutions at the 2017 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference and Exhibition, Feb. 19-23 in Orlando, Fla. The company also provided demos at the Interoperability Showcase floor.
Major colorectal cancer care advocacy groups and medical societies have released a statement strongly urging Congress to pass the CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act (HR 1298). The bill would provide Medicare coverage for screening computed tomography colonography (CTC) – known as virtual colonoscopy. Studies show CTC use increases screening rates and lowers costs.
A slam against radiology is probably the last thing anybody would expect to see in fallout coming from the new U.S. president. And so far there has been nothing. In literally thousands of Trump tweets over the last several years, radiology has not been mentioned once. And that is exactly why radiology needs to be on the lookout. Big time!
New research presented by Stephen Rose, M.D., chief medical officer of Solis Mammography and president of Rose Imaging Physicians Group, Houston, at the 2016 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting found recall rates, cancer detection and invasive cancer detection for women under age 50 were significantly improved with the addition of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to mammography.1
While patient welfare has always been the guiding principle of the healthcare system, patient satisfaction has only become a priority recently. Reform efforts of the last several years have focused on fixing aspects of the system that have been headaches for patients — namely high costs and care process inefficiencies. As the healthcare system continues to change, the importance of patient satisfaction will continue being a guiding metric for progress — a reality that could have a major impact on healthcare providers.
IBM at the 2017 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference and Exhibition (HIMSS17) introduced IBM Watson Imaging Clinical Review, the first cognitive imaging offering from Watson Health. The company also announced the expansion of the Watson Health medical imaging collaborative to 24 organizations worldwide, adding clinical and industry expertise for the worldwide initiative finding ways to use medical imaging to identify and predict the risk of cancer, diabetes and diseases of the eye, brain, breast, heart and related conditions.