Capital is a finite resource, and today's healthcare providers want the best systems and technology. At the same time you’re feeling the pressure of Meaningful Use compliance and the transition towards Accountable Care Organizations. The challenge is how to allocate funding among competing priorities. You
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Guest Post: Darnell Ramiscal RT (R) (CT), Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital,Hines,IL, blogs about diagnostic imaging from a tech’s perspective at darnellramiscal.com. To the untrained eye, a portable x-ray exam might not seem like much of a challenge. Point, aim, and shoot. Well, don’t forget everything else
Read MoreI suspect no radiology department is ever 100 percent happy with their PACS, RIS or Voice Recognition system. We are no exception, and decided to evaluate what we currently have and what might be available. We had not done that since we selected our current
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It's been a great summer of images! As many of you guessed, the image for August was the motor of a hair dryer. Congratulations to Boyce Thompson, the first person to correctly identify the image! Boyce, we'll follow up with you to be sure you get
Read MoreAHRA is always a valuable opportunity for us to hear from the radiology community and learn what's really important to hospitals and radiology administrators. In addition to meetings with customers, we talked with representatives from some of the key radiology publications to understand what hot
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Used correctly and regularly, studies have proven that screening is a key tool in the early detection of breast cancer. Early detection enhances a woman’s chances for survival. Film-screen mammography has a deep heritage and long been the gold standard for breast cancer screening. While more
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In my previous posts, I took a look at the impact China’s investment in rural healthcare is having on third and fourth-tiered cities like Nan Chang and Ying Tan. My latest visit to Ta Qiao, an agricultural village with 6,500 residents, however, indicates there’s still
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At the opening session of the annual meeting of AHRA: The Association for Medical Imaging Management, Edward J. Cronin, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of AHRA warned some of his comments would address a very serious situation facing AHRA. [caption id="attachment_1620" align="alignleft" width="151"] Robert Salmon, Carestream Health[/caption] The
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As my trip to China continues, this week I had the opportunity to join my brother-in-law at Ying Tan Hospital for a follow-up X-Ray for his right wrist, which was injured three months ago. [caption id="attachment_1587" align="alignleft" width="168"] Norman Yung, Chief Marketing Officer, Carestream Health[/caption] Considered a
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This summer, I am spending a month in China sightseeing and visiting family and friends. My in-laws live in a very rural part of China in a village called Ta Qiao with population of roughly 6,500 people. To give this some perspective, Beijing has about
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