Congratulations to Lonn Myronuk who was the first person to correctly identify the subject of our November challenge -- a garlic bulb! Today is the first day of our challenge for December. Here’s the next image: This month’s challenge runs until January 9. The first person to
Read MorePeter Sharpe, CEO of Cobalt Health in the UK, discusses the educational opportunities at RSNA and how Cobalt Health uses Carestream PACS to share fully-fused images with clients across the U.K. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImrtyC278ts&w=560&h=315]
Read MoreCandace Tretter, Director of Radiology Services, Blessing Hospital, Quincy, Ill. discusses her facility's conversion from CR to DR systems; improvements in efficiency and dose reduction, and shares her feedback on the preview of CARESTREAM's DRX-Revolution* Mobile X-Ray System at RSNA 2011. *Not Commercially Available
Read MoreRobin A Wible, CNMT, CRA, Director of Imaging, Memorial Hospital in York, Pa, stopped by the Carestream booth at RSNA 2011 to talk about the challenges and opportunities facing radiology providers today. Watch below for her thoughts on capital constraints, dose reduction and portable imaging.
Read MoreMark Straub, PACS Administrator at West Allegheny Health System in Pennsylvania, talks about what to look for when evaluating PACS systems at a massive show like RSNA 2011, how his facility chose their CARESTREAM VUE SuperPACS solution and what's on his radar - zero-footprint mobile
Read MorePortable imaging has been a big draw to our booth this week at RSNA. Mobile x-ray systems are an essential tool in treating what are often the sickest of patients - those confined to bed and in need of urgent care. However, bedside diagnostic imaging also
Read MoreThe first day of RSNA is typically heavily attended by the European radiology community and yesterday the 97th annual assembly once again opened to a fantastic international crowd. Below Ulf Andersson, Director of Marketing, Carestream Europe, shares his thoughts on the European healthcare market and what
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Our research team continually pushes technology to improve patient care and deliver better clinical outcomes. At RSNA, our R&D team is featured in four technical paper presentations highlighting notable research projects. Up first on Sunday morning, Carestream’s Zhimin Huo, Ph.D. presented her paper, Computer-Aided Detection
Read MoreGreetings from Chicago as the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America gets underway! RSNA represents members in 137 countries and this annual forum dedicated to advancing the radiology profession drew 27,000 professionals last year who came to network, attend
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Editor's Note: We asked Christina Thielst, FACHE, to share social media advice for RSNA attendees. Thielst is a healthcare administrator, consultant & author, and was recently named a Top Social Media Voice for the HIT Industry by Health Data Management. The Radiological Society of North American Annual Meeting opens
Read MoreFollowing a multi-year contract extension with Carestream Health, Vue Cloud Services are now live at Nij Smellinghe Hospital, the first hospital in The Netherlands to move to off-site storage and archiving using a Software-as-a Service (SaaS) model. With the Vue Cloud Services contract, Nij Smellinghe
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On November 27 attendees will travel to Chicago from all over the world to be a part of the excitement and information sharing at RSNA, the largest gathering of radiology professionals. Now with social media it’s easier than ever to stay plugged in with all that’s
Read MoreEditors Note: We asked Betty Ward, Imaging Director, Roper St. Francis Healthcare, to share her feedback on Carestream's prototype DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray System, which is not yet commercially available. Ward can also be seen in the video below following her preview of the system at AHRA. Portable imaging
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If you thought “cloud computing” and “mobility” were just a couple of buzz words in medical imaging, well you can expect to hear them buzzing in your ear at this year’s RSNA 2011 annual meeting. [caption id="attachment_1963" align="alignleft" width="143"] Cristen Bolan, Executive Editor, Applied Radiology[/caption] While RSNA
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For a while it seemed that the ICD-10 deadline would never come. Calling all radiology practices… Now, less than two years away from the October 1, 2013 deadline for ICD-10, many in the industry are just starting to address this issue. For those who don’t
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Editors Note: We asked Brenda Silva, new product editor at Medical Imaging International, for her thoughts on the hot topics she expects at RSNA 2011. Emerging technologies have always paved the way for the latest medical advancements, with none more arguably important than the current options
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The guesses for this month's image challenge made us hungry - watermelon, pomegranate, cantaloupe, pumpkin - yum! Congratulations to Ben Panter who was the first person to correctly identify the subject of our challenge--a delicious butternut squash! Today is the first day of our challenge for November. Here’s the next
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