Stanford Health Care recently released a new app that allows patients using Android smartphones to easily access their own medical information anywhere in the world.

The nuclear medicine, proton therapy and brachytherapy markets represent less than 0.1 percent of global health expenditures but are expected to grow more than twice as fast, according to a new report from MEDraysintell.

Top 5 Trends at ASTRO 2015
Brainlab Elements, ASTRO, radiation therapy
ASTRO, radiation therapy analytics
ASTRO, radiation therapy, proton therapy
ASTRO, radiation therapy, Pinnacle3, IMRT

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting held last October drew a crowd of more than 11,000 attendees.

Computed tomography (CT) has long been the gold standard for image acquisition during radiation therapy treatment planning, as the ability to visualize tumor position and volume in 3-D is integral for prescribed dose calculations.
Federal Requirements for Clinical Decision Support for Imaging

Healthcare providers will need to start preparing for the next big healthcare information technology (IT) implementation — clinical decision support (CDS) software. Under congressional legislation based on a compromise between numerous medical societies to accept required CDS documentation for Medicare reimbursements, large scheduled cuts in reimbursements were suspended in the 2014 Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA). A deadline was originally set for providers to begin required use of CDS starting in 2017, but it is likely this will be pushed back to 2018 or later. 

Each year radiology vendors use the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting as a springboard to unveil their latest technologies. 
Agfa, digital x-ray, digital radiography, DR

Now more than ever, hospitals and imaging clinics are trying to maximize the value of their imaging equipment, and digital radiography (DR) solutions in particular are proving to be a tremendous source of profit for many organizations.

Patient presented to UH Case Medical Center’s emergency department with severe chest pain, suggesting either a pulmonary embolus or aortic dissection. 

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Vendor neutral archive, VNA, archive storage for radiology, medical imaging

How we store, access, and manage imaging information has never been more important, and complex, than it is now.
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