DICOM Grid announced at the 2015 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting that Stanford Children’s Health and Weill Cornell Medicine are part of the latest wave of providers to adopt the DICOM Grid platform.
Radiology is undergoing a major overhaul in terms of the business model practices used for the past several decades, due ...
January 6, 2016 — Samsung Electronics debuted the newest additions to its medical imaging portfolio at the 2015 ...
While most women understand the importance of health screenings, an estimated 72 million have missed or postponed a ...
January 6, 2016 — Shina Systems announced today the new commercial release of its 3Di PACS (picture archiving and ...
Clinical decision support (CDS) software has been discussed for years as a way to help clinicians follow best practice ...
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Eizo showcased its latest image display technology during the 2015 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting ...
Fujifilm’s APERTO Lucent is a 0.4T mid-field, open MRI system addressing today’s capability and image quality needs ...
In December, Materialise announced a partnership with Tissue Regeneration Systems (TRS) to manufacture 3D-printed tracheal splints for use in clinical trials Materialise will undertake with the University of Michigan in a separate exclusive licensing agreement. The company plans to ultimately offer the newly granted patent in the marketplace.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted a new Safety Communication titled, "Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. Inc. Validates Revised Reprocessing Instructions for Model ED-530XT Duodenoscopes."
Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. introduced the Vantage Titan 3T/intelligent Solution (iS) Edition magnetic resonance (MR) system at the 2015 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago, Nov. 29-Dec. 3.
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The number of students enrolling in radiography and radiation therapy programs increased slightly in 2015, while nuclear medicine program enrollments saw noticeable gains during the same period.
Radiation therapy was associated with a lower risk of cancer recurrence in pancreatic cancer surgery patients, making it, like chemotherapy, an important addition to treatment, Mayo Clinic research found. Whether radiotherapy helps patients after pancreatic cancer surgery has been a long-standing question, and the findings suggest that it does, said senior author Christopher Hallemeier, M.D., a radiation oncologist at the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center. The study is published in the American Society for Radiation Oncology’s International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
A new study from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) offers insight from nearly 200 healthcare executives (C-Suite, administrators, directors and vice presidents) on their population health initiatives, and their current and future approach to population health IT solutions and consultants.
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RSNA 2015 was the first time Konica Minolta and Viztek displayed as a combined company. David Widmann, president and CEO ...
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) applauded Congress for its passage of S. 2425 to freeze radiation oncology freestanding center payment rates for 2017-2018 at the levels set under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2016.
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Carestream Health is receiving orders for its Carestream Touch Prime and Touch Prime XE ultrasound systems in the United States and Europe, which were expected to begin shipping in December. A Health Canada license is pending.
January 4, 2016 — Booz Allen Hamilton and Kaggle announced that the second annual Data Science Bowl will call on the ...
It looked bad a half century ago. Real bad. Police dogs lunged at protesters in Alabama; frightened Vietnamese children ran from napalm; a student lay dead on the Kent State campus; an explosion ripped through the Army math building at the UW-Madison campus, killing a physics researcher unlucky to be working nearby in the early morning hours.
Like much of healthcare, the business of radiology is continuously being challenged to search for ways to define their value in an ACO model. Finding the balance between volume-based, efficient care and the desire to be more involved in the patient care team can be difficult.
Contributing Editor Greg Freiherr offers an overview of enterprise imaging advances at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2015.
December 31, 2015 —Children’s Hospital Los Angeles announces the availability of the EOS Imaging System, the first ...