Feature | Clinical Decision Support | Melinda Taschetta-Millane

There were many examples of clinical decision support (CDS) software currently on the market that could be leveraged to address Stage 3 Meaningful Use on the expo floor of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2016. During HIMSS, Ascendian Healthcare Consulting CEO Shawn McKenzie sat down with itnTV and discussed how and why CDS should be integrated into the radiology workflow.

Time April 29, 2016
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News | Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)

Physicians at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center (Cleveland) have started a clinical trial using a new form of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) to deliver radiation to a specific area of a cancerous prostate instead of the entire gland.

Time April 28, 2016
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News | Radiology Business

April 28, 2016 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and radiation oncologists nationwide hailed the ...

Time April 28, 2016
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Technology | Ultrasound Imaging

Konica Minolta introduced the latest version of the Sonimage HS1 compact ultrasound system, enabling improved image quality, streamlined workflow and new cardiac functionality for the point-of-care ultrasound market.

Time April 28, 2016
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News | Radiation Therapy

Alliance Oncology, a division of Alliance HealthCare Services Inc., announced that one of their radiation therapy centers, Reno CyberKnife, has upgraded their CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System.

Time April 28, 2016
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News | Women's Health

Breast cancer patients undergoing treatment with trastuzumab-containing regimens should be monitored for heart damage regardless of age.

Time April 28, 2016
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News | Clinical Decision Support

April 28, 2016 — G2 Speech, European provider of speech recognition and workflow management solutions, and LogicNets ...

Time April 28, 2016
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News | Radiology Business

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposal to align and modernize how Medicare payments are tied to the cost and quality of patient care for hundreds of thousands of doctors and other clinicians.

Time April 27, 2016
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News | Digital Radiography (DR)

Imaging Advantage LLC, platform provider of cloud-based radiology service, announced the launch of a machine learning research initiative titled Singularity Healthcare.

Time April 27, 2016
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Blog | Molecular Imaging

In the world of molecular imaging, PET/MR is a wild card. But it’s a wild card that’s ready to be played. Three major vendors offer commercial products. The images are spectacular. So…what’s the hold up?

Time April 27, 2016
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News | Radiographic Fluoroscopy (RF)

Ashley County Medical Center, Crossett, Ark., is the first hospital in the United States to install Carestream’s DRX-Excel Plus radiography/fluoroscopy (R/F) system.

Time April 27, 2016
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Technology | Quality Assurance (QA)

April 27, 2016 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced the release of Dolphin Online Ready Patient QA and ...

Time April 27, 2016
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News | Neuro Imaging

Patterns of brain activity thought to show pain responses have been called into question after researchers saw such patterns in rare patients born without a sense of pain.

Time April 27, 2016
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News | Computed Tomography (CT)

The results of a secondary analysis of the SCOT-HEART trial show that coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) leads to a more appropriate and effective selection of invasive coronary angiography for patients with suspected angina due to coronary heart disease.

Time April 26, 2016
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News | Women's Health

In a study appearing in the April 26 issue of JAMA, researchers examined the content, readability and understandability of dense breast notifications sent to women following screening mammography.

Time April 26, 2016
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News | Neuro Imaging

April 26, 2016 — Repeated head impacts to high school football players cause measurable changes in their brains, even ...

Time April 26, 2016
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Technology | Lung Imaging

Philips announced that any hospital or healthcare facility with one of its indicated computed tomography (CT) models can now become a lung cancer screening center.

Time April 26, 2016
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News | Breast Imaging

A new study from Elizabeth A. Rafferty, M.D., formerly of Massachusetts General Hospital, and colleagues evaluated the screening performance of digital mammography combined with tomosynthesis compared with digital mammography alone for women with varying levels of breast density.

Time April 26, 2016
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News | Breast Density

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed HB2601 into law, making the Oklahoma the 26th state to report a patient's breast tissue composition through the mammography reporting results.

Time April 26, 2016
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News | Mobile Devices

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it has created a Web-based guidance tool for developers of health-related mobile applications (health apps).

Time April 25, 2016
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