As an addition to our podcast series around the topic of meaningful use in radiology, we spoke with Steven Fischer, CIO, Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI). Fischer highlights the greatest opportunities that meaningful use presents for radiology professionals and imaging centers, and shares the steps
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Advanced PACS technology now equips radiologists to read exams anywhere, anytime. This freedom breaks down the traditional paradigm in which local hospitals worked with local radiology groups. Now hospitals can contract with radiology and teleradiology groups located anywhere in the country, and these radiologists can work
Read More In Part III (final post) of our Meaningful Use in Radiology Series with Keith Dreyer, DO, Ph.D., FSIIM, Vice Chair of Radiology for Informatics, Massachusetts General Hospital, we discuss Dr. Dreyer's predictions for how the MU discussion will evolve in the coming years, focusing on
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Note to reader: Carestream has installed the CARESTREAM DRX Family of products in facilities across the world. In a series of posts, customers have agreed to share their experiences. “The integrated, automated DRX-Evolution suite delivers enhanced productivity and positioning flexibility due to the DRX-1 detectors—and it is
Read MoreRobin Wible, Director of Imaging at Memorial Hospital (York, PA) reflects on her facility's experience with the CARESTREAM DRX Family of products. The 100 bed community hospital has transitioned their entire department to digital with the CARESTREAM DRX-1 System, CARESTREAM DRX Evolution and, most recently,
Read More[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inFAzeZXM5Q] Steven Don, M.D., of Saint Louis Children's Hospital (St. Louis, MO) discusses trends, challenges and opportunities in pediatric medical imaging---focusing on digital radiography (DR) imaging.
Read More In Part II of our Meaningful Use in Radiology Series with Keith Dreyer, DO, Ph.D., FSIIM, Vice Chair of Radiology for Informatics, Massachusetts General Hospital, we dig into how Dr. Dreyer expects EHR adoption to impact the practice of radiology, specific MU requirement details including
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A recent CDC report examining mammography prevalence confirmed what I’ve been hearing from many customers: screening compliance is flat to down in the U.S. The most common reason women give for not having a mammogram is that their primary care did not recommend the test. It’s
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On September 20th, members of the radiology community will gather in New York City for the New York Medical Imaging Informatics Symposium (NYMIIS), sponsored by Staten Island University Hospital. In anticipation of healthcare reform’s impact on radiology, the symposium will feature technology and faculty discussions
Read More In Part I of our Meaningful Use in Radiology Series, we speak with Keith Dreyer, DO, Ph.D., FSIIM, Vice Chair of Radiology for Informatics, Massachusetts General Hospital. Topics discussed include key items that radiology professionals need to know about the final rules and how radiologists
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